Lake Merced GC will host its second California State Amateur in 2015.
advanced to the semifi nals in each appearance. In what Gonzalez called the “key
moment,” of the fi nal match, Wil- son appeared to be in great shape on the 17th hole after a drive in the fairway, while Gonzalez looked to be in purgatory after knocking his tee shot into a cluster of trees. On their second shots, Wilson hit his approach to within eight feet of the fl agstick, while Gonzalez was still stuck behind the green.
But then it happened. In a huge
momentum switch, Gonzalez pro- ceeded to chip in from behind the green for birdie, while Wilson missed his putt. “I remember when I got to my ball
in the trees there was a marshal on the radio. I could hear him saying, ‘He’s got no shot,’” Gonzalez said. “That fi red me up. When my chip went in, Wilson gave me a kind of ‘I don’t believe it’ look.” Later in the afternoon, Gonzalez
took the lead on the 27th hole and never looked back, eventually claim- ing a 3-and-2 win. With the victory, Gonzalez become the fi rst player in
15 years, and just the 12th overall to win the championship and medalist honors. “I was more nervous in the morn-
ing portion. In the afternoon, I went for it,” Gonzalez said. Following his red-shirt season,
Gonzalez returned for his senior cam- paign at Cal Poly. The results were his third trip to the NCAA Regionals, and a trip to the NCAA Champion-
ships, where he became the fi rst Cal Poly player to advance to the fi nals. Since turning pro in the fall of
2011, Gonzalez has twice been a full- time member of the PGA Canada Tour (2012 and 2014) and has won multiple times on the eGolf Profes- sional Tour, another developmental circuit that hosts events on the west and east coasts. The last four years, he’s also advanced to at least the
Home Course Advantage?
Since the California State Amateur’s move to a north/south course rotation in 2007, six of the eight champions have won on what could be called their home region.
PLAYER YEAR CHAMPION
2007 Josh Anderson 2008 Nick Delio
2009 Geoff Gonzalez 2010 Scott Travers 2011 Bhavik Patel 2012 Kevin Marsh 2013 Cory McElyea
COURSE AFFILIATION
Monterey Peninsula CC SCGA Lakeside GC
Lake Merced GC
Rancho Santa Fe GC The Olympic Club La Cumbre CC
2014 Xander Schauff ele La Costa Resort
SCGA NCGA SCGA SCGA SCGA
Monterey Peninsula CC NCGA SCGA
HOST
REGION North South North South North South North South
SPRING 2015 /
NCGA.ORG / 55
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