SCGA Amateur

More than 20 golfers with strong Orange County ties tee off Friday when one of the longest running amateur tournaments gets underway at Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club.

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Name Age Orange County connection How he got in the field Jason Beach 22 Los Alamitos High School 1999 SCGA Amateur Top-10 Michael Blum 60 Seal Beach resident Qualified at SCGA Members Club Steven Bullock 16 El Toro High School Qualified at SCGA Members Club Steven Conway 18 Santa Margarita High School 1999 Calif. Amateur match play Perry Dickey III 21 Huntington Beach High School Qualified at Diamond Valley GC Ryan Donovan 22 Esperanza High School Qualified Warner Springs Ranch Chris Fox 25 Esperanza High School Qualified at Diamond Valley GC Mark Harding 40 Fountain Valley resident Qualified at SCGA Members Club Farrell Hinkle 58 Costa Mesa resident Qualified at SCGA Members Club Han Lee 22 Fullerton resident 1999 Canadian Amateur champion Jeremy May 24 Orange resident Qualified Warner Springs Ranch Scott McGihon 32 UC Irvine 1999 SCGA Amateur top-10 Terry Noe 23 Sunny Hills High School Qualified at Diamond Valley GC Alex Oh 19 Brea Olinda High School Qualified at Diamond Valley GC Bret Parker 21 Mater Dei High School Qualified at SCGA Members Club Kemp Richardson 54 Laguna Niguel resident 1999 U.S. Mid-Amateur match play Robert Sauer 21 Mission Viejo High School Qualified at SCGA Members Club James Shearer 28 Dana Point resident Qualified at Brookside GC Chad Towersey 20 Corona del Mar High School Qualified at SCGA Members Club Greg Uberuaga 24 Huntington Beach High School Qualified at SCGA Members Club Mike Walker 24 Edison High School Qualified at Brookside GC Eric Wang 22 Cypress High School Qualified at SCGA Members Club

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A look at tee times:

ROUND 1/ROUND 2

No. 1 tee/No. 10 tee

7:30 a.m./1 p.m.

Chris Fox, Yorba Linda

Alex Oh, Hawaiian Gardens

James Shearer, Dana Point

7:38/1:08

John Balfanz, Bakersfield

Gilberto Rodriguez, Bonita

7:46/1:16

John Austin, Bakersfield

Christian Helland, Goleta

Kemp Richardson, Laguna Niguel

7:54/1:24

James Camaione, Upland

Edward Lynn, Santa Monica

John H Wardrup, San Diego

8:02/1:32

John Schaller, Encinitas

Dennis Reyes Solano, Los Angeles

King Wilder, Pasadena

8:10/1:40

Bobby Grassa, La Jolla

Jim Plotkin, Carlsbad

James Popoff, Whittier

8:18/1:48

Charlie Black, Temecula

Perry Dickey III, Oceanside

Ryan Nomura, Carpinteria

8:26/1:56

Tim Hogarth, Northridge

Scott McGihon, Bermuda Dunes

John Pate, Santa Barbara

8:34/2:04

Cameron Broumand, Los Angeles

Travis Matye, Lancaster

Eric Wang, Cypress

8:42/2:12

Jason Beach, Cypress

Michael Rowley, San Luis Obispo

Robert Sauer, Mission Viejo

8:50/2:20

Michael Blum, Seal Beach

Ryan Rethmeier, Oceanside

Brock Shafer, Playa Del Rey

8:58/2:28

Scott Fulkerson, Simi Valley

Jeremy May, Orange

Leigh Silver, Encinitas

9:06/2:36

Ryan Donovan, Yorba Linda

Alex Thornley, Rancho Santa Fe

Kevin Wurtz, Long Beach

9:14/2:44

Michael Clar, La Jolla

Bret Parker, Villa Park

Paul Rice, Redlands

9:22/2:52

Mark Etue, Carlsbad

Mark Gardner, Redlands

Han Lee, Fullerton

9:30/3:00

Bob Clark, Murrieta

Donald O’Connor, San Diego

Chad Towersey, Newport Beach

ROUND 1/ROUND 2

No. 10 tee/No. 1 tee

7:30 a.m./1 p.m.

Steven Bullock, Dove Canyon

Jeff Morrison, Castaic

Wayne Trella, Santa Barbara

7:38/1:08

Mark Harding, Fountain Valley

Mike Walker, Newport Beach

Eric Witherall, Carlsbad

7:46/1:16

Ed Cuff, Temecula

Pat Duncan, Rancho Santa Fe

Craig Steinberg, Van Nuys

7:54/1:24

Jay Davis, Escondido

Keith Kinsel, Glendale

Donald Ludwig, Escondido

8:02/1:32

Michael Christensen, Pasadena

Robert Funk, Canyon Lake

Adam Marshall, La Quinta

8:10/1:40

Farrell Hinkle, Costa Mesa

Jim Mitchell, Temecula

Jim Ream, Jr., Cerritos

8:18/1:48

Joe Byrom, Jr., San Diego

Tom Eastlack, Menifee

Ted Lyford, Redlands

8:26/1:56

Chris Galeski, Carlsbad

Gregory Johnson, San Diego

8:34/2:04

George Downing III, Santa Barbara

Dan Jennings, Los Angeles

John Mallinger, Long Beach

8:42/2:12

Patrick Carrigan, Alhambra

Darin Sullivan, San Diego

Charles Watkins, San Diego

8:50/2:20

Jerry Chang, Manhattan Beach

Steven Conway, Dove Canyon

Terry Noe, Fullerton

8:58/2:28

John Lieber, El Cajon

Christian Thornley,

Greg Uberuaga, San Diego

9:06/2:36

J. T. Kohut, Simi Valley

John Merrick, Long Beach

9:14/2:44

John Cook, Riverside

Gary Havro, Claremont

Greg Puga, Los Angeles

9:22/2:52

Nick Beauvy, Pacific Palisades

Scott Crawshaw, Pasadena

Tom Norys, Riverside

9:30/3:00

Aaron Choi, San Diego

Jim Skinner, Manhattan Beach

Victor Zayas, Jr., San Diego