He was a five-time California Amateur champion, winning the title in 1912,'13,'19,'22 and '29. He also was named to the 1923 U.S. Walker Cup team. First called Del Monte Golf and Country, the famed golf course was opened in 1918. Neither Neville nor Grant went on to become highly successful golf course architects. In 1920, the California Amateur was moved to this site, where it has been contested each year since.
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Five members of the 1997 U.S. Walker Cup team have remained amateurs and therefore are exempt into the 1999 U.S. Amateur field. Voges the 1991 title. Amateur champions are given a 10-year exemption, but they lose their exemption upon becoming a professional. Tom McKnight of Galax, Va., earned his exemption as the 1998 runner-up. Entries were just 41 shy of that number in 1998 when the Handicap Limit was lowered to 2.4.