California State Fair Championship
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The California State Fair Men’s Amateur Championship is one of the most prestigious amateur golf tournaments in the western United States. It is contested over 54 holes of stroke play (three rounds, 18 holes each day). After 36 holes, the field is cut to the low 45 scores and ties. Entry is limited to 156 players—84 spots reserved for exempt players and the remaining 60 filled via qualifying. Qualification paths include exemption criteria based on WAGR, junior tour standings, and performance in other competitive events; non-exempt players may also gain entry through qualifying tournaments.
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Date | Course | Winner | Winning Score | Power | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 - Sep 1, 2025 | Alister MacKenzie GC @ Haggin Oaks | Ethan Gao (-15) | -15 | 15.94 | See Results |
| Aug 31 - Sep 2, 2024 | Alister MacKenzie GC @ Haggin Oaks | Emil Nielsen (-12) | -12 | 16.24 | See Results |
Results
2024
Scoring Averages
-0.28Tournament
71.90R1
71.60R2
71.60R3
Round Stats
3.84Birdies or Better
3.32Bogeys or Worse
3.16Par 3s
4.07Par 4s
4.68Par 5s
Finish | Name | Score to Par | Total | R1 | R2 | R3 | SG vs Field | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Emil Nielsen | -12 | 204 | 67 | 70 | 67 | +3.70 | 10.92 |
| 2 | Charlie Berridge | -12 | 204 | 70 | 64 | 70 | +3.70 | 8.27 |
| 3 | Benjamin Friedman | -11 | 205 | 68 | 71 | 66 | +3.37 | 7.32 |
| T4 | Christopher Chomyn | -10 | 206 | 71 | 65 | 70 | +3.03 | 6.51 |
| T4 | Baron Szeto | -10 | 206 | 70 | 70 | 66 | +3.03 | 6.51 |
| T4 | Daniel Heo | -10 | 206 | 72 | 69 | 65 | +3.03 | 6.51 |
| 7 | Patrick Dumag | -9 | 207 | 68 | 70 | 69 | +2.70 | 5.53 |
| T8 | Calder Overfelt | -8 | 208 | 70 | 71 | 67 | +2.37 | 5.36 |
| T8 | Domingo Jojola | -8 | 208 | 70 | 67 | 71 | +2.37 | 5.36 |
| T8 | Alvaro Muller-Baumgart | -8 | 208 | 70 | 69 | 69 | +2.37 | 5.36 |
| T8 | Mason Benbrook | -8 | 208 | 69 | 68 | 71 | +2.37 | 5.36 |
| T8 | Matt Robles | -8 | 208 | 68 | 67 | 73 | +2.37 | 5.36 |
| T13 | Ziqin Zhou | -7 | 209 | 71 | 68 | 70 | +2.03 | 4.37 |
| T13 | Ben Corfee | -7 | 209 | 70 | 69 | 70 | +2.03 | 4.37 |
| T13 | Matthew Miyamoto | -7 | 209 | 69 | 71 | 69 | +2.03 | 4.37 |
| T13 | Isaiah Choi | -7 | 209 | 73 | 65 | 71 | +2.03 | 4.37 |
| T13 | Donnie Baucom | -7 | 209 | 71 | 67 | 71 | +2.03 | 4.37 |
| T18 | Chris Bettencourt | -6 | 210 | 66 | 71 | 73 | +1.70 | 3.75 |
| T18 | Gabriel Smith | -6 | 210 | 69 | 69 | 72 | +1.70 | 3.75 |
| T18 | JP Odland | -6 | 210 | 70 | 69 | 71 | +1.70 | 3.75 |
| T18 | Joey Hayden | -6 | 210 | 66 | 72 | 72 | +1.70 | 3.75 |
