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Blue Hills Women Secure KC Cup

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For the second time in three years, the women of Blue Hills Country Club are the Kansas City Cup champions. It was a cool, gray day at Meadowbrook, but Blue Hills played great and cruised to a 3-0 victory over The Golf Club of Kansas. For the Golf Club of Kansas, it was their third straight trip to the finals, but they’re still in search of that elusive first victory.

In match #1, Toni Zink and Missy Giocondo of Blue Hills defeated Debbie Henderson and Veda Landon of the Golf Club of Kansas 3&2. Landon and Henderson squared the match when Landon made an ace on the par 3 2nd hole. It was Landon’s third career hole in one. That would be the highlight of the day for the Golf Club of Kansas, as Blue Hills would soon take the lead and hold the lead for the rest of the day. Zink and Giocondo led 2-up on the 16th hole when Zink made a 50 foot net eagler putt to clinch a 3&2 victory.

In match #2, Diane Easley and Carol McLerran of Blue Hills defeated Mary Kolich and Paula Sowell of the Golf Club of Kansas 4&3. Easley and McLerran jumped out to an early lead and looked liked they might have an easy victory, but Kolich and Sowell made a run at them in the middle of the round to cut the lead to 2-up. Easley and McLerran would pull away and clinch the match with a long par putt on the 16th hole.

In match #3, Shelley Whipps and Liz Kryger of Blue Hills defeated Sydney Tucker and JoAnne Bridgnell of the Golf Club of Kansas 5&4. Whipps and Kryger played a stellar round of golf and led from wire-to-wire to clinch the final point for Blue Hills.

Congratulations to Captain Diane Sparks and Blue Hills Country Club!

Amateurs Victorious in Camaraderie Cup

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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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Pahls and Spencer Advance to Finals

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Sycamore Ridge Golf Course – The Saturday afternoon semifinal matches of the Boys Metro Match Championship have concluded, and Eric Pahls and Andy Spencer have survived to play for the title.

In semifinal #1, Ethan Packel jumped out to a big lead early. Packel the 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 8th holes to go 4-up and looked like he would cruise to an easy victory. Pahls, however, had other plans. With wins on the 10th, 11th and 12th, Pahls got to within one and would square the match with a par on 15. Packel ran into trouble down the stretch and Pahls would finish off a 2&1 victory with solid pars.

Unlike semifinal #1, semifinal #2 was close the whole way. Andy Spencer birdied the 1st to take a 1-up lead, but that would be short-lived, as James Henderson birdied the 2nd to square the match. On the 16th hole Spencer was 1-up and looked poised to take a commanding 2-up lead, but Henderson was able to make a long putt to save par from the hazard and Spencer missed a short putt that resulted in the match being all square. On the 18th with Spencer safely on the green in regulation Henderson caught a flier from the left rough and ended up in a very difficult position behind the green. Henderson was unable to save his par and conceded the hole, giving Spencer the match and a showdown with Pahls in the morning.

The final will take place tomorrow morning at 7:30am. Complete results and live scoring for tomorrow’s finals match can be found by clicking here…

Semifinal Matches set for Boys’ Match Play

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Sycamore Ridge Golf Course — The quarterfinal matches are in the books at the 2014 Boys’ Match Play Championship.  In the largest upset of the event, number eight seed Erin Packel defeated number one seed Preston Fleenor 4 and 2.  Packel utilized extremely cautious, but accurate play on the difficult Sycamore Ridge layout and it proved effective as Fleenor frequently found trouble off the tee.

Facing off against Packel in the Semifinals will be KC Junior Champion, Eric Pahls.  Pahls defeated Nicholas Klock 2 and 1.

In the bottom of the semifinal bracket, James Henderson and Andy Spencer will face off for a chance at tomorrow’s finals.  Henderson beat Jake Goldman 2 up with a clutch birdie on the final hole of the morning.  Spencer dispatched Tanner Owen 4 & 3.

Live scoring will be available for the afternoon semifinal matches.  Click here for complete results.

Barry, Yates Crowned Heart of America Champions

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The weather delay created from Wednesday’s storms advantageously changed the momentum for the eventual 53rd Heart of America champions.

Thursday morning saw two teams punch their tickets for the 18-hole, normally 36, match-play championship.

The team of Jackson Foth and Josh Weems, arguably one of the greatest pair of Heart of America teammates and defending champions, out-dueled the Kansas City Match-Play champion Phil Bartimus and his teammate Michael Greene, who claimed the fifth seed, by a score of 2 and 1 to secure their spot in the championship round.

Matt Barry and Colby Yates, a pair of University of Missouri-Saint Louis teammates, stand with the 53rd Heart of America Champions Trophy.
Matt Barry and Colby Yates, a pair of University of Missouri-Saint Louis teammates, stand with the 53rd Heart of America Champions Trophy.

