PINE VALLEY, NJ (September 23, 2017) - Two-time Crump Cup champion
Michael Muehr (Potomac Falls, VA) will take on
Bill Williamson (Cincinnati, OH) in Sunday morning’s semifinal round of the 93rd George Arthur Crump Memorial Tournament at Pine Valley Golf Club. 2012 champion
Michael McDermott (Bryn Mawr, PA) will face
Jamie Miller (Silver Creek, NY) in the other semifinal.
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Michael Muehr (USGA photo) |
Muehr, who won in 2008 and 2014, beat the 2011 champion
Stephen Summers (Dallas, TX) in the morning 3&2, and then knocked off
Ryan Abbate (Weston, FL) in the afternoon 2&1.
Williamson had the low round on day one of stroke play qualifying, then struggled in round two to fall to the bottom of the championship bracket. But he mowed through two strong match play opponents on Saturday, beating Walker Cupper and U.S. Mid-Amateur champion
Stewart Hagestad (Newport Beach, CA) 4&2, and then taking out defending champion
Jeff Knox (Atlanta, GA) 6&4.
McDermott eliminated a couple of Southerners on Saturday, first beating
Danny Simmerman (San Antonio, TX) in the morning and then knocking out
Derek Busby (Ruston, LA) in the afternoon.
Miller had to play extra holes in both of his matches, winning on the 19th against
Michael Brown (Maple Shade, NJ) and on the 22nd against
Jeronimo Esteve (Windermere, FL).
Esteve played a great morning match against the medalist and 2014 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion
Scott Harvey (Kernersville, NC), winning convincingly 4&3.
Semifinal Matches
#8 Jamie Miller (Silver Creek, NY) v. #12 Michael McDermott (Bryn Mawr, PA)
#3 Michael Muehr (Potomac Falls, VA) v. #15 Bill Williamson (Cincinnati, OH)
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John McClure (USGA photo) |
In the Senior Division, medalist
John McClure (Austin, TX) will face
Bob Kain (Cleveland, OH) in Sunday morning’s semifinal match.
Gene Elliott (W. Des Moines, IA) will play
Randy Haag (Orinda, CA) in a semifinal matchup of former Crump Cup champions trying to add the Senior title. Haag won the Crump Cup in 2000 and 2002, and Elliott won in 2013.
McClure defeated
Steve Smyers (Lakeland, FL) 4&3, while Kain beat 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion
Dave Ryan (Taylorville, IL) 3&1.
Elliott took a 4&3 win over
Chris Lange (Bryn Mawr, PA), while Haag eliminated
Matthew Sughrue (Arlington, VA) 2&1.
Senior Semifinal Matches
#1 John McClure (Austin, TX) v. #5 Bob Kain (Cleveland, OH)
#3 Randy Haag (Orinda, CA) v. #7 Gene Elliott (W. Des Moines, IA)
The semifinal matches will be played Sunday morning, with the championship matches in the afternoon.
Pine Valley Gates Will Open to the Public
The public is invited to view the championship matches. The gates will open at approximately 12:45 pm. Parking and shuttle service will be available at the Clementon Lake Amusement Park (144 Berlin Road, Clementon, NJ 08021). Signs will be posted to direct you to the designated parking area.
There will be a fee of $25.00 per car which includes parking and the shuttle bus that will operate between the park and Pine Valley. There will also be a refreshment stand set up inside the front gate of the Club. All proceeds from the parking and refreshments will benefit the Clementon Youth Athletic Association.
Cameras, video, photographs and cell phones will not be permitted.
>> CRUMP CUP SATURDAY MATCH PLAY RESULTS
Saturday Match Play Notes: 54-year-old Robert Funk (Canyon Lake, CA) was eliminated in the morning by Derek Busby. Funk was the low amateur in the U.S. Senior Open earlier this summer.
Two-time champion Carlton Forrester (Atlanta, GA) lost to Ryan Abbate on Saturday morning 3&1. Forrester won the Crump Cup in 2006 and 2015.
The 2nd flight semifinalists are Matt Parziale (Brockton, MA), Dan Horner (Sandy, UT), Todd Mitchell (Bloomington, IL) and Michael Christensen (Minneapolis, MN).
The 3nd flight semifinalists are Thomas Gramigna (Haddonfield, NJ), William Smith (Newville, PA), Jeff Osberg (Bryn Mawr, PA) and Rob Couture (Dallas, TX).
The senior 2nd flight semifinalists are Jeff Burda (Modesto, CA), Stuart Smith (Nashville, TN), Glenn Smeraglio (Newtown, PA) and George "Buddy" Marucci (Palm Beach, FL).
ABOUT THE
Crump Cup
The George A. Crump Memorial Tournament --
named
for the
hotelier and course architect most famous for
building
Pine Valley -- is arguably the premier mid-
amateur
event in the United States. The invitational field
is
made of of top players from around the United
States
and the UK. The format for the four days is two
rounds
of stroke play qualifying, followed by four
rounds
of
match play. Players are flighted according to
their
qualifying position, and a separate Senior flight
includes three of those flights. Jay Sigel has won
the
event the most times, with nine victories
between
1975 and 1993.
Normally, the public is invited to attend the Sunday
final matches but that tradition has been suspended.
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