Changes To The Biennial Seaver Cup Competition

March 08, 2019

Beginning this year, it’ll now be the best male and female players of the NCGA and Southern California Golf Association taking each other on for bragging rights.

In a move to provide programming at the state level for both men and women, the California Golf Association in March announced some sweeping changes to the previously named biennial Seaver Cup matches.

Under the move, the name of the event will switch to the California Amateur Cup Matches. The winning team will receive the Seaver Cup, which is named in honor of SCGA Hall of Famer Charles Seaver.

Each team, meanwhile, will now be comprised of 20 players: 12 males (four Seniors and eight non-Seniors) and eight females. Participating players are to be selected by SCGA and NCGA members of the California Golf Association board with consideration to Player of the Year Standings in both Associations.

This year’s California Amateur Cup Matches will be held Dec.12-13 at La Quinta CC in La Quinta.

On the course, the Cup utilizes a format similar to the Ryder Cup – three points are available for each match, one point for the front nine, one point for the back nine and one point for the overall match (any matches that are halved earn a 1/2 point). Play consists of 36 holes, with 18 holes of Four-Ball Match Play on day one, and 18 holes of Singles Match Play on day two.

One of the legends of California amateur golf, Seaver is one of only two amateurs to hold the NCGA, SCGA and California Amateur titles at the same time, accomplishing the feat in 1933-34.

Other Seaver accomplishments include:

- Reaching the semifinals of the 1930 U.S. Amateur

- Member of the 1932 U.S. Walker Cup team

- 1933 California Amateur Champion

- 1932 & 1933 NCGA Amateur Champion

- 1934 SCGA Amateur Champion

There’s also the Seaver legacy between the SCGA and NCGA. Seaver’s father, Everett, served as SCGA President in 1928.



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