PINE VALLEY, N.J. (September 10, 2018) - The 94th edition of the George A. Crump Memorial Tournament, better known as the Crump Cup, is set to tee off this Thursday at
Pine Valley Golf Club.
The tournament has long been considered the premier mid-amateur and senior golf event on the amateur golf calendar, and some consider it to be the best experience in amateur golf. To find out why, follow the link below.
Related: Is the Crump Cup the Best Tournament in Amateur Golf?
Format
36 holes of stroke play qualifying determine match play brackets of 16 for the mid-amateurs, and 8 for the seniors. Only those in the Championship bracket are eligible for the overall title.
Schedule
Thu Sep 13
Round 1 of stroke play qualifying
Fri Sep 14
Round 2 of stroke play qualifying
Field flighted according to 36-hole score, with the low 16 in the Championship Flight and low 8 in the Senior Championship
Playoff if necessary for the final spot(s) in the Championship bracket
Sat Sep 15
Match Play Round of 16 (A.M.)
Match Play Quarterfinals (P.M.)
Sun Sep 16
Match Play Semifinals (A.M.)
Match Play Final (P.M.)*
*Crump Cup Sunday is the one day of the year that the public is invited to Pine Valley, to walk the course and watch the final matches.
Champions
Jay Sigel has won the most Crump Cup titles, winning nine times between 1975 and 1993. Longtime Pine Valley Golf Club President
O. Gordon Brewer, Jr. won the tournament five times from 1973 to 1989. More recently,
Mike McCoy won four times in a seven-year span from 2004 to 2010.
Past champions include giants of the amateur game, going all the way back to Francis Ouimet and Chick Evans, who each won the event in its first five years of existence.
Last Year
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2017 champ Michael McDermott
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Michael McDermott (Bryn Mawr, Pa.) became a two-time champion, beating
Bill Williamson (Cincinnati, Ohio) in a down-to-the-wire final.
Williamson was 1 up in the 17th fairway, but McDermott pulled off the shot of the tournament -- and maybe his life -- by holing a 125-yard wedge shot to square the match. He would go on to win the 18th and the championship.
McDermott won his first Crump Cup in 2012.
Related: Michael McDermott Wins the 2017 Crump Cup
In the Senior Division,
John McClure (Austin, Tex.) outlasted
Randy Haag (Orinda, Calif.) in a tense final that went to the 19th hole.
Weather Warning
Like most of the East Coast, those at Pine Valley will hope to dodge the affects of Hurricane Florence, which at the time of this writing is on track to make landfall somewhere in the Carolinas late in the day on Thursday, which is during round one of the tournament.
AmateurGolf.com will have daily coverage of the 94th Crump Cup, beginning Thursday, September 13.
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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