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Match Play Championship

AIDAN LEE CLAIMS FIRST SCGA TITLE AT GOOSE CREEK

July 12, 2023

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Aiden Lee raced out to a three-hole lead on the front that he never surrendered en route to capturing the Match Play crown at Goose Creek GC, defeating Sean Birren 1-up in the championship match to wrap up an impressive series of five rounds in three days.

Lee, a Pasadena native, found himself in the championship after a strong morning performance where he eliminated Alex Resurreccion, 5 & 4, before going up against Birren, who only needed 16 holes to bounce his semifinal opponent, in the afternoon.

Lee established a lead on the third hole, then doubled it on No. 4 with his first birdie of the round. He remained up by two holes as the match headed to the back nine. Birren reduced the deficit to one hole after a par on No. 12, but Birren stole it right back on No. 13, giving him five holes to retain a two hole advantage. Though Birren brought it back down to 1-up on the fifteenth hole, Lee held off any potential comeback through the final three holes to officially claim the crystal and win his first SCGA title.

With the victory, the Saint Mary’s College golf product is exempt into the 2024 SCGA Amateur Championship and 2024 California Amateur Championship.

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Past Champions

Year Winner Site
2024 Francis Catalano Spanish Hills Club
2023 Aidan Lee Goose Creek GC
2022 Tongun Lako LoSarah Journey at Pechanga
2021 Ethan Chung Mission Viejo CC
2019 Trip Morris Omni La Costa Resort & Spa
2018 Joe Fryer Bear Creek GC
2017 Jeff Wilson Sandpiper GC
2016 Tim Hogarth Coto de Caza G&RC
2015 Dan Erickson Valencia CC
2014 Brett Silvernail Red Hill CC
2013 Niall Platt Annandale CC
2012 Niall Platt Sandpiper GC
2011 Anton Arboleda Sandpiper GC
2010 Nick Delio Sandpiper GC
2009 Nick Delio Sandpiper GC
2008 Matt Hoffenberg Sandpiper GC
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