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see also: Randy Haag, View results for NCGA Senior Four-Ball, Poppy Hills Golf Course
Haag and Sear won the Senior Division while David Ujihara and Craig Calkins won the Super Senior Division
Story by Jerry Stewart of the NCGA
Longtime friends Steve Sear and Randy Haag capped a historic performance at the NCGA Senior Four-Ball Championship with yet another great round.
Sear and Haag, who first met as fellow competitors over four decades ago, carded a final round 5-under 66 in windy conditions to claim a seven-shot victory over the runner-up tandem of Robert Funk and Jason Bittick. Sear and Haag would finish the event with a tourney-record 54-hole score of 21-under 192. Their biggest move came in the first round, thanks to a sizzling 62.
"It's great having a partner like Randy," Sear said. "It frees you up. You're never out of a hole. He always hits it straight. So it takes the pressure off."
For Haag, the win marked his record fifth title in the event. The now 66-year-old Olympic Club member previously had three wins with Chip Lutz (2016, 2017, 2024) and one with Funk (2022). It was Haag's 12th NCGA Senior victory, moving just one behind all-time leader Jeff Burda.
"They are all different. To be able to play with Steve, we go way back. We played some best-balls when he was just a young, strapping buck," Haag said. He is currently ranked No. 1 in the AmateurGolf.com Super Senior Rankings and No. 7 in the AmateurGolf.com Senior Rankings.
This past September, Haag and Sear dueled at the NCGA Senior Championship before Haag eventually won by two strokes. For Sear, who was the NCGA Player of the Year in 1988, it marked his first NCGA Senior crown. Haag had planned on again playing with Lutz, but Lutz could not compete due to recent hand surgery. So he called Sear to pair up.
"When Chip went down, I was very fortunate to assume my horse (Sear). It was a fabulous three days," Haag said.
Funk and Bittick made a charge in the second round with a Senior record round of 10-under 61. Still, they entered the final round six strokes behind Haag and Sear. A final round 67 brought them in with a total of 14-under 199.
Third place went to the team of Mike Rowley and Mark Morgan at 205 after a final round 66.
Super Senior Championship
David Ujihara came up clutch, lifting him and teammate Craig Calkins to the win in the Super Senior portion of the championship.
First played in 1999, the NCGA Senior Four-Ball Championship is a two-person, better-ball scratch event for senior (age 55+) and super senior (65+) golfers. The format is 54 holes four-ball stroke play (18 holes per day) over three days. After 36 hol...
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