Monarch Dunes Golf Club

2025 Nipomo Amateur: January 3rd-5th, 2025

2024 Nipomo Amateur: January 5th-7th, 2024

2023 Nipomo Amateur: January 7-8th

The 13th Annual Nipomo Amateur Championship at Monarch Dunes was one for the books. 102 players traveled to the Central Coast on January 7th & 8th, making up the strongest field the event has had to date. As usual, during this time of year, the forecast showed rain for the weekend. A cold morning on Saturday, then turned into a warm afternoon. The rain eventually started Saturday night and continued through Sunday morning, causing the event to switch to a 10:30am shotgun start. Although difficult conditions, the weather did not hinder the player’s performances, as this year’s scores were the lowest ever.

The 2020 Nipomo Am champion, Owen Avrit, took an early lead on Saturday, shooting a bogey free 65. He held a one-shot lead over Cal Poly’s Austin Lui, a two-shot lead over Patrick Pockels, and a three-shot lead over New York Met’s Jeff McNeil, as well as, AJ Fitzgerald, and Dylan Herbert. Five other players shot under par and were eyeing a Sunday comeback.

Jeff McNeil and Patrick Pockels began their Sunday comebacks early, putting themselves in a tie for the lead at 6 under through 6 holes. McNeil bogeyed holes 7 and 8 while Pockels made a birdie on 8 to open the lead. Avrit remained only a few shots back but still within striking distance for a back-nine run. Mathew Sutherland and Ethan Ashbrook, who both shot 69 in round one, were making a run up the leaderboard, applying pressure to Pockels. As expected, Avrit began his comeback, making birdies on the 10th, 11th, 13th, 16th, and 17th to shoot a 31 on the back nine. Pockels kept his foot on the pedal, making birdies on the 10th, 13th, 15th, 17th, and a par on the 18th to shoot 65 and secure a two-shot victory over Avrit.

2022 Nipomo Amateur: January 8-9th

Champions Results

Net Results

Our 2022 Nipomo Amateur event was a special one this year. We had another year of incredible course conditions and weather to match. In a field of 90 top level amateurs, Jack Avrit, a local from Arroyo Grande and a current a member of the Santa Clara University golf team, took home the 12th Annual Nipomo Amateur Championship. After carding an even par 71 in swirling winds on the first day of the championship, he found himself three stokes back of Jeff McNeil, a native of Nipomo and a current member of the New York Mets who fired a Nipomo Am career low 68 on day one. To catch up to someone as competitive as McNeil would be no easy feat. Avrit, who played much of his high school golf at Monarch Dunes knew it would take a low final round to jump into the lead. McNeil held on strong on the front nine, however faltered on the back nine and opened the doors for a comeback from Avrit, Luke Montoya, and Luke Adam. Luke Adam, current player for Cal Poly, played well on the front 9 carding two birdies, but faltered on the back with a bogie on 10 and a double on hole 15. Montoya managed to come as close as one shot of Avrit with only four holes to play after an eagle hole out on hole 15. However, Avrit, with stellar ball striking and consistent play Jack never gave a stroke back to the field. Jack carded a bogey free 67 to claim the title, ultimately putting himself three strokes ahead of Luke Montoya and four strokes ahead of Baron Szeto who also competes for Cal Poly. We can’t thank everyone enough for their participation and support of this Championship. We welcomed players from Cal Poly, Santa Clara University, LMU, Sacramento State, University of Oregon, Chico State, Fresno State, Hofstra University, Cal State Stanislaus, UCSB, and many other competitive collegiate and high school players. This year was our most competitive field, and we look forward to growing the competition next year.

Thanks to all fifty-four guys that came out to play in the Nipomo Net Amateur Championship. Chad Hunstad came in with a personal best of 75 as a twelve handicap for a net 63. What a way to break 80 for the first time to top his career low by six shots. Not only did he run away with the title, but he also finished with a net 1.5 on hole six to leave with a skin. Hopefully, these winnings make up for the money he lost betting on his beloved Titans yesterday. In 2nd place, Mark Van Eck with a net score of 69. He was the only other player to post a sub 70 round and did so by finishing with a birdie on his last hole. Byron Everist finished in 3rd place after firing a solid 70 including a skin on the 7th hole with a birdie. Chad, Mark, and Byron were able to pull away from the field leaving behind a six-way tie for 4th place between David Sand, Dave Browning, Michael Hunstad, Dan Ruffoni, Louis Summer, and Mike Tompkins.

