21st CGA State Senior Championship | Del Rio CC | November 12-14, 2012

NCGA Team: Jim Knoll, Mark Miller, Casey Boyns, Jeff Burda and captain Chris Clark

First played in 1992, the CGA State Senior Championship is the state’s premier event for players aged 55 and over. For most of the event’s history, Poppy Hills was the host venue; beginning in 2009 the tournament will rotate between north and south courses.
The championship also includes a team event during the first two rounds comprising four selected golfers from the north and south. The north leads 10-5 in the series.

ENTRIES CLOSE: September 5, 2012.

Registration Site

Northern California qualifying sites: El Macero (September 24) | Oakmont (October 1)

Southern California qualifying sites: Braemar (September 24) | El Camino (September 24) | Menifee Lakes (September 25)

ENTRY FEE: $85. Players qualifying for the championship proper will pay an additional $200, which includes cart and practice round. Exempt players pay only $200.

ELIGIBILITY: Players must have reached their 55th birthday by November 3, 2010 and have a numeric handicap index of 7.4 or less on their club’s Master Report at the time of registration. Eligible players may attempt to qualify for both the California Amateur and CGA Senior Amateur Championships. ONLY ONE ENTRY FOR THE SAME EVENT MAY BE FILED PER PLAYER, even if the player belongs to clubs in both Northern California and Southern California.

FORMAT: Qualifying – 18 holes. 112 players, including exempts, will advance to the championship proper. Championship – 54 holes of stroke play (18 holes per day). After 36 holes are completed, the field is cut to the low 33 players and ties for the final 18 holes.

EXEMPTIONS: California State Senior Amateur Championship Exemptions. REFUND POLICY: Refund less $10.00 processing fee if requested prior to closing date. 50% refund after the closing date and 48 hours prior to the event. No refunds will be honored within 48 hours of the event.

Tournament Recaps

Mark Nickeas of Lake Sherwood wrapped up a wire-to-wire  California Golf Association’s State Senior Championship win at Ventura’s Saticoy CC. Nickeas posted a final-round six-over 78 to hold onto the six-stroke lead he began the final round. His five-over 221 total was good for a four-stroke win…2011 Recap

The person least impressed with Jeff Burda the player, it seems, is Jeff Burda.

“I don’t do anything particularly well. I don’t do anything particularly poorly. My game is just kind of there,” he reasons. “I  do know how to manage my game fairly well.” Well, enough, if fact, to retain his status as one of Northern California premier amateurs. The pride of Modesto’s Del Rio Country Club added to his reputation by sweeping to his third straight California Senior Amateur title, a wire-to-wire job that left no doubt who fired the big guns at Fort Washington Country Club… 2010 Recap

Jeff Burda showed who’s boss.  The Modesto resident began the day just one stroke ahead of a field stacked with the state’s best senior amateur players and captured a wire-to-wire victory at the California Senior Amateur Championship with a final-round four-under-par 68…  2009 Recap

Past Champions