2010 CIF High School Championships

Santa Barbara High School shot a record-breaking 2-under-par 358 and Patrick Cantlay of Servite HS outlasted two of those Santa Barbara players in a playoff at 68, to win the CIF-CGA State High School Boys Championship at Santa Maria CC.

Cantlay, a senior who’s committed to play at UCLA next fall and tied for 14th at the CIF-SCGA Southern Regional on June 3, birdied the second playoff hole at Santa Maria (hole 18), first knocking off Shane Lebow who will attend Stanford, then Jack Perry, who’s committed to Northwestern, for the title. It’s the first CIF title for Cantlay, who’s also the No. 2-ranked Golfweek player and No. 4 on the AJGA Polo Golf Ranking.

He had a rough first hole in which he hit his first tee shot of the day into a water hazard, going on to collect a bogey six while playing partner Jay Hwang of Torrey Pines eagled the par-5 hole. Cantlay would go on to birdie five of the next eight holes, not breaking into a tie for first until the 17th, when he scored his final birdie. A par on the par-4 18th hole put him into a three-way playoff.

“I saw the leaderboard on the course and I knew what I had to do out there,” Cantlay said after his round. “I had to kick it into gear and I did. I’m pretty excited.”

Cantlay had quite the golf journey over the last few days. He played in (and failed to qualify at) 36-hole U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying in Sacramento yesterday, traveling afterward to Santa Maria and arriving at 12:30 a.m. Immediately after today’s event, Cantlay flew to Pennsylvania to play in the Sunnehanna Amateur, which begins June 10.

In the team competition, Santa Barbara’s Perry (68), Lebow (68), Mickey Kirby (86), Sean Searls (77), Ray Gerow (72) and John Baur (73) avenged its third place finish at the Southern Regional, setting a CIF scoring record at Santa Maria (the previous low State score was in 2006, when Concord HS shot 3-over-par) and becoming the only team to break par during a CIF-State boys’ championship. The best five of six scores are counted toward the team total.

Servite HS (Anaheim) shot a 3-over-par 363 for second place (also placing second in the Southern Regional), while Torrey Pines HS, the Southern Regional team champion, finished third at 373.

Jake Katz of Westlake HS, who won the Southern Regional individual title, ended in a tie for sixth, shooting even-par 72.

Date: June 8, 2010

Location: Santa Maria Country Club, Santa Maria

Who: The top six winners of the CIF-SCGA Southern Regional (Winner Jake Katz, Westlake; Mark Jensma, Aliso Niguel; Andrew Levitt, Santa Margarita; Nate Jessup, Porterville; Robin Jang, Van Nuys; and Alexander Schauffele, Scripps Ranch) and the top three teams (Winner Torrey Pines High School, Servite High School and Santa Barbara High School)

Winners: Individual: Patrick Cantlay, Servite HS, Team: Santa Barbara HS, Santa Barbara

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Ben Doyle, La Jolla HS (Individual)	Torrey Pines High School (Team)

View and download photos from the Southern Regional at scga.fototime.com 

Date: May 31, 2011

Location: Brookside GC

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The CIF-SCGA Southern Regional event is sponsored by the SCGA Foundation. The California Interscholastic Federation is divided into four districts, and each provides contestants in the events based on district student population. TheSouthern Regional is a one-day event, with teams and individual students competing in 18 holes of stroke play. At the conclusion of the round, the top six individuals and top three teams advance to the state championship, which is conducted in Southern California every other year.

CGA-CIF State High School Championship

CIF-SCGA Southern Regional Championship