SF City Championship: Sunday 2/20 Qualifying Notebook
2/20/2005 | by
see also: San Francisco City 2026 MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP, TPC Harding Park Golf Course
Trask (66 at Lincoln, 72 at Harding for 138) takes Medalist honors, 150 makes match play -- read Elizabeth Kricfalusi's report
Story by Elizabeth Kricfalusi , for amateurgolf.com
San Francisco, CA (February 20, 2005) -- Woody Allen once said that “eighty percent of success is showing up.” Such was the case on day two of the qualifying rounds for the San Francisco City Golf Championship, when 11 players posted a two-day score of 150 with ten slots available to make the cut. But when two players didn’t appear on the tee by the scheduled playoff time, the remaining nine automatically qualified to move on to next weekend’s first round of match play at Harding Park. The last empty slot will result in a bye for defending champion Stephen Sparolini.
“We put down 150 to 156 so pretty much everybody should be here,” said Judith Powell, Tournament Director, as players waited for the playoff to begin. “They knew that if you were in that corridor that you should stick around.”
Although overcast all day, with one or two brief periods of light rain, conditions were a far cry from yesterday’s heavy showers that resulted in a slew of high scores at both Harding Park and Lincoln Park, the second venue for the qualifying rounds.
Ryan Trask of Napa was qualifying Medalist after two days of consistent play, posting a weekend total of 138--one shot better than Eric Blum of Castro Valley.
Despite the rain, the courses held up well for today’s play.
“Actually, within 30 minutes to an hour after the rains yesterday, the course was already replayable,” according to George Price, Golf Director of Harding Park, which underwent a major renovation in 2003. “When they redid the greens, they drain great. And they were able to start on the mowing first thing this morning without a problem.”
The players also seemed unfazed by the rain.
“It was tough to putt, I’ll tell you that,” said Christopher Flood about yesterday’s round, “but it was the same for everybody.” Flood, originally from Dublin, Ireland, moved to San Francisco nine years ago and now plays out of Gleneagles. He played in the City Championship once several years ago and he talked about what makes this tournament so special. “I like the quality of the field first of all. And the fact that it’s match play and you get to play over a few weeks gives you an opportunity to do well.” Flood made the cut with a 149.
Trevor Carle, a 16-year-old junior from Santa Rosa High also made the cut at 150 in his first appearance at the City. He also took the tough weather conditions in stride. “You just go out and kind of hang with it. Everybody has to play through the same stuff, so it’s equal for the playing field…You just have to work a little harder. It shouldn’t really affect your play all that much. It’s more the condition of the golf course.”
More Sunday highlights:
-- 18-year-old Domingo Jojola, who tied for low score at Harding Park on Saturday, shot a 73 at Lincoln today to finish up at 143. Jojola, a member of Lake Merced Country Club, has played in the tournament since 2003. Last year he lost on the 19th hole of the first-round of match play. This year he says “I’m more mature mentally and physically and playing better.”
-- Iose Iulio, a 43-year-old employee with the San Francisco Housing Authority, took 15 strokes off his 81-score from Saturday to finish the weekend with a qualifying 147. He attributed his comeback to better play on the greens. “My putting let me down yesterday,” he said. “At Harding, I think I had 38 putts and that’s what makes the difference between an 81 and a 66.” Interestingly, in his first appearance at the City last year, he had similar results; he posted an 80 on day one and followed up with a 68 the next day.
-- One foursome at Lincoln Park posted stellar scores for the entire group: Randy Haag (The 1999 SF City Champion) and Daniel Lim came in at 65 each and Will Johnson (Quarterfinalist in 2004 US Mid Am) and Bob Niger (winner of the amateurgolf.com Wine Country Cup 2 weeks ago) shot 68s. All four made the cut.
-- Danny Buell blistered Lincoln Park with a 63 in the Friday Pre-Qualifying, but he should have left a few out there -- his 151 total on the weekend was one more than the cut line.
Qualifying results Saturday, Feb 19 and Sunday, Feb 20 from the SF City Championship, played at Lincoln Park and Harding Park Golf Courses in San Francisco:
Click here for pairings for the first round of match play. (PDF)
Qualifying rounds for the Senior Championship and the Ladies Championship will take place at Harding Park on February 23 and February 26 respectively.
San Francisco, CA (February 20, 2005) -- Woody Allen once said that “eighty percent of success is showing up.” Such was the case on day two of the qualifying rounds for the San Francisco City Golf Championship, when 11 players posted a two-day score of 150 with ten slots available to make the cut. But when two players didn’t appear on the tee by the scheduled playoff time, the remaining nine automatically qualified to move on to next weekend’s first round of match play at Harding Park. The last empty slot will result in a bye for defending champion Stephen Sparolini.
