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Amateurs Relinquish Tar Heel Cup to Professionals
WALLCE, NC (April 4, 2017) – Day two singles match results of the 23rd Tar Heel Cup Matches hosted by River Landing in Wallace, NC on Tuesday, April 4, 2017.
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Two teams of the best playing amateurs and PGA Professionals from the state of North Carolina met for the 23rd time in a friendly team match play event called the "Tar Heel Cup." River Landing Country Club located in Wallace, NC is hosting this event for the third time on its River Course.
For the first time since 2009, the PGA Professional team won the cup from the Amateurs with a total score of 9½ to 2½.
Monday’s Four-Ball Results
Match 1: (Professionals) Scooter Buhrman/Savio Nazareth def. (Amateurs) Josh Nichols/David Sargent, 3 and 2
Match 2: (Professionals) Chris Haarlow/Mike Hutcheon def. (Amateurs) Uly Grisette/Lionel Sutton, 4 and 3
Match 3: (Professionals) Larry George/Cory Schneider def. (Amateurs) David Gies/Dustin Moore, 4 and 2
Match 4: (Professionals) Nick Jocobi/Matt Vick def. (Amateurs) Scott Harvey/Paul Tucker, 1 up
Tuesday’s Singles Results
Match 1: (Professional) Cory Schneider of The Pointe Lake & GC won 2 & 1 over Uly Grisette (Amateur) of Forsyth CC
Match 2: (Professional) Savio Nazareth of Starmount Forest CC and Scott Harvey (Amateur) of Sedgefield CC halved their match
Match 3: (Professional) Chris Haarlow of Precision Golf School and David Gies (Amateur) of Quail Hollow Club halved their match
Match 4: (Professional) Larry George of River Landing CC won 2 & 1 over David Sargent (Amateur) of Carolinas eClub Charlotte
Match 5: (Professional) Scooter Buhrman of Gates Four G&CC and Lionell Sutton (Amateur) of Walnut Creek CC halved their match
Match 6: (Amateur) Josh Nichols (a) of High Point CC won 1 Up over Nick Jacobi (Professional) of Monroe CC
Match 7: (Professional) Matt Vick of Pinehurst CC No. 9 won 1 Up over Dustin Moore ((Amateur) of Alamance CC
Match 8: (Professional) Michael Hutcheon, a PGA Life Member, won 1 Up over Paul Tucker (Amateur) of The Club at Longview
The first team with 6½ points wins the Tar Heel Cup. The PGA Professionals now hold an all-time lead of 14-6-3.
Both the Carolinas PGA and the Carolinas Golf Association extend their sincere thanks to the members and staff of River Landing for their incredible hospitality.
About River Landing Country Club
The coastal plains of North Carolina are the beautiful setting of a community where beauty and lifestyle go hand and hand—River Landing.
River Landing is a private, gated, residential golf community covering over 1,700 unspoiled acres on the banks of the northeast Cape Fear River in Wallace, NC. An easy 35 minute drive from historic Wilmington and just an hour and 15 minutes south of Raleigh, NC, we represent the best of North Carolina’s beauty, weather and recreation. And the cost of living here? Very attractive!
Our championship golf courses are world-class, and are complemented by our state-of-the-art Sports and Fitness Center. Here residents enjoy secure surroundings featuring scenic walking, hiking and nature trails, mature, lush landscapes and some of the nation’s best fishing, boating and gardening.
River Landing offers the lifestyle you deserve with the value you demand. Welcome!
www.riverlanding.com
About the Carolinas PGA Section
Since its inception in 1923, the Carolinas PGA Section has been committed to nurturing and improving the quality of the game for the thousands of golfers using its member facilities. Now the largest of the PGA’s forty-one sections, the Carolinas PGA Section of the Professional Golfers’ Association boasts nearly 2,000 professional members and represents more than 800 golf facilities within North and South Carolina as well as portions of southern Virginia.
PGA professionals are responsible for conducting a variety of golf-related functions which include human resource management, golf shop merchandising, golf instruction, tournament operations, junior golf programs, growth of the game initiatives, golf club repair, administering the rules, public relations and much more. For more information, contact Liz Muroski, Director of Media and Promotions at 336-398-2742 or lmuroski@pgahq.com.
www.Carolinas.PGA.com
About the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA)
The CGA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization that was founded in 1909 to promote and to protect the game of golf in the Carolinas by providing competitions, education, support and benefits to golf clubs and golfers. The CGA is the second largest golf association in the country with over 700 member clubs represented by nearly 150,000 individuals.
The CGA annually conducts 48 championships and five team match competitions for men, women, juniors, and seniors. It also runs over 150 One-Day (net and gross) events as well as qualifying for USGA national championships. The CGA serves golf in the Carolinas with numerous programs such as: the USGA Handicap System; tournament management software and support; course measuring and course/slope ratings; agronomy consultation; answers about the Rules of Golf, Rules of Amateur Status, and Handicapping; Carolinas Golf Magazine; Interclub series; Tarheel Youth Golf Association; Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame; expense assistance for USGA Junior and Girls' Junior qualifiers from the Carolinas; and the Carolinas Golf Foundation (CGF). The CGF has distributed nearly $2,000,000 since 1977 to benefit Carolinas' golf initiatives including junior and women's programs.
For more information about the CGA, visit our website.