NCPGA Seniors win fifith consecutive Staedler-Jetter Cup
The victorious NCPGA team
(NCGA Photo)
PEBBLE BEACH, CA (October 18, 2016) -- The NCPGA may have lost the Hanna-Wehrman Cup again, but they held their own in the Staedler-Jetter Cup senior competition.
Team NCPGA wrapped up its fifth straight title, defeating the NCGA, 15-13. Clinching the cup for the NCPGA were a pair of tough wins by Shawn McEntee (1-up) and John Grund (2 and 1).
Earlier the NCPGA got big wins from Stuart Smith, Don Thames, Shawn Kelly, Dana Jetter and Rod Souza.
The NCGA, which was hoping to break the NCPGA’s win streak, got victories from Scott Anderson, Mark Morgan, Bob Thomason, Frank Pieper and 2015 NCGA Super Senior Player of the Year Herb Jensen.
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ABOUT THE Staedler-Jetter Senior Cup Matches
The Staedler-Jetter Cup features 14 amateur players
ages 55-over (10 Seniors and four Super Seniors)
representing the NCGA (top players from the
previous season’s points list) taking on 14
professional players ages 55-over representing the
Northern California PGA in a Ryder Cup-like format.
The first day of play consists of two rounds—one
round of four-ball match play (better ball) and one
round of foursome match play (alternate shot). The
second day of play’s final rounds consist of singles
match play.
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