SF City Senior: Upsets mark first match play round
2/23/2012 | by Lynne Cowan of AmateurGolf.com
see also: View results for San Francisco City SENIOR, TPC Harding Park Golf Course
Many past champions exit early from the first round of match play at Harding Park
Herb Jensen of Carmichael, the 2010 champion and 31st seed, took out Dan Beiber of Alamo, the low qualifier yesterday, 2 & 1.
No. 3 seed Ken Noonan of Pleasanton also took an early exit as no. 30 seed Gene Van Puymbroeck of Mt. View won that match 3 & 1.
Gary Vanier, the 2009 champion from Pleasant Hill, defeated no. 5 seed Bill Bates of Somerset, 2 & 1.
The matches at Harding Park will continue with the round of 16 played next Wednesday, Feb. 29.
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