SHOWCASE, COMMUNITY, GOVERN, ADVANCE

Take a look at some of the moments that have defined the Association and that will continue to shape the future of Golf.

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Notable Champions & Championships
Handicapping & Membership Milestones
Foundation Milestones
Advocacy Milestones
Other Historical Highlights

Notable Champions & Championships

1994
Tiger Woods (SCGA Amateur)
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1994
Tiger Woods (SCGA Amateur)
2004, 2007
Rickie Fowler (CIF-SCGA Boys HS Regional)
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2004, 2007
Rickie Fowler (CIF-SCGA Boys HS Regional)
2012
Bryson DeChambeau (CIF-SCGA Boys HS Regional)
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2012
Bryson DeChambeau (CIF-SCGA Boys HS Regional)
2016
Lilia Vu (SCGA Women's Amateur)
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2016
Lilia Vu (SCGA Women's Amateur)

SCGA Amateur Championship Notables

  • 1900 – First championship held at The Los Angeles Country Club
  • 1901 – Walter Fairbanks wins first of three titles (1903, 1905)
  • 1908 & 09 – Paul Hunter becomes first to win back-to-back titles
  • 1911 – SoCal Golf Hall of Famer Norman MacBeth wins first of two titles (1913)
  • 1922 – George von Elm wins first of three titles (1925, 1927)
  • 1934 – SoCal Golf Hall of Famer Charlie Seaver becomes first to complete the California Grand Slam (California Amateur, SCGA Amateur and NCGA Amateur)
  • 1942 – John Dawson wins first of three titles (1944, 1945)
  • 1947 & 48 – Bruce McCormick wins back-to-back titles; wins third in 1963
  • 1954 – Ted Richards Jr. wins first of two titles (1961)
  • 1956 – PGA Tour winner Al Geiberger wins first of two titles (1959)
  • 1972 – Mark Pfeil
  • 1973 – SoCal Golf Hall of Famer John Richardson 
  • 1984 & 85 – Brad Greer wins back-to-back titles
  • 1988 – Craig Steinberg wins first of four titles (1991, 1992, 1997)
  • 1989 – PGA Tour winner Paul Stankowski 
  • 1994 – Tiger Woods
  • 1995 – PGA Tour winner Charlie Wi 
  • 2000 – Scott McGihon captures first of three titles (2005, 2006)
  • 2001 – PGA Tour winner John Merrick
  • 2004 – Three-time SCGA Player of the Year Tim Hogarth
  • 2011 – Patrick Cantlay 
  • 2013 & 14 – Beau Hossler wins back-to-back titles
  • 2019 – PGA Tour winner Sahith Theegala
  • 2020 – 16-year-old Luke Potter becomes youngest champion

SCGA Women’s Amateur Championship Notables

  • 2015 – First championship held at The Los Angeles Country Club. LPGA winner Andrea Lee wins first of two titles (2017)
  • 2016 – LPGA Major Champion and World No. 1 Lilia Vu
  • 2019 – Alyaa Abdulghany becomes first SCGA Junior Golf Foundation scholar to win major SCGA championship
  • 2021 – Kelly Xu becomes first SoCal Junior Amateur champion to capture the title
  • 2022 – 17-year-old Ashley Yun becomes youngest champion

SCGA Mid-Amateur Championship Notables

  • 1984 – First championship conducted at Apple Valley CC
  • 1989 – SoCal Golf Hall of Famer Mark Johnson wins first of three titles (1993, 1994)
  • 1996 – Craig Steinberg wins first of two titles (2001)
  • 1999 – Tim Hogarth captures first of five titles (2007, 2009, 2010, 2012)
  • 2006 – Robert Funk wins first of two titles (2013)
  • 2008 – Jeff Wilson wins first of three titles (2015, 2018)

SCGA Senior Amateur Championship Notables

  • 1978 – First championship held at Wilshire CC
  • 1978 – Ted Richards Jr wins first of four titles (1979, 1980, 1984)
  • 1991 & 92 – Bud Bradley wins back-to-back titles
  • 2002-04 – John Olive becomes first senior to capture three consecutive championships
  • 2004 – Steve Bogan wins first of two titles (2006)
  • 2011 – Jeff Burda wins first of two titles (2014)
  • 2013 – Gary Vanier wins first of two titles (2015)
  • 2017-20 – Craig Davis sets record with  four consecutive wins
  • 2022 – Tim Hogarth captures his first major senior title

SCGA Public Links Championship Notables

  • 1968 – First conducted at El Dorado Park under the auspice of the PLGA
  • 1976 – Mike Bellmar wins first of three titles (1977, 1978)
  • 1980 – Craig Steinberg wins first of two titles (1988)
  • 1992 – Michael Turner wins first of three titles (1993, 1994, 2000)
  • 1998 – Tim Hogarth wins first of three titles (1999, 2011)
  • 2001 – Patrick Carrigan wins first of two titles (2004)
  • 2006 & 07 – Tye Alexander wins back-to-back titles
  • 2008 - Dan Sullivan wins first of two titles (2023)
  • 2013 & 14 – Jeff Coburn wins back-to-back titles

