SF City Championship: 36 hole qualifying results

12 Feb 2006
see also: San Francisco City 2024 MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP, TPC Harding Park Golf Course
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA (February 12, 2006) -- Joseph Bramlett of Saratoga paced qualifiers for the San Francisco City Championship as 36 holes of medal play wound up with a total of 70 players at 153 or better.

To determine the final 4 positions for match play (which begins next weekend) 11 players headed down No. 1 at Harding Park at approximately 4pm on Sunday. It took only two holes to trim the numbers and the 4 final spots were taken by:

- Rob Frye, San Francisco
- Tyler Eliopoulos, Novato
- Ken Noonan, Pleasanton
- Richard Castanon, San Leandro

Qualifying Notes:

- Fourteen year old Martin Trainer of Palo Alto was playing both courses for the first time this weekend. He shot a solid first round 69 at Lincoln Park. Although he was disappointed with his 81 today at Harding Park, it was good enough to carry him into his first SF City Championship.

- Greg Wardle of San Francisco shot 71 at Lincoln Park on Saturday, then went 4-over-par for his first 8 holes at Harding Park on Sunday before lighting it up for his last 10 holes, which he played at 5-under par to shoot 71. "A hot putter" explained Wardle, a transplanted Australian who works for KPMG.

- Even hotter was Matt Foley of Menlo Park. Coming off a 12-over-par round of 80 at Lincoln Park (hey, it's easy to do..) Foley lit up Harding with a 4-under-par 68 on Sunday to easily qualify at 148.

- Wardle finished in a bunch at 142 that includes former SF City Champs Gary Vanier (he's won it 5 times) and Randy Haag of The Olympic Club (Haag fired 67 at Lincoln on Sunday) and back-to-back winner in 1995-1996 Jim Evans. Add in NCGA Player of the year in 2005 Bob Niger and it's clear that experience and skill play equal roles in success in this tourney.

- Medalist Joseph Bramlett, a Senior at St. Francis High School in Mountain View, is a junior prodigy who will play for Stanford University this fall. As a 14-year old, Bramlett was the youngest-ever qualifier for the United States Amateur (in 2002) and he has State High School and back-to-back Santa Clara County titles under his belt. Look out!

36 hole Championship Flight qualifying results from the San Francisco City Championship at Lincoln Park and Harding Park G.C.'s follow:

Name	Hometown	Scores
Joseph Bramlett	Saratoga	72-68--140
Rick Reinsberg	Lafayette	70-71--141
Steve Wilson	Discovery Bay	72-69--141
Bob Niger	El Dorado Hills	75-67--142
Gary Vanier	Pleasant Hill	73-69--142
Greg Wardle	San Francisco	71-71--142
Jim Evans	Redwood City	72-70--142
Randy Haag	Burlingame	75-67--142
Garett Wagner	Brantwood	75-68--143
Jeff Hamm	Danville	71-72--143
Kory Storer	Hillsborough	73-70--143
Ryan Wilson	San Francisco	68-75--143
Will Johnson	San Francisco	73-70--143
Erick Thorson	Emeryville	73-71--144
Keigo Painter	Burlingame	70-74--144
Elliot Wainwright	Hillsborough	75-70--145
Justin Madison	San Jose	69-76--145
Blake Yu	Alameda	77-70--147
Cory Powell	Atascadero	78-69--147
Freddy Wolfe	Piedmont	74-73--147
Gregor Main	Danville	78-69--147
Jake Bieber	Alamo	73-74--147
Jerry Ledzinski	Carmel	77-70--147
Jim Porter	Vacaville	77-70--147
Kent Yamane	San Jose	75-72--147
Kevin Kobalter	San Rafael	71-76--147
Taylor Travis	Fremont	72-75--147
Terry Foreman	Antioch	74-73--147
Christopher Wilderotter	Oakland	72-76--148
Clark Guittard	San Francisco	73-75--148
Gregory Isom	Vallejo	70-78--148
James Hay	Fremont	76-72--148
Jud Spencer	San Jose	73-75--148
Matthew Foley	Menlo Park	80-68--148
Mike Wiechers	Granite Bay	72-76--148
Ryan Thomas	Alameda	80-68--148
Stephen Molinelli	Burlingame	76-72--148
Andrew Biggadike	Palo Alto	75-74--149
David Leuterio	Sacramento	75-74--149
Enada Jang	San Francisco	78-71--149
John Enright	Montara	75-74--149
Michael Donnelly	Clayton	74-75--149
Michael Vera	Antioch	79-70--149
Sean McNamara	Monte Sereno	74-75--149
Brandon Beck	Oak Park	80-70--150
Ian Albrecht	Sonoma	74-76--150
Jeff Nelson	San Mateo	79-71--150
Josh Bleyle	Mill Valley	79-71--150
Martin Trainer	Palo Alto	69-81--150
Phillip Herrera	Stockton	75-75--150
Scott Gilgallon	San Francisco	75-75--150
Stephen Sparolini	San Francisco	77-73--150
Tyler Brown	San Ramon	77-73--150
Nate Weidner	Castro Valley	73-78--151
Andrew Damron	San Diego	79-73--152
Bill Barton	San Pablo	79-73--152
Dan Whitehurst	Pacifica	78-74--152
Dave Stone	Danville	72-80--152
Dwight Eschliman	San Francisco	74-78--152
Roman Hubalek	Santa Rosa	76-76—152
Rob Frye	San Francisco	77-76—153
Tyler Eliopoulos	Novato	74-79--153
Ken Noonan	Pleasanton	83-70—153
Richard Castanon	San Leandro	75-78--153