2021 Nipomo Amateur: January 9-10th

Champions Results

Net Results

The 2021 Nipomo Amateur was anticipated to be a competitive field, and it did not disappoint! The 2021 field featured top amateurs on the west coast, hailing from schools such as USC, Santa Clara, Cal Poly, Sacramento State, and many more. Monarch Dunes was set up to provide a PGA Tour like experience for these players, boasting a tough but fair setup on the greens. Early Saturday morning the field battled tough winds and fast greens, in this morning field Jack Avrit finished with a spectacular round of 69 (-2). As the afternoon wave rolled in, we saw more birdies and Jeffrey Perry came in with a 67 (-4) to overtake the clubhouse leader position. The average score for day one was trending around 79 when the final day one leader Leon D’Souza came in with his day one low of 66 (-5). Day two proved to be a perfect day for golf with highs in the low 70s and clear skies all day. The final groups teed it up at 12:10 and 12:20 and were battling it out from the start. Jack Avrit started hot through the first few holes going -2, and Jeffrey Perry played steady golf all day to stay on Leon’s heels. During this time Tanner Podres played a great round of golf and shot the low of day 2 (67) and put himself as the clubhouse leader! Leon played fantastic golf and managed the tough setup of the golf course with ease as he turned to the back 9. With two holes to play, Jeffrey Perry was -4 for the event and Leon was -6 for the event. Leon had a ball roll back into the hazard on hole 17, facing a dire situation to a back left pin, Leon hit an incredible shot that rolled off the back slope for a tap in par, turning a bogey or double bogey situation into a great par save. On hole 18 Leon secured his victory with a par and was crowned the 2021 Nipomo Amateur Champion. We want to thank each and every player who came out to compete for the title of the Nipomo Amateur, and we hope to see you again next year!

We had a beautiful day of weather for the Nipomo Amateur Net Flight event on Sunday. The players were all excited to compete for the first time in quite some time and they faced a tough challenge and a large field of 32 players! It was a tight race with only one shot separating first, second, and third places. Ultimately, Craig Nunes was crowned the 2021 Nipomo Amateur Net Champion! Congratulations to all of the top finishers, we appreciate your support.

2020 Nipomo Amateur: January 11-12th

Net Results

Champions Results

The 2020 Nipomo Amateur was our most competitive amateur tournament we have held. We had colleges from all over the western United States represented, in addition to local talent. The course was in beautiful condition with greens rolling fast and true. Day 1 proved to be a tough test for the 93 player field, with the average score in the Championship flight being a 79.5. Local golfer and Long Beach state athlete Owen Avrit held the Day 1 lead with a two under par 69, following closely behind was Jeffrey Perry with a one under par 70. The second day we had a late charge by Jack Avrit and Jeff Carr, both turning after 9 holes under par. After Owen Avrit made a late triple on hole 10, his lead was only one shot over Jack Avrit and Jeff Carr. Owen closed out the tournament with 3 more birdies to shoot a total of 137 (-5) for the two day event, giving him the wire to wire victory by 5 shots.

In our net flight Byron Everist was the winner with a net 141. Coming into the final round Byron was tied with fellow resident, Charles Schwager for the lead after a net 70 from day 1. Both players had their struggles on Sunday, but it was Byron who held it together just long enough to claim the title, after a net 71. The two day total of 141 was 2 shots better than Charles, and 7 shots better than Brian Sullivan. Here are some notable finishes from the net division.

Great playing Owen and Byron!

Congratulations to our 2019 winners!

Championship: Riley Bell

Net: Craig Nunes

2019 Nipomo Amateur Championship

The Ninth Annual Nipomo City Amateur Championship at Monarch Dunes Golf Course was held January 5th and 6th, 2019. The field consisted of 58 players in the Championship flight and 18 players in the Net Flight. This year the rain came back with a vengeance! Saturday’s round had to end early as the course became unplayable. Well, unplayable for all except Brandon Gamma and Eli Poppers. Brandon and Eli played on through the rain and heavily puddled greens and fairways. They were both all smiles when they came in saying “We were feeling like Francis Ouimet in ‘The Greatest Game Ever Played’”! Remarkably, after 36 holes, they both finished tied for 11th, one shot out of the money! The weather improved on Sunday and by using an early shotgun start, everyone that continued play finished all 36 holes.