| T18 | Matt Cohn | -6 | 210 | 67 | 69 | 74 | +1.70 | 3.75 |
| T18 | Wenliang Xie | -6 | 210 | 70 | 69 | 71 | +1.70 | 3.75 |
| T18 | Jolo Timothy | -6 | 210 | 68 | 71 | 71 | +1.70 | 3.75 |
| T25 | Ryan Firpo | -5 | 211 | 68 | 69 | 74 | +1.37 | 3.46 |
| T25 | Ben Ragland | -5 | 211 | 71 | 67 | 73 | +1.37 | 3.46 |
| T25 | Kai Hirayama | -5 | 211 | 73 | 68 | 70 | +1.37 | 3.46 |
| T25 | Leo Metzger | -5 | 211 | 72 | 70 | 69 | +1.37 | 3.46 |
| T25 | Landon Abalateo | -5 | 211 | 71 | 69 | 71 | +1.37 | 3.46 |
| T25 | Zach Mate | -5 | 211 | 73 | 69 | 69 | +1.37 | 3.46 |
| T25 | Jack Hayden | -5 | 211 | 69 | 69 | 73 | +1.37 | 3.46 |
| T32 | Zackary Tarter | -4 | 212 | 70 | 68 | 74 | +1.03 | 3.18 |
| T32 | Shaojun Luo | -4 | 212 | 70 | 69 | 73 | +1.03 | 3.18 |
| T32 | Jacob Goode | -4 | 212 | 71 | 69 | 72 | +1.03 | 3.18 |
| T35 | Ryan Plodkowski | -3 | 213 | 73 | 65 | 75 | +0.70 | 3.05 |
| T35 | Charlie Bundy | -3 | 213 | 70 | 72 | 71 | +0.70 | 3.05 |
| T35 | Mitchell Hoey | -3 | 213 | 70 | 72 | 71 | +0.70 | 3.05 |
| T35 | Ethan Lien | -3 | 213 | 71 | 69 | 73 | +0.70 | 3.05 |
| T35 | Brian Ma | -3 | 213 | 69 | 71 | 73 | +0.70 | 3.05 |
| T35 | Finn McCall | -3 | 213 | 67 | 75 | 71 | +0.70 | 3.05 |
| T35 | Jackson Turner | -3 | 213 | 72 | 68 | 73 | +0.70 | 3.05 |
| T35 | Trevor Cox | -3 | 213 | 69 | 72 | 72 | +0.70 | 3.05 |
| T43 | William Chang | -2 | 214 | 66 | 76 | 72 | +0.37 | 2.75 |
| T43 | Louis Pilod | -2 | 214 | 71 | 71 | 72 | +0.37 | 2.75 |
| T45 | Jake Bettencourt | -1 | 215 | 71 | 70 | 74 | +0.03 | 2.69 |
| T45 | Sean-Karl Dobson | -1 | 215 | 72 | 69 | 74 | +0.03 | 2.69 |
| T45 | Kuangyu (Tony) Chen | -1 | 215 | 70 | 72 | 73 | +0.03 | 2.69 |
| T48 | Matt Yamin | E | 216 | 70 | 70 | 76 | -0.30 | 2.63 |
| T48 | Nolan Kuszyk | E | 216 | 73 | 69 | 74 | -0.30 | 2.63 |
| T48 | Hayden Thill | E | 216 | 71 | 71 | 74 | -0.30 | 2.63 |
| 51 | Parker Mapes | +1 | 217 | 71 | 71 | 75 | -0.63 | 2.54 |
| 52 | Cole Kim | +2 | 218 | 71 | 71 | 76 | -0.97 | 2.51 |
| 53 | Curtis Da | +3 | 219 | 66 | 74 | 79 | -1.30 | 2.48 |
| CUT | Luke Dariotis | -1 | 143 | 73 | 70 | - | +0.25 | 2.45 |
| CUT | Darren Chiu | -1 | 143 | 72 | 71 | - | +0.25 | 2.45 |
| CUT | Alejandro Formosa | -1 | 143 | 73 | 70 | - | +0.25 | 2.45 |
| CUT | Luke Dugger | -1 | 143 | 70 | 73 | - | +0.25 | 2.45 |
| CUT | Dylan Van Ostrand | E | 144 | 73 | 71 | - | -0.25 | 2.33 |
| CUT | John Fracisco | E | 144 | 71 | 73 | - | -0.25 | 2.33 |
| CUT | Joshua Wang | E | 144 | 73 | 71 | - | -0.25 | 2.33 |
| CUT | Adam Barkow | E | 144 | 73 | 71 | - | -0.25 | 2.33 |
| CUT | Jackson Parrish | +1 | 145 | 73 | 72 | - | -0.75 | 2.25 |
| CUT | Chase Yukawa | +1 | 145 | 76 | 69 | - | -0.75 | 2.25 |
| CUT | Ethan Chung | +1 | 145 | 71 | 74 | - | -0.75 | 2.25 |
