Pasadena City Championship on tap for this weekend
Courtesy of the SCGA
The Pasadena City Championship is fresh off a bounce-back event and readies once again for a full field at the storied Brookside Golf Club at the Rose Bowl.
Just three years removed from a canceled event due to a dwindling number of entries, this year’s 340-person field filled to capacity in just 10 days – a record says Tournament Director Rob Moore.
Headlining is the eight-time champion
Tim Hogarth, who has won each of the last four events, including a four-stroke victory in 2021. The Northridge resident, who earned an invite to the 1997 Masters Tournament with his triumph at the 1996 U.S. Public Links, captured his first title in 2007 in what initiated a trio of consecutive victories.
“It’s firm, it’s fast, and it’s a lot like last year,” Hogarth said of Brookside’s current playing conditions.
The club has been operating without a superintendent since the beginning of March, which brings into the spotlight the remaining crew in what has been an all-hands-on-deck situation. Yet still, the 36-hole facility hosts its 86th running of the tournament in championship-caliber shape.
“That’s kudos to Dave [Wolfbauer],” Moore said of the former superintendent. “When someone gets hired, we immediately train them on everything. Everyone knows how to do everything and anyone can step up and do it.”
Moore, who will be running his 40th championship this weekend, gave a special nod to a greenskeeping staff member named Adrian who has been instrumental in helping maintain the course’s excellent condition for the past three to four weeks.
“There was moaning and crying about how tough it was playing,” Hogarth added. “It’s in really good shape and it’s going to be a good challenge this week.”
ABOUT THE Pasadena City Championship
The Pasadena City is a historic championship
that
dates back to 1929 and has
long been one of
Southern California's most prestigious
tournaments.
A WAGR counting event
and
SCGA Player of the Year points tournament.
Proceeds
from the Championship will support youth
development
programs for the First Tee of Greater Pasadena.
The Championship Flight is an open flight (no
age
limit) conducted over 54 holes. The field will be
cut to the top 30% and ties after 36 holes, to
play
the finals on Course #1 Sunday.
Net Flights are open to all players 18 or older
with
12-month low handicap index ranging from 2.7
to
31.5. The field will be divided into
six flights to play over 54 holes. Cut after
Saturday
rounds to 30% and ties for all flights. Finals for
all
Net Flights are to be played on Course 1 on
Sunday.
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