Elk Grove’s Zach Mate Claims Sac County Men’s Amateur Title with Final-Round 66

The 61th Sacramento County Men’s Amateur was played at Ancil Hoffman GC, Carmichael, CA on July 12-13, 2025. 108 players competed for $5000 in gift certificates and many trying to qualify for the California State Fair tournament. Most of the players were from the greater Sacramento area but a significant number of golfers were from the SF Bay area and Southern California too. This year we lowered the minimum index to play to 3 or less which created the most competitive field ever in this event. 88 of 108 golfers had an index of 0 or better!

The champion this year is Zach Mate (Elk Grove) with a total score of 137 … 7 under par. Zach shot 71 on Saturday and won the tournament with a 6 under par … 66 … on Sunday. Zach’s Sunday scorecard had 12 pars and 6 birdies … Very Impressive! Zach won a $800 gift certificate for 1st Place plus a Champions trophy and his name on the perpetual trophy. One shot behind in 2nd Place was Taylor Knoll (Rancho Cordova) with scores of 70-68=138.

The Sac County Men’s Amateur tournament could not have been conducted without volunteers from the Sacramento Golf Council. A “BIG” Thank You to Larry Glasmire, Maynard Pace, Mark Perry, Tom O’Neil, Bob O’Neil, Rhea Harris, Allen Luis, Jan Luis, Patty Mitchell, Vi McNally, Bob McConnell, Tom Bacon and Scott Bland. Also, thank you to Greg Logoteta and Mark Maltzer as our NCGA rules officials.

Chuck Honeycutt, 2025 Tournament Director