*Lost playoff for final spots in match play*
Derek Chang	Daly City	75-78--153
Jay Scheller	San Francisco	77-76--153
Michael Prescott	San Mateo	77-76--153
Patrick Walter	Sunnyvale	69-84--153
Rex Aberle	Woodbridge	75-78--153
Stephen Kilman	Daly City	80-73--153
Taylor Hoover	San Francisco	76-77--153
Tim Kellund	Berkeley	80-73--153

*failed to survive 36-hole cut*
Alexander Duvivier	San Mateo	83-71--154
Aris Pope	Oakland	77-77--154
Arsenio Delasin	S San Francisco	76-78--154
Chris Bailey	El Dorado Hills	73-81--154
Chris Cuttone	Merced	74-80--154
Craig King	Santa Barbara	79-75--154
Ernesto Moreno	San Jose	76-78--154
Jared Wise	San Ramon	82-72--154
Jayson Samuli	Livermore	83-71--154
Jeffrey Courtemanche	Dublin	79-75--154
Jim Williams	Orinda	75-79--154
John Crowe	San Carlos	74-80--154
John Hasse	Berkeley	75-79--154
Patrick Pernice	Oakland	73-81--154
Trevor Carle	Santa Rosa	78-76--154
Brian Oregan	Walnut Creek	74-81--155
Dan Koehn	Oakland	79-76--155
Gregg Hileman	Daly City	78-77--155
Matt Arney	Roseville	75-80--155
Chad Wood	Sacramento	80-76--156
Jim Simpson	Pleasanton	74-82--156
John Chung	San Francisco	77-79--156
Mark Freeland	San Francisco	78-78--156
Stanley Morrison	San Francisco	74-82--156
Stephen Simpkin	Mill Valley	77-79--156
Bobby Pereira	Vallejo	78-79--157
Kevin Alexander	Napa	79-78--157
Mark Pacheco	Fremont	80-77--157
Nic Durst	Yuba City	81-76--157
Peter Moren	Danville	79-78--157
Spencer Fletcher	Los Altos	78-79--157
Eric Steichen	San Francisco	77-81--158
Jeff Zanassi	Vacaville	81-77--158
Mike Cinelli	Kentfield	75-83--158
Ray Pellegrini	San Francisco	86-72--158
Rick Shumate	Danville	79-79--158
Tommy Bergeron	San Francisco	79-79--158
Brian Razzari	Hayward	81-78--159
David Fein	San Francisco	79-80--159
Derek Bravo	San Jose	79-80--159
Mike Granelli	clayton	80-79--159
Alfred Oppenheim	Mill Valley	79-81--160
David Rathjen	San Jose	79-81--160
Iose Iulio	Alameda	77-83--160
Dave Ware	Martinez	77-84--161
Tak Taoyama	San Jose	75-86--161
Bradford Thomas	San Anselmo	79-83--162
Alex Hunt	San Jose	80-83--163
Andrew Wood	Alameda	76-87--163
Bryant Williams	Orinda	78-86--164
Jay Guittard	San Leandro	85-79--164
Gary Leonard	Ukiah	83-82--165
Loren Myrow	San Mateo	87-78--165
James Morphy	Folsom	79-87--166
Keven Rutherford	Reno	84-82--166
Mark Scofield	Orinda	89-78--167
Andrew De Guzman	Oakland	78-90--168
Brendan Costello	San Francisco	83-85--168
Robert Jacobs	San Francisco	84-84--168
Stevan Peters	Vallejo	82-87--169

ABOUT THE San Francisco City Championship

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*An NCGA Points Tournament*

**New Entry Procedure for 2024: Registration opens for all players on October 1. There will be 50 spots held for exempt players under the following categories:

* The past 10 years of the San Francisco City Golf Champions
* 2023 San Francisco City Men’s Championship Match Play Qualifiers
* Top 20 men’s 2022-2023 NCGA Points Lists
* 2023 NCGA Champions (Amateur, Mid- Amateur, Junior)
* The top 3 finishers in each of the 6 AmateurGolf.com Winter Tour events (Dec 2023-Feb 2024)

Registration for exempt players, and for non- exempt players with a handicap index of 6.4 or lower as of the date of entry, opens on October 1 and will remain open until the field limit (120 players including spots reserved for exempt players) is reached. When the field limit is reached, all additional registrants will be entered in the pre-qualifier at Presidio Golf Club on Friday, March 8, 2024.

Once entries close, if there are any unfilled spots in the Men's Championship (due to fewer than 50 exempt players registering or withdrawals), they will be filled by Pre- Qualifier registrants in the order in which they registered.

Players entering pre-qualifying will pay an entry fee of $165 for the pre-qualifier, and those advancing from the pre-qualifier will pay the remainder of the entry fee (must be paid prior to playing).

The 36-hole match play qualifier will be held March 9-10, 2024, with 18 holes played at TPC Harding Park and 18 holes at Presidio Golf Course for a combined 36-hole qualifying score.

There will be 156 players in the qualifying round with 64 players advancing to match play. When all qualifying has been completed, the Men’s Championship Flight will consist of 64 contestants. In the event of a playoff to qualify for match play, a player must be present in order to retain his right to participate in the playoff.

Match play will begin on March 16, 2024. All match play for the Championship Flight (Mar 16-17, 23-24) will be held at TPC Harding Park.

A schedule of all dates of play can be found on the tournament website sfgolfchampionship.com.

WITHDRAWALS AND REFUND POLICY
Players needing to withdraw should do so by filling out the form at sfgolfchampionship.com/con tact/. Players withdrawing before the entry deadline of February 19 will receive a refund of their entry fee minus $50. There will be no refunds after the entry deadline.

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