The Country Club at Loch Lloyd — After nearly ten hours of golf, the inaugural Camaraderie Cup matches came down to the last two singles matches in order to determine the winner. Light showers throughout the day could not put a damper on the intense competition between the teams of eight KCGA amateurs and eight Midwest Section PGA professionals.
The Camaraderie Cup features a “Nassau” format where players compete for three points in each match. There is a separate match on the front, a separate match on the back and an aggregate match for the total. With four matches in the team format and eight singles matches in the afternoon, the total number of points possible was 36. That made the magic number 18.5 for the team that would take the title.
The Midwest PGA Section got off to a very fast start in the team play taking three of the four alternate shot matches, three of the four-ball matches and three of the overall eighteen hole matches. The would enter the singles matches leading 9 points to 3 points.
In the afternoon, the amateurs came roaring back in singles play. By the end of the front nine singles session, the amateurs had closed the lead to only a single point. Led by strong play from Steve Groom and Brent Mertz, who garnered 6 and 5.5 points respectively, the amateurs would climb even with the professionals halfway through the back nine.
As the final two matches came to the finish, the end results was still up in the air. After the smoke had cleared, the amateurs claimed the title with a 19 to 17 point overall victory in the matches.
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