Brian Helton captures Santa Barbara City title

May 28, 2012 | by Lynne Cowan of AmateurGolf.com

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The Santa Barbara native wins with final round 69

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (May 28, 2012) -- Thanks to a final round 69 Brian Helton broke out of the logjam at the top of the leaderboard after round two to take the 53rd Santa Barbara City Championship. Helton, who played golf for UC Santa Barbara in the late 90's and is a former pro, had a three round total of 207 (71-67-69) at the Santa Barbara Golf Club. He finished up two strokes ahead of a trio at 209 that included San Marcos High golf coach David Sioria (73-66-70) and round two co-leaders Shane Lebow (68-70-71) and 2008 champion Brandon B. Gama (70-68-71.) Two-time defending champion, Andrew Perez was not in the field of 80 players.

Results: Santa Barbara City

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Brian Helton	Los Osos, CA	75	71-67-69--207
T2	Brandon Gama	Santa Barbara, CA	50	70-68-71--209
T2	David Siordia	, CA	50	73-66-70--209
T2	Shane Lebow	Santa Barbara, CA	50	68-70-71--209
5	Brett Silvernail	Ventura, CA	25	72-67-71--210

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About the Santa Barbara City

Brian Helton captures Santa Barbara City title

The tournament, held during Memorial Day Weekend, is a 54-hole individual stroke play championship by flights, maximum handicap 16.0 for men, 34.9 for women (women play net competition only). The field is cut after 36 holes to the low 30% plus ties.