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A Monterey Peninsula CC member and Central Coast standout, Jerry Ledzinski turned a tight Sunday into a runaway
The back nine at Pacific Grove doesn’t hand out trophies—it takes them. On Sunday, Jerry Ledzinski played it like a local who’s seen every version of the wind and every bad bounce off the seaside turf. The Carmel-by-the-Sea standout closed with a 6-under 64 to win the AmateurGolf.com 2026 Pacific Grove City Championship at 10-under 130 (66-64), separating from a stacked chase pack and claiming one of Northern California’s most popular winter titles.
It wasn’t hard to see why Pacific Grove fits him. Ledzinski is a Monterey Peninsula Country Club member just down the road, and this course is the kind of place where local knowledge is more than a talking point. The front nine offers chances if you drive it in play. The back nine, pinned to the coastline, is where flight, commitment, and a clear plan matter more than perfect contact.
Saturday set the stage. Ledzinski opened with 4-under 66 and was part of the early logjam near the top. On Sunday, he didn’t wait around for the ocean to decide the story. He went lower—two shots lower—and turned a leaderboard that felt volatile into something that read, by the end, like a statement.
The closest chaser was Jackson Suh, who posted rounds of 67-66 to finish second at 7-under 133. In a tournament where momentum can swing with one gust on the outward-and-back stretch along the water, Suh kept coming. But Ledzinski’s Sunday pace forced the issue. Suh had to keep making birdies; Ledzinski had the luxury of playing the course for what it was giving and taking away, and he still came in with the low number of the weekend.
Erin Lee (69-65) and Luke Swanson (66-68) shared third at 6-under 134, while Jayleen Sito rounded out the top five at 4-under 136. For Ledzinski, though, the defining detail was the margin: he won by three, and at Pacific Grove, that’s not a gap you back into.
Ledzinski’s win is also a continuation of something Northern California players have come to recognize about him: when the moment turns into a sprint, he can run. Last spring at Richmond Country Club, he led U.S. Senior Open local qualifying with a 4-under 68, lighting up the inward side with a back-nine 31 that featured five birdies over his final nine holes. The score was one thing. The way he produced it—quiet early, explosive late—was the tell.
That pattern shows up across his resume on the Monterey and Northern California scene. He’s a regular in the region’s strongest fields, stacking finishes in events like the NCGA Four-Ball, the NCGA Valley Am / Senior Valley Am, and the Monterey City Amateur. And Pacific Grove itself has been trending in his direction for years: T5 (2022), T4 (2024), 6th (2025)—and now the breakthrough in 2026.
He’s also shown he can take his game on the road and win. Late last year, Ledzinski captured the SNGA Tour Championship in Las Vegas, a result that underscored the versatility in his profile—travel, adapt, contend. Pacific Grove asked a different set of questions, but the finish was familiar: when the closing stretch demanded commitment, Ledzinski didn’t flinch.
And that’s what makes this one feel like more than a “nice local win.” Pacific Grove is a public-course classic with a closing stretch that can humble anyone. Ledzinski didn’t just survive it—he used it. On a weekend when plenty of good players had a chance to grab the tournament by the collar, the MPCC member was the one who finished with the trophy.
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