CIF-SCGA So Cal Boys’ HS Championship Notables

  • 1971 - SoCal Golf Hall of Famer Craig Stadler wins inaugural championship
  • 1972 – SoCal Golf Hall of Famer Mark Johnson 
  • 1976 - PGA Tour Winner John Cook 
  • 1987 - Phil Mickelson
  • 1991 - Tiger Woods
  • 1992 – PGA Tour winner Chris Riley
  • 1994 & 95 - Charley Hoffman goes back-to-back
  • 2004 – Rickie Fowler wins with a record 62 as a freshman; captured second title in 2007
  • 2012 – Bryson DeChambeau 
  • 2015 – Walker Cup participant Norman Xiong 
  • 2018 & 19 – Tyler Guo captures back-to back titles

CIF-SCGA So Cal Girls’ High School Championship Notables

  • 1979 – First championship conducted
  • 1981 & 82 – Kathy Kostas wins back-to-back titles
  • 1983 & 84 – Kim Saiki wins back-to-back titles
  • 1988 – LPGA Winner Patti (Pearl) Sinn
  • 1992 & 93 – Kellee Booth wins back-to back titles
  • 1998 – LPGA Tour winner Candie Kung
  • 2005 – USGA champion Brianna Do 
  • 2007 – LPGA Tour winner Jenny Shin 
  • 2013 – U.S. Girls’ Junior champion Kellee Booth
1933
Charlie Seaver (California Amateur)
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1933
Charlie Seaver (California Amateur)
1973, 1981
Amy Alcott (California Women's Amateur)
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1973, 1981
Amy Alcott (California Women's Amateur)
2014
Xander Schauffele (California Amateur)
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2014
Xander Schauffele (California Amateur)
2006
Lizette Salas (CIF-CGA Girls HS State)
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2006
Lizette Salas (CIF-CGA Girls HS State)

California Amateur Notables

  • 1912 – First championship held at Pebble Beach GL; won by Jack Neville (also won in 1913, 1919, 1922 and 1929)
  • 1920 & 21 – Dr. Paul Hunter 
  • 1923 – J.J. McHugh captures the first of three titles (1927 & 1928)
  • 1933 – SoCal Golf Hall of Famer Charlie Seaver 
  • 1937 & 38 – Roger Kelly wins back-to-back tites
  • 1945 & 46 – Bruce McCormick wins back-to-back titles
  • 1951 - U.S. Open Champion Ken Venturi wins first of two titles (1956)
  • 1953 - PGA Tour winner Gene Littler
  • 1954 & 55 – Dr. Frank Taylor wins back-to-back titles
  • 1968 - Major champion & World Golf Hall of Fame member Johnny Miller
  • 1975 - PGA Tour winner John Cook 
  • 1979 - Major champion & World Golf Hall of Famer Mark O'Meara 
  • 1984 - PGA Tour winner Duffy Waldorf
  • 1990 - PGA Tour winner Charlie Wi
  • 1997 - PGA Tour winner Jason Gore
  • 1999 - Three-time SCGA Player of the Year Tim Hogarth
  • 2005 - Don DuBois becomes oldest winner 
  • 2007 – Championship changes to a Northern California/Southern California rotation of host sites
  • 2014 - Xander Schauffele captures the title over two-time SCGA Amateur champion Beau Hossler

California Women’s Amateur Notables

  • 1967 – First championship held at Pebble Beach GL
  • 1967-70 – Shelley Hamlin captures the first four consecutive championships
  • 1973 – SoCal Golf Hall of Famer Amy Alcott wins first of two titles (1981)
  • 1975 – Patricia Cornett wins first of two titles (1983)
  • 1978 & 79 – World Golf Hall of Famer Patty Sheehan wins back-to-back titles
  • 1993 & 94 – Former USC women's golf Head Coach Andrea Gaston wins back-to-back titles
  • 1997 – LPGA Winner Natalie Gulbis 
  • 1999, 2000, 2005 & 2007 – Lynne Cowan becomes one of three women to have won four times
  • 2001 – 04 – LPGA winner Mina Harigae becomes second woman to capture four consecutive titles and one of three women to have won four times
  • 2010 – LPGA winner Angel Yin 
  • 2019 – Amari Avery (also the start of CGA and CWAC partnership to administer championship).

