Author: PeteWL

Finigan Tilly of San Carlos, California battled the heatwave that engulfed the West Coast en route to a one shot victory over Brett Viboch and Blake Hathcoat at the 96th California State Fair Amateur. Tilly, who was one of six co-leaders following Saturday’s first round, posted 67-68-67 for a 202 total. The Cal-Berkley senior sat…
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Slowly but surely, Devon Bling chipped away at a title defense in the California State Fair Amateur. With three birdies in his final four holes at the Alister MacKenzie Golf Course at Haggin Oaks in Sacramento, Calif., Bling pulled even with second-round leader Michael Cliff. He finished him off in sudden death.Bling becomes the first…
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Devon Bling (Ridgecrest, Calif.) shot a final-round 5-under 67 to overtake the second-round leader Matt Cohn (San Francisco, Calif.) and win the 94th California State Fair Amateur at the Alister Mackenzie Golf Course at the Haggin Oaks Golf Complex. For Bling, it was a continuation of the momentum gained from a memorable run at the U.S. Amateur…
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Sacramento native, Blake Abercrombie, was able to capitalize on his 36-hole lead and take victory at the California State Fair Amateur on Monday. The San Diego Aztec Senior posted a 2-under-par 70 to win by two strokes above Stanford Golfer Isaiah Salinda, playing incredibly clutch down the stretch. Related: Hometown Golfer Looks to Close at Cal State Fair…
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Huntington Beach native Ramiz Jamal captured the 92nd California State Fair by three shots on Labor Day Monday with a final round 66 played at the MacKenzie Golf Course at Haggin Oaks. Jamal, a sophomore at UC Irvine, entered the final round at 7-under par one shot back of Ben Corfee, Bryan Wise, and Patrick…
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There’s no way a contender can know exactly where he stands in relation to the field at an amateur golf tournament. He can have an idea. He can know relative to his group. But there are no full-field scoreboards so, for the most part, it’s put the pedal to the metal and hope for the…
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As in years before, there is never a lack of drama on the final day of the California State Fair Championship. And that drama played out until the last hole of the 90th playing of the event at the Alister Mackenzie-designed Haggin Oaks Golf Course. Corey Pereira, of Cameron Park, Calif., took the title after…
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After 54 holes of the California State Fair Men’s Championship over the holiday weekend, all that had been decided was a Bear was going to win. That it was a Baylor Bear was more surprising than Sacramento Labor Day downpours. Cody Paladino, a Baylor graduate from Kensington, Conn., playing in the State Fair as an…
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A spectator who had set his chair left of the 17th fairway Monday at Haggin Oaks was surprised to see a ball roll toward him, then stop 20 yards short of his spot in the shade. “I’m 360 yards from the tee,” he said, a range finder in his hand and clearly in awe. No…
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It was reminiscent of two great thoroughbreds with contrasting styles going eyeball to eyeball, snorting and grunting through the stretch after leaving the competition gasping for air in their wake. Matt Hansen was the grinder who lagged off the pace, then barreled toward the finish line the picture of determination. Jake Johnson was the front-runner…
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