Crump Cup: Stewart Hagestad two wins away from defending his title
9/14/2024 | by Sean Melia of AmateurGolf.com
see also: View results for Crump Cup, Pine Valley Golf Club
He'll face off against Jimmy Ellis, one of the top stories of the U.S. Amateur and the top seed Brad Tilley will face Andrew Price
The semi-final matches are set in the 99th Crump Cup. The top seed in the Championship flight, Brad Tilley, will face off against Andrew Price. In the other semi-final, last year’s champion, Stewart Hagestad, will play 2022 runner-up Jimmy Ellis.
Hagestad won the rain-shortened event last season, taking down Stephen Behr, the 2022 winner, in a one-hole playoff after both men shot 73 on Saturday in the one-round sprint to the Cup.
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Hagestad is ranked No. 3 in the AmateurGolf.com Mid-Amateur Rankings.
Brad Nurski, the top seed in the Second Flight, also made it to the semi-finals; however, Patrick Duffy, the top seed in the Third Flight, lost to 16-seed Taylor Wood. Wood, who was the last man into the match play after matching of cards between nine players for two spots, is still alive after also winning his quarterfinal match.
Another top seed who lost was Bob Royak. The medalist in the Senior Division lost to Rupert Kellock in the quarterfinals.
Royak is ranked No. 1 in the AmateurGolf.com Senior Rankings.
On Sunday, all five flights in the Open and Senior Divisions will have their semi-final and final matches.
Results: Crump Cup
| Place | Player | Location | Pts | Scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Lake Bluff, IL | 500 | ||
| Runner-up | Venetia, PA | 400 | ||
| Semifinals | Easton, CT | 300 | ||
| Semifinals | Newport Beach, CA | 300 | ||
| Quarterfinals | , Ireland | 200 |
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 arou...
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