amateurgolf.com Christmas Classic: Scarff in Playoff

07 Dec 2008
see also: AmateurGolf.com 2023 Christmas Classic presented by Callaway Golf, Del Monte Golf Course
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MONTEREY, Calif. (Dec. 7, 2008) -- For the past three years, the Christmas Classic has ended in a tie, requiring extra holes to award the Championship. This year, it was amateurgolf.com Player-of-the-Year Randy Haag, (he sealed the title with his runner-up victory today) against Reid Scarff after both players tied at 5-under-par.

Scarff ended the playoff quickly on the first hole with his 20-foot birdie putt while Haag's sidehill effort to tie slid by.

Both golfers found the green with their third shots after their drives didn't give them the opportunity to try for the green in two.

Haag was the leader heading into the final day of play after he carded an impressive 6-under 64 in the first round at Pacific Grove Golf Links. Scarff put up a 67 on Day 1 and cardeed the second best round of the day at Del Monte, a 70. Matt Montez had the low number of the day, a 69.

Andrey Mindirgasov, one of a full contingent of Cal-Berkeley golfers, tied with Chad Vivolo for third place at 4-under 138.

Kent Yamane, who reached the semifinals of the San Francisco City Championship and made the trip to Pinehurst for the U.S. Amateur took fifth at 3-under 139.

In the Senior Division, it was Herb Jensen of Carmichael at 1-over-par edging Rich Morrison and Rob Thompson, both of whom finished at 144.

Korsen Yu lit up Pacific Grove Golf Links in the Net Flight; his net 64 gave him a 4 stroke victory over Todd Knapp of Salinas and Nigel Harold of Alameda.

Full results follow:

