The California State Amateur is one of the nation’s oldest state amateur golf championships. The championship originated in 1912 and was held at Pebble Beach Golf Links from 1919 until 2006. In 2007 the CGA broadened the scope of this prestigious championship by rotating the weeklong event to selected courses throughout the state. Included in the event is the Roger Lapham Challenge Cup, a NCGA vs. SCGA team portion of the championship that began its current stroke-play format in 1990.
| Year |
Winner |
Medalist |
Team Winner |
Site |
| 2009 |
Geoff Gonzalez |
Geoff Gonzalez |
Southern California |
Lake Merced Golf Club |
| 2008 |
Nick Delio |
Matt Hoffenberg, Alex Kim, Scott McGihon |
Northern California |
Lakeside Golf Club and Oakmont Country Club |
| 2007 |
Josh Anderson |
Blake Trimble |
Southern California |
Monterey Peninsula Country Club |
| 2006 |
Jordan Nasser |
Steve Woods |
Southern California |
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 2005 |
Don DuBois |
Jordan Cox |
Northern California |
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 2004 |
Spencer Levin |
Mark Sear |
Northern California |
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 2003 |
Patrick Nagle |
Roy Moon |
Northern California |
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 2002 |
Eddie Heinen |
Don DuBois |
Southern California |
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 2001 |
Darryl Donovan |
Jeff Wilson |
Northern California |
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 2000 |
Nick Jones |
James Stewart, Todd Miller |
Southern California |
Bayonet and Blackhorse Golf Club |
| 1999 |
Tim Hogarth |
Ed Cuff, Jr., Steve Conway |
Southern California |
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1998 |
Ed Cuff, Jr. |
Craig Steinberg |
Southern California |
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1997 |
Jason Gore |
Tim Hogarth |
Southern California |
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1996 |
Mark Johnson |
Jeff Gilchrist |
Northern California |
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1995 |
Jeff Sanday |
Mark Johnson |
Southern California |
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1994 |
Steve Woods |
Steve Woods |
Southern California |
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1993 |
Casey Boyns |
Gary Vanier |
Northern California |
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1992 |
Todd Demsey |
Harry Rudolph, III |
Southern California |
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1991 |
Harry Rudolph III |
Sandy Galbraith |
Southern California |
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1990 |
Charlie Wi |
Mark Johnson, Paul Stankowski |
Southern California |
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1989 |
Casey Boyns |
Jerry Michaels |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1988 |
Don Parsons |
Aaron Meeks |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1987 |
Mike Springer |
Bob Lasken, Tim Loustalot, Steve Bogan |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1986 |
Terrence Miskell |
Dana Banke |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1985 |
Sam Randolph |
Sam Randolph |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1984 |
Duffy Waldorf |
Duffy Waldorf |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1983 |
Kris Moe |
Gregg Twiggs |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1982 |
Gary Vanier |
Corey Pavin |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1981 |
Joe Tamburino |
Mike Barnblatt |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1980 |
Bobby Clampett |
Bobby Clampett |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1979 |
Mark O’Meara |
Lennie Clements |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1978 |
Bobby Clampett |
Don Levin |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1977 |
Lee Mikles |
Tom Culligan |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1976 |
Mike Brannan |
Scott Simpson |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1975 |
John Cook |
C. Richardson, Curtis Worley |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1974 |
Curtis Worley |
Craig Stadler |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1973 |
Mike Brannan |
Mike Brannan |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1972 |
Mac Hunter |
Mark Pfeil |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1971 |
Doug Nelson |
Sandy Galbraith |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1970 |
Bob Risch |
Tom Smith |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1969 |
Forrest Fezler |
Ted Lyford |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1968 |
Johnny Miller |
Les Peterson |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1967 |
Bob E. Smith |
Arne Dokka |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1966 |
Bob Eastwood |
Bob Eastwood, Cesar Sanudo, Jack Bariteau |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1965 |
Vern Callison |
Dr. Art Butler |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1964 |
Steve Opperman |
Ron Cerrudo |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1963 |
Dr. Paul Travis |
Peter Choate |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1962 |
Dick Lotz |
John Lotz |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1961 |
John Richardson |
No qualifying |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1960 |
Larry Bouchey |
Dr. Art Butler |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1959 |
Vern Callison |
Dan Morgan, Bob Roos |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1958 |
Eli Bariteau |
Dan Morgan |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1957 |
Tal Smith |
Dr. William O’Neal |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1956 |
Ken Venturi |
Bob Silvestri, Ken Venturi |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1955 |
Dr. Frank Taylor |
Tom Draper |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1954 |
Dr. Frank Taylor |
Dr. William O’Neal |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1953 |
Gene Littler |