Foth and Weems, the tournament’s second-overall seed, made their third appearance in as many years in the final round of play in the historic match-play tournament.

Weems continued his personal streak of four consecutive championship appearances.

However, awaiting the three-time finalists were ninth-seeded Matt Barry and Colby Yates, a pair of teammates who also team up together during the collegiate season at University of Missouri-Saint Louis.

Barry and Yates saw an early 2 up lead erased by fifth-seeded semifinalists Cameron and Wiltse and Evan Shartzer, who will be teammates this fall at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, but rallied on No. 11 to eventually win 4 and 3.

The Foth and Weems combination jumped out to an early 1 up lead after a birdie on No. 3, but Barry and Yates answered with a birdie on No. 6 and 7 to turn the match in the champions favor.

The pair added an additional birdie on No. 11 to take a 2 up lead, which would stand pat until Foth and Weems tallied a birdie on No. 14 to cut the lead to 1 up.

Barry and Yates delivered the final blow of the match, birdieing No. 16, which eventually sealed a 2 and 1 victory over Foth and Weems.

The open division only needed 17 holes to decide the fate of the championship, the senior division needed every bit of all 18 holes.

The championship match featured the top-seeds Don Kuehn and Greg Loteckie, against third-seeded Andy Smith and Karl Elbrecht.

Kuehn and Loteckie defeated

The match never swung in either direction beyond a two-hole lead by Kuehn and Loteckie before Smith and Elbrecht evened the match at all square on No. 17 with a chip-in from in front of the green and well below the hole from Smith.

However, Kuehn took control of the match by rolling in a 20-foot birdie putt from the back fringe.

The putt sealed the senior championship for Loteckie and Kuehn.

View the full results from the week’s Heart of America championship, here.

 

 

 

Severe Weather Delays Heart of America

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The third day of play at the 53rd Heart of America could not out run the inbound severe weather.

Despite completing the quarterfinal round without a hitch, the open division could not escape lightning before suffering a substantial delay.

However, the senior division final match is set, as top seeds Don Kuehn and Greg Loteckie defeated Mark Addington and Chris Gaunce 1 up.

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Kuehn and Loteckie entered the semifinals round by claiming a 4 and 3 victory over Mike Snyder and Dick Clancey.

Andy Smith and Karl Elbrecht teamed up to defeat Ron Brewer and Fred Rowland by a 5 and 4 decision.

Smith and Elbrecht punched their tickets to the semifinals with a 2 and 1 win over Doug Anderson and George McDonnell.

Shortly after the final senior division match concluded, a strong storm cell proceeded to flood numerous areas of the course while lighting up the darkening sky with a relentless lightning show.

Jackson Foth and Josh Weems, the open division No. 2 seed, clung to a 1 up lead over Phil Bartimus and Michael Greene at the time of the storm and weather delay.

The other match was controlled by Evan Shartzer and Cameron Wiltse, leading Matt Barry and Colby Yates by a 1 up lead.

The course was cleared due to lightning and inclement weather in the area , forcing players to wait well over an hour before the tournament executive committee decided to suspend play for the remainder of the evening.

The Open division semifinal matches will resume tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m. and the final of the Senior division has been rescheduled for a 9:30 a.m. start weather permitting.

Defending Heart of America Champions Snag First-Round Bye

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The defending Heart of America champions wasted no time Monday sending a message to the tournament field.

Jackson Foth and Josh Weems secured a share of the lead after the tournament’s opening round of stroke-play qualifying, combining to shoot seven-under, 65.

Park Ulrich and Alex Higgs also turned in a seven-under effort.

Josh Weems (left) and Jackson Foth claimed a share of the stroke-play qualifying lead Monday at Oakwood Country Club.
Josh Weems (left) and Jackson Foth claimed a share of the stroke-play qualifying lead Monday at Oakwood Country Club.

There was little breathing room between the pair of leaders and the pair of teams tied for third place.

Cy Moritz and Tyler Hirlinger carded a six-under, 66, while Preston Fleenor and Hank Simpson matched the six-under mark.

Greg Loteckie and Don Kuehn took sole possession of first-place in the senior division.

The pair shot a four-under, 68 to earn a bye Tuesday morning.

Charlie Schorgl and Ed Walsworth finished one-stroke behind the leaders, turning in a three-under, 69.

Finally, Andy Smith and Karl Elbrecht rouneded out the top-three in the seniors division, posting a two-under, 70.

The top seven place finishers in the open division earned byes Tuesday morning, while the top eight senior teams earned a bye.

To view the full results from Monday, click here.