Ron Ewing Holds Off Steve Sear to Win California Senior Amateur at Serrano

Ron Ewing of Atwater won the 35th California Senior Amateur Championship at Serrano Country Club in El Dorado Hills, closing with a 3-under 69 to finish at 11-under 205 and hold off Steve Sear by one. Ewing, 58, took a three-shot lead into the final round after a second-round 66, but Sear erased it by going 7-under through his first 13 holes. Playing two groups behind, Ewing checked the leaderboard on the par-5 14th and made birdie to pull level, then nearly holed his tee shot on the par-3 17th and converted from about five feet for the winning birdie before two-putting from 50 feet on the last. Full results can be found on the California Senior Amateur tournament hub here.

Sear, the 2025 NCGA Senior Player of the Year from Washoe Valley, Nevada, posted a closing 7-under 65, one of the lowest rounds in championship history, and climbed seven spots to finish alone in second at 10-under 206. Goran Hagegard of La Canada Flintridge closed with a 67 to take third at 9-under 207, defending champion Bob Niger finished fourth at 7-under 209, and Terry Foreman, Mark Strickland and Jeff Heitt tied for fifth at 6-under 210. Ewing's 205 ties the championship record set last year, when Niger won in a playoff at the same total, and the state title joins the 2024 NCGA Mid-Amateur Four-Ball he won with Chris Cuttone. seniorgolfHQ will be back with coverage from the Society of Seniors' Ralph Bogart Tournament at Abacoa Golf Club, November 30-December 2.