In the Net Flight Craig Nunes kept it steady with net rounds of 73 and 72, for a two day net total of 145 in the difficult conditions! Three shots back was Orlando Gonzales with a two day net total of 148, followed by appliance man Dan Ruffoni with a two day net total of 149. Michael Hunstad finished fourth with a two day net total of 151, which he achieved by shooting net 71 on Sunday, the lowest net score in the flight either day.

The Championship flight players took on the course from the Black Tees and the course was playing extra-long with consistent rain early Saturday building to a day ending downpour in the afternoon. By 11 o’clock Sunday all players had finally finished their first rounds. William Draper’s opening round of 70 was the only score under par for the first 18 holes. Ethan Ashbrook, a local high school player, shot an opening round of even par 71, followed by Riley Bell and Jack Avrit, who both shot 72. Defending champion Jeff Carr shot a first round 77, seven shots back of the leader, which proved to be too big of a hill to climb to successfully defend his title.

Riley Bell matched his opening round score of 72 in round two, and Ethan Ashbrook came in with a 73 which tied the players for the lead with a two day total of 144. Last year’s runner up, and certainly a local favorite, Jack Avrit, played the final two holes of the tournament bogey, double bogey, to finish his second round at 73 just one shot out of the playoff with Riley and Ethan! Jack’s brother, Owen Avrit, shot the low second day score of 70 which was the only score under par in round two. The only two under par rounds of the tournament were posted by Owen in the second round and William Draper in the first. Interestingly, and a bit unfortunately, both players shot 80 for their other 18 holes which put them in a tie for 7th at 150.

The sudden death playoff took four holes to determine a winner. Both Riley and Ethan played some amazing and gutsy shots in the first few holes. Most memorable were Riley’s 20 foot putt on 18, the second playoff hole, and Ethan’s up and down from long right on 10, the third playoff hole, to a downhill green and tight pin. On the fourth playoff hole Ethan hit his towering tee shot with a slight fade around the trees, while Riley hit a 2 iron over the bunker on the right to a perfect position. Unfortunately for Ethan, his tee shot could not be found and the stroke and distance penalty turned out to be too costly and he wasn’t able to match Riley’s solid par to win. Both players performed beautifully for 40 holes and if not for the lost ball, we might still be out there trying to break the tie!

What a fun and exciting tournament with a strong field of collegiate and other top amateur players from all over California and surrounding states.

The Tenth Annual Nipomo City Amateur Championship at Monarch Dunes is tentatively scheduled for January 11th and 12th, 2020. We are hoping that by moving it back a week, we may get a little bit better weather, and certainly a little more daylight would be nice. Hope to see you there!

2019 Full Results Here

Congratulations to our 2018 winners!