Ken Venturi |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1952 |
Bob Silvestri |
Gene Littler |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1951 |
Ken Venturi |
Bud Holscher |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1950 |
Bob Gardner |
Fred Jordan |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1949 |
Mac Hunter |
Gene Littler, Tal Smith, John Dawson |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1948 |
Eli Bariteau |
Russell York, Bob Silvestri |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1947 |
Bob Gardner |
Morgan Fottrell |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1946 |
Bruce McCormick |
Eli Bariteau |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1945 |
Bruce McCormick |
John Dawson |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1944 |
Ernie Pieper, Jr. |
Bob Rosburg |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1943 |
Elmer Cites |
Henry Suico |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1942 |
John Dawson |
Bud Brownell |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1941 |
Ernie Pieper, Jr. |
Ralph Lomelli |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1940 |
Ed Monaghan |
Rennie Kelly |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1939 |
Jack Gage |
Roger Kelly |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1938 |
Roger Kelly |
Roger Kelly |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1937 |
Roger Kelly |
Ernest Combs, Frank Hixon |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1936 |
Mat Palacio, Jr. |
Roger Kelly |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1935 |
Jack Gaines |
Ernie Pieper Jr. |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1934 |
Stuart Hawley |
John Robbins, Jack Nounman |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1933 |
Charles Seaver |
No qualifying |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1932 |
Neil White |
No qualifying |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1931 |
David Martin |
No qualifying |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1930 |
Francis I’i Brown |
Lawson Little |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1929 |
Jack F. Neville |
J.J. McHugh, Fay Coleman |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1928 |
J.J. McHugh |
Jack Gaines |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1927 |
J.J. McHugh |
George Von Elm |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1926 |
H. Chandler Egan |
Donald Moe, Oswald Carlton |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1925 |
George Von Elm |
H. Chandler Egan |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1924 |
Capt. A. Bullock-Webster |
Frank Godchaux |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1923 |
J.J. McHugh |
Willie Hunter |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1922 |
Jack F. Neville |
E.S. Armstrong |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1921 |
Dr. Paul Hunter |
Paul Hunter |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1920 |
Dr. Paul Hunter |
Robert Hunter |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1919 |
Jack F. Neville |
Douglas Grant |
|
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 1918 |
Douglas Grant |
No qualifying |
|
Del Monte Golf Club |
| 1917 |
Chas H. Walter |
Douglas Grant |
|
Del Monte Golf Club |
| 1916 |
Larry Cowing |
No qualifying |
|
Del Monte Golf Club |
| 1915 |
E.S. Armstrong |
Heine Schmidt |
|
Del Monte Golf Club |
| 1914 |
H.K.B. Davis |
No qualifying |
|
Del Monte Golf Club |
| 1913 |
Jack F. Neville |
No qualifying |
|
Del Monte Golf Club |
| 1912 |
Jack F. Neville |
No qualifying |
|
Del Monte Golf Club |
The California Golf Association (CGA) Senior Amateur Championship began in the fall of 1992, and is the state championship for players age 55 and over. The first two tournaments were played at the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa. In 1994, the event was moved to Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach, and in 1995, a simultaneous NCGA vs. SCGA team portion of the championship was added. Starting in 2010 this 54-hole championship will rotate to selected courses throughout the state.
| Year |
Winner |
Team Winner |
Site |
|
| 2009 |
Jeff Burda |
Northern California |
Poppy Hills Golf Course |
|
| 2008 |
Jeff Burda |
Northern California |
Poppy Hills Golf Course |
|
| 2007 |
Gary Vanier |
Southern California |
Poppy Hills Golf Course |
|
| 2006 |
Steve Bogan |
Northern California |
Poppy Hills Golf Course |
|
| 2005 |
Robert Olds |
Southern California |
Poppy Hills Golf Course |
|
| 2004 |
Rob Thompson |
Northern California |
Poppy Hills Golf Course |
|
| 2003 |
Joe Dudley |
Southern California |
Poppy Hills Golf Course |
|
| 2002 |
Ted Lyford |
Southern California |
Poppy Hills Golf Course |
|
| 2001 |
Roly LaMontagne |
Southern California |
Poppy Hills Golf Course |
|
| 2000 |
Mike Riley |
Northern California |
Poppy Hills Golf Course |
|
| 1999 |
Tom Eastlack |
Southern California |
Poppy Hills Golf Course |
|
| 1998 |
Jim McMurtrey |
Northern California |
Poppy Hills Golf Course |
|
| 1997 |
Cliff Davis |
Northern California |
Poppy Hills Golf Course |
|
| 1996 |
Paul Spengler |
Northern California |
Poppy Hills Golf Course |
|
| 1995 |
Jim McMurtrey |
Northern California |
Poppy Hills Golf Course |
|
| 1994 |
Jim McMurtrey |
N/A |
Poppy Hills Golf Course |
|
| 1993 |
Paul Ladin |
N/A |
Ojai Valley Inn |
|
| 1992 |
Chuck Weil |
N/A |
Ojai Valley Inn |
|
The Seaver Cup is a biennial team event between players from the Northern California Golf Association (NCGA) and players from the SCGA. The event is named after one of California’s legendary amateur golfers, Charles Seaver, one of just two people to hold the California Amateur, NCGA Amateur and SCGA Amateur titles at the same time.
| Year |
Winner |
Site |
| 2008 |
SCGA 25, NCGA, 23 |
PGA West |
| 2006 |
SCGA 24, NCGA 24 (Tie) |
Ojai Valley Inn |
| 2004 |
SCGA 31, NCGA 17 |
Ojai Valley Inn |
| 2002 |
NCGA 281⁄2, SCGA 191⁄2 |
Ojai Valley Inn |
| 2000 |
SCGA 24, NCGA, 24 (Tie) |
Ojai Valley Inn |
| 1998 |
SCGA 251⁄2, NCGA 221⁄2 |
Ojai Valley Inn |