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continued from previous screen THE 19TH HOLE who is No. 2 in the WAGR and carried a +3.6 out of the Brookside Men's Club when he posted his last round in 2017. Not far behind Vu in the women's world rankings is Stanford junior Andrea Lee, a Mira Costa High grad who is No. 4 in the WAGR and carried a +5.9 out of Northrop Grumman GC as of 2017. Other top Southern California ama- teurs include USC freshman Alyaa Ab- dulghany, a former Corona del Mar High star (+5.0 out of SCGA Collegian Club); former Trojan Stewart Hagestad of New- port Beach, the 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship winner (+4.6 out of Big Canyon CC); Pepperdine senior Sahith Theegala, a former Diamond Bar High star from Chino Hills (+4.6 out of SCGA Collegian Club); and Long Beach State senior Joe Fryer, the 2018 SCGA Ama- teur Championship winner (+3.7 out of Costa Mesa GC). Valencia High's Ricky Castillo is the top junior boys golfer; the top SoCal junior girls golfers are Brooke Seay of Francis Park School in San Diego, No. 7 in the Golfweek/Sagarin World Junior Rankings (+4.3 out of San Diego Junior Golf and Fairbanks Ranch GC), and Rose Zhang of Pacific Academy of Irvine, No. 9 in the World Junior rankings (+4.1 out of SCPGA Junior Golf Tour). If you're curious about which past and present SoCal pro athletes and celebrities are the best golfers in our slice of paradise, here are a select few, with their affiliations and most recent SCGA indexes: PRO ATHLETES v Shigetoshi Hasegawa, former An- gels pitcher: +2.0, Mission Viejo Country Club. v Donnie Hill, former Angels in- fielder and golf instructor at Strawberry Farms Golf Club in Irvine: +1.1, Straw- berry Farms. v Grant Fuhr, former NHL goal- tender and current head pro at Desert Dunes GC in Desert Hot Springs: +0.9, Desert Dunes. v Mark McGwire, former major league slugger, Dodgers and Cardinals hitting coach and Padres bench coach: +0.5, Shady Canyon GC in Irvine and The Madison Club in La Quinta. v Nick Punto, former major league infielder and Trabuco Hills High and Saddleback College star: 0.6, Dove Canyon CC and Coto de Caza Golf & Rac- quet Club. v Mike Witt, former Angels pitcher: 0.9, Coto de Caza G&RC. v Rick Neuheisel, former UCLA foot- ball coach: 1.1, Bel-Air CC. v Phil Nevin, Fullerton native, former major league slugger and Cal State Fullerton star, current Yankees third- base coach: 1.7, Maderas GC in Poway. v Ryan Getzlaf, NHL star and current Anaheim Ducks captain: 1.9, Big Canyon CC in Newport Beach. v Teemu Selanne, leading scorer in Anaheim Ducks history and NHL Hall of Famer: 2.5, Coto de Caza G&RC. v Lisa Fernandez, former UCLA and U.S. Olympic softball star: 2.9, Old Ranch CC in Seal Beach. v Doug DeCinces, former Angels slugger: 3.7, Big Canyon CC. v Byron Scott, former Lakers star and NBA head coach: 3.8, Alondra Park Men's GC. v Marshall Faulk, former San Diego State and Rams running back and NFL Hall of Famer: 4.3, The Crosby Club at Rancho Santa Fe. v Michael Chang, professional ten- nis star and 34-time champion: 4.7, Coto de Caza G&RC. v Bobby Grich, former Orioles and Angels star, first inductee in Angels Hall of Fame: 5.7, Coto de Caza G&RC. v Corey Nakatani, Covina native and award-winning jockey with more than 3,000 career wins: 5.8, Los Alamitos GC. v Tim Wallach, former major league continued on the next page > SoCal GOLF INSIDER Justin Timberlake carries a 1.8 handicap at Lakeside GC and Sherwood CC.