2018 Nipomo Amateur Championship Flight - Results

Place	Player	Day 1	Day 2	Total	Prize
1	Carr, Jeff	72	68	140	$750.00
2	Avrit, Jack	71	70	141	$500.00
t-3	Martin, Mitchell	74	71	145	$325.00
t-3	Lee, Alex	73	72	145	$325.00
t-5	Snyder, Tim	76	70	146	$225.00
t-5	Draper, William	73	73	146	$225.00
7	Polterock, Landon	72	75	147	$150.00
t-8	Podres, Tanner	77	71	148	$75.00
t-8	Anderson, Niels	74	74	148	$75.00
t-8	Olsem, Erik	72	76	148	$75.00
t-11	Bourelle, Blake	79	70	149
t-11	Utley, Jake	78	71	149
t-11	Bennett, Richard	75	74	149
t-11	Kirk, Chris	75	74	149
t-11	Smith, Grady	75	74	149
t-11	Engelhardt, Nicholas	74	75	149
t-17	Gama, Brandon	76	74	150
t-17	McNeil, Jeff	75	75	150
19	Mansholt, Matthew	81	70	151
t-20	Casaga, Cade	79	73	152
t-20	Shean, Tanner	79	73	152
t-20	Lehman, Thomas	76	76	152
t-23	Tsujimoto, Brandon	80	73	153
t-23	Cavanaugh, Sean	79	74	153
t-23	Avrit, Owen	77	76	153
26	Faragia, Peter	79	75	154
t-27	Rios, Sergio	83	72	155
t-27	Linden, Joshua	82	73	155
t-27	Casaga, Sage	79	76	155
t-30	Masters, TJ	82	74	156
t-30	Newlin, Hunter	79	77	156
t-30	Henderson, Phil	77	79	156
t-30	Aronson, Alec	73	83	156
t-34	Merlo, Jace	83	74	157
t-34	Taylor, Daniel	79	78	157
t-36	Bone, Brandon	83	75	158
t-36	Engel, Dick	80	78	158
t-36	Paik, Alex	80	78	158
t-36	Rodriguez, Keith	77	81	158
t-36	Zimkowski, Nick	77	81	158
41	Silverman, Zack	80	80	160
t-42	Loosigian, Bryce	80	81	161
t-42	Gross, Elias	77	84	161
t-44	Benedictus, Mikha	79	83	162
t-44	Millwee, Travis	77	85	162
t-46	Tran, Bryan	84	79	163
t-46	Poppers, Eli	83	80	163
t-46	Bourke, Elliot	80	83	163
t-46	Warthen, Justin	80	83	163
t-50	Ray, Michael	85	79	164
t-50	Philpott, Conner	82	82	164
t-50	Wescott, Josh	78	86	164
t-53	Burrola, Adam	85	81	166
t-53	Evans, Shaun	81	85	166
t-53	Cavanaugh, Liam	80	86	166
t-56	Salvay, Daniel	90	77	167
t-56	Giombetti, Matthew	82	85	167
58	Spatafore, Steven	84	84	168
59	Tumble, Ben	89	84	173
60	Lugo, Ivan	88	90	178
61	Mansholt, Eric	92	96	188
-	Lazo, Andrew	83	WD	WD
		79.1	77.5

2018 Nipomo Amateur Net Flight - Results

Place	Player	Day 1 Gross	Day 1 Net	Day 2 Gross	Day 2 Net	Gross Total	Net Total	Prize
1	Herold, Joseph	83	69	85	71	168	140	$300.00
2	Wong, Brian	79	71	83	75	162	146	$200.00
3	Henrikson, Scott	86	77	79	70	165	147	$125.00
4	Braun, Tom	85	75	86	76	171	151	$100.00
t-5	Brisco, Jamie	95	81	86	72	181	153	$16.67
t-5	Gonzalez, Ron	92	78	89	75	181	153	$16.67
t-5	Taylor, Russ	85	78	82	75	167	153	$16.67
t-8	Guest, JR	82	75	87	80	169	155
t-8	Ellis, Trent	84	77	85	78	169	155
10	Chubon, Steve	84	76	89	81	173	157
11	Alzina, Jim	86	79	87	80	173	159
t-12	Han, Peter	93	79	95	81	188	160
t-12	Schwager, Charles	91	83	85	77	176	160
14	Vine, Rob	87	80	90	83	177	163
15	Gonzalez, Orlando	96	84	96	84	192	168
16	Kim, Tae Soo	100	89	94	83	194	172
17	Tanzon, Jun	103	87	106	90	209	177
-	Dykema, Kurt	98	86	WD	WD	WD	WD

