Blue Hills displayed a dominating effort in the women’s KC Cup final, winning all three of the four-ball matches against Sunflower Hills at Tiffany Greens.

Blue Hills earned the No. 1 overall seed in the playoffs and lived up to that title. The team knocked off No. 8 Hillcrest in the quarterfinals before beating No. 5 Canyon Farms in the semifinals.

Sunflower Hills, the No. 2 seed, defeated the Deuce and Staley Farms en route to a finals appearance.

The title was the fourth KC Cup title for the Blue Hills’ women’s team.

 

The entire season came down to the last group on the course, on the final hole of the Kansas City Cup.

Both Shadow Glen and Shamrock Hills teams crowded around the 18th green at Tiffany Greens, awaiting the outcome of the final match.

Shadow Glen held a 5-2 match lead at one point, leaving no room for error by Shamrock Hills.

However, after all the match points were settled, Shamrock Hills managed to pull off four consecutive victories to retain the KC Cup with a 6-5 victory.

Shamrock Hills entered the playoffs as the No. 4 seed and knocked off Fred Arbanas in the Round of 16, No. 5 Stone Canyon in the quarterfinals and No. 8 Mission Hills in the semifinals.

Shadow Glen, the No. 3 seed, defeated Shawnee Golf and Country Club in the Round of 16, No. 6 Hillcrest in the quarterfinals and No. 7 Canyon Farms in the semifinals.

The Stateline Amateur season wrapped up at Firekeeper Golf Course with Team Kansas retaining the Stateline Cup over Team Missouri.

Team Kansas and Missouri each claimed 10 points during the matches, allowing Kansas to hold onto the title for another year.

Kansas nabbed three match victories in both singles and foursome matches.

Missouri dominated the four-ball matches, claiming four of the five matches.

In the single matches, Brian Moeller turned in the most impressive victory over Logan Truninger, a 3 and 2 decision.

Turning to the foursomes, Michael Buckhouse and Addie Chapin staked a 5 and 4 victory over Brian Lambrecht and Jason Perengrine.

Finally, Greg Hillman and Jamie Lyndes took a 3 and 2 win over Mike Houtteman and Addie Chapin.

For complete results from the Stateline Cup matches, click here.

 

The Kansas City Golf Association recently announced it’s team of juniors for the Mid-America Junior Cup in St. Louis, Oct. 15-16.

Representing the boys for the KCGA is Joe Bultman, the 2016 Boys 16+ Player of the Year, Sam Parrott, the 2016 Boys Match Play Champion, Jackson Likes, the 2016 Boys 13-15 Player of the  Year and Michael Winslow, a member of the Shadow Glen Junior KC Cup champion team.

The girls’ side of the team is comprised of Taylor Black, the 2016 Girls Match Play champion, India Gaume, the 2016 Kansas City Girls Junior champion, Julia Misemer, the 2016 Girls 16+ Player of the  Year, and Megan Propeck, a semifinalist at the Girls Match Play Championship.

The team will play four four-ball matches Saturday afternoon and conclude the tournament by playing four mixed, alternate shot matches Sunday.

Team KCGA needs four match points to retain the cup for the fourth consecutive year.

The run of Mid-America Cup titles began in 2013, where the team won the cup outright at Blue Hills Country Club. In 2014, the team retained the cup at Fox Run Golf Club. Once again, Team KCGA team won the cup last year at The Nicklaus Club at Lionsgate.

In order to retain the cup again this year, the team will need 4 1/2 points.

The MAGA Team (Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association) is represented by Tommy Alferman, Joe Terschluse, Zach Shirley, Zach Walsh, Shannon Gould, Madison DeRousse, Momo Kikuchi and Brooke Biermann.

Sycamore Ridge Golf Course played host to the site of the StateLine Amateur Championship and Player of the Year awards.

In all, seven players were awarded individual tournament championships and seven players took home SLAT Player of the Year honors.

Gregory Diederich won the Open Division tournament title, posting an even-par, 72.

The Open Division Player of the Year went to Matt Kelley.

Kelley, who appeared in nearly every SLAT event, captured individual titles at Loch Lloyd and Stone Canyon earlier in the year.

To go with his two individual titles, Kelley added two runner-up finishes at Ironhorse Golf Club and Tiffany Greens Golf Club.

Unsurprising to many, Steve Groom not only won the tournament championship, but also took home the Senior Division Player of the Year.

