Sunnehana Amateur Archives - Silver Club Golfing Society https://silverclubgolfingsociety.com/tag/sunnehana-amateur/ A Competitive Golf Membership Thu, 20 Sep 2018 12:52:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 150073839 #50 – John Cook https://silverclubgolfingsociety.com/50-john-cook/ Fri, 07 Sep 2018 17:55:52 +0000 http://silverclubgolfingsociety.com/?p=186 John was born in Toledo, Ohio but grew up in Southern California. As a junior, he was coached by Ken Venturi. His Ohio roots drew him back to Ohio StateContinue reading#50 – John Cook

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]]> John was born in Toledo, Ohio but grew up in Southern California. As a junior, he was coached by Ken Venturi. His Ohio roots drew him back to Ohio State for college, where he followed in the large footsteps of another blond phenom, Jack Nicklaus. John compiled a pretty impressive resume of his own before turning professional. Highlights include: -Won the US Am in ’78 at age 20, and nearly won it again in 1979, falling to Mark O’Meara in the finals (turned pro right after) -Member of the Ohio State ’79 NCAA Championship team

-Won the 1978 & 1979 Northeast Amateur

-Won the Sunnehanna Amateur in ’77 & ’79

-Won the 1978 & 1979 Ohio State Amateur

-Won California State Amateur in ’75

-Won 1979 Porter Cup

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]]> 186 Honorable Mentions https://silverclubgolfingsociety.com/honorable-mentions/ Wed, 05 Sep 2018 22:12:45 +0000 http://silverclubgolfingsociety.com/?p=140 Legendary Amateur Ed Updegraff had a long and distinguished amateur career, winning the Western Am (1957, 1959), Sunnehanna Am (1962), Pacific Coast Am (1967) and the U.S. Senior Amateur (1981).Continue readingHonorable Mentions

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]]> Legendary Amateur Ed Updegraff had a long and distinguished amateur career, winning the Western Am (1957, 1959), Sunnehanna Am (1962), Pacific Coast Am (1967) and the U.S. Senior Amateur (1981). He was a semi-finalist at 1963 British Amateur. He played on three winning WalkerCup teams (1963, 1965, 1969) and captained the 1975 team to a win. Interestingly enough, Updegraff also finished in a tie for 4th place at the 1969 Tucson Open on the PGA Tour but failed to sign his scorecard and was disqualified! We are sure he felt better after receiving the Bob Jones Award from the @USGA in 1999. 2011 and 2013 WalkerCup Captain Jim Holtgrieve has had a long and distinguished amateur career and has given so much back to the game. He won the inaugural U.S. Mid Amateur in 1981, was runner up at the 1983 British Am and made it to the semis in the 1980 U.S. Am as well as being a 3 time Walker Cup competitor. A classic pose from O. Gordon Brewer Jr, former president at Pine Valley, arguably the world’s greatest course. As a player, he made it into a mind-boggling 42 USGA national championships, capping his competitive career with two victories in the U.S. Senior Amateur (1994, ’96). He also won five Crump Cups.

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