2008 Stocker Cup Contestants:
- A list of contestants who have accepted their tournament invitation, as of October 13, 2008 follows. This list includes three players who qualified in the Open Qualifier (results)administered by amateurgolf.com, at Harding Park Golf Club in San Francisco.
Todd Barsotti, Clovis, California
2005 Runner-Up NCGA 4-Ball; 2004 Champion Stanford 4-Ball with Jeff Wilson; 2004 Runner-Up NCGA Master Division 4-Ball; 2003 NCGA 4-Ball Champion with Jeff Wilson; 2000 1st National Team Championship; Member of 1988 NCGA Cup Team
Tom Brandes, Bellevue, Washington
2008 Low Am - 3rd overall Washington Senior Open; 2008 Low Am, 1st Alt US Senior Open; 1997 USGA Washington State Selection; 1996 Pacific Coast Amateur
TJ Brudzinski, Columbus, Ohio
2008 Participant Travis Cup; 2008 Champion Worthington Hills Country Club; 2007 US Open Sectional Qualifier; 2007 Lupton Cup Participant; 2007 Champion Ohio Mid Am; 2007 Ohio Am Top 20; 2006-‘07 Champion Worthington Hills Country Club; 2006 Participant Travis Cup Match Play; 2006 Participant US Amateur
Bob Burton, Everett, Washington
2008 2nd Senior Oregon Open; 2008 5th Champions Cup; 2008 8th Arizona Mid Am; 2006 Qualified Match Play USGA Mid Am; 2006 Medalist USGA Mid Am Qualifier; 2006 Winner PNGA Master 40; 2006 Co-Medalist USGA Senior Open; 2005 Winner PNGA Public Links
Chris Carlson, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
2008 Colorado State Amateur top 15; 2008 Charlie Coe Invitational top 10; 2008 4th National Invitational at Whisper Rock; 2008 Colorado Team Member; 2007 4th Colorado State Mid-Am; 2006 Final 8 Colorado State Match Play Championship; 2006 Top 10 Charlie Coe Invitational; 2005 Stocker Cup Finalist; 2004 Winner Colorado State Mid Am Championship; 2002 Colorado State Mid Am Top 10; 2001 Final 16 Colorado State Match Play Championship; 1992 Pine Hills Invitational Championship
Ed Cuff, Rancho Santa Fe, California
2002 & 2004 Quarterfinalist, California State Amateur; 2002 Runner-up, Southern Calif. Golf Association Amateur; 1998 Winner, California State Amateur; 1984 Quarterfinalist, USGA Amateur
Tripp Davis, Norman, Oklahoma
2005 Runner-up Stocker Cup; 2005 Quarter Finalist US Mid Am; 2003 Medalist US Mid Am; 2003 Participant US Amateur Oakmont CC; 2003 Low Mid Am Porter Cup; 2003 Champion Inverness National Mid Am; 2000 – 2004 4 Times Top 10 Porter Cup
Ron Ewing, Atwater, California
2008 Qualifier in USGA Mid Am lost in 1st round of Match Play
Brady Exber, Las Vegas, Nevada
2008 Champion Nevada State Amateur; 2008 Participant US Amateur Round of 32; 2008 Participant Senior British Open; 2007 Participant Senior US Open; 2007, 2006 4th Arizona Senior Open; 2006 Winner Southern Nevada Amateur; 2005 6th Dixie Amateur; 2005 Winner Las Vegas City; Member Southern Nevada Golf Assn Hall of Fame; 7-Time SNGA Player of the Year
Robert Funk, Canyon Lake, California
2006 Winner Trans-Miss Amateur; 2006 Winner SCGA Mid-Amateur; 2006 Winner 2-Man Links; 2004 Quarter-finalist Trans-Miss Amateur Match Play
Andrew Gabelman, Barrington, Illinois
2006 Participant US Amateur; 10-Time Participant USGA Tournament; 2006 Club Champion Barrington Hills and Oak Park Country Club
Randy Haag, Burlingame, California
2007 Participant USGA Amateur & Qualifier for Match Play; 2007 Semi Finalist NCGA Amateur; 2007 Winner SF County; 2007 Winner Amateurgolf.com Silicon Valley Amateur; 2007 Winner Amateurgolf.com Wine County Amateur; 2-Time Stocker Cup Champion, 3-Time Runner-up; 7-Time Participant US Amateur; 11-Time Participant US Mid Am, 5-Time Quarter Finalist; 2-Time Champion Crump Cup; 4-Time Champion Olympic Club
Joe Hillman, Zionsville, Indiana
2008 & 2006 Wolf Run Golf Club Champion; 2006 Finalist Stocker Cup; 2004 Medalist USGA Mid Am Qualifier; 2003 Champion Indiana State 4-Ball
Phillip Huff, Portola Valley, California
2007 Team Champion Carr-Mara; 2005 & 2003 Olympic Club Champion; 2003 & 2002 Champion Olympic Club Stroke Play; 2002 Champion NCGA 4-Ball; 2002 Champion Anderson Memorial; 2001 Champion Charlie Coe Invitational; 2000 US Mid-Amateur; 2000 US Open Local Qualifier
