Southern Section

Thursday, June 3

CIF/SCGA Tournament

At SCGA Member Club, Temecula, Par 72

Freshman Rickie Fowler of Murrieta Valley shattered the tournament record and tied the course record at the SCGA Members Club in Murrieta with a 10-under-par 62 Thursday to win the 34th CIF-SCGA boys’ regional golf tournament by six shots over junior Matt Shaw of Clovis.

Fowler, 15, who birdied six of his final seven holes, become the youngest player to win the event since Tiger Woods, who won as a freshman at Anaheim Western in 1991.

Fowler’s score broke the previous tournament mark set by UCLA standout Steve Conway, who shot 65 for Rancho Santa Margarita in 2000.

“I don’t know how I did it,” Fowler said. “I just hit the ball and somehow it went in the hole.”

Fowler did have a significant advantage over others in the 112-member field that had qualified from the Southern, City, Central and San Diego sections. He was the only participant to call the SCGA Members Club his home course.

“I knew the course really well, so I knew I could come in and shoot well,” he said. “But I didn’t know it would be that good.”

Fowler consistently drove the ball 300 yards or farther, including a 325-yard drive on the par-five 17th that helped him birdie his final hole of the day.

The CIF-SCGA is Southern California’s qualifier for the state championship. The top six individuals and three teams advance to the final, which will be held Tuesday at Santa Maria Country Club.

Torrey Pines defended its team title by edging Cerritos Gahr, 364-367. Santa Barbara San Marcos finished third at 374.

Junior Cameron Tringale of Mission Viejo, freshman Sihwan Kim of La Mirada, senior Garrett Sapp of Gahr and junior Jeff Koprivetz of Anaheim Esperanza were among seven players tied for third at 70.

With Sapp reaching the final with his team, the remaining players competed in a playoff. Tringale birdied the par-three 10th and Kim parred to qualify, but Koprivetz’s bogey kept him from advancing.
--Rafer Weigel

TEAM (best 5 of 6 scores count for team total):

364 -- Torrey Pines (Patrick Duncan, Jamie Lovemark, Max Schechter, Justin Silverstein, Spencer Thurn, Blake Trimble)

367 -- Gahr (Leon Choi, Sam Kim, Kenny Kim, Tommy Lee, John Moon, Garrett Sapp)

374 -- San Marcos (Cameron De Vries, Chris Gregoire, Evan Janke, Josh Kettler, Brett Mormann, Brian Willis)

379 -- La Mirada (Ricky Costello, Daniel Im, Bryan Jones, Sihwan Kim, Ray Maluyo, Kyung Min, La Mirada) 379; Bakersfield Stockdale (James Bae, Jarrett Cosyns, Tony Denesha, Grant Doverspike, Bryan Hogan, Tyler Hurst)

383 -- Carlsbad La Costa Canyon (Matt Bolton, Bucky Coe, Connor Driscoll, Jake Galey, Tyler Morris, Zack Witkin)

386 -- Liberty (Kirk Harper, Cameron Harper, Alan Manning, Mike Moldenhauer, Doug Rossi, Dustin Slikker)

390 -- Palm Desert (Ross Canavan, Aaron Davis, Jordan Erickson, David Carlin, Bryan Harris, E.J. Stenftenagel).

403 -- Granada Hills (Scott Hoch, Aaron Hoffy, Steve Larsen, Andrew Ok, Liam Slattery, Robbie Weinstein.

422 -- Venice (Kyle Asai, Micha Burke, Paul Henson, Richie Henson, Gene Kim, Blane Snyder).

INDIVIDUAL:

62 -- * Rickie Fowler, Murrieta Valley. (tournament record; old record of 65 by Steve Conway, Santa Margarita HS, in 2000).

68 -- * Matt Shaw, Clovis.

70 -- * Kevin Bognat, Monroe; Taylor Coffman, San Diego Saint Augustine; * Sihwan Kim, La Mirada; Jeff Koprivetz, Esperanza; Garrett Sapp, Gahr; * Cameron Tringale, Mission Viejo; * C.J. Vuytowecz, Valley Center 70. (Tringale birdied the first playoff hole and Bognat, Kim and Wuytowecz parred the first playoff hole to win final state tournament qualifying spots).

