Younger Cantlay wins L.A. County Amateur

Nick Cantlay of Los Alamitos captured the Los Angeles County Amateur Championship for the second time, defeating defending champion Jonathan Saunders of Long Beach by one stroke at Lakewood Golf and Country Club.

Cantlay, who completed his college career at Long Beach State in the spring, carded a score of 68-69—137, 7-under-par, while Saunders wound up at 68-70—138.

The L.A. County Am champion in 2016, when he won by three shots, Cantlay is the younger brother of Patrick Cantlay, who played at UCLA and now competes on the PGA Tour.

Eric Allison of Anaheim shot 69-72—141 to tie for third with John Perry of Brentwood, who finished at 72-69—141, while Ryder Epson of Long Beach was fifth at 74-68—142.

Panos Pantazopolous of Greece totaled 73-70—143 to tie for sixth with Matvey Menshikov of Kazan, who finished at 72-71—143, and Freddy Esparza of Downey, who also wound up at 72-71—143.

Andy Overton of Lakewood was ninth at 72-72—144, while Gabe Armendariz of Tustin totaled 73-72—145 to tie for 10th with David Marris of Cypress (72-73—145), Jonathan Johasky of Hermosa Beach (72-73—145), Chung-Cheng Wang of Bermuda Dunes (71-74—145) and Michael Carney of Redondo Beach (72-73—145).

Doug Hutchinson of Costa Mesa captured the Net Division with a score of 64-71—135, followed by George Gonzalez of Downey at 66-73—139, Jonathan Deiss of Los Angeles at 71-71—142 and Steve Shepard of Torrance of 74-69—143.

Julian Cantu of Long Beach took the low gross title in the A Flight at 72-77—149 and Joe Zepeda of Whittier was the low net winner at 71-72—143.

Matthew Satterly of Huntington Beach claimed the low gross title in B Flight at 77-78—155, while Mike Maxwell of Cerritos took the low net crown at 64-75—139.

In C Flight, George Gonzalez of Downey was the low gross champion at 80-87—167, whole Steve Burke of Los Alamitos took the low net title at 66-74—140.

For complete results, visit https://www.amateurgolf.com/images/uploads/00046744.pdf

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