Golf Record

(1979 - 2025)

Introduction

Southern California Senior TOC: Steinberg Gets Home Win ... Craig Steinberg is a highly accomplished amateur and senior amateur golfer whose competitive career spans more than four decades, marked by sustained excellence at the local, regional, national, and international levels.

A Pac-10 Individual Champion and NCAA Second Team All-American at USC, Steinberg went on to become one of the most decorated players in Southern California Golf Association history, capturing 13 SCGA individual championships across amateur, mid-amateur, senior, and super senior divisions over a 45-year period. He has competed in 32 USGA championships over a 42-year span, including U.S. Amateurs, Mid-Amateurs, Senior Amateurs, and two U.S. Senior Opens, with multiple deep match-play runs reaching the semifinals and quarterfinals.

In recent years, he has continued to perform at an elite level, winning multiple Hawaii State Senior Championships, SCGA Senior and Super Senior titles, and earning a top-15 world ranking among players aged 55 and over, underscoring both longevity and competitive relevance. Inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, Steinberg’s record reflects not only peak achievement but rare durability, adaptability, and consistency across every stage of amateur golf competition.

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Highlights

13-time Winner of Southern California Golf Association individual championships (over a 45-year span)
- 4-time S.C.G.A. Amateur Champion (1988, 1991, 1992, 1997)
- 2-time S.C.G.A. Mid-Amateur Champion (1996, 2001)
- 2-time S.C.G.A. Senior Match Play Champion (2018, 2025)
- 2-time S.C.G.A. Tourament of Club Champions Senior Champion (2013, 2017)
- 2-time S.C.G.A. Public Links Champion (1980, 1988)
- 1-time S.C.G.A. Super Senior Champion (2023)
Contestant in 32 U.S.G.A. Championships (over a 42-year span)
- 2 U.S. Senior Opens (2008, 2014)
- 11 U.S. Amateurs (1982 - 2003)
- 12 U.S. Mid-Amateurs (1984 - 2018)
  - 2-time Semi-Finals (1988, 1999)
  - 3-time Quarter-Finals
- 6 U.S. Senior Amateurs (2018 - 2024)
- 1 U.S. Publinks (1984)
California State Amateur (every year, 1977 - 2004, except 1984 (got married))
- Stroke Play Medalist (1998)
- 2-time Semi-finals (1981, 1995)
- 5-time Quarter-finals (1980, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992)
3-time Hawaii State Senior Champion (2022, 2023, 2024)
2-time Pasadena City Mens Champion (1994, 2001)
Los Angeles City Mens Champion (1998)
Los Angeles City Senior Mens Champion (2023)
4-time North Ranch CC Club Champion
9-time North Ranch CC Senior Club Champion
Inductee, So. Calif. Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (2007)
Pac-10 Individual Champion (1980)
Pac-10 First Team All-Conference, Second Team NCAA All-American (1980)
Turned Professional, November 2007, Reinstated December 2008

Details

2025
S.C.G.A. Senior Match Play Champion (Victoria Club)

2024
Hawaii State Senior Championship – 1st Place
S.C.G.A. Senior Match Play – Semi-Finals (Spanish Hills CC)
U.S.G.A. Senior Amateur (The Honors Club)
SCGA Super Senior Championship – 2nd Place

2023
Hawaii State Senior Championship – 1st Place
L.A. City Senior Championship – 1st Place
SCGA Super Senior Championship – 1st Place
SCGA Senior 4-Ball Championship – 1st Place (w/ David Ober)
The (British) Senior Amateur Championship – 4th Place (Super Senior, 1st Place) (Woodhall Spa)
U.S.G.A. Senior Amateur, Round of 32 (Martis Camp)
Soboba Senior Challenge – T4th (Soboba Springs)
WAGR World Ranking, 55 and over, Ranked No. 11 (March)
Shot 63, Shooting “Age” for 1st time (Oahu CC, March 18)

