Brandon Christianson's Page

Valencia (Santa Clarita) CA


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Course Records

5/12/03 Soule Park (Par 72), Ojai, CA  62 -   10 under par

Eleven birdies (holes #1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18)!
I was playing in the CIF Team Divisional tournament.  Brendan Carr (Oak Christian), Philip Molina (St. Paul), and Chris Satterlee (Bishop Diego) were in my group.  Ryan Keith was playing in the next group.  My score was also witnessed by Erica and Adam Leary.  I got to 11 under par, but on my last hole (hole #7), I had a bogey.

11/27/99   Chica (Par 27) - Vista Valencia, CA     20 -   7 under par

Birdies on holes 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9!
Made all 9 greens and shot a 20 with just 11 putts with my Ping Isoforce Anzer 2 putter from the Mike Lynn Memorial Tournament. My score was witnessed by my group: Joey Kroagman, Andy Chaffee, Chris Kawada and the next group: Eric Ashbrook, Joe Greiner, Lane Boyer, and Michael Cornelius.



 Mini Putt Online Game

11/20/03 - 18 (all aces)
 Here's a copy of the full print-out


Won 2005 Simi Hills Championship

(71 +66 = 137, 5 under par)


Won 2005 Oxnard City Championship

(73 +69 = 142, 2 under par)


2005 Long Beach Open - Tied for Low Amateur
(71+65+75+71=282, 5 under par)
 2005 Results


Won 2004 Costa Mesa City Champion

 2004 - Costa Mesa City Champion
65 (5 under par) + 69 (3 under) = 134 (8 under)
(Mesa Linda & Los Lagos courses)


Won 1999 Glendale City Men's Championships

Won the 1999 Glendale City Championship Scholl Canyon Golf Course (at age 13).

(56 - 4 under par)


U.S. Amateur - Winged Foot (New York)

2004 Qualified for USGA U.S. Amateur at the TPC course in Valencia
68 (4 under) + 76=144(even)


Junior World Golf Championships 

2002 - Made the cut for the 7th consecutive year
Finished tied for 35th place out of field of 209.

2002 Junior World Golf Championship Results


2001 - Top 8
Mark Baldwin (7th), Henry Liaw (5th), Joshua Wooding (6th), Prom Meesawat (tie 2nd)
Anthony Kim (1st), James Renner (tie 2nd), Jessie Mudd (4th), Brandon Christianson (tie 8th)

2001 - 8th Place Tie, 1 under par
My 2001 scores were:  70 +72+74+71 =287
(Just one shot off of Tiger Wood's 1991 winning score of 286)
(Exempt for 2002)

2001, Qualified at Woodley Lakes, 7 under par, 65


Kit, Henry, Brandon, Fumio (2001)

2000 - 25th Place Tie
79+73+75 = 227 (Par 71x3= 213)

1999 - 18th Place Tie
79+74+71= 224 (Par 71x3=213)

1998 - 2nd Place
52+53+53=158 (Par 57x3=171)
My 13 under par, 158 score beat all of the prior year champions.


Henry Liaw, Brandon Christianson,
Fumio Matsumoto, Kittinan Thabungkan (1998)

1997 - 14th Place, Even
55+57+59=171 (Par 57x3=171)

1996 - 2nd Place Tie
54+51+56= 161 (Par 54x3=162)
Won a trip to the Japan Cup


Japan Cup World Junior Golf Championships

1996 Japan Cup 71-74- 67 = 212, 1st Place.


Picture: Henry Liaw (2nd), Brandon Christianson (1st), Kittinan Thabungkan (3rd).


