Couture, Richardson, Patterson share medalist honors at Crump Cup
Rob Couture
PINE VALLEY, N.J. (Sept. 26, 2014) — Three
players
held
medalist honors after 18
holes of qualifying at the Crump Cup, which was
cut
to a single 18 hole round after Thursday's
scheduled 18 holes were canceled due to
inclement
weather.
Rob Couture
(pictured),
Edward Richardson, and John Patterson
each shot rounds of 70 to share medalist honors
heading
into match play at the
famed Pine Valley Golf Club.
Couture is coming off a runner-up finish at last
week's
Canadian Mid-Amateur where he lost in a playoff
to
Garrett Rank.
James Bryan claimed the medalist honor in the
Senior
division, shooting 69.
Friday's cut to make the first flight and compete
for
the Crump Cup fell at 73 (most of those at 78 or
better made one of the open division flights). In
the
senior flight, the match play number fell at 76 to
get
into the championship flight and 78 to get a spot
in
the 1st flight.
Recent Senior Open of Virginia champion Roger
Newsom shot 73 and will be first seed in the
second
flight. Defending champion Gene Elliott shot 76
and
will be first seed in the third flight.
Other notable players in the field include U.S.
Mid-
Amateur champion Scott
Harvey (74) and 2013 U.S. Mid-Amateur runner-
up
Bill
Williamson (78). Match play begins on Saturday
morning.
ABOUT THE CRUMP CUP
The first Crump Cup tournament was held in
1922. It
is
named for George Arthur
Crump, a hotelier and golf course architect
primarily
known
for designing and
building Pine Valley Golf Club. 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 two of
those flights. The final round has traditionally
held on
the
last Sunday in September.
It's the only day of the year when the public is
invited to
the grounds of Pine Valley;
spectators park at a nearby school and are
bused in
to
enjoy the grounds and watch
top level golfers compete. Jay Sigel has won the
event
the most times, with nine
victories between 1975 and 1993.
SUNDAY PARKING INFORMATION
Pine Valley Golf Club will host the 90th George
Arthur
Crump Memorial Tournament
Thursday, September 25 through Sunday the
28th.
The
public is invited to view the
final match on Sunday, September 28th. The
gates
will
open at approximately 1:00
pm.
Parking and transportation arrangements are
being
handled
by the Clementon Youth
Athletic Association. Parking will be at the
Clementon Lake
Amusement Park (144
Berlin Road, Clementon, NJ 08021). Signs will
be
posted to
direct you to the
designated parking area. Clementon Police will
not
allow any
parking along East Atlantic
Avenue between Clementon Road and the Club.
There
will be a fee of $25.00 per car which will
include
parking and a shuttle bus
that will operate between the park and Pine
Valley all
afternoon.The Clementon Youth Athletic
Association
will also have a
refreshment stand set up
inside the front gate. NOTE: Cameras, video,
photographs and cell phones will not
be
permitted. In case of inclement weather, please
call
(856) 783-3000
and select option 4.
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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