71 -- Kevin Chappel, Clovis Buchanan; Rory Hie, Cerritos; Tommy Lee, Gahr; Jamie Lovemark, San Diego Torrey Pines; Max Schechter, Torrey Pines; Colin Wilcox, Camarillo.

72 -- Tyler Hurst, Stockdale; Daniel Im, La Mirada; Kenny Kim, Gahr; Brian Locke, St. Bernard; Gerry Porras, Saint Augustine; Derek Sipe, Esperanza; Blake Trimble, Torrey Pines.

73 -- Jeff Chen, Los Altos; Cameron De Vries, San Marcos; Stephen Hale, Bakersfield Garces; Kirk Harper, Bakersfield Liberty; Bryan Hogan, Stockdale; Matt Pierce, St. Margaret’s; Nathan Pistaccio, Fresno Clovis West.

74 -- Kenny Adams, Fallbrook; Sam Chien, San Diego Mt. Carmel; Bucky Coe, La Costa Canyon; Robbie Damschen, Clovis West; Patrick Duncan, Torrey Pines; Jake Galey, La Costa Canyon; Josh Kettler, San Marcos; Greg Moss, Brentwood; Tyler Smith, St. Margaret’s.

75 -- Todd Angel, Clovis; Ross Canavan, Palm Desert; Evan Janke, San Marcos; Ben Seelig, Palisades; Dustin Slikker, Liberty; Larry Wong, Diamond Ranch.

76 -- Leon Choi, Gahr; Chris Freeman, Clairemont; Nic Giordano, Saint Augustine; Chris Gregoire, San Marcos; David Lieberman, Palm Springs; Ryan Ritzau, Dos Pueblos; Justin Silverstein, Torrey Pines; Ben Simonett, Visalia Redwood; Carl Smith, Santa Margarita; Brian Willis, San Marcos.

77 -- Aaron Davis, Palm Desert; Brian Kim, Cerritos; Lucas Lee, Torrance; Ricky Montanez, Victor Valley; Brett Mormann, San Marcos; Tyler Morris, La Costa Canyon; Spencer Thurn, Torrey Pines; Dean Tonnesian, Clovis West.

78 -- David Carlin, Palm Desert; Chris Cho, San Diego Westview; Jarrett Cosyns, Stockdale; Tony Denesha, Stockdale; Grant Doverspike, Stockdale; Connor Driscoll, La Costa Canyon; Ben Fox, Oakwood; Scott Hoch, Granada Hills; Sam Kim, Gahr; Kyung Min, La Mirada; John Moon, Gahr; Andrew Ok, Granada Hills; Bryan Pierce, Arroyo Grande; E.J. Stenftenagel, Palm Desert; Garet Takiguchi, Westchester; Kyle Warren, Los Alamitos.

79 -- James Bae, Stockdale; Jin Hur, Bermuda Dunes Desert Christian; Ray Maluyo, La Mirada; Justin Mangubat, Chula Vista Bonita Vista; Alan Manning, Liberty; Mike Moldenhauer, Liberty.

80 -- Brady Baguio, Bakersfield Highland; Micha Burke, Venice; Ricky Costello, La Mirada; Cameron Harper, Liberty; Andrew Lepore, North Hollywood; Alex Podell, Palisades; Zack Witkin, La Costa Canyon.

81 -- Aaron Hoffy, Granada Hills; Liam Slattery, Granada Hills.

82 -- Marshall Dick, El Camino Real; Jordan Erickson, Palm Desert; Bryan Harris, Palm Desert; Bryan Jones, La Mirada; Brandon Nunez, El Camino Real; Doug Rossi, Liberty; Brandon Schlig, Palisades.

83 -- Daniel Park, LACES; Blane Snyder, Venice.

84 -- Paul Henson, Venice.

85 -- Steve Larsen, Granada Hills.

86 -- Matt Bolton, La Costa Canyon; Alberto Pesquierra, San Diego Rancho Bernardo.

87 -- Kyle Asai, Venice; Eric Tobak, Taft.

88 -- Richie Henson, Venice.

93 -- Gene Kim, Venice.

WD -- Mike Miller, Fresno San Joaquin Memorial 21; Weinstein, Granada Hills 86.

NOTE: * = Qualified for state high school championship.

The top three teams and top six individuals not on those teams advance to the CIF-California Golf Association State High School Championship June 8 at Santa Maria CC; Santa Maria, CA.