2017 Nipomo Amateur Championship Flight - Results

Player	Day 1	Day 2	Total	Place	Script
Yap, Jesse	69	72	141	1ST	$750.00
Castle, Jimmy	73	70	143	2ND	$500.00
Carr, Jeffrey	71	75	146	T-3	$325.00
Smith, Grady	74	72	146	T-3	$325.00
De Los Santos, Justin	71	78	149	5	$200.00
Casaga, Sage	79	71	150	T-6	$98.00
Lewis, Court	80	70	150	T-6	$98.00
Navis, Raymond	76	74	150	T-6	$98.00
Cavanaugh, Sean	77	74	151	T-9
Martin, Mitchell	73	78	151	T-9
Podres, Tanner	76	75	151	T-9
Polterock, Landon	71	80	151	T-9
Engelhardt, Nicholas	82	71	153	13
Ashbrook, Ethan	75	79	154	T-14
Burrola, Adam	79	75	154	T-14
Poppers, Eli	75	79	154	T-14
Batra, Millan	80	75	155	T-17
Avrit, Owen	83	72	155	T-17
Gama Brandon	77	79	156	T-19
Masters, TJ	75	81	156	T-19
Warthen, Justin	82	74	156	T-19
Nygren, Cole	81	76	157	22
Gomersall, Preston	80	78	158	T-23
Snyder, Tim	76	82	158	T-23
Engel, Dick	81	78	159	T-25
Rios, Sergio	81	78	159	T-25
Avrit, Jack	76	84	160	T-27
Salvay, Daniel	81	79	160	T-27
Zimkowski, Nick	78	82	160	T-27
Brown, Landon	76	85	161	T-30
Johnson, Daniel Scott	77	84	161	T-30
McNeil, Jeff	84	78	162	32
Moles, Keith	82	81	163	33
Delamora, Myles	84	80	164	T-34
Tirado, Ellis	78	86	164	T-34
Wright, Jordan	88	76	164	T-34
Cavanaugh, Liam	79	87	166	37
Harper, Ben	84	84	168	38
Millwee, Vance	85	85	170	T-39
Taylor Daniel	85	85	170	T-39
Moles, Joseph	86	85	171	T-41
Sloan, Steven	86	85	171	T-41
Figueroa, David	84	89	173	43
Tran, Bryan	80	97	177	44
Coe, Zach	83	WD	WD	WD
Linden, Joshua	85	WD	WD	WD
Maricle, Mike	85	WD	WD	WD
Sarian, Nicholas	83	WD	WD	WD
Campbell, Bryan	WD	WD	WD	WD

2017 Nipomo Amateur Net Flight - Results

	DAY 1		DAY 2		TOTAL
Player	GROSS	NET	GROSS	NET	GROSS	NET
Schwager, Charles	85	76	85	76	170	152	1st Place - $250
Cornell, Jerry	89	80	82	73	171	153	2nd Place - $125
Vanderhorst, David	86	78	83	75	169	153	3rd Place - $125
Ruffoni, Dan	96	84	84	72	180	156	4th
Ellis, Trent	87	79	86	78	173	157	5th
Taylor, Russ	90	84	82	76	172	160	6th
Copeland, Anthony	109	92	94	77	203	169	7th
Colwell, Jeff	100	85	100	85	200	170	8th
Chubon, Steve	99	91	90	82	189	173	9th
Vanderhorst, Hank	106	90	101	85	207	175	10th
Duarte, Charles	103	92	96	85	199	177	11th
Fuller, David	113	95	115	97	228	192	12th

2016 Results

Another Nipomo Amateur has come and gone. But not in such short words...This was a long weekend! Patience was a virtue this time around. The rain beat down, the wind pushed around, the greens and pins mentally and emotionally broke down players. A true test to the game as its meant to be played. Ball striking, mental stability and emotional calmness was a must. No one had them all, more than the champion Tim Snyder.Playing out of CSU Nothridge he brought every aspect of his game and claimed the 2016 title. With players falling off and mentally giving up. The scoring averages were around 81, 76. But Tim proved it could be done. Staying within himself, with perfect balance during each swing. Reading greens to perfection and a showing consistency with rounds of 73, 72. He capped off the weekend beating Ryan Roodvant in a one hole playoff with a par 4, on number 10.

Congrats to Tim, the 2016 Nipomo Amateur Champion. For his spectacular play in such difficult conditions!

