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:

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

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