2021 CIF/SCGA SoCal Boy’s Regional Golf Championship Tuesday, June 15, 2021 Brookside Golf Club (Course #1) Pasadena, CA To: All Administrators, Coaches and Athletes From: Ron Nocetti, CIF Executive Director Re: Expectations For Schools, Coaches And Student-Athletes In Pursuing Victory With Honorsm The CIF was formed during the 1914-15 school year with 65,000 high school students in California and less than 8,000 students participating on their high school teams. Today, there are over 1.8 million high school students with more than 830,000 participating for their school teams. Education-based athletics will continue to thrive because of the life lessons it imparts on our young people. Several years ago, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) launched the #MyReasonWhy campaign. The intent behind it was to demonstrate why we (student-athletes, coaches, administrators, parents and fans) are all involved in high school sports. Recently, the CIF resurrected this campaign to once again demonstrate the real reasons why education-based athletics is so impactful on our lives. Our 10 Section Offices communicated with our member schools asking them to have their student-athletes, coaches and administrators post on various social media platforms #MyReasonWhy. We encourage you to watch/read some of these and to post your own. Whether you are a student-athlete, or coach, parent or administrator, official or fan, we all have our reason why. It is no secret that our student-athletes are inherently drawn to sport because it is fun and because of the connection it develops between them and their peers, coaches and school community. It is human nature to want to feel part of something bigger than yourself and to find a place where you belong. Do our young people also want to compete and win? Absolutely and that will always be a part of sport. However, the adults have to start asking the question, how far do we go to win a game? Do we sacrifice life lessons such as accountability, respect, fairness and loyalty? In looking at the current landscape of high school sports, some would say that we have already gone down this path. I disagree and the examples of the #MyReasonWhy responses that we have seen to this point and hopefully continue to see certainly demonstrate that the majority of those in our 1,606 school communities are involved for the right reasons. We need to put these examples forward of what it means to be part of the high school sports community in California. Indeed, we occasionally see acts of poor sportsmanship and behavior by a player or a coach, but the overwhelming majority of school contests reflect the positive elements of Pursuing Victory with Honorsm. True, the goal is always to win the contest, but education-based athletics, when done correctly, places the value of life lessons, character and sportsmanship ahead of winning. It is this ability of education-based sports leaders to keep athletics in its proper perspective that helps separate us from the rest. It is vital that as parents, fans and education-based sports leaders that we remember that less than 2% of our participating students will go on and compete in college athletics. Kids participate in sports because it’s fun. The athletic fields, gymnasiums and classrooms our schools provide allows adults the opportunity to teach valuable lessons that might not be learned in any other environment. Creating life-long skills and helping create better citizens through participation in education-based athletics is the greatest gift we can give to the future. Ten years from now, many of our student-athletes will return to their high school campuses for their class reunions. The majority of them will not talk about the championships that they won or their individual accolades but the journey they went on with their teammates, coaches and school communities. They will share stories and memories of their high school experiences. – the bus rides and comradery. We, as the adults, have the power to influence these future stories. We can transform the lives of young people so that one day they show up to their reunion to relive these stories with teammates and coaches. They return as the adults ready to show the next generation the true meaning of high school sports – the lifelong friends and the connections created with an entire community of support. WE ARE HIGH SCHOOL CIF/SCGA Southern California High School Championship Participants, OFFICERS BOB LIVINGSTONE On behalf of the Southern California Golf Association (SCGA), congratulations on qualifying President for the CIF/SCGA Southern California High School Championship. Many of Southern NIKKI GATCH, PGA California’s finest players have participated in this prestigious tournament along the way to Vice President exciting careers in golf, and we hope this event is a stepping stone for you as well. MIKE ORTEGA Secretary As your leading regional golf authority, the SCGA is proud to sponsor this event as well as HUY DANG other junior golf programs through our