It was a crisp Fall Sunday morning when 28 teams convened to compete in the 76th Annual Walter and Olga Strand Junior Senior Championship. Fathers, sons, mothers, daughters and even grandparents were present competing or watching the event. I had 30 teams signed up and paid, last minute two cancelled, no refunds were given. As…
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Emil Nielsen needed three extra holes and his best golf of the weekend, but he secured a huge confidence-boosting win heading into his first collegiate season. Nielsen defeated Charlie Berridge in a three-hole playoff to win the 2024 California State Fair Men’s Championship at Haggin Oaks, the Alister MacKenzie Course, in Sacramento, Calif., as he…
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The event was contested at the Bartley Cavanaugh Golf Course, where weather conditions were ideal compared to the scorching 100 plus heat the Sacramento Valley has been experiencing. The Championship Division concluded on Saturday Day One with seven players scoring under par and leading the field was Sophia Lee (Fairfield) and Erica Villegas (Suisun) tied…
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The 28th annual State Fair Senior, the 15th annual State Fair Super Senior, and the 2nd annual State Fair Legends Championships were held at Mather Golf Course on Saturday, August 31 and Sunday, September 1. As always, the field was strong with many past winners as well as top senior, super senior, and legends players…
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The State Fair Junior Tournament was held at Mather Golf Course. We had showers, more showers in the morning. In the afternoon, we had a downpour! The umbrellas were out, and the weather did not dampen the player’s attitude to have a great tournament. We had 127 players: 38 in the 7-11 age division, playing…
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Juan Gonzales, Antelope, birdied the last two holes at Bing Maloney Golf Course to add a second win of the 22nd California State Fair Mens Mid Amateur Golf Championship played August 17-18. Gonzalez finished 12 under par, the low gross score of 67, 65, 132. His prior victory was in 2020. Gonzales was tied with…
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The 83rd City Mixed Team Championship was held at the Bing Maloney Golf Course on a relatively cool Sunday, August 4th. Twenty-six coed teams competed, and 11 teams were awarded Morton gift cards! The 2024 City Mixed Champions are the team of Jim and Vicki Philpott who shot a 76 gross and a net 61.5!…
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On July 27 and 28, 2024, the 54th Sacramento County Women’s and Handicap Championship were held at Mather GC, where only 30 women competed. Despite the small field size, the ladies enjoyed the weather and played well. It was very pleasant and resulted in everyone completing the round in record time. We started at 8:06…
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The 4th Annual Sacramento Valley Women’s Amateur (SVWA) was conducted at the Alister MacKenzie GC @ Haggin Oaks, hosted by the SGC & the HO Team on July 13th & 14th, 2024. Kaylyn Noh (Rocklin) won the Championship Flight – 139 (-5). Kaylyn led after the first round, firing a 3 under 69. During the…
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The 2024 Sacramento City Senior & Super Senior Championship was contested at Bing Maloney Golf Course, July 16-17, 2024. Congratulations to Senior Champion, Mike Stieler, with a blistering 10 under score of 134. He blew away the field with runners up John Jaramillo and Mark Morgan tied for a distant second place at 1 under…
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