48th NCGA Public Links Championship | Bayonet GC/Spyglass Hill GC | April 29-30, 2013
2013 Champion: Nick Moore
The NCGA Public Links Championship began in 1966 at Spyglass Hill and is the premier event for the public-course player. The 36-hole stroke-play tournament has been played at Spyglass Hill every year, with the exception of 1992, 1996 and 1997. In 2013, the event will be held one day at Bayonet GC and one day at Spyglass Hill GC. The reason for the change is due to an expanded field, allowing for more participants in the championship.
The tournament has always included a championship flight for players with handicap indexes of 5.4 or less and two handicap divisions for players with an index of 5.5 to 36.4. Beginning in 2013, with the championship and net fields being expanded, 120 players will compete in the championship field, while another 120 compete in the net field. Historically, 40 players made up the championship field, while 80 players made up of two 40 player net fields. Contestants must be bona fide public course players who do not hold playing privileges in any course from which the general public is excluded.
Ryan King holds the scoring record set in 1999 of six-under-par 138. Only three players have managed back-to-back victories, Mike Powers in 1972 and 1973, Mitch Thomas in 1978 and 1979, and Scott Hardy in 2010 and 2011. Four-time NCGA Player of the Year Casey Boyns still reigns with the most NCGA Public Links wins, having claimed the trophy four times.
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Qualifying Information
ENTRIES CLOSE: March 8, 2013
Qualifying for the net flights of the 2013 Public Links Championship take place March 28 at the following courses:
Deer Ridge | Haggin Oaks | Laguna Seca | Mather | Paradise Valley | Poppy Ridge | Ridgemark | Riverside
Qualifying for the championship flight of the 2013 Public Links Championship take place April 4 at the following courses:
Boundary Oak | Darkhorse | San Geronimo | San Juan Oaks | Stevinson Ranch
Format: 18 holes qualifying for all flights (index used for handicap flights). In the Championship flight, 36 players including exempts will advance to the championship proper. In handicap competition, 36 players from the President’s flight and 36 from the Director’s flight will advance to Spyglass Hill for 36 holes of stroke play (18 holes per day).
All players must qualify except the following: All past champions prior to 2004 (beginning in 2004, this is a 10-year exemption), the top four finishers in the Championship Flight from the preceding year, players who qualified for the match play portion of a USGA Championship in the previous 12 months and any eligible players in the top 500 of USGA/R&A World Golf Rankings as of the closing date. Each exempt player is required to submit an entry prior to the closing date. Public Links Championship Exemptions.
Tournament Recaps
Par proved to be paramount at the 48th Annual Public Links Championship, just ask winner Nick Moore. The 30-year-old Monterey resident feasted on pars over the 36-hole competition, converting 30 total pars, 15 each day. “[Pars] were the key, just keeping the ball in play and getting the ball on the green giving myself a chance for birdie,” he said. Moore, who had two bogeys and one birdie in his first round at Bayonet GC yesterday, did the opposite today at Spyglass making two birdies and one bogey. Read Full 2013 Recap | View 2013 Photo Gallery | Net Recap | Net Photo Gallery
“Shocked.” That’s the one word Trent Tessler used to describe how he felt after winning the Public Links Championship on Tuesday. Despite only being two shots off the lead going into the day the San Jose resident couldn’t imagine himself hoisting the Lloyd Del Nore Perpetual Trophy. “I was holding my game together with duct tape and bailing wire,” said Tessler. “I didn’t think I’d win. My game really isn’t that sharp, but somehow it happened,” he said with a chuckle. Read Full 2012 Recap | View 2012 Photo Gallery
Scott Hardy defended his public links title with a solid 1-under par 71 giving him a two-day total of 144 and a one-shot victory over Matt Cohn. With the victory Hardy now has won three of the last five titles in this prestigious event, solidifying him as one of the top amateurs in the region. Read Full 2011 Recap | View 2011 Photo Gallery
Scott Hardy captured the NCGA Amateur Public Links in a duel with his cart partner Mark Miller, firing a one over 73 to Miller’s one-under 71 leaving the competitors in a playoff at a two-round total of 147. Hardy would secure the win with a birdie on the first extra hole in horrid conditions. Read Full 2010 Recap | View 2010 Photo Gallery
For NCGA Public Links Champion Bill Moore, the eight years it took to re-enter the winner’s circle were long overdue. “After my win in 2001 (in this same event), I wanted to average a win in an NCGA event per year,” the assistant manager at The Golf Shop in Monterey said. “But that’s how tough the competition is.” Moore’s steady, even-par 144 (72-72) was good for a two-stroke win over Salinas’ Ricky Stockton… Read Full 2009 Recap | View 2009 Photo Gallery
