California Amateur Championship

• Chronological
• California Amateur Championship Notes

  Multiple Champions

  Jack F. Neville	1912-13, 1919, 1922, 1929
  Dr. Paul Hunter	1920-21
  J.J. McHugh	1923, 27-28
  Roger Kelly	1937-38
  Ernie Pieper Jr.	1941, 1944
  Bruce McCormick	1945-46
  Bob Gardner	1947, 1950
  Eli Bariteau	1948, 1958
  Ken Venturi	1951, 1956
  Dr. Frank Taylor	1954-1955
  Vern Callison	1959, 1965
  Mike Brannan	1973, 1976
  Bobby Clampett	1978, 1980
  Casey Boyns	1989, 1993

  
  Back-to-Back Champions

  Jack F. Neville	1912-13
  Dr. Paul Hunter	1920-21
  J.J. McHugh	1927-28
  Roger Kelly	1937-38
  Bruce McCormick	1945-46
  Dr. Frank Taylor	1954-55

  
  Multiple Medalists

  Roger Kelly	1938-39
  Gene Littler	1949, 1952
  Ken Venturi	1953, 1956
  Dr. William O'Neal	1954, 1957
  Dr. Art Butler	1960, 1965
  Mark Johnson	1990, 1995

  
  Medalist/Champion Same Year

  Paul Hunter	1921
  Roger Kelly	1938
  Ken Venturi	1956
  Bob Eastwood	1966
  Mike Brannan	1973
  Bobby Clampett	1980
  Duffy Waldorf	1984
  Sam Randolph	1985
  Casey Boyns	1993
  Steve Woods	1994

  
  Youngest/Oldest Winners
  Youngest:
  16 - Mac Hunter in 1972, when he defeated Bob Roos, 2 up in the finals. Hunter and his father, Mac Hunter, Sr., are the only father and son to win the event; Mac Sr. defeated Gene Littler on the 39th hole to win the 1949 title.
  Oldest:
  47 - Vern Callison, who defeated Art Butler, 5 & 4, in l965 to win his second California Amateur (he also won in 1959).
  
  California Amateur/U.S. Amateur Winners

  Name	Calif. Yrs	U.S. Am Yrs
  George Von Elm	1925, 27	1926
  H. Chandler Egan	1926	1904, 05
  Gene Littler	1953	1953
  John Cook	1975	1978
  Mark O'Meara	1979	1979
  Sam Randolph	1985	1985

  
  SCGA Amateur/California Amateur Winners

  Name	SCGA Yrs	Calif. Yrs
  1 Paul Hunter	1908-09, 21, 24, 26	1920-21
  1 George Von Elm	1925, 27	1925
  1 David Martin	1931	1931
  2 Charles Seaver	1934	1933
  Jack Gaines	1932, 37	1935
  Roger Kelly	1936	1937-38
  1 Johnny Dawson	1942, 44-45, 63	1942
  Bruce McCormick	1947-48, 63	1945-46
  Bob Gardner	1946	1947, 50
  Vern Callison	1957	1959
  John Richardson	1973	1961
  Todd Demsey	1993	1992
  Charlie Wi	1995	1990

  1 Won titles in the same year
  2 Held titles at the same time (through the 1930s, the SCGA Amateur was played earlier than the California Amateur)
  
  California Amateur/British Open Winners

  Name	Calif. Yrs	Open Yrs
  Mark O'Meara	1979	1997

  
  California Amateur/U.S. Amateur Public Links Winners

  Name	Calif. Yrs	Publinks Yrs
  Bruce McCormick	1945, 46	1937
  Vern Callison	1959, 65	1960, 67
  Tim Hogarth	1999	1996

  
  California Amateur/U.S. Senior Amateur Winners

  Name	Calif Yrs	Sr. Am Yrs
  John Richardson	1961	1987

  
  California Amateur/Masters Winners

  Name	Calif Yrs	Masters Yrs
  Mark O'Meara	1979	1997

  
  California Amateur/U.S. Open Winners

  Name	Calif Yrs	U.S. Open Yrs
  Gene Littler	1953	1961
  Ken Venturi	1951, 56	1964
  Johnny Miller	1968	1973

  
  California Amateur/NCAA Div 1 Winners

  Name	Calif Yrs	NCAA Yrs
  Todd Demsey	1992	1993

  
  California Amateur/Pacific Coast Amateur Winners

  Name	Calif Yrs	Pac Yrs
  Mike Brannan	1972, 1976	1973
  Terrence Miskell	1986	1996
  Todd Demsey	1992	1993
  Mark Johnson	1996	1994
  Jason Gore	1997	1997

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