Ironhorse Golf Course – Another Kansas City Cup trophy found its way into Captain Ron Brewer’s hand on Tuesday night at Ironhorse Golf Course. Wolf Creek held off Stone Canyon in a close match on Tuesday at Ironhorse to become the 2014 Kansas City Cup Champions.
This is multiple Kansas City Cup wins for Wolf Creek in recent years. Wolf Creek won the match 6 to 3 but it was a lot closer than on paper.
Match number one was back and forth on the front nine. Stone Canyon started to pull away in on holes 10 and 11 but Mark Addington and Mark Terranova would not go away. They made a roaring comeback after winning holes 14 and 15 to bring the match to all square. Hole 16 would be the turning point in the match when Mark Terranova chipped in for birdie to go 1 up. Wolf Creek would go on to win that match 2 up after a par on 18.
Wolf Creek dominated in the single matches with Brent Mertz winning 6 and 5 and Fred Rowland holding off Mike Craddock with a 3 and 2 victory.
The professionals from Wolf Creek also dominated their match against Stone Canyon. An injury to Rick Holtcamp made it tough to play on the challenging Ironhorse course, and ultimately the Stone Canyon team fell to far behind. Wolf Creek would take a four to zero lead after match number four ended 5 and 4 in favor of Wolf.
Down four points and only five groups left on the course, Stone Canyon had a tough road to comeback. Match number five fell to Stone Canyon in a 2 up victory for Steve Bush and Denny Limbach. This gave Stone Canyon some life and put a point on the board making it 4 to 1.
That life would soon be taken from Stone Canyon when match number would finish in favor of Wolf Creek on the 18 green. Mike Bowersock and Chris Williams would hold off Bobby Jones and Alan Jessup in a 2 up win that would secure the Kansas City Cup for Wolf Creek.
Thanks again for Ironhorse for hosting the event and to all the clubs that competed this year.
Final Results per match
Wolf Creek Golf Links Result Stone Canyon Golf Course
Mark Addington/Mark Terranova 2 Up Shane Collins/Derek Hileman
Brent Mertz 6 & 5 Kris Casburn
Fred Rowland 3 & 2 Mike Craddock
Rodney Wray/Wes Nichols 5 & 4 Joe Bauer/Rick Holtcamp
John Devaney/Greg Mealy 2 Up Steve Bush/Denny Limbach
Mike Bowersock/Chris Williams 2 Up Bobby Jones/Alan Jessup
Ned Eddy/Taylor Nedrow 2 & 1 Gregg Morrison/Craig Roberts
Mason Jones/Steve Purdum AS Justin Stroud/Lee Anderson
Nate Sprague/Ryan Barauskas AS Kyle Sinclair/Steve Johnson
Total Points 6 to 3 Total Points