ment of Champions—and also fin- ished runner-up at the inaugural U.S. Women’s Four-Ball Championship at Pacific Dunes. (O’Sullivan qualified and tied for 53rd at this year’s U.S. Women’s Open, as well.) DeChambeau rose to No. 4 in the
World Golf Amateur Rankings after his win at the U.S. Amateur. The SMU junior became just the fifth player to win both the NCAA individual title and U.S. Amateur in the same summer, joining the incredible company of Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Ryan Moore. “I can’t believe what I just did,” said DeChambeau moments after his domi- nating finals win. “I’m in golf history. I don’t understand it yet. It’s an honor to be in that field.” The final match briefly
got interesting when DeChambeau doubled the 19th hole to trim his lead to 1 up, but the 2011 JTNC Player of the Year promptly
responded, winning the next three holes, and seven of nine.
“I thought, ‘Keep pressing the pedal to the metal now, play Bryson golf,’ “ DeChambeau said. DeChambeau knocked out
NCGA Stroke Play champion Robby Solomon 8 and 6 in the first round, before beating world No. 1 and NCGA Amateur Match Play cham- pion Maverick McNealy 3 and 2 in the Round of 16. DeChambeau also vanquished British Open darling (and third-round co-leader) Paul Dunne 3 and 2 in the quarterfinals. Garcia was making her U.S. Senior
Women’s Amateur debut, and become the first Northern California player to win the championship since Lois Hodge of Los Altos in 1988. Garcia credits her new-found match-play success to competing in the NCGA’s Team Match program. “I have been fortunate for last 4-5
years to play on the Auburn Valley team and get lots of experience with match play,” Garcia said. “Playing in the format and against the top guys at other clubs helped me to gain the con- fidence needed to succeed this week.” –Compiled by Jerry Stewart and Kevin Merfeld
NCGA Sends Two Players to the Walker Cup
F
or the first time in Walker Cup history, the NCGA sent two members to compete for the U.S. team. Maverick McNealy and
Bryson DeChambeau are ranked in the top four of the world rankings—and they even made back-to-back covers of Golfweek. Great Britain and Ireland defeated the
U.S. 16.5-9.5 at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club, but the disappointing result had little to do with the efforts of DeChambeau, who secured 2.5 points in his three matches. After making his Walker Cup debut with
a halve against Ashley Chesters, DeChambeau teamed up with Robby Shelton for a 3-and-2 win in foursomes against Jack Hume and Gavin Moyniham. DeChambeau then played the anchor for the final singles session and again met Moyniham, beating him 6 and 5. Reigning Haskins and Jack Nicklaus Award
winner Maverick McNealy didn’t fare as well, despite entering the Walker Cup as the highest ranked amateur competing. McNealy lost his first two matches, before salvaging a halve against British Open sensation Paul Dunne.
Bryson DeChambeau
Karen Garcia FALL 2015 /
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