Defending Champion: Clint Crump
Victory Margin: 2 strokes over Chris Moawad
DATE: June 22, 2014 [8:10am]
FORMAT: Handicapped stroke play
Best Gross: 38, P-Jay Fidler (2010)
PAST CHAMPIONS:
2012, Travois Gordón
2011, Walter Vargas
2010, Travois Gordón
2009, P-Jay Fidler
2008, Armen Grigorian
2007, Walter Vargas
COURSE: Roosevelt, Par-33
2650 N. Vermont (across from the Greek Theatre)
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Green Fees: $22 Cart Rental: $3
MAN TO BEAT?
No disrespect to defending champion Clint Crump, but if trends are to be heeded, Travois Gordón is the odds-on favorite to win this year’s Griffith Observatory Championship. Beginning in 2007 Gordón has uncannily alternated competitive seasons (even-numbered years) with unproductive seasons (odd-numbered years), and his two Griffith wins (Walter Vargas is the only other 2-time winner) have come in the last 2 even-numbered years. With 2 wins this season, and a #1 ranking, Gordón is already fulfilling his scheduled “good” season. So will he – and the trends bare this out – continue his Griffith Park streak in 2014? Notables: 2-time champion Walter Vargas will miss his 2nd straight Griffith. 2013 Player of the Year Chris Moawad will also miss this year’s tournament, ending the Tour’s 2nd current longest consecutive tournaments-played streak (10).
| GOLFER | NOTES | HANDICAP |
|---|---|---|
| Clint Crump | Defending champion; broke 50 for the first time last year | 8 |
| Travois Gordón | Coming off 2 straight wins and his first in a Major; has won this event twice. | 4 |
| P-Jay Fidler | 2009 champion; holds the course record (38, set in 2010) | 1 |
| Armen Grigorian | 2008 champion; 4 top-3's in 7 starts | 0 |
| Doug Vargas | T-5th last year, his best result in 5 years | 4 |
| Gerry Vaughan | Career best 48 in 3 of his last 4 Griffith starts | 6 |
| Ed Quiroz | The younger Quiroz gets introduced to the Tour's midseason change of gears | 4 |
| Tim Joe | Career best runner-up finish in 2012 | 6 |
| Martin Witt | Career best 51 in '08 and '09 | 12 |
| John Frost | Won the Charly; shot a career best 49 last year | 11 |
| John Mann | Career best 48 in '09 and '10; returns after missing last year | 6 |
| Patrick Bird | Runner-up in this year's Charly; career best 51 in '08. | 12 |
Tie breaker will be cumulative gross score on holes 7 and 8. If still tied, then 7,8,&2, then 7,8,2,9