Van Hall observes as first round Eddie Reed opponent John Robertson attempts a putt on the first hole at Paradise Valley. John won the match with a narrow 1-up victory.

Quick Summary (Details below):
2004 Winners are Zingg, Woods, Holman, & Wherritt

Paul Zingg defeated Mark Steppan on the 20th hole at Hiddenbrooke in a very close match. Paul was last year's Eddie Reed champion and is only the third member ever to successfully defend the championship flight. (The other two were Mike Moraes in 1993 and Steve Desimone in 2000). In the first flight Barry Woods edged Steven Hong 2 and 1 at Tilden Park. This was a rematch from last year when Woods defeated Steven in round one. This was Barry's second Eddie Reed title, having won the first flight in 2001. In the second flight Mark Holman slipped past Rick Guevara 1 up at Wente Vineyards. It came down to the 18th hole. Mark Holman was our pre-season dark horse favorite. In the third flight David Wherritt defeated Bob Sternbach at the Metropolitan with Robert Dynes (the new U.C. President) observing. It was the tightest Eddie Reed final ever, lasting until the 22nd hole before Dave won. Paul Zingg has won multiple majors over his UCGC career, as has Barry Woods. This was the first major win for Mark Holman and David Wherritt.

(Indexes have been updated to reflect current handicaps. Remember to always use current handicaps in your matches.)

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Round One Summary:

We had some interesting matches in the first round. The second flight match at Paradise Valley between Ron Gallagher and Bill Marchant was unique. It ended with a tight, 1up victory by Ron Gallagher, but what made the match so unusual is that they didn't halve a hole until the 16th hole. It was a very topsy-turvey match to the finish.

Dennis Smith vs. Kelly Alvarez was an early power match between two titans. Normally the 2003 Golfer of the Year and defending Eddie Reed Champion (Kelly) would never be seeded #14 or face up against the 2003 Faculty/Staff Chancellor's Trophy winner (Dennis) in round one, but thanks to modern communications tools, that's just what happened. You see, Kelly Alvarez had signed up for the Eddie Reed tournament via email, but because his address was so obscure (wknight50@comcast.net) that it slipped past Steve Desimone. When Kelly got the tournament bracket and saw his name was not on it he became a several day campaign to be added late to the event. But there is no precedent for being added late and Steve always plays strictly by the books with regards to deadlines. If Kelly could not provide evidence of having signed up, Steve was not going to permit it. Kelly pleaded his case and it was not until the email was located in the trash that Kelly was admitted into the tournament. Anyway, that's how it came to pass that two titans met so early. The fact that the match was fairly one-sided is somewhat inexplicable, but nothing about this sport is ever predictable.

The Ken Lloyd and Ed Biglin match went down to the 20th hole. That was our most exciting round 1 match.

Rollie Otto scored the most one-sided win, beating Ryan Tabibian 7 and 6. Ryan's back was bothering him and if you've seen Ryan's swing you'll know that his normally smooth and complete follow through could easily be hampered by a back injury. But the one-sidedness of this match wasn't shouldered alone by Ryan's bad play. It was also tempered by some amazing play from Rollie Otto, who shot a 38 on the front nine. Rollie was 7 up after the first 8 holes. One the back nine Rollie shot a 43 (for a combined 81), but the match officially ended after the 12th hole.

Eddie Reed himself had to withdraw from his first match due to injury, and thus left his own tournament unceremoniously.

Jeff Hazel, who over the years has thrived in match play was surprisingly seeded 5th and easily got past his first round match.

Mark Boguski and Dave Rose played a knock down drag out match at Tilden Park. After 18 holes it was getting late and they decided to continue on another day rather than end it there. So they met up again for another 18 holes at Tilden. Some people just love to savor these matches like a fine wine.

There were two big round 1 upsets. In the second flight Chris Hansell (#5 seed) slipped past Martin Kitchener (#12 seed) 2 and 1 at Mare Island. Chris is a relative newcomer, but he's got game. Be on the lookout for this rising star. In the third flight Charles Lee (#13 seed) handily defeated 2004 GOY contender Jeff Day (#4 seed) with a 5 and 3 win. Jeff didn't play exceptionally, but Charles did. Keep an eye on Charles too, as a rising star...

Round 2 Summary:

There were three massive upset in round two. Each of these resulted in the ousting of a #1 seed. And after the dust settled Paul Zingg was the only #1 seed left standing. In the first flight 2003 Eddie Reed Champion Ross Sakamoto (and #1 seed) fell to #8 seed Steve Hong 1 up at Alameda North. Both men played impressively and turned in solid 76's. No hole was won without at least a par and no one got up more than 2 holes. The match was tied after the front nine and 1 up was the biggest lead on the
back nine. Since Ross received a stroke from Steve and they both turned in the same score, it would seem that Ross would possibly have won, however Steve took a double and three-putted for bogey on hole that Ross birdied. There was one hole won with a bogey...the one hole where Ross got a stroke. It was a great match though. Other than those two holes there was never more than one stroke difference on any hole. In the se