Tim Jackson, Germantown, Tennessee
2008 Match Play Qualifier, USGA Mid Amateur; 2006-2008 Winner, Birmingham National Invitational; 2007 T-3 Terra Cotta Invitational; 2006 Quarterfinalist, USGA Mid Amateur
Steve John, Monterey, California
2003 Champion Charity of Choice at Cordevalle G.C.; 2002 Consolation Winner Charlie Coe with George Kelley; 2002 Champion Northern California & State for Toyota Team Championship; 2000 & 1997 USGA Mid-Am Qualifier
Michael Karlberg, Truckee, California
2008 T6 Pacific Coast Amateur; 2007 Champion Nevada State Mid Am; 2007 Participant Pacific Coast Amateur; 2006 -2004 Champion NNGA Two Man w/Joe Sanders; 2004 Champion Northern Nevada Amateur
Michael Kelley, Westerville, Ohio
2008 Champion Travis Invitational; 2008 & 2002 Champion Ohio Mid Am; 2007 Runner-up Anderson Memorial; 2005 & 2004 Champion Henry Picard Canterbury Cup; 2005 Runner-up Crump Cup; 2005 & 2004 Champion Columbus Mid Am; 2004 runner-up Mid Ohio Invitational; 2004 Runner-up Ohio Am; Qualified for 17 USGA Championships
Keith Kinsel, Glendale, California
2008 Participant US Amateur; 2008 Participant US Mid Am; 2006 Participant USGA Mid Am; 2005 & 2003 Participant USGA US Amateur; 2004 Champion Pasadena City; 2004 Champion Scratch Players Mid Am
Kevin Kobalter, San Rafael, California
2006 Semifinalist San Francisco City Championship; 2006 4th in Kelly Cup; 2005 Winner Trans-Miss 4 Ball Championship; Long Time Stocker Cup Participant
Garrett Larson, Lafayette, California
2005 2nd AmateurGolf.com Livermore Valley Championship; 2003 US Mid-Amateur Contestant; 2002 NCGA Winner amateurgolf.com Wine Country Cup; 1998 US Open Contestant; 1995 Collegiate Golf All-American
Jerry Ledzinski, Carmel, California
2007 T-2nd California State Mid Am Championship; 2007 T-2nd NCGA 4-Ball Championship; 2007 3rd Carlton Woods Invitational; 2007 T-2nd Monterey City Amateur; 2006 Runner-up Carlton Woods Invitational
Jim Lehman, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2008 Quarterfinalist Trans Miss; 2008 Quarterfinalist Minnesota State Am; 2007 USGA Mid Am (round of 16); 2007 USGA Minnesota State Team Championship; 2007 Runner-up Trans Miss; Competed in 8 USGA Championships; 3 Time Champion Northland Invitational; 2003 Champion Minnesota State Mid Am; 2001 Runner-up Stocker Cup
Jon Lindstrom, Broomfield, Colorado
2008 Champion Colorado Mid Am; 2008 T-2 Colorado Stroke Play; 2008 Round of 16 USGA Mid Am; 2008 Champion Westminster City Championship; 2008 Participant Colorado Open (5th low Am); 2008 Champion Heaven & Hell; 2008 Champion Legacy/Heritage Club
Chip Lutz, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania
2008 Winner Marston Cup Golf Assn. of Philadelphia; 2007 Winner Philadelphia Mid Am; 2006 Winner Stocker Cup Senior Division; 2006 Winner Chesapeake Cup; 2006 Runner-up Philadelphia Mid Am; 4 Time US Mid Am Competitor
Mark Mance, San Francisco, California
2007 Finalist Stocker Cup; 2006 Finalist Olympic Club Championship
Chris Marin, Monterey, California
2008 Champion California Mid Am; 2008 Champion Monterey Bay Championship; 2008 Runner-up Alameda Commuters; 2008 Runner-up NCGA Amateur Match Play; 2008 Runner-up NGA Stroke Play; 2007 Champion Monterey City
Jonathan Mathias, San Antonio, Texas
2008 T6 Texas Mid Am Championship; 2008 T6 Texas State Amateur; 2008 T5 National Invitational; 2007, 2006, 2005 South Texas Player of the Year
Hank McCusker, Mendocino, California
2008 Regional Qualifier for US Open at Mayacama; 2008 Champion Little River Golf Club; 2008 Qualifier for Stocker Cup Shot 68 at Harding Park
Ryan Mitchell, Incline Village, Nevada
2007 Champion Trans Miss 4 Ball; 2 Time NNGA Player of the Year; Champion Nevada State Match Play
William Mitchell, Roswell, Georgia
2007 4th Birmingham National Invitational; 2007 Semi Finalist Country Club of Rochester Match Play; 2007 Named to GSGA Cup Team; 2007 Currently Ranked 63rd Nationally by Golfweek Amateur; 2006 Qualifier USGA Mid Am Flagstaff; 2006 Ranked T-18th in GSGA Player of the Year Point Standings
