Watkins, Woo defend their Sacramento County Four-Ball title

25 Oct 2020
by AmateurGolf.com Staff
see also: View results for Sacramento Regional Four-Ball, Mather Golf Course, Nick Woo Rankings, Matthew Watkins Profile
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The 2020 Sacramento County Men’s Four-Ball Championship was contested at Mather Golf Course on October 17-18 and October 24-25, 2020. In a tight title match, the team of Matthew Watkins and Nick Woo successfully defended their title, with a 2&1 victory over John Byers and Jason Herrera.

Watkins and Woo shot a 6-under 66 in qualifying but as the defending champions, still earned the top seed in the 32-team match play bracket. Byers and Herrera made 8 birdies and an eagle en route to a 62, just one shot off of the medalists Juan Gonzalez and Rocklin Shaw.

Gonzalez and Shaw would bow out in the quarterfinals, while Watkins and Woo amazingly won four straight matches by the same 3&2 score to reach the final. Byers and Herrera also had a pair of 3&2 wins, but had two matches go all the way to the 18th hole.

View results for Sacramento Regional Four-Ball

ABOUT THE Sacramento Regional Four-Ball

The 2022 Sacramento County Men’s Four-Ball Championship will be contested at Mather Golf Course on October 22-23 and October 29-30, 2022. The tournament is open to all amateur golfers with a current World Handicap System (WHS) Index of 7.0 or less as of October 15, 2022.

The tournament format is as follows:

All play conducted under USGA rules. Play is at scratch. All rounds will be posted by the Tournament Director.

- 4-Ball stroke play qualifying round on Saturday, October 22 – 7:50 a.m. morning tee times*
- 1st Round matches 18 holes Sunday, October 23 – 7:50 a.m. morning tee times
- 2nd Round matches 18 holes Saturday, October 29 – 7:30 a.m. morning tee times
- 3rd Round matches 18 holes Saturday, October 29 – 1:00 p.m. afternoon tee times
- 4th Round matches 18 holes Sunday, October 30 – 8:30 a.m. morning tee times
- Championship match Sunday, October 30 – 1:30 p.m. afternoon tee time – if needed.

* Low 31 or 15 teams plus defending champions or low 32 or 16 teams will advance to the match play round on Sunday, October 23. (Defending Champions playing as a team shall receive automatic qualification into match play unless they elect to compete in the qualifying round). Ties will be broken by sudden death playoff from first hole unless there would be an option to play from another hole if both teams agree.

The entry fee is $280 per team and includes ALL qualifying and match play green fees (power carts not included). Golf carts may be rented in the golf shop prior to play. The field is limited to paid entries from the first 72 teams.

The entry deadline is October 15, 2022 and there will be no refunds after this date. Late entries will be accepted if space is available with cash only - no exceptions.