Consistency at Costa Mesa

Residence: Fullerton

Birthplace: Fullerton

Age: 33

Golf handicap: 0

Favorite golf moment: Winning the 2003 Costa Mesa Golf & Country

Club men’s club championship. Birdied the final three holes to shoot

30 on the back nine on the Los Lagos course in the final round.

Favorite club to use: Driver

Favorite course to play: Monterey Peninsula Country Club

Family: Parents Susan and Duain; brother Joe

Noteworthy: Splits rounds between Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club

and Industry Hills Golf Club in the City of Industry. Plays at Costa

Mesa because of friends in the “Splinter Group,� which consists of 30

to 40 golfers who take golf trips together as one of their

activities. Played two years of golf for Fullerton Community College.

Graduated from San Diego Golf Academy in early 1990s. Started playing

golf regularly again two years ago, after two surgeries to repair

disks in his back. Will compete in a United States Mid-Amateur

qualifier Monday into the championship scheduled Oct. 2-7 at Sea

Island Golf Club in St. Simons Island, Ga. His 4-under-par 68 on

Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club’s Los Lagos course was the lowest

final-round total in the championship flight of the Costa Mesa city

championship, completed Aug. 8. Morgan (67-68 -- 135) finished one

stroke behind champion Brandon Christianson (65-69 -- 134)