AGC Silicon Valley: Marr braves conditions for win

12 Jan 2014
by AmateurGolf.com Staff
see also: View results for AGC Silicon Valley Amateur, Stanford University Golf Course
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MORGAN HILL, Calif. (Jan. 12, 2014) -- Australian-born Mac Marr, a Sophomore at St. Mary's showed that spending a Christmas break in Australia (where it's summer) can help anyone's golf game.

In bitter cold and windy conditions on a course where downwind green speeds ran more than 15 on the Stimpmeter, he was able to control his golf ball and better the best score of the day by two. He was the only player to shoot par or better and remain under par for the tournament.

Marr shot 70-72=142 to edge fellow Gaels golfer Cody Robinson by five shots. Marr was 3-under through 12 holes, highlighted by a six-hole stretch in the middle of the round where he was 4-under from Nos. 7-12. He and Robinson were tied for the lead entering the day and were able to make it a 1-2 finish for St. Mary's.

A stunning comeback highlighted the Senior Division as 2013 amateurgolf.com Player-of-the Year Mark Miller of Antioch shot 157 for a one stroke win over Mike Parnow by one. Miller started the day six shots off of the lead.

In the Net Division, another current POY was able to capture victory. Vince Steele shot a net 148 to win by nine over Scott Carelli.

Results: AGC Silicon Valley Amateur

Place			Pts	Scores
1	Mac Marr	Moraga, CA	100	70-72=142
2	Cody Robinson	Discovery Bay, CA	65	70-77=147
T3	Marcus Mercado-Kiel	Santa Ana, CA	30	72-78=150
T3	Sunny Yan	Monterey, CA	30	73-77=150
T3	Dominick Francks	Olympia, WA	30	76-74=150

View full results for AGC Silicon Valley Amateur

ABOUT THE AGC Silicon Valley Amateur

The Silicon Valley Amateur is now a 54-hole, limited-field WAGR points event! The field will consist of 64 scratch players and 18 invited scratch seniors. After 36 holes are contested (one round on Monday, one on Tuesday), the field will be cut to the low 30 scratch amateurs and ties, and the low nine scratch seniors and ties. These players will be eligible for the final round on Wednesday. We expect to gain exemptions for winners into several top tournaments - details forthcoming. Past champions of this tournament include PGA Tour stars Collin Morikawa and Max Homa.

DIVISIONS

CHAMPIONSHIP
For players aged 16 and over with a USGA or equivalent index of 1.9 or less.

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
For players age 50 and over (as of the tournament date) with a handicap index of 3.9 or less. Note: Must be 55 and over for NCGA Senior Points.

MID-AM (subdivision of Championship)
For players age 25- 49. Compete alongside the younger players in the Championship Division, (same tees, same prize opportunities) and if there are at least six Mid-Ams, a separate prize and trophy will be awarded.

WOMEN (subdivision of Championship)
Will play in the Championship Division but from a shorter tee. If there are at least six women in the field, a separate prize and trophy will be awarded.