| CUT | Reese Sato | +1 | 145 | 74 | 71 | - | -0.75 | 2.25 |
| CUT | Zachary Matzke | +1 | 145 | 73 | 72 | - | -0.75 | 2.25 |
| CUT | Sihao Cong | +1 | 145 | 71 | 74 | - | -0.75 | 2.25 |
| CUT | Michael Weaver | +1 | 145 | 74 | 71 | - | -0.75 | 2.25 |
| CUT | Chanhee Ryu | +1 | 145 | 72 | 73 | - | -0.75 | 2.25 |
| CUT | Rajvir Bedi | +1 | 145 | 74 | 71 | - | -0.75 | 2.25 |
| CUT | Costa Tzikas | +1 | 145 | 75 | 70 | - | -0.75 | 2.25 |
| CUT | Lewis Simon | +1 | 145 | 75 | 70 | - | -0.75 | 2.25 |
| CUT | Nick Waldock | +2 | 146 | 73 | 73 | - | -1.25 | 2.01 |
| CUT | Scott Bubany | +2 | 146 | 72 | 74 | - | -1.25 | 2.01 |
| CUT | Will Hoff | +2 | 146 | 73 | 73 | - | -1.25 | 2.01 |
| CUT | Brett Viboch | +2 | 146 | 69 | 77 | - | -1.25 | 2.01 |
| CUT | Trenton Stuart | +2 | 146 | 74 | 72 | - | -1.25 | 2.01 |
| CUT | Bobe Salahog | +2 | 146 | 74 | 72 | - | -1.25 | 2.01 |
| CUT | Alex Papayoanou | +2 | 146 | 72 | 74 | - | -1.25 | 2.01 |
| CUT | Juan Gonzalez | +2 | 146 | 72 | 74 | - | -1.25 | 2.01 |
| CUT | Robert Keilch | +3 | 147 | 75 | 72 | - | -1.75 | 1.89 |
| CUT | Drue Henry Sanchez | +3 | 147 | 71 | 76 | - | -1.75 | 1.89 |
| CUT | Papon Sawatyanon | +3 | 147 | 72 | 75 | - | -1.75 | 1.89 |
| CUT | Nick Woo | +3 | 147 | 75 | 72 | - | -1.75 | 1.89 |
| CUT | Dylan Ma | +3 | 147 | 72 | 75 | - | -1.75 | 1.89 |
| CUT | Sahil Nathoo | +4 | 148 | 76 | 72 | - | -2.25 | 1.81 |
| CUT | Tyler Gerace | +4 | 148 | 75 | 73 | - | -2.25 | 1.81 |
| CUT | Justun Kim | +4 | 148 | 76 | 72 | - | -2.25 | 1.81 |
| CUT | Jeff Durston | +4 | 148 | 72 | 76 | - | -2.25 | 1.81 |
| CUT | Louis Grizot | +4 | 148 | 71 | 77 | - | -2.25 | 1.81 |
| CUT | Cameron Kaiser | +5 | 149 | 74 | 75 | - | -2.75 | 1.74 |
| CUT | Shaunak Nair | +5 | 149 | 77 | 72 | - | -2.75 | 1.74 |
| CUT | Lequan Wang | +5 | 149 | 75 | 74 | - | -2.75 | 1.74 |
| CUT | Luke Montoya | +6 | 150 | 75 | 75 | - | -3.25 | 1.70 |
| CUT | Mason Mancasola | +6 | 150 | 76 | 74 | - | -3.25 | 1.70 |
| CUT | Zachary Solomon | +6 | 150 | 76 | 74 | - | -3.25 | 1.70 |
| CUT | Austin Wang | +6 | 150 | 75 | 75 | - | -3.25 | 1.70 |
| CUT | Benjamin Wang | +6 | 150 | 74 | 76 | - | -3.25 | 1.70 |
| CUT | Theo Anderson | +6 | 150 | 75 | 75 | - | -3.25 | 1.70 |
| CUT | Jai Bahhl | +7 | 151 | 74 | 77 | - | -3.75 | 0.88 |
| CUT | James Williams | +7 | 151 | 73 | 78 | - | -3.75 | 0.88 |
| CUT | Joseph Pardini | +8 | 152 | 81 | 71 | - | -4.25 | 0.78 |
| CUT | Rafael Guerrero Argaiz | +8 | 152 | 74 | 78 | - | -4.25 | 0.78 |
| CUT | Zach Adamson | +10 | 154 | 77 | 77 | - | -5.25 | 0.58 |
| CUT | Zhengfei Han | +12 | 156 | 76 | 80 | - | -6.25 | 0.48 |
| CUT | Jack Deaner | +26 | 170 | 83 | 87 | - | -13.25 | 0.38 |
| WD | Treed Huang | - | 74 | 74 | - | - | -2.10 | 0.18 |