2022
Hawaii State Senior Championship – 1st Place
Golfweek Senior Desert Showdown – 1st Place
Ojai Senior Cup – 1st Place
U.S.G.A. Senior Amateur, Round of 32 (The Kittansett Club)
R&A The Senior Amateur, T46th Place (Royal Dornoch)
U.S.G.A. Qualifying – 1st Place
HSGA Maui Amateur – 1st Place (Kaanapali GC)

2021
S.C.G.A. Senior Match Play – Runner Up (Mission Viejo CC)
U.S.G.A. Senior Amateur, Round of 32 (Country Club of Detroit)
U.S.G.A. Qualifying – 1st Place (Mid-Pacific CC)

2020
S.C.G.A. Senior Amateur – 4th Place

2019
U.S.G.A. Senior Amateur, Round of 16 (Old Chatham CC)
U.S.G.A. Senior Amateur Qualifying, Medalist
S.C.G.A. Senior Match Play Championship – Quarter finalist (La Costa)
North Ranch CC, Senior Club Champion

2018
U.S.G.A. Mid-Amateur (Charlotte CC)
U.S.G.A. Mid-Amateur Qualifying, Medalist (Hawaii)
Golfweek Senior National Amateur, 1st Place
S.C.G.A. Senior Match Play Championship, 1st Place (Bear Creek)
R&A The Senior Amateur, T46th Place (Royal Porthcawl)
S.C.G.A. Senior Amateur, 8th Place
North Ranch CC, Senior Club Champion

2017
U.S.G.A. Senior Amateur Qualifying, Medalist
U.S.G.A. Senior Amateur, Round-of-32 (Minikada CC)
S.C.G.A. Senior Amateur, 5th Place
S.C.G.A. Senior Tournament of Club Champions, 1st Place
North Ranch CC, Senior Club Champion

2016
R&A The Senior Amateur, Contestant (Formby)
California State Senior Amateur Championship, 3rd Place

2015
R&A The Senior Amateur, Contestant (Royal County Down)
North Ranch CC, Senior Club Champion

2014
U.S.G.A. Senior Open Qualifying, Qualifier
U.S.G.A. Senior Open, MC (Oak Tree)

2013
S.C.G.A. Senior Tournament of Club Champions, 1st Place

2008
U.S.G.A. Senior Open Qualifying, Qualifier (San Gabriel CC)
U.S.G.A. Senior Open, T54th (The Broadmoor)
U.S.G.A. Open, Local Qualifying, Qualifier (North Ranch CC)
Member, Golden State Tour
Member, American Senior Golf Tour

2007
Kelly Cup, 2nd Place
Pasadena City Championship, 2nd Place
S.C.G.A. Mid-Amateur, 7th Place (Mission Viejo CC)
Champion’s Tour, First State Qualifier (Redhawk)

2006
North Ranch C.C., Stroke Play Club Champion
North Ranch C.C., Match Play Club Champion
S.C.G.A. Tournament of Champions, 3rd Place

2005
Kelly Cup, 2nd Place (Playoff)

2004
S.C.G.A. Amateur, 10th place (Hillcrest CC)
S.C.G.A. Mid-Amateur, 5th Place (Pauma Valley)
Woodland Hills C.C., Club Champion
Kelly Cup, 2nd Place

2003
U.S.G.A. Open Local Qualifying, Qualifier (Industry Hills)
U.S.G.A. Amateur Qualifying, Medalist (Valencia)
Southern California Mid-Amateur, 5th Place (Mesa Verde)
U.S.G.A. Amateur, Contestant (Oakmont C.C.)