AJGAs

 2003 AJGA - Marshallia Ranch (CA) - Tie for 12th
 (71+77+72 = 220)
Overall 2003 AJGA scoring average = 73.3

  2002 AJGA - Morgan Run - Tie for 3rd Place
5 under par (69+69+70 = 208)

  2002 AJGA - Needham San Jose (Almaden) - Tie for 11th Place
2 under par (71+74+69 = 214)

  2002 AJGA - ClubCorp Mission Hills - Tie for 12th Place
Even (74+72+70=216)

Other 2002 AJGAs: Thunderbird (Az), Marshallia Ranch (CA), Rolex (Az)
Overall 2002 AJGA scoring average = 73.2

2001 AJGA - La Purisima - First Round Leader 69 (3 under par)
AJGA - La Purisima - tied for 4th place overall
 1 over par (69 +76+72=215)

 2001 AJGA - ClubCorp Mission Hills - Tied for 31st
(75+70+76=221)

2000 AJGA Compaq-Angel Park - First Round Leader 69 (2 under par)
AJGA Compaq-Tied for 6th place overall
Even (69+73= 142)


Team Events

2002  Hogan Cup  - won 3rd place overall individual, led SCPGA team,
SCPGA team placed 2nd
(72+74=146)

2001 Junior America's Cup, led SCPGA team, 18th place overall individual
(75 + 74 + 74 = 223)



SCPGA
2002 SCPGA Knollwood Junior Championship - 1st Place
67 (5 under par)



Tour Cup
2001 Toyota Tour Cup Series - Torrey Pines - 1st Place
( 67+72=137) 5 under par



USGA Junior Amateur
Qualified (Fresno - Copper River Country Club  (75+72=147) for the
2000 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at Pumpkin Ridge (Portland, Oregon).

Youngest to qualify of the 156 boys who qualified.


Optimist International Junior Golf Championships
Wittnauer Optimist International Junior Golf Championships (Florida) scores:

1997 Optimist International, 1st Place.
1 over par (70+74+73=217)


Toyota Golf Skills Challenge

Won 1998 Toyota Golf Skills Challenge National Tour Stop, Los Angeles, Fullerton Golf Course, with a score of 15. 1st place overall 1,515 golfers - all divisions (at age 12).

1998 Finals - Ojai, 5th Place overall.  Best events: Mid Iron Tee Shot - 2nd Place, 3'10" Short Iron - 2nd Place, 5' 7" Trouble Shot - 3rd Place, 12'4" Chip Shot - 4th Place, 2'9"

Won 1999 Toyota Golf Skills Challenge National Tour Stop, Vista Valencia Golf Course with a record score of 10. 1st place overall 706 golfers - all divisions.

1999 Finals - TPC Myrtle Beach - 7th Place Overall.



 

 

 Date

Aces (14)

 Hole

1. 09/30/95

Chica - Vista Valencia, CA

7

2. 02/25/96

Chica - Vista Valencia, CA

4

3. 05/03/96

Presidio Hills, San Diego, CA    *1st in 24 hours*

17

4. 05/03/96

Presidio Hills, San Diego, CA    *2nd in 24 hours*

4

5.  05/04/96

Presidio Hills, San Diego, CA    *3rd in 24 hours*

12

6.  01/19/98

Chica - Vista Valencia, CA

7

7.  06/03/99

Chica - Vista Valencia, CA

9

8.  08/01/99

Chica - Vista Valencia, CA

5

9.  09/24/00

Chica - Vista Valencia, CA

5

10. 03/17/01

Chica - Vista Valencia, CA

5

11. 04/12/01

Chica - Vista Valencia, CA

5

12. 08/24/01

Vista - Valencia, CA

13

13. 12/25/01

Chica - Vista Valencia, CA

5

14.   8/27/02

 Vista - Valencia, CA (2nd tee shot)

 14

 

 

 

 

Double Eagles (1)

 

1.  08/09/02

Riverside Country Club, Portland, Oregon, (2 on a par 5)  - after my tee shot, holed out a 3 wood shot from 250 yards from the hole in a team practice round for the Eddie Hogan Cup

6

 

 

 

 

Other Eagles (58)

 

1.   05/11/97

Singing Hills, CA (2, par 4)

