Ricky Castillo finally got it done in the Rancho Santa Margarita Amateur.
Castillo, from Yorba Linda, carded a score of 69-65—134, 12-under-par, to win by five strokes over Hunter Epson of Long Beach at Tijeras Creek Golf Club in Rancho Santa Margarita.
Two years ago, Castillo finished third in the tournament, and he was second last year.
Epson was second at 66-73—139, followed by Jackson Rivera of Rancho Santa Fe at 71-71—142, Jonathan Yoshihiro of Yorba Linda at 73-70—143, Hisham Hussein of San Dimas at 74-71—145, and Kory Frost of Rancho Santa Margarita 72-74—146.
Nate Park of Rancho Santa Margarita was seventh at 78-70—148, while Peter De Benardo of Huntington Beach totaled 75-74—149 to tie for eighth with Scott Sterry of La Palma, who finished at 74-75—149, and Chris Casey of La Quinta, who also wound up at 74-75—149.
The defending champion Nishiba tied for 36th at 79-78—147.
For complete results, visit https://amateurgolf.com/images/uploads/00039463.pdf.
