Crump Cup: Mike McCoy wows field
Mike McCoy
Pine Valley, NJ (September 28, 2012) –
Maybe
it was Ryder Cup inspiration.
But whatever the case, Mike McCoy, a man
known for his ball striking and tour-quality
putting stroke is dominating at the other
"Cup"
being played this weekend at the historic,
and
perennially top ranked Pine Valley Golf
Club in
New Jersey, The George Arthur Crump
Cup.
McCoy fired a competitive course
record tying 64 on Thursday and followed
that
with with a five-under-par 65 on Friday to
win
medalist honors by a whopping 13
strokes,
with a score of 129 in the Open Division of
the
88th annual event.
McCoy, a four-time Crump champion,
shattered
Bill Shean’s 36 hole competitive course
record
by seven strokes. Match play in the Crump
begins Saturday morning, with McCoy set
to
square off against 2009 champion Skip
Berkmeyer of St. Louis, Missouri. In the
Senior
Division, Robert Vallis of Hamilton,
Bermuda,
won medalist honors with scores of 73
and 71
for a 36-hole total of 144. Vallis will play
Bob
Kain of Cleveland, Ohio in the first round
of
Senior Division match play on Saturday
afternoon.
The public is invited to view the final
matches
on Sunday, September 30th. The gates
will
open at approximately 1:00pm.
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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