Robert Gautney
Robert Gautney: Bellows can join elite group at Kern County Women's Amateur
Meggan Bellows will try to defend her title in the 73rd Kern County Women's Amateur Golf Championship next week and in the process will try to become the 15th player to win more than once and the 13th player to win back-to-back.
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Robert Gautney: Local tandem of Fernando, Miller 32nd in SCGA 4-Ball
D.J. Fernando and Jeff Miller gave it their best shot at the Dove Canyon CC on Monday and Tuesday in the SCGA 4-Ball Championship, but without their "A" games the tandem found themselves well back after the 36-hole tally.
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Robert Gautney: Update on local college golf teams and individuals
With the fall seasons having ended for the Cal State Bakersfield golf teams and the Bakersfield College women's team going for a Southern Cal JC title next week, I thought it would be time to review how not only our local college teams have fared but how some of our local college players are doing at out-of-town universities.
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Robert Gautney: Fernando, Miller qualify for SoCal 4-Ball Championship
Bakersfield will be represented in the finals of the Southern California Golf Association's 4-Ball Championship as the duo of D.J. Fernando and Jeff Miller carved out a 5-under 67 in qualifying at Rustic Canyon in Moorpark on Oct. 22.
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Robert Gautney: Barnes undercuts Kirschenmann's Kern Am record
It took 43 years, but someone finally played 36 holes in the Men's Kern County Amateur Championship in more strokes under par than the legendary Arnold Kirschenmann.
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Robert Gautney: Small field appears wide open for Kern County Amateur
It appears the Men's Kern County Amateur golf championship will be a wide open tournament with one of the smallest fields in recent history.
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Robert Gautney: Riverlakes tourney could have major impact on Player of Year race
The 9th RiverLakes Amateur Championship will be this weekend at The Links at RiverLakes Ranch and the outcome could very well have a huge bearing on the 2009 Player of the Year title.
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Robert Gautney: Ladies' scores were sizzlin' in this year's Kern Am
Contributing golf columnist
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Robert Gautney: Bellows hopes to repeat as KC Amateur champ
Since 2001, there have been seven consecutive first-time winners of the Women's Kern County Amateur Golf Tournament. Meggan Bellows would like to put an end to that streak.
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Robert Gautney: BCC's Bell, Cox qualify for SoCal 4-Ball Net Championship
By ROBERT GAUTNEY
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Robert Gautney: Patel lights up Taft City Amateur
Contributing local golf columnist
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Robert Gautney: Pitts adds Sundale record (62) to his collection
Justin Pitts has established a few records at golf courses in and out of Bakersfield. You can now add another one to the list as the former Bakersfield College golfer and current professional carved out a 10-under 62 last week at the Sundale Country Club to establish a new course record.
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Robert Gautney: Hoff's football-to-golf transition impressive
Danny Hoff grew up taking hits on the football field as a quarterback for Stockdale High, then Bakersfield College. Three years ago, he switched sports and took up golf as a member of the BC golf team. This past weekend on the Sundale Country Club golf course, the only thing to hit Hoff was the reality that he won the Bakersfield City Amateur Championship.
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Robert Gautney: A year after Baguio's dramatic rally, Patel focused on winning first title
BY ROBERT GAUTNEY
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Robert Gautney: Fernandez ties for second at Long Beach City Championship
Stockdale High golfer Pete Fernandez was at it again this past week when he tied for second at the prestigious Long Beach City Championship.
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Robert Gautney: Veteran players Seymour, Richardson win KC 4-Ball title
Have you seen those Big Dogs shirts that have the caption "Old Guys Rule!"? Perhaps the remainder of the field in the 20th Kern County 4-Ball Championships this past weekend at Haggerty-North Kern should pitch-in to buy Jim Seymour and Kent Richardson one each.
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Robert Gautney: Haggerty-North Kern to host KC 4-Ball this weekend
The 20th Kern County 4-Ball Championship will be contested this weekend at the Haggerty-North Kern golf course and even though the field size has been depleted since the tournaments hey day of the late 1990s and early part of this century, it's still a nice win for our local elite amateurs.
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Robert Gautney: Time for CIF to reshape its state golf championship format
OK CIF, it's time to change the rules for the state high school golf championship. Something is wrong with having three teams from Northern and Southern California compete for a title and then only awarding six additional players from each part of the state an opportunity to win an individual state crown.
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Robert Gautney: Patel sets Seven Oaks record with 10-under 62
You can add another course record for current Fresno State University sophomore Bhavik Patel.
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Robert Gautney: Hoss' 1-under 69 good enough to win Kern County Senior title
You can now add a Kern County Senior Championship to Hank Hoss' Kern County Amateur title he won 24 years ago.
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Robert Gautney: John Balfanz earns berth in state amateur
John Balfanz played his way into a spot in the California State Amateur next month with a tough even-par 72 at Old Ranch CC in Seal Beach on Wednesday and at the same time kept Bakersfield players from being shut out in qualifying for a handful of championships.
