Upsets create buzz at San Francisco City Senior Championship

2/28/2013 | by Benjamin Larsen of AmateurGolf.com

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March Madness has already started at Harding Park where two higher seeds were upset as match play rolls on

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (Feb. 28, 2013) -- There is still a full day remaining in February but the March Madness has already begun at the San Francisco City Senior Championship at Harding Park. Top seed and defending champion Jim Williams was a 1-up winner over Michael Parnow in one of Wednesday's Sweet 16 matchups. Former champion Gary Vanier, who earned the tournament's No. 2 seed after stroke-play qualifying, was a 3-and1 winner of Joe Zanassi. No. 4 Herb Jensen, another former winner at this event, knocked off Tom O'Grady 3-and-2 to advance to the quarterfinals. Robert Goodwin scored the biggest upset of the day, dispatching of Dan Bieber, the No. 3 seed, in 20 holes to move on. Goodwin is seeded 19th. Gret O'Malley, seeded eighth, was also the victim of an upset, falling to No. 24 Mark Miller in 19 holes.

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