Three Tickets Punched into the Carolinas Interclub Final Four

CGA Interclub News and Notables

FORE ! Please

November 5, 2014

Match Highlights

Last week-ends Interclub competition saw two more teams advance to the semi-finals. Maple Chase CC (Winston-Salem, NC) defeated Pine Hollow GC (Clayton, NC) 10 1/2 to 7 1/2 and will face Willow Springs CC (Wilson, NC) for the right to advance to the championship match in Southern Pines on November 22nd & 23rd. Wilson CC made it to the semi-finals by the same score over Highlands CC (Fayetteville, NC) on October 26. Both teams will meet on the 16th for their semi-final match.

On the other side of the bracket, the Creek GA (Charlotte, NC) broke the lucky charm of the Cabarrus CC #1 team 11 1/2 to 6 1/2 and remains the only team undefeated team this season. The Creek will play the winner of the Tega Cay (Tega Cay, SC) vsRock Hill CC (Rock Hill, SC) match scheduled this Saturday (11/8). Their semi-final match will be played on November 15.

The Carolinas Interclub Finals are scheduled for Saturday, November 22 with Four-Ball matches contested on the Pine Needles and on Sunday, November 23 Singles played at Mid Pines. The 2014 Interclub Finals will be played November 22 & 23. Practice rounds are available on Friday (Nov 21).

▪ PLAYOFF MATCH HIGHLIGHTS (Regional Finals) ▪

North

Maple Chase CC, Winston Salem, NC (10.5) @ Pine Hollow GC, Clayton, NC (7.5) - November 2

Pine Hollow took an early lead in the match at Clayton when Ray Williford and Gene Hall teamed up for a 3 point win as the lead group. Anthony Siano and Tim Bowman rallied for Maple Chase with a 2 to 1 win in the next pairing to cut Pine Hollow's lead to 1 point. Then in the final group at Pine Hollow, The Slawter brothers (Mark & Sutton) gave up only 1/2 point to Keith Waters and Robert Bennett to pull into a tie at 4 1/2 points each. In the meantime, at Maple Chase in Winston-Salem and what started out as a duplicate result, Andrew Bundeff and Danny Kirkman put the home team out front early with a 3 point win. Pine Hollow's Steve Richard and Tommy Jeffries cut the deficit to 1/2 point over Scott Allen and Gam Bates. Then in the final pairing, Jeremy Ruddock and Chris Logan proved to be too much for Ben Collins and John Hryckowian as they won 2 1/2 of the remaining 3 points to send maple Chase to the semi-finals.

North East

Highland CC, Fayetteville, NC (7.5) @ Willow Springs CC, Wilson, NC (10.5) - October 26

In this regional final Willow Springs continued to prove hard to beat at home as they gave up only 1 individual point to the visitors from Fayetteville. Teams Ballard/Barnes and Garris/Clark led Willow Springs with 3 point wins each. Matt Hudson won his individual match to lead Highland CC. In Fayetteville, Doug English and Mike Williford led the home team with a 3 point win while teammates Thomas Owen and Will Warner added 2 1/2 points. Brent Landen and Tyler Brantley posted a 2 to 1 win to lead WSCC. Willow Springs CC will play the winner of the Maple Chase CC vs Pine Hollow GC match in the semi-finals bracket.

South

Creek GC, Charlotte, NC (11.5) @ Cabarrus CC #1, Concord, NC (6.5) -

Charles Bennett (captain), Steve Cracovia, Jerry Braodway and Mike Refsnider won 3 1/2 individual points and all 3 four-ball match points to lead the Creek at home (6 1/2 to 2 1/2) in this match with Cabarrus CC #1. Tim Brandt, Mike Zerona and Todd Carte led Cabarrus with 2 1/2 individual match points. The Creek also won 5 to 4 at Cabarrus but details of those match results were unavailable at the time of this update. The Creek will face the winner of this week-ends last regional final between Rock Hill CC and Tega Cay in the other semi-final match.

South West

Rock Hill CC, Rock Hill, SC () @ Tega Cay GC, Tega Cay, SC () - November 8