The 97th California Amateur Championship

Past California Amateur champions (1912-59)

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YEAR	CHAMPION	RUNNER UP	MARGIN	MEDALIST	SCORE
1959	Vern Callison	Dick Runkle	6 & 4	Don Morgan	73-72--145
				Bob Roos	69-76--145
1958	Eli Bariteau	Dan Morgan	1 up	Dan Morgan	73-69--142
1957	Tal Smith	Dick Giddings	7 & 6	Dr. William O'Neal	69-73--142
1956	Ken Venturi	Dr. Frank Taylor	2 & 1	Bob Silvestri	72-70--142
				Ken Venturi	72-70--142
1955	Dr. Frank Taylor	Jack Lovegren	3 & 2	Tom Draper	74-67--141
1954	Dr. Frank Taylor	Walt Gilliam	3 & 2	Dr. William O'Neal	68-72--140
1953	Gene Littler	Dr. Frank Taylor	5 & 4	Ken Venturi	68-71--139
1952	Bob Silvestri	Bruce McCormick	1 up	Gene Littler	71-71--142
1951	Ken Venturi	Dr. Frank Taylor	7 & 6	Bud Holscher	74-68--142
1950	Bob Gardner	Willie Barber	7 & 5	Fred Jordan	72
1949	Mac Hunter	Gene Littler	39th hole	Gene Littler	69
				Tal Smith	69
				John Dawson	69
1948	Eli Beriteau	Bob Rosburg	37th hole	Russell York	72
1947	Bob Gardner	Smiley Quick	2 & 1	Morgan Fottrell	71
1946	Bruce McCormick	Ernie Pieper, Jr.	2 & 1	Eli Bariteau	71
1945	Bruce McCormick	Jack Nounnan	4 & 3	John Dawson	69-75--144
1944	Ernie Pieper, Jr.	Bob Rosburg	5 & 4	Bob Rosburg	72
1943	Elmer Cites	Bob Rosburg	8 & 6	Henry Suico	70
1942	John Dawson	Bob Gardner	3 & 1	Bud Brownell	66-73-149
1941	Ernie Peiper, Jr.	Bob Gardner	4 & 2	Ralph Lomelli	72-74--146
1940	Ed Monaghan	Jack Gage	7 & 5	Rennie Kelly	73-72--145
1939	Jack Gage	Walt Gilliam	3 & 2	Roger Kelly	72-72-144
1938	Roger Kelly	Bob McGlashen	8 & 7	Roger Kelly	74-70--144
1937	Roger Kelly	Mat Palacio, Jr.	12 & 10	Ernest Combs	73-70--143
				Frank Hixon	71-72--143
1936	Mar Palacio, Jr.	J.M. Rea	1 up	Roger Kelly	72-71--143
1935	Jack Gaines	Stuart Hawley	2 & 1	Ernie Pieper, Jr.	76-72--148
1934	Stuart Hawley	Don Edwards	1 up	John Robbins	71-71--142
				Jack Nounnan	71-71--142
1933	Charles Seaver	Dr. Cliff Baker	2 up	No Qualifying
1932	Neil White	Harold Thompson	3 & 2	No Qualifying
1931	David Martin	Ernie Pieper, Jr.	10 & 9	No Qualifying
1930	Francis H.I. Brown	Fay Coleman	10 & 9	Lawson Little	73-75--148
1929	Jack F. Neville	F.C. Stevens, Jr.	3 & 1	J.J. McHugh	80-73--153
				Fay Coleman	77-76--153
1928	J.J. McHugh	H. Chandler Egan	6 & 5	Jack Gaines	75-75--150
1927	J.J. McHugh	Dr. Paul M. Hunter	8 & 7	George Von Elm	68-72--140
1926	H. Chandler Egan	J.J. McHugh	2 & 1	Donald Moe	75-68--143
				Oswald Carlton	73-70--143
1925	George Von Elm	Frank Dolp	2 & 1	H. Chandler Egan	73-71--144
1924	Capt. A. Bullock-Webster	Rudie Wilhelm	7 & 5	Frank Godchaux	78-72--150
1923	J.J. McHugh	Fred Wright	9 & 8	Willie Hunter	72-72--144
1922	Jack F. Neville	Robert Hunter	11 & 9	E.S. Armstrong	71-74--145
1921	Dr. Paul M. Hunter	Gerald Marx	6 & 5	Paul Hunter	78-75--153
1920	Dr. Paul M. Hunter	E.S. Armstrong	6 & 5	Robert Hunter
1919	Jack F. Neville	Dr. C.H. Walter	5 & 4	Douglas Grant	148
1918	Douglas Grant	J.K. Wadley	8 & 7
1917	Chas. H. Walter	Douglas Grant	1 up	Douglas Grant	70-74--144
1916	Larry Cowing	R.Y. Hayne	5 & 4
1915	E.S. Armstrong	Heine Schmidt	6 & 5	Heine Schmidt	72-72--144
1914	H.K.B. Davis	Heine Schmidt	5 & 4
1913	Jack F. Neville	E.S. Armstrong	5 & 3
1912	Jack F. Neville	D.P. Fredericks	10 & 9

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