Nevada resident Steve Sear picked himself up a nice belated birthday gift.
Sear, who turned 59 on Wednesday, captured his second NCGA title this season, winning the annual NCGA Senior Amateur Championship on Thursday at Spyglass Hill after defeating runner-up Mike Stieler, 6 and 5.
Back in March, the No.6 seeded Sear won the NCGA Senior Four-Ball title with partner Randy Haag.
Spyglass is my personal No. 1 course in the world that I have ever played," Sear said. "We had a tough bracket. Every match was difficult."
Against Stieler, Sear was a machine. He'd go 6-under par through the 13 holes of the match with zero bogeys and six birdies. Stieler, meanwhile, posted four bogeys.
The power surge was possibly the result of work that Sear put in on the range following his 5 and 4 win over Tony Ralph in the semifinals.
"I figured something out yesterday. I wasn't very accurate," Sear said. "I am still in the process of making a swing change, but I was better today. Anytime I was in the fairway, I felt like I could knock it close."
Haag, who had been the event's two-time defending champion, was knocked out by Stieler in the semifinals.