2001
Pasadena City Mens Amateur, 1st Place
U.S.G.A. Open Local Qualifying, Qualifier (Industry Hills)
U.S.G.A. Amateur Qualifying, Medalist (Apple Valley)
U.S.G.A. Amateur, Match Play Qualifier (East Lake)
U.S.G.A. Mid-Am Qualifying, Medalist (Desert Island)
U.S.G.A. Mid-Am (San Juaquin CC)
Pacific Coast Amateur, 10th Place (Forest Highlands)
Southern California Mid-Amateur, 1st Place (Lakeside CC)

2000
U.S.G.A. Mid-Amateur, Round of 16 (The Homestead)
Southern California Mid-Amateur, 2nd Place (Virginia Country Club)
California State Amateur, Round of 16 (Ford Ord G.C.)
Pacific Coast Amateur, 10th Place (The Olympic Club)

1999
U.S.G.A. Mid-Amateur, Qualifying Medalist (Desert Island C.C.)
U.S.G.A. Mid-Amateur, Semi-Finals (Old Warson CC)

1998
California Amateur - Stroke Play Medalist (Pebble Beach)
Los Angeles City Championship, 1st Place (Rancho Park G.C.)
U.S.G.A. Amateur, Qualifier (Oak Hill)

1997
Southern California Amateur, 1st Place (Lakeside G.C.)
U.S.G.A. Mid-Amateur (Dallas Athletic Club)
U.S.G.A. Mens State Team Championship, 2nd Place

1996
Southern California Mid-Amateur, 1st Place (Victoria Golf Club)
Pacific Coast Amateur, 8th Place (Poppy Hills)
U.S.G.A. Amateur - Local Qualifying Medalist (North Ranch C.C. / Pumpkin Ridge)

1995
California State Amateur, Semi-Finals (Pebble Beach G.C.)
Southern California Mid-Amateur, 3rd Place (De Anza C.C.)

1994
Pasadena City Mens Amateur Championship, 1st Place (Brookside G.C.)
U.S.G.A. Mid-Amateur, Qualifying Medalist (Spanish Hills)
U.S.G.A. Mid-Amateur, Round of 16 (Hazeltine National C.C.)

1993
U.S.G.A. Mid-Amateur (Eugene C.C.)

1992
Southern California Amateur, 1st Place (Bel-Air C.C.)
U.S.G.A. Mid-Amateur, Qualifying Medalist (Wood Ranch C.C.)
U.S.G.A. Mid-Amateur, Quarter-finals (Detroit C.C.)

1991
Southern California Amateur, 1st Place (Fairbanks Ranch C.C.)
U.S.G.A. Amateur (The Honors Course)

1990
U.S.G.A. Open - Local qualifier (Industry Hills G.C.)
U.S.G.A. Open - Sectional Qualifying, Low Amateur (San Francisco G.C.)

1989
U.S.G.A. Amateur - Qualifying medalist (San Louis Obispo C.C.)
U.S.G.A. Amateur, Qualifier (Merion)
U.S.G.A. Mid-Amateur, match play (Crooked Stick)

1988
Southern California Amateur, 1st Place (Annandale C.C.)
Southern California Public Links, 1st Place (Sepulveda)
U.S.G.A. Mid-Amateur, Semi-Finals (Prairie Dunes C.C.)
U.S.G.A. Amateur, Local Qualifying Medalist (Santa Maria C.C.)
U.S.G.A. Amateur, Match Play Qualifier (The Homestead)

1987
U.S.G.A. Mid-Amateur, Quarter-finals (Brook Hollow C.C.)

1986
U.S.G.A. Amateur, Qualifier (Shoal Creek)

1985
U.S.G.A. Amateur, Qualifier (Montclair GC)

1984

U.S.G.A. Mid-Amateur, Round of 16 (Atlanta Athletic Club)
U.S.G.A. Public Links, Match Play Qualifier (Indian Canyon GC)

1983
U.S.G.A. Open, Local Qualifying, Medalist
U.S.G.A. Amateur, Qualifier (North Shore)

1982
U.S.G.A. Open, Local Qualifying, Medalist
U.S.G.A. Amateur, Round of 32 (The Country Club, Brookline)

1981
California State Amateur, Semi-finals (Pebble Beach G.C.)

1980
Pac-10 Conference Individual Champion (USC)
Pac-10 First Team All-Conference
N.C.A.A. Second Team All-American
California State Amateur, Quarter Finals (Pebble Beach)

1979
California State Amateur, Quarter Finals (Pebble Beach)
California State Open, Low Amateur (Santa Maria CC)