NCGA Players of the Year C
Moore Captures NCGA Amateur Tour Title with Win at Last Event of the Season
oming off a disappointing winless 2014 season, 33-year-old Nick
Moore was eager to see the calendar flip over to a new year. “I didn’t feel like I played to my potential in 2014,” Moore said. “Taking time off didn’t help, either.” On the course, the Monterey
resident had gone through what he calls an “unintentional” swing change that just sort of happened. “I was at a point where I was
unsure where I was going with my swing. I wasn’t hitting it where I was aiming,” said Moore, a caddie at Cypress Point Club. Upon the arrival of 2015, a refocused
Moore, who picked up golf at age 23 following a standout baseball career, embarked on a personal redemption tour. The end result was 2014-2015 NCGA Player of the Year honors. Moore clinched the title with a
dramatic victory at the season-ending NCGA Valley Amateur, where he defeated Fresno’s Blake Hathcoat after a grueling, nine-hole playoff in 100-degree heat. The playoff was one of the longest in NCGA history. To get to the playoff, Moore also had to make up a two-stroke deficit going into the final round. He did so with a closing 5-under 67 that included eight birdies. “I was happy to be in the position I was heading into the Valley Am. I knew I controlled my own destiny,” said Moore, who won the Valley Am in 2013 to finish third in the points race. “I knew I had to win it.” Entering the Valley Am, Moore was at 780 points and needed 440 points to tie then-leader Maverick McNealy. The hard fought Valley Amateur
victory pushed Moore to a total of 1,280 points and Player of the Year honors. McNealy, winner of the NCGA Amateur Match Play Championship, finished second with 1,220 points. “It’s a great honor to be NCGA
Player of the Year,” said Moore. In April, Moore showed signs of
Nick Moore Rank Name
1 Nick Moore Club
2 Maverick McNealy Sharon Heights 3 Robby Salomon 4 Jason Anthony
Preserve
5 Bryson DeChambeau E-Club Fresno 6 Matt Cohn
7 Jerry Ledzinski 8
9 Shotaro Ban Events Points
Bayonet / Black Horse 7 1,280 4 1,220 8 1,110 14 1,059 2 975
The Olympic Club
E-Club San Francisco 10 964 Monterey Peninsula 13 913
Jonathan De Los Reyes
amateurgolf.com 8 858 Saratoga
10 Joshua Sedeno Morgan Creek 18 /
NCGA.ORG / WINTER 2016
2 850 7 818
rebounding from a 2014 campaign where he finished the season 24th by capturing the NCGA Public Links Championship, his second Public Links title in three years. A month later, he finished tied for second at the NCGA Amateur Four-Ball Champi- onship, teaming with Matt Cohn. At August’s NCGA Amateur
Match Play Championship, he faced McNealy, the then-No. 2-ranked amateur in the world, in the Round of 16. Moore lost 6 and 5 after McNealy played the 13 holes of the match in 5 under. Moore hadn’t played that poorly,
going 3 over with a double-bogey. “There’s a reason why he’s No. 2 in the world,” said Moore at the time of
McNealy, who a month later assumed the No. 1 spot in the World Amateur Golf Rankings. Considering the way Moore won
the Player of the Year title, one can only think that McNealy would tip his cap in return.
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Knoll Collects Record Fifth Straight Senior Crown
he start of the 2014-2015 season was business as usual for four-time
defending Senior Player of the Year Jim Knoll.
In his first event, he tied for
third at the California Senior Ama- teur Championship. But after that, things were anything but normal for the 63-year-old print salesman. Due to changes at his job, Knoll
wasn’t able to play as often. When he competed, the results weren’t any- where near his norm. “I probably went through a four to
five month stretch where I didn’t play much,” Knoll said. “When I did play, I didn’t play that well, either.” Knoll turned a corner during the final round of the National Society of
Jim Knoll Rank Name
1 Jim Knoll 2 Casey Boyns
Club Rooster Run
3 Dale Bouguennec Contra Costa 4 Mark Miller 5 Terry Foreman 6 Scott Anderson 7 Gary Vanier 8
Steve Wilson 9 Jeff Burda 10 Greg O’Malley
Roddy Ranch Roddy Ranch Roddy Ranch
Events Points 20 2,700
Nicklaus Club - Mtry. 13 1,963 29 1,892 38 1,717 17 1,652 23 1,243 8 1,185 20 1,108 6 958
The Olympic Club Roddy Ranch Del Rio
Foxtail Men’s 30 91
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