You would never have known that Kyle Prolo was about to win the biggest tournament of his career as he played the final round of the NCGA Public Links Championship at Spyglass Hill. The cool and calm 21-year-old carded six birdies in the final round including two on the final two holes to win the championship by six strokes over Chris Marin and Brent Booth. ”I knew if I shot around even [par] it would be good enough,” commented Prolo… Read Full 2008 Recap | View 2008 Photo Gallery
Becoming a new father had a motivating effect on Scott Hardy as he claimed the NCGA Public Links Championship at Spyglass Hill. With a one-stroke lead at the start of the final round, Hardy, the golf coach at Saint Mary’s College, would expand that margin in the final round, concluding with a five-stroke win. After an impressive two-under-par 69 and two-day total of 140, Hardy had eliminated the rest of the field… Read Full 2007 Recap | View 2007 Photo Gallery
Past Champions
(All but 1992, 1996 and 1997 played at Spyglass Hill GC)
| 1966 | Robert Heaton | N/A |
| 1967 | Ross Randall | 151 |
| 1968 | Jim McMurtrey | 76-73-149 |
| 1969 | Forrest Fezler | 75-74-149 |
| 1970 | Larry Cram | 74-77-151 |
| 1971 | Dick Dallagiacomo | 73-78-151 |
| 1972 | Mike Powers | 77-74-151 |
| 1973 | Mike Powers | 76-74-150 |
| 1974 | Jeff Burda | 71-74-145 |
| 1975 | Kim Flint | 73-76-149 |
| 1976 | Mike Pouey | 76-76-152 |
| 1977 | Terry Foreman | 78-76-154 |
| 1978 | Mitch Thomas | 73-73-146 |
| 1979 | Mitch Thomas | 78-74-152 |
| 1980 | John Munro | 80-72-152 |
| 1981 | Casey Boyns | 76-74-150 |
| 1982 | Jim Knoll | 79-72-151 |
| 1983 | Casey Boyns | 74-75-149 |
| 1984 | Bill Malley | 76-74-150 |
| 1985 | Aly Trompas | 77-73-150 |
| 1986 | Terrence Miskell | 77-72-149 |
| 1987 | Casey Boyns | 76-72-148 |
| 1988 | Randy Bridge | 72-73-145 |
| 1989 | Jeffrey Thomas | 78-74-152 |
| 1990 | Bob Eberle | 73-73-146 |
| 1991 | Bill Sendell | 79-70-149 |
| 1992 | Lou Alvarez at Poppy Hills | 74-74-148 |
| 1993 | Tyler Williamson | 76-75-151 |
| 1994 | Yasu Amaya | 70-76-146 |
| 1995 | Arron Oberholser | 72-74-146 |
| 1996 | Casey Boyns at Poppy Hills | 72-69-141 |
| 1997 | Dennis Mitchell at Poppy Hills and Spanish Bay | 75-68-143 |
| 1998 | Matt Christensen | 73-74-147 |
| 1999 | Ryan King | 70-68-138 |
| 2000 | J.J. Jakovac | 75-73-148 |
| 2001 | William Moore | 70-73-143 |
| 2002 | Logan Goettsch | 71-69-140 |
| 2003 | James Hay | 72-73-145 |
| 2004 | Gary Young | 72-71-143 |
| 2005 | Michael Ostrich | 71-70-141 |
| 2006 | Arvo Voip | 73-73-146 |
| 2007 | Scott Hardy | 71-69-140 |
| 2008 | Kyle Prolo | 69-71-140 |
| 2009 | William Moore | 72-72-144 |
| 2010 | Scott Hardy | 74-73-147 |
| 2011 | Scott Hardy | 73-71-144 |
| 2012 | Trent Tessler | 76-73-149 |
| 2013 | Nick Moore at Bayonet and Spyglass Hill | 73-71-144 |
About Bayonet GC
Bayonet No. 18
Named after the Army’s 7th Infantry Division – the first major unit to occupy Fort Ord, as well as the last. The famed Light Fighters (nicknamed the “Bayonet Division”) marched for the last time during inactivation ceremonies in 1993 as part of the Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC).
With 7,104 yards of oak and cypress-lined fairways, Bayonet Golf Course was designed in 1954 by General Robert McClure, the Commanding Officer of the post at that time. Gen. McClure, a left-handed golfer with a severe slice, designed the course to fit his game. This is evidenced by holes #11-15, a series of sharp doglegs, widely known as “Combat Corner.” Notoriously known for its magnificently manicured, long, and narrow fairways, Bayonet is one tough, but rewarding 18-hole adventure. With four sets of tees, the course is a par 72, with a slope of 141 and a rating of 74.8.
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About Spyglass Hill GC
Spyglass Hill No. 14
Ranked number 11 on “America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses” list by Golf Digest for 2011-2012. Spyglass Hill was designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr., as a part of the master plan for the Pebble Beach ocean front between Cypress Point and Pebble Beach. Opened in 1966, the design features two distinctly different kinds of terrain that influence the way the holes look and play.
The first five holes roll through sandy seaside dunes challenging the golfer to carefully pick the safest path. The following 13 holes are cut through pine trees with elevated greens and strategically placed bunkers and lakes to grab the errant shot.
Spyglass Hill is rated one of the toughest courses in the world from the Championship tees, boasting a course rating of 75.5 and a slope rating of 147. The PGA Tour consistently lists Spyglass Hill’s holes 6, 8 and 16 among the toughest on the tour, and during the 1999 United States Amateur, the stroke average of the field during medal play was in excess of 79.