Following 10 regular-season events, the Pepperdine Golf Tour came to an end with the match-play Tour Championship, held at the Olympic Club in San Francisco. After upsets galore, the winner was the #4 seed, Joshua McCarthy.
The regular-season champion and #1 seed, Joe Highsmith, was ousted in the quarterfinals, as was #3 seed Clay Feagler. #2 seed Sahith Theegala seemed to be the favorite, but he was beaten in the semifinals.
McCarthy beat the #5, #9 and #6 seeds, all by 3&2 scores, to win the title. In the finale against RJ Manke, McCarthy went up by three after five holes, and Manke didn’t win a hole until 15. McCarthy also never trailed in his semifinal victory over Frederick Wedel.
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First Round
#5 William Mouw def. #12 Austin Murphy, 4&3
#6 RJ Manke def. #11 Joey Vrzich, 3&1
#10 Roy Cootes def. #7 Andrew Putnam, 2&1
#9 Frederick Wedel def. #8 Derek Hitchner, 4&3
Quarterfinals
#9 Frederick Wedel def. #1 Joe Highsmith, 4&2
#2 Sahith Theegala def. #10 Roy Cootes, 5&4
#6 RJ Manke def. #3 Clay Feagler, 2&1
#4 Joshua McCarthy def. #5 William Mouw, 3&2
Semifinals
#6 RJ Manke def. #2 Sahith Theegala, 3&2
#4 Joshua McCarthy def. #9 Frederick Wedel, 3&2
Final
#4 Joshua McCarthy def. #6 RJ Manke, 3&2
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