Pos.	Name/Hometown		Score
T1	Reid Scarff, Oroville, CA		67-70--137
	Randy Haag, Burlingame, CA		64-73--137
T3	Andrey Mindirgasov, Pacific Grove, CA		67-71--138
	Chad Vivolo, Carmel, CA		68-70--138
5	Kent Yamane, San Jose, CA		66-73--139
T6	Chris Gilman, Yorba Linda, CA		65-75--140
	Jeremy Gearhart, Atascadero, CA		66-74--140
8	Steve Wilson, Martinez, CA		68-74--142
T9	Dino Giacomazzi, Seaside, CA		72-71--143
	Jeffrey Hamm, Danville, CA		70-73--143
	John Murphy, Wilton, CT		71-72--143
	Ryan Keith, Saugus, CA		68-75--143
T13	Chris Marin, Monterey, CA		70-74--144
	Darryl Donovan, Morgan Hill, CA		69-75--144
	Kris Butkys, Thousand Oaks, CA		72-72--144
	Michael Weaver, Fresno, CA		70-74--144
	Stephen Hale, Berkeley, CA		72-72--144
T18	Brian Thompson, Gilroy, CA		72-73--145
	Bryan Moquin, Belmont, CA		72-73--145
	Dash Lindsell, Burlingame, CA		71-74--145
	Pace Johnson, Fresno, CA		73-72--145
T22	Cameron Rappleye, Elk Grove, CA		72-74--146
	David Staszko, San Jose, CA		73-73--146
	Jake Johnson, Cameron Park, CA		70-76--146
	Stephen Jahncke, San Jose, CA		72-74--146
T26	Freddy Wolfe, Piedmont, CA		74-73--147
	Matt Montez, Sacramento, CA		78-69--147
T28	Ian Dahl, Berkeley, CA		72-76--148
	Troy Laughlin, Placentia, CA		70-78--148
T30	Andrew Matagrano, San Francisco, CA		75-74--149
	brandon harkins, walnut creek, CA		71-78--149
	Dan Young, Redwood City, CA		71-78--149
	Daniel Covrig, Modesto, CA		76-73--149
	Grant Norton, Rancho Murieta, CA		71-78--149
	Jamie Core, Berkeley, CA		71-78--149
	Jay Wood, Napa, CA		70-79--149
	Justin Linkey, Tahoe City, CA		73-76--149
	Tanner Makimoto, Roseville, CA		74-75--149
T39	Andrew Haggen, Walnut Creek, CA		73-77--150
	Hank McCusker, Mendocino, CA		70-80--150
T41	Akshay Maliwal, Berkeley, CA		73-78--151
	Devin Hexner, San Francisco, CA		75-76--151
	jason peters, atascadero, CA		75-76--151
T44	Adam Loran, San Jose, CA		71-81--152
	Dane Jensen, Pleasant Grove, Utah, UT		72-80--152
	Kevin Baldwin, San Francisco, CA		74-78--152
	Kyle Candlish, Rancho Murieta, CA		76-76--152
T48	Albert Conceicao, San Jose, CA		73-81--154
	Anthony Machi, Pleasanton, CA		73-81--154
	Greg Wardle, San Francisco, CA		74-80--154
	Josh Stone, Stockton, CA		74-80--154
	Nick Sako, Menlo Park, CA		73-81--154
	Prabhjot Lasher, Los Banos, CA		76-78--154
	Shannon Yocum, Palos Verdes Estates,		75-79--154
	Steven Kern, Colfax, CA		76-78--154
	Teddy Schrier, Atwater, CA		79-75--154
57	Billy Geibel, Atascadero, CA		76-79--155
T58	Geoff Couch, Watsonville, CA		78-78--156
	Grant Rappleye, Elk Grove, CA		80-76--156
T60	Ben Jackson, Menlo Park, CA		78-79--157
	John Allison, Pismo Beach, CA		78-79--157
	Jon Mygrant, Redding, CA		79-78--157
	Mark Mallin, San Jose, CA		76-81--157
	Michael Melendez, Merced, CA		79-78--157
	Michael Tobin, Turlock, CA		79-78--157
T66	Chris Mangold, Victorville, CA		79-79--158
	Joel Carlson, Lafayette, CA		77-81--158
T68	Chris Jensen, Los Altos, CA		75-84--159
	David Rohrs, Los Altos, CA		76-83--159
T70	Dylan Smith, San Francisco, CA		75-85--160
	Juan Lopez, Lakeport, CA		76-84--160
72	Jerry Ledzinski, Carmel, CA		82-79--161
73	Ron Siskey, Grover Beach, CA		82-81--163
T74	Brandon Van Goethen, Huntington Beach,		81-83--164
	Pete Wlodkowski, Carlsbad, CA		76-88--164
76	Keith Schwartz, San Mateo, CA		80-85--165
77	Dustin Garrehy, San Ramon, CA		79-87--166
78	Clare Langford, Richmond, CA		84-83--167
79	Steven Neer, Fresno, CA		84-84--168
80	Ian Attard, Danville, CA		83-89--172
81	Noah Sturm, Santa Cruz, CA		88-87--175
T82	Brian O'Regan, Walnut Creek, CA		NC-NC--NC
	Casey Boyns, Pacific Grove, CA		73-NC--NC
	Eric Crociata, Dublin, CA		NC-NC--NC
	Erik Hallgrimson, Los Gatos, CA		NC-NC--NC
	Geoff Gonzalez, Diablo, CA		71-NC--NC

Pos	Senior Flight		Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Total

1	Herb Jensen	Carmichael, CA	74	69	143
t2	Rich Morrison	Los Gatos, AZ	74	70	144
t2	Rob Thompson	Merced, CA	72	72	144
4	Robert Goodwin	Atherton, CA	72	73	145
5	Frank Abbott	Napa, CA	72	75	147
6	Greg O'Malley	Sonoma, CA	74	75	149
7	Neil Duffy	Santa Cruz, CA	75	75	150
t8	Pierre LaMothe	Carmel, CA	80	72	152
t8	Charles Richesin	Lodi, CA	81	71	152
	Kevin Gaughan	Danville, CA	78	76	154
	Bob Schoenherr	San Jose, CA	76	80	156
	Greg Voboril	Atascadero, CA	79	80	159
	Michael Carr	San Francisco, CA	79	79	158
	Mark Miller	Antioch, CA	79	79	158
	Wayne Bass	Clayton, CA	79	77	156
	Randy Blankenbaker	Rohnert Park, CA	80	73	153
	Sherman Haggerty	El Dorado Hills, CA	80	77	157
	Frank Ontiveros	Exeter, CA	80	82	162
	Jim Welsh	San Jose, CA	81	75	156
	Jeffrey True.	Sonoma, CA	82	79	161
	Michael Donnelly	Clayton, CA	83	72	155
	Mike Flood	Folsom, CA	83	74	157
	Ben Whipple	El Dorado Hills, C	84	75	159
	Patrick Kane	Antelope, CA	84	86	170
	Ed Merchant	Sacramento, CA	85	70	155
	Rocky Wolf	Palo Alto, CA	85	74	159
	Bob Cayton	Aptos, CA	86	79	165
	Edward Strickland	Alameda, CA	87	78	165
	Gary Maniery	Sacramento, CA	86	wd	wd

