Tim Hogarth of Northridge continued his red-hot play, firing a 5-under-par 65 today at Annandale Golf Club in Pasadena to lead six amateurs who advanced to U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying.
Although someone will undoubtedly correct me, I can’t recall a Southern California U.S. Open local where all the qualifiers were amateurs. David Shefter of the USGA researched records back to 2005 and found a couple of places around the nation where five of five were amateurs but no six-spotters.
Hogarth, fresh from winning the Pasadena City Amateur yesterday at nearby Brookside GC, was even par on the front nine today with two birdies and two bogies, but closed with a flourish on the back nine with four birdies and an eagle 2 on the 307-yard, par-four 17th hole when he drove the green and sank an eight-foot putt. He went birdie-birdie-eagle-birdie to finish five shots in front of Chi-Hsien Hsieh of Taipei and Daniel Lee of Valencia. The other qualifiers — Daniel Park and Cliff Martin of Los Angeles and Tao Huang of Taipei — each shot 71.
For Hogarth, it was the continuation of a red-hot streak. Last month, he won his second SCGA Mid-Amateur in the past three years. Earlier this month, he lost his bid for a fifth consecutive Lakeside GC Kelly Cup when Joe Sanders chipped in for birdie on the first playoff hole. Hogarth won his third consecutive Pasadena City Amateur title over the past weekend MORE.
Sectional qualifying (each 36 holes) will take place on May 25 in England and Japan and on June 8 at 13 U.S. sites, including Saticoy CC in Somis. Those who survive that round move on to the U.S. Open June 18-21 at the Bethpage Black Course in New York City.
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