The state's top golf event, the Arizona Amateur, has been played at Tucson Country Club 22 times in its 102-year existence. It returns Monday for the first time in 19 years, and it would be a good time for a Tucson golfer to win the championship.
The field includes elite Tucson amateurs such as Grant Cesarek and his son Chase Cesarek, ex-Arizona standout Brian Prouty and the Rustand brothers, Eric and Clark.
Alex McMahon won six straight matches to claim the Arizona Amateur.
Over those 102 years, eight Tucsonans have won the Arizona Amateur: Ed Updegraff, 1952, 1955, 1961, 1969; Jeff Kern, 1977; Willie Kane, 1987; Dan Meyers, 1994; Ben Kern, 2004; Nathan Tyler, 2007; David McDaniel, 2009; and Alex McMahon, 2014.
Arizona men's golf returns to prominence | Greg Hansen