6

2.   06/18/97

Singing Hills, CA (2, par 4)

9

3.   06/23/97

Woodley Lakes, CA (3, par 5) SCPGA tournament

9

4.   07/28/97

Hansen Dam, CA (3, par 5) SCPGA tournament

9

5.   05/24/98

Singing Hills, CA (2, par 4)

9

6.   05/25/98

Singing Hills, CA (2, par 4)

6

7.   07/09/98

Singing Hills, CA (2, par 4), Junior World tournament

6

8.   06/25/99

Scholl Canyon, CA (2, par 4) SCPGA tournament

1

9.   01/17/00

Scholl Canyon, CA (2, par 4)

10

10. 07/13/00

DeBell, Burbank, CA (3, par 5) SCPGA tournament

2

11. 07/13/00

DeBell, Burbank, CA (3, par 5) SCPGA tournament
(second eagle, same hole, same day, in playoff)

2

12. 07/25/00

Robinson Ranch, Valley Course (3, par 5)

13

13. 02/22/01

Valencia Country Club, CA (3, par 5), VHS practice

15

14. 04/17/01

Olivas Park, CA (3, par 5)  VHS tournament

4

15. 04/27/01

Hansen Dam, CA (3, par 5), League Finals tournament

14

16. 06/17/01

Torrey Pines (N), CA (3, par 5)

14

17. 06/18/01

Torrey Pines (N), CA (3, par 5), Toyota Tour Cup

9

18. 07/16/01

Torrey Pines (S), CA (3, par 5) Jr World Monday practice 

18

19. 08/14/01

Van Nuys, (2, par 4), SCPGA tournament

5

20. 08/21/01

Robinson Ranch (Mountain) (3, par 5) Toyota Tour Cup

18

21. 04/18/02

Los Robles (3, par 5), Valencia High School vs. Westlake

12

22. 06/19/02

Morgan Run South course (3, par 5), AJGA round 2 (2nd 9)

7

23. 07/08/02

Desert Mountain- Cochise (3, par 5), AJGA Rolex practice

12

 24. 08/13/02

 Almaden Country Club, San Jose, CA (3, par 5), AJGA round 1

 18

 25. 01/25/03

 Los Serranos (North), Chino Hills, CA (3, par 5), practice with A.K.

 16

26. 05/31/03

Rancho Park, West L.A., CA  (2, par 4, 372 yds) (LA City Men's Finals, holed my second shot from the trees)

 6

27. 07/09/03

Robinson Ranch (Mountain) (3, par 5) Tour Cup

18

28. 12/18/03

Vista, Valencia, CA (2, par 4)

1

29. 04/27/04

Harding, CA (3, par 5) VHS League

7

30. 05/28/04

Vista, Valencia, CA (2, par 4) BC, Greiner, Kroagman v. Miller, Hinson, Eveland (last hole to tie match)

7

31. 06/07/04

Moorpark CC, CA (3, par 5) practice round with Greiner

7

32. 06/16/04

Los Seranos (S), CA (3, par 5) US Am Public Links Q

16

33. 07/11/04

River Ridge, Oxnard, CA (3, par 5) Oxnard City Championship

18

34. 07/13/04

Vista, Valencia, CA (2, par 4) practice w/Ashbrook

15

35. 11/08/04

Wood Ranch, CA (3, par 5) 
Bill Cullum/Countrywide CSUN Invitational (UCLA)

2

36. 03/07/05

Oak Valley, Beaumont, CA (3, par 5)
UC Riverside Braveheart Classic (UCLA)

16

37. 03/08/05

Oak Valley, Beaumont, CA (3, par 5)
UC Riverside Braveheart Classic (UCLA)

16

38. 04/13/05

Talking Stick North, Scottsdale, AZ (3, par 5) (UCLA)

2

39. 06/26/05

Valencia Country Club, Valencia, CA (3 on par 5) practice with Greiner & Ashbrook

