Gullickson Wins Qualifying Event For NCGA Stroke Play Championship
6/14/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
June 14, 2011
FRESNO, Calif. - Gonzaga University sophomore-to-be Peter Gullickson has won a spot in the 8th Annual Northern California Golf Association (NCGA) Stroke Play Championship July 15-17 at Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach, Calif.
Gullickson, a Spokane native and graduate of Lewis and Clark High, shot a 66 for a two-shot victory over Jordan Everson at Copper River Golf Course. Gullickson, playing out of Rustic Canyon Club in Moorpark, Calif., led a field of 19 hopefuls with nine players from the Copper River qualifying advancing.
First played in 1944, the NCGA Stroke Play Championship has a special history, as the tournament has been won by the likes of Ken Venturi and Johnny Miller. But the event was cancelled in 1966 when the NCGA decided to add the now-popular Four-Ball Championship.
The original Stroke Play Championship was played over 72 holes, while the renewed format, which began in 2004, is a 54-hole event staged at Poppy Hills every year. Rick Reinsberg holds the tournament record set in 2009 of 7-under-par 209.
While Talbert Smith has won the championship more than any other player (four times), since the renewed event, no one has claimed repeated victories.
The sterling silver perpetual trophy was donated by the San Francisco Examiner in 1944.