California Senior Amateur Notables

  • 1992 - First held at Ojai Valley Inn
  • 1994 – Jim McMurtrey captures first of three titles (1995 & 1998).
  • 2007 – Gary Vanier becomes first to win California Amateur and Senior Amateur titles.
  • 2008-10 – Jeff Burda wins three consecutive championships
  • 2012 – Casey Boyns wins first of two titles (2019) and joins Gary Vanier as the only two players to capture both California Amateur and Senior Amateur titles
  • 2014 – John Pate wins one of two titles (2016)
  • 2021 & 22 – Randy Haag wins back-to-back titles

CIF-CGA State High School Boys’ Championship Notables

  • 2004 – First championship held at Santa Maria CC
  • 2006 – Rickie Fowler
  • 2008 – Jeffrey Kang
  • 2010 – Patrick Cantlay
  • 2011 – Xander Schauffele

CIF-CGA State High School Girls’ Championship Notables

  • 2004 - First championship held at Red Hill CC
  • 2006 – Lizette Salas
  • 2008 & 09 – LPGA Tour winner Jenny Shin wins back-to-back titles
  • 2013 – LPGA Tour pro Andrea Lee
  • 2017 – SoCal Junior Amateur Champion Zoe Campos
  • 2019 – Future SCGA Women’s Player of the Year Caroline Canales
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  • 1900 — SCGA Amateur Championship
  • 1900 — Team Play Championship 
  • 1934 – SCGA Amateur Net Championship 
  • 1948 – WSCGA (now SCGA) Women’s Tournament of Club Champions
  • 1971 — SCGA-CIF High School Invitational, in collaboration with California Interscholastic Federation (CIF)
  • 1974 – SCGA Tournament of Club Champions debut
  • 1978 — SCGA Senior Amateur
  • 1980 — SCGA Four-Ball Net Championship
  • 1982 — SCGA-CIF High School Girls Invitational, in collaboration with California Interscholastic Federation (CIF)
  • 1984 — SCGA Mid-Amateur Championship
  • 1988 — SCGA Affiliate Club Team Championship
  • 1991 — SCGA Four-Ball Championship
  • 1992 — California Senior Amateur Championship
  • 1993 — SCGA Amateur Net Championship formed as a stand-alone championship
  • 1998 — Creation of SCGA Affiliate Leagues
  • 2004 – CIF-CGA High School State Championships (Boys/Girls)
  • 2008 – SCGA Match Play Championships
  • 2011 – Unification of SCGA and Public Links Golf Association to incorporate PLGA championships into SCGA programming
  • 2015 – Southern California Women’s Amateur, in collaboration with WSCGA
  • 2015 - Southern California Junior Amateur Golf Championship, in collaboration with SoCal PGA
  • 2015 – SCGA One-Day Series Championship
  • 2017 – Unification of SCGA and WSCGA to incorporate WSCGA championships into SCGA programming
  • 2020 – NCGA & SCGA, in conjunction with CWAC, begin administration of California Women’s & Senior Women’s Amateur Championships
  • 2020 – First SCGA Amateur & Women’s Amateur Championships held concurrently
  • 2021 – SCGA Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship
  • 2024 – First SCGA Mid-Amateur & Women’s Mid-Amateur Championships held concurrently
2023
U.S. Open (LACC)
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U.S. Open (LACC)

U.S. Open

  • 1948 – Riviera CC
  • 2008 – Torrey Pines GC (South)
  • 2021 – Torrey Pines GC (South)
  • 2023 – The Los Angeles CC (North)

U.S. Women’s Open

  • 1964 – San Diego CC

U.S. Senior Open

  • 1998 – Rivera CC

U.S. Amateur Championship

  • 1976 – Bel-Air CC
  • 2007 – Riviera CC / Bel-Air CC

U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship

  • 1930 – The Los Angeles CC (North)
  • 1993 – San Diego CC
  • 2017 – San Diego CC
  • 2013 – Bel-Air CC

U.S. Junior Amateur Championship

  • 1954 – The Los Angeles CC (North)
  • 1966 – California CC
  • 1973 – Singing Hills GC
  • 1989 - Singing Hills GC
  • 2006 – Rancho Santa Fe GC

U.S. Girls Junior Championship

  • 1967 – Hacienda GC
  • 2024 – El Caballero CC

U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship

  • 1985 – The Vintage Club (Mountain)

U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship

  • 1996 – Mission Hills CC (Dinah Shore Tournament)
  • 2000 – Big Canyon CC

U.S. Senior Amateur Championship

  • 2004 – Bel-Air CC
  • 2014 – Big Canyon CC

U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championship

  • 1978 – Rancho Bernardo GC

U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship

  • 2018 – El Caballero CC

U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship

  • 1949 – Rancho Park GC
  • 1974 – Brookside GC
  • 1998 – Torrey Pines GC (South)

Walker Cup

  • 2017 – The Los Angeles CC (North)