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Jonathan Chen is wire-to-wire winner at Monterey City Amateur

Chen held off charges from John Sawin and Miguel Delgado to take the historic title by a shot at Del Monte G.C.

AmateurGolf.com Staff· · Updated · 2 min read

Jonathan Chen of Carmel (and Dominican University) sits atop the leaderboard at 7-under par through the early rounds of the 76th Monterey City Amateur Championship at Del Monte Golf Course, holding a two-stroke cushion over Hanqin Wang of Diamond Bar at 5-under. (Wang recently graduated from high school and has committed to Long Beach State.)

Chen's brother trails by three at 4-under, while Miguel Delgado and John Sawin -- the VP of Golf for Del Monte G.C. owner Pebble Beach Corporation -- share fourth at 2-under. Reese Sato sits alone in sixth at 1-under, with Evan Johnson another stroke back at even par.

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  1. UpdateJul 6, 12:33 AM UTC

    Chen holds wire-to-wire at Del Monte; Sawin's 18th-hole bogey denies playoff

    Jonathan Chen closed with an even-par 72 to finish at 8-under 208 and capture the Monterey City Amateur Championship, holding off a determined chase from Miguel Delgado and John Sawin, Pebble Beach's VP of Golf. Both chasers posted 72s Sunday to finish one back at 7-under 209. Sawin's final-hole bogey—a 5 on the par-4 18th after making the turn in 34—proved costly, denying him a playoff chance after steady rounds of 70-69-70. Delgado carded matching 37-35 splits but couldn't catch Chen, who went out in 37 and steadied with a 35 coming home.

    AJ Fitzgerald stormed up the leaderboard with Sunday's low round, a 6-under 64 (32-32) that vaulted him to solo fourth at 3-under 213 after opening 77-72.

    Tony Ralph claimed the 36-hole senior division by a shot at 3-over 147 over Trent Tessler, as both players fired 2-under 70's in the second round. Ralph had opened with a 77, and Tessler with 78 so that single shot in round one made the difference.