Pos	Net Flight		Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Total

1	Korsen Yu	Sunnyvale, CA	75	64	139
t2	Todd Knapp	Salinas, CA	73	70	143
t2	Nigel Harold	Alameda, CA	78	65	143
t4	Dan Gray	Patterson, CA	76	68	144
t4	Charles Balisha	Turlock, CA	74	70	144
6	Ricky Rush	Boston, MA	77	71	148
7	Bart Goldie	Oakland, CA	82	69	151
t8	Noel Rush	Pacifica, CA	78	74	152
t8	Rob Vieira	Stockton, CA	78	74	152
	Marc Sanders	Turlock, CA	79	74	153
	Tom Silva	Turlock, CA	77	76	153
	Dave Nikitin	Vacaville, CA	74	79	153
	Fred Luper	Suisun, CA	76	77	153
	Robert Vernon	San Francisco, CA	79	74	153
	Jim Cotton	Davis, CA	75	79	154
	Lyle Covino	san francisco, CA	74	80	154
	Aaron Fuqua	Salinas, CA	80	74	154
	John Kavanagh	Salinas	80	74	154
	Tim Yager	San Jose, CA	77	80	157
	Patrick McKenna	El Dorado Hills, C	80	77	157
	James Murphy	San Francisco, CA	83	75	158
	Bruce McGraw	Lake Forest, CA	79	80	159
	Andrew Hickson	Vacaville, CA	85	74	159
	Frank Angelo	Moraga, CA	86	76	162
	Del Hocker	San Jose, CA	88	75	163
	Vincent Steele	Concord, CA	81	85	166
	Mike Sly	Mountain View, C	82	84	166
	Scott Carelli	San Francisco, CA	83	86	169
	Al Richardson	Santa Clara, CA	84	88	172
	Bill Wood	Napa, CA	85	91	176

ABOUT THE AGC Christmas Classic

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The Christmas Classic was founded by 2-time California State Amateur Champion Casey Boyns over 20 years ago and it always attracts a great field. This is our most popular event, and year in and year out it sells out. Field limited to 104 players; Championship, Senior, and Net divisions.

Your entry fee includes two rounds of golf (cart at players expense), $4500 in Callaway Golf certificate prizes, $20 lunch certificate, and a great weekend at one of the Monterey Peninsula's wonderful classic courses, "Old" Del Monte.

DIVISIONS

CHAMPIONSHIP
For players aged 16 and over who have a USGA or equivalent index of less than 5.5

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
For players age 50 and over (as of the tournament date) with a handicap index of less than 8.0. Note: Must be 55 and over for NCGA Senior Points.

NET
For players 16 and over with handicap between 5.5 and 18.0.

MID-AM (subdivision of Championship)
For players age 25-49. Compete alongside the younger players in the Championship Division, (same tees, same prize opportunities) and if there are at least six Mid-Ams, a separate prize and trophy will be awarded.

SUPER SENIORS (subdivision of Senior)
For players age 65+. Compete alongside the younger senior players in the Senior Division, (same tees, same prize opportunities) and if there are at least six players 65 or over, a separate prize and trophy will be awarded for low super senior.

WOMEN (subdivision of Championship)
Will play in the Championship Division but from a shorter tee; if there are at least six women in the field, a separate prize and trophy will be awarded. Net players will play in the Net Division but from a shorter tee.

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