2016 Nipomo Amateur Championship Flight - Results

Player	Day 1	Day 2	Total	Place	Script
*Snyder, Tim	73	72	145	1ST	$750.00
Roodvant, Ryan	75	70	145	2nd	$500.00
Martin, Mitch	73	75	148	3rd	$300.00
Polterlock, Landon	71	78	149	4th	$250.00
Nygren, Cole	78	72	150	5th	$200.00
Castles, Jimmy	74	77	151	T - 6TH	$76.00
de los Santos, Justin	73	78	151	T - 6TH	$76.00
Engel, Dick	76	75	151	T - 6TH	$76.00
Lucado, Evan	75	76	151	T - 6TH	$76.00
Podres, Tanner	78	73	151	T - 6TH	$76.00
Carr, Jeff	81	71	152	T- 11
Casaga, Sage	80	72	152	T- 11
Downey, Joey	75	77	152	T- 11
Gama, Brandon	77	75	152	T- 11
Smith, Grady	73	79	152	T- 11
Eppright, Andy	78	75	153	16
Bromley, Taylor	75	79	154	T- 17
Wright, Jordan	76	78	154	T- 17
Engelhardt, Nicholas	79	76	155	T -19
Smith, Ryan	79	76	155	T -19
Warthen, Justin	80	75	155	T -19
Coe, Zachary	76	80	156	22
Lewis, Court	76	81	157	T -23
Yap, Jesse	87	70	157	T -23
Bautista, Neil	83	75	158	T - 25
Lemay, Jordan	81	77	158	T - 25
Lipman, Josh	78	80	158	T - 25
Harper, Ben	86	73	159	28
Navis, Ray	80	80	160	T - 29
Price, Camden	80	80	160	T - 29
Burrola, Adam	89	72	161	T - 31
Clark, Nathan	75	86	161	T - 31
Mansholt, Matthew	77	84	161	T - 31
McLaughlin, Barrett	81	80	161	T - 31
Gomersall, Preston	84	78	162	T - 35
Robinson, Brett	78	84	162	T - 35
Semthiti, Jason	81	81	162	T - 35
Avrit, Jack	81	82	163	T - 38
Young, Sam	86	77	163	T - 38
Nicholson, Alex	84	80	164	40
Fry, Brad	87	80	167	41
Leonard, Joey	86	82	168	42
Maenaga, Dustin	91	81	172	43
Head, Kyle	88	85	173	44
Bovee, Connor	87	87	174	45
Sinclair, Will	83	92	175	46
Chan, PJ	94	83	177	47
Tran, Bryan	91	88	179	48
Verplank, Austin	103	92	195	49
Perolio, Drew	88	WD	WD	WD
Smaby, Ramy	83	WD	WD	WD
Swaim, Sean	92	WD	WD	WD
Zimaowski, Nick	84	WD	WD	WD

2016 Nipomo Amateur Net Flight - Results

	DAY 1		DAY 2		TOTAL
Player	GROSS	NET	GROSS	NET	GROSS	NET
Ellis, Trent	78	70	80	72	158	142
Vine, Rob	81	74	83	76	164	150
Brandt, Jerry	87	77	85	75	172	152
Vanderhorst, Hank	93	75	96	78	189	153
Cornell, Jerry	86	78	85	77	171	155
Chan, Phil	99	82	95	79	194	161
Chubon, Steve	92	83	87	78	179	161
Nagler, Casey	83	76	93	86	176	162
Vanderhorst, David	92	84	89	81	181	165
Dykema, Kurt	96	86	90	80	186	166
Cowell, Jeff	104	88	94	78	198	166
Roy, Ron	95	87	90	80	185	167
Ruffoni, Dan	87	78	106	97	193	175
Ragan, Jeff	91	84	-	-	WD	WD

2015 Results:

2015 Nipomo Amateur Championship Flight

Player	Day 1	Day 2	Total	Place	Prize
Nygren, Cole	73	69	142	1ST	$750.00
De Los Santos, Justin	69	74	143	T-2ND	$400.00
Casaga, Sage	76	67	143	T-2ND	$400.00
Castles, Johnny	73	72	145	T-4TH	$175.00
Castles, Jimmy	77	68	145	T-4TH	$175.00
Yount, Adam	72	74	146	6TH	$125.00
Snyder, Tim	73	74	147	T-7TH	$87.50
Gama, Brandon	76	71	147	T-7TH	$87.50
Carr, Jeff	72	76	148
Engelhardt, Nicholas	75	73	148
Bournonville, Aaron	77	71	148
Hogan, Johnny	73	76	149
Lewis, Court	74	75	149
Robinson, Hunter	76	73	149
Engel, Dick	78	73	151
Smith, Grady	78	73	151
Navis, Ray	77	75	152
Burrola, Adam	81	71	152
Downey, Joey	74	79	153
Warthen, Justin	78	75	153
Martin, Mitch	76	78	154
Nicholson, Johnathan	78	76	154
Wright, Jordan	77	79	156
See, Taylor	80	76	156
Yap, Jesse	81	75	156
Lee, Aaron	75	82	157
Avrit, Jack	78	79	157
Forte, Brett	79	78	157
Thomas, Matthew	77	81	158
Smith, James	77	83	160
Anderson, Alton	78	82	160
Garcia, Kyle	81	79	160
Perolio, Drew	80	81	161
Hensley, Randy	78	84	162
Zimkowski, Nick	84	78	162
Larson, Derek	82	81	163
Sand, David	83	83	166
Dinkel, Grant	84	82	166
Stephenson, Brody	79	87	166
Meserve, Max	87	80	167
Sinclair, Will	85	86	171
Padilla, Milton	84	88	172
Camacho, Kennan	88	89	177
Gusman, Bradley	93	96	189
Sloan, Steve	101	94	195
Holden, Patrick	86	WD	WD

