The Directors Cup is a goodwill competition between Central Links Golf (Kansas), Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri. It is staged every other year and consists of round-robin Four-Ball, Foursomes and Singles matches. Each association is represented by six (6) male players. Each match has three points available (one point for the front nine, one point for the back nine, one point for the overall match result).
2023 Team Qualification
The Directors Cup team is selected based upon the Directors Cup Point Standings on August 29, 2023. The top six (6) available players on the Directors Cup Point Standings will be selected. The Directors Cup Point Standings are calculated by combining 50% of a player’s 2022 Kansas Player of the Year point total with his current year’s points accumulated in Directors Cup point earning events listed below. High school and collegiate golfers at any level are not eligible to represent the Central Links Golf team.
2023 Point Earning Events (from the Kansas Player of the Year points table):
- Mid-Am Team Championship
- Senior Team Championship (senior division only)
- Kansas City Match Play
- Kanza Players Cup
- Konza Prairie Amateur (Prairie Fire Division)
- Kansas Four-Ball (Open Division)
- Kansas City Four-Ball (Open Division)
- The Railer (Open Division)
- Kansas Amateur Qualifiers
- Kansas Amateur Match Play
- Kansas City Amateur (Open Division)
- Kansas Senior Amateur (Senior Division)
- High Plains Amateur (Open Division)
- U.S. Mid-Amateur Team
- Heart of America Four-Ball
- USGA Qualifiers and Championships played prior to August 29th (US Amateur Four-Ball, US Open, US Senior Open, US Amateur, US Senior Amateur, US Mid-Amateur)
Current Point Standings
Past Champions & Sites
YEAR | WINNER | RESULT | SITE |
2023 | Firekeeper Golf Course, Mayetta, KS – September 17-19 | ||
2021 | Nebraska | NE – 23, IA – 19.5, KS – 16.5, MO – 13 | Dismal River Club, Mullen, NE – September 7-9 |
2019 | Iowa | IA – 25.5, MO – 20.5, NE – 19, KS – 7 | St. Joseph Country Club, Country Club, MO |
2017 | Nebraska | NE – 20, IA – 19.5, KS – 17.5, MO – 15 | Tournament Club of Iowa, Polk City, IA |
2015 | Missouri | MO – 27.5, NE – 18.5, KS – 14.5, IA – 11.5 | Mission Hills Country Club, Mission Hills, KS |
2013 | Nebraska | NE – 29, IA – 24.5, KS – 18.5 | Wild Horse Golf Club, Gothenburg, NE |
2011 | Iowa | IA – 26, KS – 24, NE – 22 | Glen Oaks Country Club, Des Moines, IA |
2008 | Kansas | KS – 26, IA – 25.5, NE – 20.5 | Alvamar Country Club, Lawrence, KS |
2006 | Nebraska | NE – 29.5, IA – 27.5, KS – 15 | ArborLinks, Nebraska City, NE |
2004 | Iowa | IA – 30.5, KS – 22, NE – 19.5 | Wakonda Club, Des Moines, IA |
2002 | Kansas | KS – 27, NE – 23, IA – 22 | Milburn Country Club, Overland Park, KS |
2000 | Nebraska | NE – 31, IA – 23, KS – 18 | Champions Run, Omaha, NE |