14th NCGA Senior Four-Ball Championship | Poppy Hills | June 13-15, 2012
First played in 1999, the NCGA Senior Four-Ball Championship is a two-person, better-ball scratch event for senior golfers. The tournament expanded to three rounds in 2006.
2011 Champions: Jeff Burda and Jim Knoll
ENTRIES CLOSE: May 25, 2012 ENTRY FEE: $340 per team. Field limited to the first 84 teams, including exempt teams.
ELIGIBILITY: Players must have reached their 55th birthday by June 13, 2012 and have a numeric handicap index on their club’s Master Report of 9.4 or less on the date of registration. Partners need not be members of the same club. One partner may represent the team for any part or all of a stipulated round.
Senior Four Ball Exemptions.
FORMAT: 54 holes four-ball stroke play (18 holes per day) over three days. After 36 holes the field will be cut to the low 30 teams and ties.
Past Champions
| 1999 | Joe Dudley and Bob Pipkin | 65-68-133 |
| 2000 | Jim McMurtrey and William Celli | 65-68-133 |
| 2001 | Cliff Davis and Robert Olds | 63-68-131 |
| 2002 | Carl Selkirk and Dave Parsons | 65-67-132 |
| 2003 | Lou Alvarez and Richard Michel | 68-66-134 |
| 2004 | Mike Butler and Earl Stewart | 68-67-135 |
| 2005 | Robert Berg and Rob Thompson | 66-70-136 |
| 2006 | Mark Miller and Herb Jensen | 67-63-66-196 |
| 2007 | Robert Berg and Rob Thompson | 65-68-66-199 |
| 2008 | Robert Berg and Rob Thompson | 71-67-67-205 |
| 2009 | Doug Johnson and Rob Adolph | 66-69-69-204 |
| 2010 | Peter Moren and Ron Johnson | 65-70-66-201 |
| 2011 | Jim Knoll and Jeff Burda | 68-66-67-201 |
About Poppy Hills
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Poppy Hills is a challenging golf course that weaves through the Del Monte Forest. The venue plays host to many prominent tournaments including the PGA Tour’s AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, in early February. A 2007 Zagat Survey ranked Poppy Hills the 12th “Most Popular Course” in the U.S, and the layout was named “National Course of the Year” in 2006 by the National Golf Course Owners Association.
The Robert Trent Jones Jr. design opened in 1986 and is the home course for the NCGA. It was the first course in the United States to be owned and operated by an amateur golf association. The par-72 layout measures 6,857 yards from the black tees with a slope rating of 74.3/144. Matt Gogel holds the course record of 62. There are four teeing areas on each hole, making Poppy Hills enjoyable for all levels of play.