Crump Cup: Hayes Brown and Brad Tilley share medalist honors
Crump Cup is heading into match play this weekend. (Sean Melia)
Hayes Brown and
Bradford Tilley both shot one-over-par 141 to share medalist honors in the Crump Cup at Pine Valley.
After a 68 on Thursday, Brown shot 73 on Friday. Tilley closed the two-shot gap between him and Brown with a 71 in the second round. Hayes was the only player in the Open Division to record an under-par round.
In the chase for a spot in the Championship Flight, Scott Strickland nabbed the No. 16 seed with a 36-hole score of 149. There was a clean cut without any ties. Brad Nurski missed out by a shot and will be the No. 1 seed in the 2nd Flight.
After the 36-hole qualifying, the top 48 players move on in three 16-player flights.
In the Senior Flight, Bob Royak and Tommy Brennan shot 146 to earn co-medalist honors. The top 8 players qualify for the Championship Flight. There are two Flights in the Senior Division. Royak is the No. 1 ranked player in the AmateurGolf.com Senior Rankings.
Randy Haag, the No. 1 ranked player in the AmateurGolf.com Super Senior Rankings, shot rounds of 78-74 to earn the 7 seed in the championship flight and will look to represent the Super Seniors this weekend.
He will take on No. 2 seed Thomas Brennan, and as a two-time Crump Cup champion (2000, 2002), The Olympic Club member Haag will look to make a run
Matches will be held on Saturday and Sunday.
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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