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27th Annual Master Division Championship


SPYGLASS HILL GC
JULY 7 & 8, 2008

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 2008 Master Division Champion,
Jamie Looper

July 8, 2008 

PEBBLE BEACH – Jamie Looper thought he might have blown his chances when he missed a one-foot tap-in putt on the 13th hole at Spyglass Hill.  But the reigning Master Division Four-Ball Champion walked off the 18th green with a smile on his face, an even-par 72 on his scorecard and the 2008 Master Division Championship to his name.

The Oakdale member rolled in a 5-foot putt on the final hole for birdie to finish at two-over-par 146 for the tournament and a two-stroke win over Olympic Club’s Randy Haag. 

Looper and Haag were tied going down 18, although Looper didn’t know exactly how he stood, “I had missed a short birdie putt on 17.  I knew that I had to make birdie [on 18] to have a chance at getting in a playoff,” he commented after the round.  While Haag said that he “hit a lot of loose shots out there,” it was a bogey on 18 that meant a two-stroke swing in a match that had been back and forth between the two players all day.

Looper’s philosophy on the course appears to be working, “My focus out here is not to overpower the golf course.  I managed the golf course very well over the two days,” in the championship for competitors aged 40-54.  Currently ranked 10th on the NCGA Points list, Looper has qualified for the NCGA Championship in August and also is looking to make the Hanna-Wehrman Cup team again for the third year in a row. 

It was Tom Moshier of Kings River who produced the heartbreak story of the tournament.  While he began the day back in fifth place, Moshier had played excpetional golf to get his score to one-under-par and tied for the lead after the 16th hole.  It was tough last two holes in which Moshier posted a triple-bogey on 18 and finished the day at six-over-par 150 to tie in third with Burlingame Golf Center’s Chris Aliaga.

Results

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 Jamie Looper Oakdale GCC 74 72 – 146

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 Randy Haag Olympic Club 75 73 – 148

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 Tom Moshier Kings River GCC 75 75 – 150

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 Chris Aliaga Burlingame Golf Center Club 73 77 – 150

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 Mike Rowley San Luis Obispo CC 78 74 – 152

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 Clifford Smith Turlock GCC 79 75 – 154

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 Casey Boyns Monterey Bay GC 80 75 – 155

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 Brian Ruiz De Laveaga GC 80 75 – 155

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 David Rathjen Cinnabar Hills GC 80 75 – 155

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 Dennis Dachtler Rancho Murieta CC 79 76 – 155

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 Terry Foreman Roddy Ranch GC 76 79 – 155

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 Michael Moreland Morgan Creek GCC 79 77 – 156

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 Steve Pacheco De Laveaga GC 79 77 – 156

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 John Skurla Almaden CC 79 77 – 156

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 Jim Wilson Butte Creek CC 79 77 – 156

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 Ron Collet Madera GCC 77 79 – 156

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 Bruce Hanavan The Olympic Club 78 78 – 156

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 Charles McDonald Shoreline GL 76 80 – 156

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 John Justus Green Valley CC 81 76 – 157

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 Jim McCarley Bolado Park GC 78 79 – 157

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 Russell Kamibayashi Brookside CC 77 80 – 157

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 Dale Bouguennec Contra Costa CC 83 75 – 158

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 Clayton Davis Atascadero GC 81 77 – 158

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 Paul Moore Ukiah GC 84 74 – 158

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 Ken Noonan Castlewood Country Club 81 77 – 158

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 John Jaramillo Bennett Valley GC 79 79 – 158

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 Andy Nevin eClub East Bay 84 75 – 159

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 John Desantis Corral de Tierra CC 79 80 – 159

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 Greg O’Malley Scratch Players GC 77 82 – 159

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 Steve Plescia Sunnyside CC 77 82 – 159

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 Brady Myers Colusa GCC 82 78 – 160

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 Chris Hyland Stonetree GC 82 78 – 160

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 William West Green Hills CC 78 82 – 160

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 Patrick Pernice amateurgolf.com 83 78 – 161

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 Robert Levin Wildhawk GC 80 81 – 161

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 Jim Williams Orinda CC 79 82 – 161

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 George Erbez Oakhurst CC 74 87 – 161

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 Gary Conklin Alameda County GC 83 79 – 162

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 Michael Granelli Oakhurst CC 84 78 – 162

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 Donn Berdahl The Reserve at Spanos Park GC 84 78 – 162

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 Bill Bates Apple Mountain Golf Resort 81 81 – 162

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 John Driver Stevinson Ranch GC 84 79 – 163

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 Bob Burnett Sequoyah CC 83 81 – 164

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 Greg Loosigian Fort Washington GCC 81 83 – 164

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 Alan Wong Sacramento Chinese GC 79 85 – 164

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 Michael Facciani Fort Washington GCC 83 82 – 165

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 Craig Gandy Catta Verdera CC 80 86 – 166

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 Robert Miller San Jose CC 85 81 – 166

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 Andrew Overton Brookside CC 84 83 – 167

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 Mark Van Deusen Cameron Park CC 86 81 – 167

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 Jim Porter Green Valley CC 87 80 – 167

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 Lee Markarian Fort Washington GCC 83 85 – 168

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 Keith Schwartz Space Systems GC 83 85 – 168

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 Craig Kilcoyne Concord GC 85 83 – 168

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 Charles Duty Ancil Hoffman GC 86 82 – 168

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 Steve Duffy Coyote Creek GC 85 84 – 169

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 Mike Moraes William Land Park GC 90 79 – 169

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 Marco Dusi Turlock GCC 84 86 – 170

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 Kevin Riddle Kings River GCC 86 84 – 170

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 Randal Cross Morgan Creek GCC 88 82 – 170

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 John Murray Lake Tahoe GC 85 86 – 171

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 Lawrence Lopez Sunnyvale GC 88 83 – 171

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 Michael Wiechers Granite Bay GC 85 87 – 172

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 Rick Hansen Winchester CC 84 90 – 174

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 Mike Montgomery eClub Sacramento 90 84 – 174

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 Ralph Costanzo Mariners Point Linksters GC 84 92 – 176

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 Eugene Carbone San Juan Oaks GC 86 90 – 176

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 Bobby Davis Copper River CC 87 89 – 176

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 Robert Schneider The Castlewood CC 89 87 – 176

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 Mark Boyer Riverview GCC 90 86 – 176

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 Anthony Gray Transit Hackers GC 85 93 – 178

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 Paul Loui Walnut Creek GC at Boundary Oak 92 87 – 179

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 Eric Fischer Metropolitan GL 88 92 – 180

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 Fred Hanamoto Century GC 88 93 – 181

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 Scott Straub Whitney Oaks GC 93 88 – 181

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 Richard Miller Walnut Creek GC at Boundary Oak 91 92 – 183

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 Daniel Bohnert Half Moon Bay GL 93 90 – 183

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 Haig Shahinian Ancil Hoffman GC 89 97 – 186

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 Jon Kowalski GC of Tierra Oaks 93 94 – 187

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 Vy Nong No. Cal. Vietnamese GA. 83 WD – WD

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 Robert Goodwin Jr San Francisco GC 85 WD – WD

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 Michael Duncan Mariners Point Linksters GC 82 DQ – DQ

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 David Smith Fort Washington GCC 85 NC – NC


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