Ryan Firpo
Through six holes of the 2025 San Francisco City Pre-Qualifier, Fresno State sophomore
Ryan Firpo of Davis, Calif., seemed like he was playing a video game.
Firpo started 6-under through six holes with four birdies and an eagle. However, Firpo made six bogeys in the final 12 holes to fall back to even par. Austin Krewson of Larkspur, Calif., also shot even par on the day, but he did it with 16 pars and one birdie and one bogey.
"It was an interesting day," Firpo said. "I got off to a hot start and made some bogeys coming in, but overall, I played solid. At the end of the day, I qualified, so I am happy with that."
Firpo is a sophomore at Fresno State and won Mountain West Freshman of the Year last season, while Krewson is a financial advisor at Wealth Enhancement Group and graduated from Central Oklahoma University. Firpo won the 2024 Santa Clara County Championship and the 2023 Davis City.
Players were graced with great weather in the Bay area on Friday.
"I always say the number one thing in the tournament is once you have assembled the players and have the courses, it's the weather," AmateurGolf.com founder Pete Wlodkowski said.
In all, there are over 500 players in all the flights combined playing in the championship
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"This tournament is so much fun playing match play and having it over the course of three weekends," Firpo said. "It is for sure one of my favorite tournaments to play in, so I am thrilled to keep it going over the next couple of weekends."
Wlodkowski added, "It is a par 68, and it looks like you can tear it up, but it gets a lot of its teeth from the par-3s. Nos. 16 and 17 are 230 and 240 yards."
This is the 109th playing of the historic championship. This year, Lincoln Park Golf Course was brought back as a second course to the iconic TPC Harding Park. Lincoln Park is where the tournament was founded in 1916 and features unmatched views of the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay.
It also has one of the most scenic par-3s in the world, No. 17.
Past champions include 1964 US Open Champion Ken Venturi, 1999 US Women's Open Champion Julie Inkster, and 1969 Masters Champion George Archer. More recently, LPGA Tour player Dorothy Delasin* of Daly City (winner of the 1998 US Junior Girls Championship and 1999 US Women's Amateur) claimed the Women's City Championship in 1998.
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Once the number of entries for the Men's
Championship reaches 120 players (including
spots held for exempt
players), all additional entrants will enter the
pre-qualifier as described below.
There will be two prequalifiers. One hosted on March 6 and another on March 7. The number of qualifying spots will be granted on a percentage of total field basis. It is expected March 6 will allow for 3 spots, while March 7 will allow for 17. The exact number will be
available before teeing off.
This entry form is for qualifying on March 7th.
MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
DIVISION PRE-QUALIFIER
Open to players with a handicap index of 6.4 or
lower as of the entry date.
Those entering pre-qualifying will pay an entry fee of
$165 for the pre-qualifier to be held
at Lincoln Park. Those advancing from the pre-qualifier will
pay the remainder of the Men's
Championship
entry fee ($230; it must be paid prior to playing) and
will play in the 36-hole stroke play qualifier
at TPC Harding Park and Lincoln Park, from which the low
64 will then advance to
the match-play
phase of the men’s championship.
A schedule of all dates
of play can be found on the tournament website
sfgolfchampionship.com.
Once entries close, if there
are any unfilled spots in the Men's
Championship (due to fewer than 50 exempt
players registering or withdrawals), they will be filled
by Pre-Qualifier registrants in the
order in which they
registered, and those players will be charged the
remainder of the Men's Championship
entry fee.
WITHDRAWALS AND REFUND POLICY
Players needing to withdraw should do so by filling
out the form at
sfgolfchampionship.com/contact/
. Players withdrawing before the entry
deadline of
February 18 will receive a
refund of their entry fee minus
$50.
There will be no refunds after the entry
deadline.
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detailsThe oldest municipal
tournament in the USA. Match play event
with scratch men's,
senior, 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.
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