Groom posted a one-under, 71 at Sycamore Ridge to seal his Player of the Year award.

To go with his Tour Championship victory, Groom posted wins at Stone Canyon and Tiffany Greens, as well as, tied for first at the Creekmoor Golf Club event.

Logan Truninger followed Groom’s lead by making a clean sweep of the Players Gross Division at Sycamore Ridge. Truninger posted a three-over, 75 en route to wrapping up his Player of the Year award.

The Player’s Net Division honors also went to the same person. Greg Hillman posted a net one-under, 71 and jumped from fourth place to first to claim his title.

Jim Seward also claimed both the tournament title and Player of the Year honors for the Legend’s Division.

Seward shot a three-under, 69 and ran away with the Player of the Year points.

On the Legend’s Net side, John Pawsat also won both titles. Pawsat’s two-under, 70 sealed his tournament and tour awards.

Finally, Jettie Bezek took home the women’s Player of the Year honors and posted a five-over, 77 on the day.

For full results from Sycamore Ridge and the Tour Championship, click here.

 

Sam Parrott wasted no time taking the lead over No. 1 seed Joe Bultman.

Out of the gate, Parrott took a one-up lead on the first hole and never trailed.

He eventually built a 3 up lead through six holes.

Bultman made two late pushes in the match, cutting Parrott’s lead to two holes on No. 7 and again on No. 14.

However, Parrott would eventually take a 3 up lead on No. 15 and close out the match on No. 16 by halving the hole with Bultman. Parrott secured his title with a 3 and 2 victory.

Parrott knocked off the No. 7 seeded Christian Ghilardi in the semifinals and defeated No. 3 seed Garrett Clark in the quarterfinals.

Bultman cruised through the quarter and semifinals, with victories over the No. 8 seeded Andrew Cunningham and No. 4 seed Jack Seiler, respectively.

To view the full results, click here.

 

Two golfers punched their tickets to Sunday’s Kansas City Boys Match Play Championship finals in two very different fashions.

Joe Bultman, the tournament’s No. 1 overall seed, wasted little time or holes Saturday, notching victories of 7 and 6, as well as, 8 and 7 in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively.

Bultman squared off with Andrew Cunningham, the No. 8 seed, in the quarterfinals and built a 3 up lead through eight holes. The top seed went on to win the next four holes to close out the match after 12 holes.

His semifinals match followed nearly the same script against No. 7 seed Jack Seiler. Bultman never trailed in the match and had a 3 up lead through six holes before claiming the next five holes and yet another victory.

Awaiting Bultman in the finals is Sam Parrott.

Parrott pulled the upset card in the quarterfinals, where he edged No. 3 seed Garrett Clark 2 and 1. Each golfer held a 2 up lead at one point in the match, but Parrott eventually swayed momentum back in his favor after 16 holes. Parrott sealed the match on No. 17, and set up a semifinal match up with No. 7 seed Christian Ghilardi.

Ghilardi and Parrott needed 19 holes to settle the semifinal match.

Parrott never trailed in the match, but was never able to build more than a one hole advantage.

Ghilardi managed to get the match back to all square on the eighteenth hole, but Parrott ended the match on the very next hole, sealing his trip to the final match against Bultman.

Bultman and Parrott square off Sunday for the championship match.

For complete qualifying and match results, click here.

Jim Seward showed little signs of distress at Hillcrest Country Club Tuesday during the final tour stop on the StateLine Amateur Tour.

Seward pocketed seven birdies on the day, claiming the Legends Division with a four-under, 68.

The Legends champion started his day hot, birdieing four of the first six holes.

Three golfers finished T2, including David Hornaday, Ron Brewer and Brad Robinson, who all finishing three-over, 75.

Dave Cunningham strung together a successful round and posted a three-under, 69 to claim the Senior Division.

Cunningham scattered six birdies across his scorecard to offset two bogeys on the day.

Don Kuehn finished as runner-up with a one-under, 71.

Scott Richey rounded out the Top 3 with his one-over, 73.

Jake Falcon would claim the Open Division with a two-over, 74, while Mark Terranova earned runner-up with his four-over, 76. Luke Lutgen finished in third with a five-over, 77.

Dale Nash claimed the Players Division with a one-over, 73, while Bryan Meyer finished in second with a four-over, 76.

The StateLine Tour Championship is Sept. 29 at Sycamore Ridge Golf Course.

View the full results from Hillcrest here.