SCGA Junior Foundation. With the SCGA’s support, Treasurer this championship is run by the best rules officials in the state at the challenging C.W. Koiner, Course #1 at Brookside Golf Club in Pasadena. The golf courses at Brookside have hosted DIRECTORS many major championships including the Los Angeles Open, the 1974 USGA Public Links MARCUS ALLEN Championship and the annual Pasadena City Championship. JOHN FISCHER LYNNE HARAWAY JOHN KOBARA You are in good company! Did you know that seven past CIF Regional or State Champions MATT LYONS are now competing on the PGA Tour? That’s right! They are: Tiger Woods, Xander ZACK MORAN TOM REUL Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay, Rickie Fowler, Phil Mickelson, Charley Hoffman & Bryson ROBIN RICHTER DeChambeau. You can be next! FRED MACFARLANE This year you can look forward to live hole by hole scoring coverage during the Immediate Past President championship, which can be found on scga.org/cif. We hope you enjoy the experience of JOHN RYDELL playing in an SCGA championship . General Counsel We also encourage you to become a member of the SCGA if you are not already. As a EXECUTIVE STAFF competitive golfer, you can use your SCGA Handicap Index to pursue several of the nation’s KEVIN T. HEANEY top championships, such as the U.S. Amateur Championship, the U.S. Junior Amateur Executive Director Championship, the SCGA Amateur Championship, the California Amateur Championship and KEVIN GIGAX SCGA Junior Golf Foundation the Southern California Junior Amateur Championship. In addition, an SCGA membership Executive Director offers numerous benefits. Best of all, the SCGA does not charge an annual fee if you are EVAN BELFI under 18. Among the many benefits of an SCGA membership: Director of Membership Development • Rules of Golf education and assistance, CRAIG KESSLER Director of Governmental Affairs • discounted green fee opportunities, KAREN KIBBEE • access to the Southland’s top golf courses, Controller • golf news and highlights via scga.org and the SCGA’s FORE Magazine, CHRIS KNOWLES • discounts to Southern California professional sports events Director of Technology • and an SCGA-USGA Handicap Index. FRANK MOORE Director of Communications and Marketing For more information on the benefits of an SCGA membership, please visit scga.org. JEFF NINNEMANN Director of Championships and Again, congratulations on qualifying for this wonderful event. Best of luck during the Golf Operations competition. KEVIN O’CONNOR Managing Director of Member Services Sincerely, JEREMY PITT Director of Club Services DOUG SULLIVAN Director of Course Rating Kevin Heaney Jeff Ninnemann Executive Director Director of Championships & Golf Operations SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GOLF ASSOCIATION 3740 Cahuenga Blvd., Studio City, CA 91604-3502 ∙ scga.org ∙ (818) 980-3630 ∙ fax: (818) 980-2709 178568.1 Tuesday, June 15, 2021 Brookside GC (Course #1) CHAMPIONSHP INFORMATION TEE TIMES: 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. The CIF Commissioners are responsible for distributing this notice. All contestants and coaches should receive a copy. In the case of unforeseen circumstances, the CIF State Office reserves the right to change Championship dates, times, and locations in the best interest of all involved. LOCATION: Brookside Golf Club 1133 Rosemont Ave. Pasadena, CA 91103 (626) 585-3598 SIZE OF FIELD: Central Section: Up to 12 individual entries plus two 6-person teams L.A. City Section Up to 12 individual entries plus two 6-person teams San Diego Section Up to 12 individual entries plus two 6-person teams Southern Section Up to 28 individual entries plus four 6-person teams TOTAL FIELD = 124 NOTIFICATION OF QUALIFIERS: All entries must be submitted to the SCGA office via email, by Friday, June 11, 2021 to Matt Pawlak: [email protected] (EARLIER SECTIONS PLEASE EMAIL ASAP) Commissioners will be responsible for submitting the entries. TUESDAY MORNING REGISTRATION: Upon arrival on June 15, coaches will be responsible for registering their team or individual player(s) at the registration table, which will be located just outside the entrance to the clubhouse. The registration table will open at 6:30 a.m. Each player must be accompanied by a coach or authorized school representative when registering at the tournament site. ALTERNATES/SUBSTITUTIONS: Each CIF Section shall be responsible for designating substitutes in the event of any cancellations. A vacancy may be filled only by the next qualified substitute from the particular section involved, upon authorization from the CIF Section Commissioner. Substitutions on the day of the tournament, for the individual competitions will not be permitted. Alternates are not to show up as a standby the day of competition. Substitutes will be paired in the same position in the team pairings as the players they have replaced. PAIRINGS & TEE TIMES: Pairings and tee times will be posted online at scga.org/cif and the CIF website cifstate.org on Monday, June 14 by 5 p.m.