Southern California PGA pros are back in competition after the Coronavirus shutdown.
Michael Block of Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club in Mission Viejo and Scott Mallory of The Journey at Pechanga in Temecula captured the Southern California PGA’s Cart Star Motors Senior-Junior Championship at Valencia Country Club in a scorecard playoff with Tim Parun and Mark Geddes of Coronado Golf Course.
Block and Mallory were 1-over-par through five holes, but then reeled off eight birdies and an eagle on their last 13 holes to finish at 9-under 63 in the four-ball format, which was match by Parun and Geddes.
However, Parun and Geddes came up short with a back nine score of 31, despite an eagle on the 15th hole, while Block and Mallory won with a score of 30 by carding six birdies on the last nine holes.
Mike Fergin of Mesa Verde Country Club in Costa Mesa and Ryan Kennedy of Rustic Canyon Golf Club in Moorpark totaled 65 to tie for third with Scott McCue and Scott Heyn of the Farms Golf Club in Rancho Santa Fe, while Michael Diette of Palos Verdes Golf Club in Palos Verdes Estates and Kyle Mendoza of the Farms Golf Club shot 66 to tie for fifth with Bruce McNamara and Jamie Puterbaugh of Aviara Golf Club in Carlsbad, and David Podas of Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles and Thomas Gardner of Los Angeles Country Club.
Jim Gormley of Palos Verdes Golf Club and Logan Scott of Oakmont Country Club in Glendale wound up at 67 to tie for eighth with Jeremy Clevenger and Cavin McCall of Pauma Valley Country Club, Bob Knee of Aviara Golf Academy in Carlsbad and Alan Scheer of Steele Canyon Golf Club in Jamul, Kelly Jensen of Mountain Vista Golf Club in Palm Desert and Warren Pineo of Toscana Country Club in Indian Wells, and Jeff Hart, an SCPGA Life Member from Del Mar Golf Center, and Andrew Larkin of UCLA.
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