SANFORD, NC - The North Carolina golf professionals built an early 18 hole lead and capitalized on that margin to win the 7^th Annual Tar Heel Cup Matches over the North Carolina amateurs, 26-10 at Tobacco Road Golf Course.

Using two shutouts, the professionals took a 9-3 lead after the morning Four-Ball round. The afternoon singles matches also proved fruitful for the professionals as three of the professionals won all available points to help their team take the singles matches, 17-7. The professionals won the event, 26-10

In the 36-hole match, players compete in a Four-Ball format in the morning and singles in the afternoon round. Each side can win 1 point on the front 9, back 9 and overall 18 holes each with a total of 3 points in each match.

The 2001 Tar Heel Cup competition marks the second CGA major championship held at Tobacco Road GC which opened in 1998.

The record stands at 5-2 in favor of the professionals.

The event is conducted by the Carolinas Golf Association and the Carolinas PGA

(A) Mitch Adams, Cary and Preston Edmondson, Cary, 1 ½

(P) Chris Tucker, Charlotte and Billy Anderson, Wilmington, 3

(P) Bob Boyd, Wilmington and Steve Isley, Oak Island, 3

(P) David Thore, Greensboro and Gus Ulrich, Albemarle, 1 ½

Amateurs - 3

(P) Anderson, 2

(A) Adams, 1

(P) Tucker, 2

(P) Sullivan, 3

(P) Lankford, 3

(P) Boyd, 3

(P) Isley, 1 ½

(P) Ulrich, 1

(P) Thore, 1 ½

Amateurs - 7