Alameda Commuters: Four-way tie atop 54-hole leaderboard
Carlos Briones
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Four players will enter the Alameda Commuters Tournament final round on Sunday with a share of the 54-hole lead, including the first weekend's leader Carlos Briones. At eight-under par 205, Miguel Delgado of Novato, Jonathan Keane of San Mateo, Finigan Tilly of Redwood City, as well as Briones, of San Lorenzo sit atop the leaderboard at Chuck Corica Golf Complex.
Briones, a sophomore at Santa Clara University, opened the event on the first weekend with rounds of 68 and 66 before shooting 71 on Saturday in round three. Delgado and Keane shot 67 to jump to the top of the leaderboard, while Finigan tallied a 69. Tilly carded a 65 on day one, trailing opening-round leader Jeremy Sanchez by a stroke.
Roman Aragon, a freshman at St. Mary's College from Mission Viejo, shot 67 on Saturday to sit two shots back of the leaders in fifth place. 2014 NCGA Valley Amateur winner Trevor Clayton is in sixth at five-under while Andrew Morgan of Long Beach is at four-under in seventh.
In the Senior Division, which began Saturday, Dale Bouguennec of Pleasant Hill kicked off the tournament with a 68 to lead by three over recent San Francisco City Senior winner Gary Vanier, 2015 NCGA Senior Amateur winner Jim Knoll, and Steve Wilson of Concord.
ABOUT THE
Alameda Commuters
What's in a name? In the case of the Alameda
Commuters Championship, the logo of the
almost 100
year old tournament would be a dead
giveaway. It's
a steam ferry, which was the only way to
"commute"
to San Francisco from the East Bay before the
Bay
Bridge was built. Started as an informal event
-- the
original first prize was a bag of nails -- the
tournament has grown into one of the top
independent events in California.
A
dedicated tournament committee prides itself
on
running the competition
as if
it were a PGA Tour event. Two of the best
public
courses at the city-owned Chuck Corica Golf
Complex
are prepared with care. Slick greens, Sunday
pins,
and even that rarity in amateur golf –
spectators are
all part of the fun. The roped-off scoreboard is
a
particular area of pride for the "green jackets"
who
were wearing dark green blazers before they
were
made popular by another tournament you
might be
aware of in Augusta Georgia. The 250 player
championship division is cut to 50 and ties for
the
second weekend, at which time the 36-hole
senior
division tees off to join them.
View Complete Tournament Information