With the victory, Westfall became one of three golfers to win five straight City Am titles along with Dan Schuler and Josh Sine.
“Going back into the history of it, it sounds like it’s a pretty cool accomplishment,” Westfall said. “It means a lot. I play all of those courses all the time and compete against a lot of those guys.”
Sine, Greeneview grad and Xavier University golfer Mason Witt and senior champion Joe Turney finished runner-up with a 143. Southeastern grad Avery Green placed third with a 144.
Westfall shot 69 on Reid South on July 15 to take a one-shot lead into the final round.
“It didn’t look like it was going to be five in a row early on at the beginning of the round,” Westfall said. “I wasn’t hitting the ball great.”
In the second round, he shot 71 on Reid North to claim the championship.
The tournament format was changed this year from two weekends to one weekend, which attracted more than 100 golfers. The change made it even more difficult to win, Westfall said.
“You can’t really have a bad day,” he said. “When you have four days, you can have a bad day and you have three more rounds to come back from it. There was a lot more competition this year. It worked out well for everybody.”
Greenon High School’s Griffin Turner won the Junior Division championship with a score of 146.
Jo Wisecup won the Ladies Division title for the second straight year with a 148.
Turney was the Seniors Division champion with a 143.
Schuler and Jim McKenzie shared the 75-and-over Super Senior Division at 146.
While Westfall has won five in a row, he’s got a way to go to break the all-time City Am record.
Rich O’Brien and Sine share the all-time mark with nine titles each. Sine won five straight City Am titles from 1998 to 2002 and four more between 2010 and 2015. O’Brien won nine times between 1929 and 1954. Schuler won eight titles from 1977 to 1992.
“As long as I’m still an amateur I plan to play in it every year that I’m able to,” Westfall said.
Springfield City Am Champions
Last 15 years
2009: Michael Bernard
2010: Josh Sine
2011: Andy Bonar
2012: Josh Sine
2013: Josh Sine
2014: Clark Engle
2015: Josh Sine
2016: Zach Fowler
2017: Lucas Wells
2018: Avery Green
2019: Caleb Westfall
2020: Caleb Westfall
2021: Caleb Westfall
2022: Caleb Westfall
2023: Caleb Westfall
Multiple City Am Winners
Rich O’Brien (9): 1929,’30,’31,’33,’36, ‘38, ‘46,’49,’54
Josh Sine (9): 1998-2002, 2010, 2012-2013, 2015
Dan Schuler (8): 1977,’81,’85,’88-92
Caleb Westfall (5): 2019-2023
Jack Sayers (4): 1966, ‘67,’68, ‘95
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