17th Tar Heel Cup Match

Dormie Club, West End, NC

March 28-29, 2011

Final Results

Amateurs rally to tie Professionals at Dormie Club

Dormie Club

Par 71, 6900 yards

The Carolinas PGA Professionals took a one point lead into the singles matches and hung on to retain the cup.  The Matches ended in a 6 - 6 tie for the second year in a row.  The Amateurs made a fierce come back on the back after being down by 2½ points with three matches yet to be decided. The charge started with Will Bowman winning the 18^th hole to square his match and secure ½ point. Then Uly Grisette rallied from 2 down to defeat his home club pro John Faidley by a 3 & 2 margin. The tie was in the last match secured by Scott Harvey when he too came from a 2 down deficit to defeat Paul Dickens 2 up.

The Professionals lead in the matches with 13 to just 2 for the Amateurs.

DAY 2 SINGLES MATCHES

Match 5

CGA Brian Westveer

vs.

CPGA Steve Isley (3 & 2)

Match 6

CGA Skip Taylor (5 & 4)

vs.

CPGA Oliver Peacock

Match 7

CGA Pat Thompson

vs.

CPGA Charles Frost (6 & 5)

Match 8

CGA Will Bowman

vs. MATCH HALVED

CPGA Cory Schneider

Match 9

CGA Ryan Heisey

vs.

CPGA James Stewart (3 & 2)

Match 10

CGA Sherrill Britt (4 & 3)

vs.

CPGA Mike Cato

Match 11

CGA Uly Grisette (3 & 2)

vs.

CPGA John Faidley

Match 12

CGA Scott Harvey (2 UP)

vs.

CPGA Paul Dickens

DAY 1 FOUR-BALL MATCHES

Professionals lead 2 1/2 points to 1 1/2 points after the Four Ball Matches.

First Round Results:

MATCH 1

CGA Ryan Heisey, Greensboro, NC & Will Bowman, Greensboro, NC

vs.

CPGA Paul Dickens, Wallace, NC & Mike Cato, Greenville, NC

HALVED MATCH

MATCH 2

CGA Skip Taylor, Flat Rock, NC & Pat Thompson, Asheville, NC

vs.

CPGA John Faidley, Winston-Salem, NC & Steve Isley, Oak Island, NC WON 5 & 4

MATCH 3

CGA Uly Grisette, Clemmons, NC & Sherrill Britt, West End, NC

vs.

CPGA

Charles Frost, Charlotte, NC & Oliver Peacock, Banner Elk, NC WON 3 & 2

MATCH 4

CGA Brian Westveer, Charlotte, NC & Scott Harvey, Greensboro, NC WON 4 & 3

vs.

CPGA Cory Schneider, Powells Point, NC & James Stewart, New London, NC

The Tar Heel Cup pits the top eight amateurs in North Carolina against the top eight professionals in North Carolina.  The professionals have won the cup 13 times, amateurs have won twice and there has been one tie.

Each Match is worth one point, with a total of 12 points available.