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see also: Evan Beck, View results for Concession Cup, The Landings Club
For the first time, the matches will include teams consisting of both men and women Mid-Ams and Seniors
The bi-annual Concession Cup Matches are back and will take place from November 6-9 at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club in Savannah, Ga. It is the fifth playing of this Ryder Cup-style event between the top Mid-Am and Senior amateur players in the USA and Europe.
This year is the inaugural edition of a women’s side to the matches. Conducted by the Amateur Golf Alliance, the matches promote the amateur game worldwide to the Mid-Am and Senior players.
United States Captains Carol-Semple Thompson and Danny Yates will lead a squad of experienced players against a loaded team from Europe led by Tore Sviland, the 2022 Men’s Captain, and Elaine Ratcliffe will lead the women’s side.
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Yates and Sviland return as men’s captains, with past Curtis Cup Captains Semple-Thompson and Ratcliffe leading the women’s side in vying for the Thompson-Bonallack Trophy.
The 2022 Match played in Valderrama, Spain, came down to the last match for the US to pull out the victory. Many of the same players return, and the European team represents over eight European countries. Team USA has a mix of new and old faces, including the 2024 US Mid-Am Champ Evan Beck and US Senior Am champ Louis Brown.
The Matches include an Am-Am and Four-Ball, Foursomes, and singles matches played over three days of competition. The Landings Golf & Athletic Club hosts a Korn Ferry Tournament and is a community with six golf courses. The matches will be played at the recently renovated Palmetto course.
European Men’s Team
Seniors: John Kemp, Ronnie Clark, Michael Flindt, Stephen Jensen, Pascal Grizot, and Rupert Kellock.
Mid-Ams: Mathew Mclean, Caolan Rafferty, Jonathan Bale, Alexis Leray, Markus Habeler, and Hugh Foley.
European Women’s Team
Seniors: Celine Manche, Jennifer Saxton, Jessica Hall, Jessica Ross, Pauline Stein, and Aiden Walsh.
Amateurs: Sylvie Van Molle, Annick Riff, Carole Danten Azfi, Jackie Foster, Sophie Ducrey, and Helene Malvy.
Vice-Captain: Deirdre Walsh
United States Men’s Team
Seniors: Louis Brown, Randy Haag, Gene Elliott, Michael McCoy, Robert Gerwin, and Todd White
Mid-Amateurs: Evan Beck, Will Davenport, Joseph Deraney, Stephen Behr, Andrew Price, and Scott Harvey.
Asst. Captains: Alan Fadel, Doug Hanzel
United States Women's Team
Seniors: Tara Joy-Connelly, Kathy Hartwiger, Martha Leach, Lara Tennant, Suzi Spotleson, and Ellen Port
Mid-Amateurs: Lauren Greenlief, Kelsey Chugg, Ina Kim-Schaad, Jackie Rogowicz, Julia Potter-Bobb and Kimberly Dinh. Assistant Captains: Laura Carson & Carolyn Creekmore
History
2022 United States 13 to 11
2020 (canceled)
2018 United States 23.5 to 4.5
2016 United States 29 to 7
2014 United States 21.5 to 14.5
Amateur Golf Alliance contributed to this report
The Concession Cup is an event designed to celebrate the game through international competition while giving back to worthy causes. The Walker Cup-style competition brings together teams of male and female mid-amateurs and senior amateurs representin...
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