Stephen Molinelli, San Francisco, California
2008 Qualifier Stocker Cup Shot 71 at Harding Park; 2002, 2000 Champion Olympic Club Match Play; 2000, 1992 Champion Olympic Club Stroke Play
David Nelson, Reno, Nevada
2008 Champion Nevada State Senior Amateur; 2007 Champion We-Ko-Pa 2-Man; 2007 Masters Champion; 2006 Champion Nevada State Mid Am; 2005 Medalist at US Mid Am Sectional Qualifying; 2005 Selected to Represent Nevada at USGA States Team Championship; 2005 Won Masters Tournament; 2004 & 2003 Winner Pebble Beach 2-Man Team Championship; 2004 Runner-up PNGA Mid Am
Steve Nichols, East Lansing, Michigan
2008 Contestant Michigan State Amateur; 2007 Runner-up Golf Association of Michigan Championship; 2002 Contestant US Amateur; 2003 & ’01 Participant US Mid Am; ’99-2007 Participant Michigan Amateur
Brock Palmer, Los Angeles, California
2008 Participant Kelley Cup top 15 at Lakeside Country Club
John Pate, Santa Barbara, California
2005,’00 ’87 Winner SCGA Tournament of Champions; 2005 Quarterfinalist California Amateur; 2003 Qualifier US Mid Am Match Play; 2002 Quarter Finalist US Mid Am; 2001 Champion Stocker Cup; 2000 Winner SCGA Mid Am
Brad Penfold, Elk Grove, California
2008 Participant US Mid Am; 3 Time Champion California State Fair –Masters; 2 Time US Amateur Qualifier
Jason Pridmore, Ventura, California
2007 Champion Amateurgolf.com California Mid Am; 2007 Qualifier US Mid Am; 2006 Qualifier US Amateur
Mike Rowley, San Luis Obispo, California
2003 2nd Chesapeake Cup; 2003 Participant British Match Play; 2000 Participant British Am
Joe Sanders, Incline Village, Nevada
2008, ’06, ’05 Northern NV Golf Assoc. Player of the Year; 2008, ’06, ‘05 Champion Northern NV Amateur; 2007 T7 Stocker Cup; 2007 Winner Trans-Miss 4-Ball; 2006 Winner Reno City; 2007 & 2006 Qualifier US Mid Am; 2006 & 2005 Qualifier Pacific Coast Amateur; 2005 Semi-Finalist Trans-Miss; 2004 Winner NV Mid Am
Alex Stamey, Mill Creek, Washington
2008, ‘07, ’04, ’00 Champion Snohomish County Amateur; 2007 & ‘06 Winner Washington State Best Ball; 2005 Champion Oregon State Amateur; 2005 & 2003 USGA State (Washington) Team Championship; ’05 ’99 ’98 USGA Mid Amateur Championship; 2005 10th Washington Open; 2004 Low Am, Washington Open; 2004 & 2003 Pacific Coast Amateur Contestant; 2002 Winner Washington State Amateur
Dan Sullivan, Pasadena, California
2008 Quarterfinalist Trans Mississippi Amateur Championship; 2007 Runner-up Santa Barbara County Amateur; 2007 Quarterfinalist Trans-Mississippi; 2007 Participant California State Amateur; 2007 Participant SCGA Amateur; 2006 California State Amateur Round of 32; 2006 Qualifier US Amateur; 2006 Qualifier US Mid Am
Garth Watrous, Watsonville, California
2008 Stocker Cup Qualifier Harding Park
Steve White, Jackson, Wyoming
2008 Champion Wyoming Amateur; 2008 Round of 16 US Mid Am; 2008 Runner-up Lupton Invitational; 2007 Participant US Am and US Mid Am; 10 USGA Competitions
Kent Wiese, Huntington Beach, California
2008 5th Southern Cal Mid Am; 2008 4th Pasadena City Am; 2008 Medalist US Puplinx Qualifying; 2007 Semi-finalist Texas Mid Am Match Play; 2006 Runnerup Texas 4 Ball; 2005 Winner Texas 4 Ball
Brad Wilder, Florence, Kentucky
2008 3rd National Senior Junior Championship; 2008 6th Chesapeake Cup at Caves Valley; 2008 2nd Holston Hills Invitational; 2007 & ’04 Qualifier US Amateur; 2006 Participant US Mid Am (Forest Highlands); 2005 Match Play Qualifier North and South at Pinehurst; 2005 & 2003 Champion Cincinnati Open; 2004 5th Stocker Cup
Billy Williamson, Cincinnati, Ohio
2008 Local Qualifier US Open; 2007 3rd Stocker Cup; 2007 Queen City Invitational Champion; 2007 T-4th Chesapeake Cup; 2006 Round of 16 US Mid Am; 2006 All American Mid Am Team Amateurgolfreport.com; 2006 T-3rd Holston Hills Invitational; 2004 Runner-up Ohio Mid Am
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