she strolled the course. The two-time Junior Tour of Northern California Player of the Year wore a bright orange Oklahoma State visor and slacks, plus orange shoelaces and an OSU belt buckle. Her father and caddie, Harry Cathrea, wore a similarly bright orange pullover. She starts school in August, and she sounds as if she can barely wait to leave. “I talk to the players
and coach almost every day,” Cathrea said. “Still- water is a college town— everything revolves around sports. There’s basically nothing to do but practice.” Before she bolts,
Cathrea was happy to conquer an unconven- tional City Championship. Despite the tournament’s history of diffi cult condi- tions, players didn’t need to navigate puddle-strewn fairways or soggy greens this year. They found a mostly dry course and sparkling sunshine. Gary Vanier won the
Senior championship, 7-and-5 over Jim Wil- liams. It was Vanier’s eighth City title overall; he
Will Brueckner
won the men’s champion- ship six times and now has two senior victories. Winners of the men’s
Open fl ights were Tony Ralph (Venturi fl ight), Bobby Pereira (Susko), Gianluca Mori (Ward), Joey Wertz (Archer), Bobby Blair (Culligan) and Alex Fattah (Tatum). Ron Johnson took the Super Senior title, and Samantha Hutchison (Ink- ster) and Samantha Gong (Ferraris) won the women’s Open fl ights.
RON KROICHICK covers golf for the San Francisco Chronicle.
PGA TOUR AGAINST ANCHORING BAN
The USGA and R&A gave the golf world 90 days to comment on its proposed anchoring ban, or Rule 14-1b. But the PGA Tour decided it was imperative to announce its stance during the fi nals of the WGC Accenture Match Play, upstaging the conclusion of the tournament between eventual champion Matt Kuchar and defending champion Hunter Mahan. Commissioner Tim Finchem held a press conference during the fi nal day of match play to voice the Tour’s disapproval with the USGA and R&A’s proposed rule change, which would prohibit long and belly putters, if they were used by anchoring the club or forearm to the player’s body.
“I just wanted to clarify that we’re very supportive of the USGA,” Finchem said. “We hold them in high regard. We were asked for our opinion, and we feel strongly that going down that road would be a mistake.” The USGA feels that anchoring violates the essence of what defi nes a stroke.
“One of the most fundamental things about the game of golf is we believe the player should hold the club away from his body and swing it freely,” said Mike Davis, executive director of the USGA. “We think this is integral to the traditions of the game. Golf is a game of skill and challenge, and we think that is an important part of it.” [CONTINUED ON PAGE 14]
Webb Simpson won the 2012 U.S. Open at
Olympic anchoring his putter to make a stroke.
CordeValle to Host 2016 U.S. Women’s Open Golf continues to look to Northern California to stage
its elite events. The 2016 U.S. Women’s Open is expected to come to
CordeValle in San Martin, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. CordeValle, which also hosts the PGA Tour’s
Frys.com Open, will stage the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur this September as well. California hasn’t hosted a U.S. Women’s Open since
1982, when it was played at Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento. Del Paso will return to the major fold by hosting the U.S. Senior Open in 2015.
The Champions Tour will also return to Northern
California for the Schwab Cup in 2013 and 2015 at TPC Harding Park. Northern California golf fans won’t have to wait too
much longer for the PGA Tour’s biggest stars to play for the game’s most prestigious championships. The U.S. Open heads back to Pebble Beach in 2019,
while the Presidents Cup is in line to return to Harding in 2021. The U.S. Open could also return to The Olympic Club as early at 2022.
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