9

40. 07/10/05

River Ridge, Oxnard, CA (3 on a par 5), Oxnard City Championship with Bob Moore, David Cape, Josh Lottman (driver to fairway bunker, 1 iron shot 230 yds over water to green, made 20' putt)

11

41. 07/13/05

Spanish Hills, CA (3 on par 5), practive with Ryan Todey & Joe Greiner

2

42. 07/20/05

Long Beach Rec Park, CA (3 on par 5), Long Beach Open Qualifier

17

43. 07/31/05

Long Beach Rec Park, CA (3 on par 5), Long Beach Open 

18

44. & 45. 08/04/05

 Rancho San Marcos, CA (3s on par 5s) Ryan Todey & Michael Jordan

12 & 18

46. 08/20/05

Encino, CA (3 on par 5), L.A. City PLGA Match Play

18

47. 12/23/05

TPC Valencia (2 on par 4), (Greiner, Gauvin)

12

48. 12/24/05

Vista (2 on par 4), (Ashbrook)

1

49. 07/01/06

San Juan Oaks (2 on par 4), Monterey Peninsula Four Ball (Matt Marshall)

17

50. 07/07/06

Bakersfield Country Club (3 on par 5), 107th SCGA Amateur Championship

11

51. 07/06

Robinson Ranch (Valley) (3 on par 5), (Ashbrook)

18

52. 07/06

Valencia Country Club (3 on par 5), (Greiner)

15

53 & 54. 07/06

Valencia Country Club (3 on par 5), (Greiner)

9,9

55. 07/26/06

TPC Valencia, (3 on par 5), UCLA Golf Camp

6

56 & 57. 07/27/06

Robinson Ranch (Mountain), (3 on par 5), UCLA Golf Camp

1,13

58. 07/28/06

Robinson Ranch (Valley) (3, par 5), (Ashbrook)

9


USGA Handicap
August 2006 +1.6 (under par)

 


UCLA Bruins Golf

UCLA Bruins - Men's Golf

 UCLA - BC Profile

 3rd place SCU Invitational (Silver Creek Valley CC) 10/26/04

Gold Rush (UCLA) PGA Southern Cal GC, Calimesa, CA 9/17/04
66 - 6 under par

Christianson tie for ninth at State Fair Amateur (6 under par), Christianson & Im win putting contest  

Christianson Takes 36-Hole Lead at State Amateur

Bruin Blue Team Wins at Monarch Bay (Christianson 4th)

Blue Team Wins Braveheart Classic by 19 Strokes  (Christianson 7th)

UCLA Blue Team Wins Again (Christianson 7th)

UCLA Blue Team Captures Pala Mesa Invitational (Christianson 6th)

UCLA Blue Team Ties for Second at Cullum Intercollegiate (Christianson 17th)



High School Golf

2002 Foothill League MVP
League Average 69.8 ( 1.2 under par on a par 71 scale)

2003 Foothill League MVP
League Average 71.5 (on a par 71 scale)
League/CIF Average 70 (1 under par on a par 71 scale)

2004
4/27/04 - Harding League Match 65 (7 under par)



Valencia High Vikings Golf


Soule Park 2002 - VHS Varisty Team

 Valencia High Boys Golf



Duffy Waldorf & Tom Lehman's Clinic


Bowling High Game
268
2/23/02 - Valencia Lanes


(I throw a putter at my coach in the opening scene of Tom Cruise's movie "Jerry Maguire")


 

Jerry Maguire Movie Web Page

BMX
At age 8, I could clear the 26 foot "Big Doubles" at Simi.

ABA BMX Points Records Web Page


Gold Cup #1, NBL World #3, District #1 with over 30,000 points

 
 

Brandon's Cool Page

Santa Clarita Golf

Valencia High Vikings Golf

Jason's Page

Mike's Page

Christianson's Page

Christianson Pictures

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