2015 Nipomo Amateur Net Flight

Player	Day 1	Day 2	Total	Place	Prize
Austin, John	73	65	138	1st	$250.00
Perez, Tony	70	73	143	2nd	$150.00
Fischlin, Adam	78	70	148	T-3rd	$75.00
Roy, Ron	73	75	148	T-3rd	$75.00
Chubon, Steve	76	73	149
Martinez, Jose	78	71	149
Vine, Rob	78	71	149
Cornell, Jerry	76	75	151
Vanderhorst, David	77	74	151
Schwager, Charles	76	81	157
Ruffoni, Dan	83	74	157
Hadden, Niko	73	85	158
Gorman, Bob	80	80	160
Caron, Mitch	85	78	163
Parker, Lew	83	81	164
Copeland, Anthony	82	90	172
Oestreich, Chris	85	94	179
Johnson, Mark	81	DQ	DQ

2014 Nipomo Amateur has come to a conclusion

Another great year for golf on the central coast

Windy conditions made the game tougher than it already is. It was a two day event that demanded good ball striking and Santa Barbara local Brett Silvernail had it. Firing a solid 68 the first round and following it up with a 73 to hang on to a single stroke victory over Joey Downey, Chris Doyle, Rory Doll and Johnny Hogan.

Joey and Rory were the only two rounds under par the second day and undoubtedly applying pressure to the champ. Ecstatic for his win, smiling ear to ear while accepting the trophy, Brett Silvernail goes home a happy champion. When asked if he will return to defend his title, he says he will be turning pro to give the circuit a go. Good luck to you Brett!

Monarch Dunes would like to thank all who participated and helped for the fabulous tournament and hope to see it grow bigger and better in the years to come.

For any comments or suggestions, please email Head Professional Jason Porter at: Jporter@monarchdunes.com

2014 Nipomo Amateur Championship Flight

	Player Name	DAY 1	DAY2	Total
1st	Brett Silvernail	68	73	141
2nd	Joey Downey	72	70	142
3rd	Chris Doyle	68	74	142
4th	Rory Doll	73	69	142
5th	Johnny Hogan	69	73	142
6th	Sean Crocker	69	74	143
7th	Cole Nygren	70	75	145
8th	Jimmy Castles	71	74	145
9th	Kyler Sauer	71	74	145
10th	Blake McPhearson	70	76	146

2014 Nipomo Amateur 1st Net Flight

	Player Name	DAY 1	DAY 2	Total
1st	Rob Vine*	71	74	145
2nd	Ron Roy	75	70	145
3rd	Steve Chubon	71	76	147
*Won on a scorecard playoff

2014 Nipomo Amateur 2nd Net Flight

	Player Name	DAY 1	DAY 2	Total
1st	James Johnson	67	66	133
2nd	Willie Carnes	71	68	139
3rd	Jerry Cornell	73	70	143

Full Championship Results

Full Net Results

Congratulations to the 2013 Champion

Championship: Niall Platt

Net: Mitch Bronson

Thank you to all who participated!

Another Nipomo Amateur, another exciting finish.

Niall Platt had a comfortable five stroke lead after his stellar first round score of 67. Scott Patterson and Justin Warthen were tied for second with the first round scores of 72.

Five strokes is a lot of ground to cover when chasing such a high caliber player like Niall.

Scott started the day with several solid iron shots but couldn’t get the putts to drop. That’s how the day went for Scott.

Justin made a late charge, gaining four strokes on holes 14 and 15 to get within one shot of Niall, with three holes left. Only to falter with a pulled four iron ricocheting off the cart path on the par 3, hole 17, proceeding to make double bogey. That left Niall plenty of breathing room to take the victory, but not before throwing in his own drama. Niall stripes three wood into the water on 18. Forced to drop at a cost of one stroke, puts his next iron shot about 15 feet. Keeping his composure and showing determination, Niall rolls in his par putt to win by 3.

Congrats to Niall.

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