“We put down 150 to 156 so pretty much everybody should be here,” said Judith Powell, Tournament Director, as players waited for the playoff to begin. “They knew that if you were in that corridor that you should stick around.”
Although overcast all day, with one or two brief periods of light rain, conditions were a far cry from yesterday’s heavy showers that resulted in a slew of high scores at both Harding Park and Lincoln Park, the second venue for the qualifying rounds.
Ryan Trask of Napa was qualifying Medalist after two days of consistent play, posting a weekend total of 138--one shot better than Eric Blum of Castro Valley.
Despite the rain, the courses held up well for today’s play.
“Actually, within 30 minutes to an hour after the rains yesterday, the course was already replayable,” according to George Price, Golf Director of Harding Park, which underwent a major renovation in 2003. “When they redid the greens, they drain great. And they were able to start on the mowing first thing this morning without a problem.”
The players also seemed unfazed by the rain.
“It was tough to putt, I’ll tell you that,” said Christopher Flood about yesterday’s round, “but it was the same for everybody.” Flood, originally from Dublin, Ireland, moved to San Francisco nine years ago and now plays out of Gleneagles. He played in the City Championship once several years ago and he talked about what makes this tournament so special. “I like the quality of the field first of all. And the fact that it’s match play and you get to play over a few weeks gives you an opportunity to do well.” Flood made the cut with a 149.
Trevor Carle, a 16-year-old junior from Santa Rosa High also made the cut at 150 in his first appearance at the City. He also took the tough weather conditions in stride. “You just go out and kind of hang with it. Everybody has to play through the same stuff, so it’s equal for the playing field…You just have to work a little harder. It shouldn’t really affect your play all that much. It’s more the condition of the golf course.”
More Sunday highlights:
-- 18-year-old Domingo Jojola, who tied for low score at Harding Park on Saturday, shot a 73 at Lincoln today to finish up at 143. Jojola, a member of Lake Merced Country Club, has played in the tournament since 2003. Last year he lost on the 19th hole of the first-round of match play. This year he says “I’m more mature mentally and physically and playing better.”
-- Iose Iulio, a 43-year-old employee with the San Francisco Housing Authority, took 15 strokes off his 81-score from Saturday to finish the weekend with a qualifying 147. He attributed his comeback to better play on the greens. “My putting let me down yesterday,” he said. “At Harding, I think I had 38 putts and that’s what makes the difference between an 81 and a 66.” Interestingly, in his first appearance at the City last year, he had similar results; he posted an 80 on day one and followed up with a 68 the next day.
-- One foursome at Lincoln Park posted stellar scores for the entire group: Randy Haag (The 1999 SF City Champion) and Daniel Lim came in at 65 each and Will Johnson (Quarterfinalist in 2004 US Mid Am) and Bob Niger (winner of the amateurgolf.com Wine Country Cup 2 weeks ago) shot 68s. All four made the cut.
-- Danny Buell blistered Lincoln Park with a 63 in the Friday Pre-Qualifying, but he should have left a few out there -- his 151 total on the weekend was one more than the cut line.
Qualifying results Saturday, Feb 19 and Sunday, Feb 20 from the SF City Championship, played at Lincoln Park and Harding Park Golf Courses in San Francisco:
| Player | Score |
| Ryan Trask | 66-72--138 |
| Eric Blum | 69-70--139 |
| Rick Reinsberg | 70-70--140 |
| Darryl Donovan | 72-69--141 |
| Darian Shingu | 72-69--141 |
| Roberto Galletti | 74-67--141 |
| Randy Haag | 76-65--141 |
| Michael Miller | 75-67--142 |
| Taylor Hobin | 69-73--142 |
| Steven Strong | 77-65--142 |
| Domingo Jojola | 70-73--143 |
| Michael McLoughlin | 74-69--143 |
