Crump Cup: McCoy, Giles win titles
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PINE VALLEY, NJ (September 12, 2010) – Michael McCoy of West Des Moines, IA won the 86th Annual Crump Memorial Tournament at Pine Valley Golf Club. The victory is McCoy’s fourth in the prestigious invitational event. He defeated Scott Rowe of Hinsdale, IL 2 & 1 the final. McCoy defeated Kevin Marsh of Henderson, NV in 22 holes in his semi-final match. Rowe defeated 2008 tournament champion Michael Muehr of Potomac Falls, VA 1-up in the semi-finals.
Vinny Giles of Richmond, VA won his 4 th Senior title by defeating Jeff Burda of Modesto, CA 1 up.
TOURNAMENT NOTES:
* Walker Cup experience -- The featured Senior match of Sunday morning saw 1993 Walker Cup captain Vinny Giles of Richmond, Virginia defeat 2011 Walker Cup Captain James Holtgrieve of St. Louis, 4 and 3.
* Local Knowledge -- Pine Valley Golf Club President O. Gordon Brewer, Jr. won the Third Flight in the Senior Division over Chick Wagner, 1-up.
* The most holes played -- Kevin Marsh, the 2005 USGA Mid-Am champion, played a total of 65 holes in three 18-hole matches. He took 20 holes to edge one of Texas' top players, Rob Couture, then played a 23 hole marathon against Michael Barbosa before losing to McCoy on the 22nd hole of the semi-finals.
A link to results from all flights is listed below. Please scroll down the multi-page pdf document to view all flights; you may also wish to print it.
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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