SF City Championship: Scarff is Qualifying Medalist

18 Feb 2007
see also: San Francisco City 2026 MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP, TPC Harding Park Golf Course
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (Feb. 18, 2007) -- Reid Scarff of Oroville played bogey-free golf during the championship division qualifying portion of the San Francisco City Championship this weekend and took medalist honors at 6-under-par 134. Scarff, 22, shot 70 at Harding Park on Saturday with birdies on Nos. 9 and 15, then added a 4-under 64 at Lincoln Park on Sunday, his first time ever seeing the short-but-tricky course that overlooks the Golden Gate Bridge.

"I was fortunate to tee off early Sunday before the winds started blowing, and I took advantage of the good conditions," said Scarff, whose round included two birdies and an eagle.

Scarff is playing in the San Francisco City for the first time but he does have a track record of match play success that dates back 6 years when he won the Chico City Championship. He resides in Stockton, where he is taking a semester off from University of the Pacific.

Finishing three strokes behind Scarff at 137 was Kory Storer of San Mateo while Andrew Biggadike of San Francisco qualified at 139. Notables who advanced to match play include 6-time champion Gary Vanier, 2-time champion Jim Evans, and 1999 champion Randy Haag, who is coming off victories in the last two amateurgolf.com events at Coyote Creek and StoneTree.

64 players qualified for match play with an 11-for-2 playoff at 151 determining the final two spots -- RC Orr and Rex Aberle survived that playoff.

To view complete results from qualifying, click on the name of the tournament next to "see also" at the top of this page and follow the "results" tab.

ABOUT THE San Francisco City Men's Championship

2025 TOUR PORTAL

*An NCGA Points Tournament*

**Entry Procedure: Registration opens for all players on October 1 for EXEMPT players only. There will be 50 spots held for exempt players under the below categories.

* The past 10 years of the San Francisco City Golf Champions
* 2025 San Francisco City Men’s Championship Match Play Qualifiers
* Top 20 men’s 2024-2025 NCGA Points Lists
* 2025 NCGA Champions (Amateur, Mid- Amateur, Junior)
* The top 3 finishers in each of the AmateurGolf.com Winter Tour events (Dec 2025-Feb 2026)

On November 1, the field will open to all participants (exempt or non-exempt) with a small amount of spots saved for not yet determined exemptions to be finalized. When the field limit is reached, all additional registrants will be entered in the pre-qualifier at Lincoln Park on Friday, March 6, 2026.

Once entries close, if there are any unfilled spots in the Men's Championship (due to withdrawals), they will be filled by Pre-Qualifier registrants in the order in which they registered.

Players entering pre-qualifying will pay an entry fee of $145 for the pre-qualifier, and those advancing from the pre-qualifier will pay the full main event entry fee (must be paid prior to playing).

The 36-hole match play qualifier will be held March 7-8, 2026, with 18 holes played at TPC Harding Park and 18 holes at Lincoln Park for a combined 36-hole qualifying score.

There will be 168 players in the qualifying round with 48 players advancing to match play. The top 32 in the Championship bracket and the next 16 in the Venturi Flight. In the event of a playoff to qualify for match play, a player must be present in order to retain his right to participate in the playoff.

Match play will begin on March 14, 2026. All match play for the Championship Flight (Mar 14-15, 21-22) will be held at TPC Harding Park.

A schedule of all dates of play can be found on the tournament website sfgolfchampionship.com.

WITHDRAWALS AND REFUND POLICY
Players needing to withdraw should do so by filling out the form at sfgolfchampionship.com/contact/. Players withdrawing before end of day February 1 will receive a refund of their entry fee minus $75. There will be no refunds after.

CART POLICY
The use of carts is prohibited for players and caddies in the Men’s Championship Flight (Appendix I – Local Rule Applies)

SPECIAL OFFER TO SF CITY PLAYERS:

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ABOUT THE SAN FRANCISCO CITY CHAMPIONSHIP
The oldest municipal tournament in the USA. Match play event with scratch men's, senior men’s, women's, senior women’s, and open flight divisions. Past champions include Ken Venturi, Harvie Ward, Juli Inkster, Bob Rosburg, George Archer, and Dorothy Delasin. Some of the “non winners” include Tom Watson and Johnny Miller. Click the “history” tab for more about this wonderful event.