| Joseph Bramlett | 75-68--143 |
| Bob Niger | 75-68--143 |
| Daniel Lim | 78-65--143 |
| Stephen Kilman | 69-75--144 |
| Ryan Thomas | 76-68--144 |
| Trent Tressler | 73-72--145 |
| Elliott Wainwright | 76-69--145 |
| Jared Wise | 78-67--145 |
| David Kim | 68-77--145 |
| Jon Tringale | 71-74--145 |
| Dave Swanson | 67-78--145 |
| Paul Balatti | 72-73--145 |
| David Nelson | 74-71--145 |
| Mike Maurice | 76-69--145 |
| Daniel Kim | 70-75--145 |
| Ray Pellegrini | 76-70--146 |
| Derek Dobashi | 68-78--146 |
| Jim Williams | 71-75--146 |
| Kevin Kobalter | 76-71--147 |
| Jason Stone | 78-69--147 |
| Matthew Foley | 78-69--147 |
| Iose Iulio | 81-66--147 |
| Jake Yount | 75-72--147 |
| Bret Wagar | 69-78--147 |
| Steve Robinson | 72-75--147 |
| Stephen Simpkin | 71-76--147 |
| Gary Young | 77-70--147 |
| Scott Hess | 69-78--147 |
| Joshue Bleyle | 77-71--148 |
| Will Johnson | 80-68--148 |
| Michael Wilson | 77-71--148 |
| Jeff Rangle | 77-71--148 |
| Garret Wagner | 75-73--148 |
| Steven Molinelli | 74-75--149 |
| Kent Yamane | 76-73--149 |
| Scott Anderson | 76-73--149 |
| Matthew Marshall | 78-71--149 |
| Ray Suhandnata | 74-75--149 |
| Jim Evans | 81-68--149 |
| Jason McHargue | 75-74--149 |
| Chris Flood | 73-76--149 |
| Rex Aberle | 74-76--150 |
| Roland Maples Jr | 74-76--150 |
| Steve Wilson | 79-71--150 |
| Trevor Carle | 70-80--150 |
| Gregory Isom | 72-78--150 |
| Blake Yu | 75-75--150 |
| John Seed | 73-77--150 |
| Greg Wardle | 71-79--150 |
| Bobby Pereira | 71-79--150 |
| Failed to Qualify for Match Play | |
| Clark M. Guittard | 69-81--150 |
| Brett Viboch | 77-73--150 |
| Mark Miller | 78-73--151 |
| Anthony Verna | 76-75--151 |
| Michael Wiechers | 75-76--151 |
| Danny Buell | 72-79--151 |
| Greg Marskey | 71-80--151 |
| Jayson Samuli | 76-75--151 |
| Don Holm | 74-77--151 |
| Tyler Ichikawa | 72-79--151 |
| Mark Arneson | 76-75--151 |
| Joey Pearl | 74-78--152 |
| Matthew Garcia | 78-74--152 |
| John Burkley | 69-83--152 |
| David Rathjen | 81-71--152 |
| David Garcia | 80-72--152 |
| Christopher Bailey | 75-77--152 |
| Brian Razzari | 77-75--152 |
| Ryan Regan | 75-77--152 |
| Michael Vera | 80-72--152 |
| Jay Guittard | 76-77--153 |
| Ted Tsuchiyama | 83-70--153 |
| Mike Cinelli | 75-78--153 |
| Timothy Nelson | 81-72--153 |
| Ron Williams | 69-84--153 |
| Michael Donnelly | 77-76--153 |
| Steve Schoenfeld | 76-78--154 |
| Sean House | 81-73--154 |
| Merton Goode | 81-73--154 |
| Kelly Johnson | 76-78--154 |
| Bill Corbett | 81-73--154 |
| Daniel O'Connor | 75-79--154 |
| Tom Scarlett | 78-76--154 |
| Dan Whitehurst | 78-77--155 |
| Jud Spencer | 74-81--155 |
| Chris Hyland | 72-83--155 |
| Christopher Pratt | 78-77--155 |
| Kevin Conover | 78-77--155 |
| Luke Allard | 78-78--156 |
| Bill Barton | 84-72--156 |
| Tak Taoyama | 76-80--156 |
| Aaron Woolway | 72-84--156 |
| Richard Castanon | 80-76--156 |
| Orion Galioni | 79-77--156 |
| Jay Scheller | 81-76--157 |
| Martin Renaud | 74-83--157 |
| Tommy Jew | 76-81--157 |
| Jon Norris | 72-85--157 |
| Stephen Edinburgh | 76-81--157 |
| Dan Faulkner | 73-84--157 |
| Roman Hubalek | 79-79--158 |
| Gordon Kashiwagi | 81-77--158 |
| Scott Clark | 83-75--158 |
| Christopher Escher | 72-86--158 |
| Phillip Herrera | 75-83--158 |
| Dave Stone | 76-82--158 |
| Nathan Weidwe | 83-76--159 |
| Darren Banks | 76-83--159 |
| Joseph Cloyes | 76-84--160 |
| Bob Burnett | 75-85--160 |
| Peter Daffern | 75-86--161 |
| Mark Hemenez | 78-83--161 |
| Steven Landi | 76-85--161 |
| Mike Granelli | 81-81--162 |
| Marcus Vitone | 78-84--162 |
| Rick Shumate | 76-86--162 |
| David Fein | 81-82--163 |
| Mark Garcia | 81-83--164 |
| Ernesto Moreno | 85-82--167 |
| Nic Durst | 85-83--168 |
| Dan Koehn | 85-83--168 |
| Juan Lopez | 83-87--170 |
| Roby Seed | 90-85--175 |
Click here for pairings for the first round of match play. (PDF)
Qualifying rounds for the Senior Championship and the Ladies Championship will take place at Harding Park on February 23 and February 26 respectively.
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