Two years after coming agonizingly close to reclaiming the Taylor Cup — by ending up in a tie — the Colorado PGA closed the deal on Thursday to win the biennial matches for the first time since 2008.
The CPGA won all three sessions — four-ball, foursomes and singles — and defeated Sun Country PGA 16.5-11.5 Thursday at The Club at Flying Horse in Colorado Springs. The Coloradans prevailed in Thursday’s singles, 8-6.
Four players won all three of their matches for the Colorado PGA: Geoff Keffer, the CPGA’s Dow Finsterwald Player of the Year each of the last three years; Senior Player of the Year Mike Northern; Peter Norwood; and Eric Bradley.
The Colorado PGA now leads the all-time Taylor Cup series 8-3, with two ties. Sun Country won the matches in 2010 and ’12 and the two sides tied in 2014, leaving the cup in Sun Country’s hands — until Thursday.
Taylor Cup Results
Oct. 19-20, 2016 (final) at The Club at Flying Horse in Colorado Springs
OVERALL SCORE (through 1 day): Colorado PGA 16.5, Sun Country PGA 11.5
FOUR-BALL SCORE (Wednesday): Colorado PGA 4, Sun Country PGA 3
Peter Norwood/Visanu Tongwarin, CPGA, def. Mike Singleton/Mike Ciolek, 3 and 2
Mike Northern/Tom Carricato, CPGA, def. Dal Daily/Grant Dalpes, 4 and 2
Sherry Andonian-Smith/Dale Smigelsky, CPGA, def. Bill Harvey/Tom Velarde, 3 and 2
Jeff Olisar/Colby Reddoch, SCPGA, def. Micah Rudosky/Kyle Voska, 1 up
Geoff Keffer/Eric Bradley, CPGA, def. Kevin Amhaus/Scott Gates, 2 and 1
David Muttitt/Steve Manning, SCPGA, def. Caine Fitzgerald/Barry Milstead, 1 up
Chris Ortiz/Chris Nieto, SCPGA, def. Dan O’Shaughnessy/Tray Shehee, 6 and 4
FOURSOMES SCORE (Wednesday): Colorado PGA 4.5, Sun Country PGA 2.5
Keffer/Voska, CPGA, def. Reddoch/Gates, 4 and 2
Harvey/Dalpes, SCPGA, def. Smigelsky/Carricato, 1 up
Fitzgerald/Bradley, CPGA, def. Muttitt/Manning, 1 up
Olisar/Amhaus, SCPGA, def. Rudosky/Milstead, 4 and 3
Andonian-Smith/Northern CPGA, def. Daily/Velarde, 2 up
Norwood/Tongwarin, CPGA, def. Ortiz/Nieto, 2 and 1
O’Shaughnessy/Shehee, CPGA, halved with Singleton/Ciolek
SINGLES SCORE (Thursday): Colorado PGA 8, Sun Country PGA 6
Caine Fitzgerald, CPGA, def. Mike Singleton, 6 and 5
Steve Manning, SCPGA, def. Tray Shehee, 5 and 4
Mike Northern, CPGA, def. Tom Velarde, 6 and 5
Colby Reddoch, SCPGA, def. Barry Milstead, 2 and 1
Mike Ciolek, SCPGA, def. Dan O’Shaughnessy, 3 and 2
Dale Smigelsky, CPGA, def. Grant Dalpes, 5 and 4
Micah Rudosky, CPGA, def. Jeff Olisar, 4 and 3
Peter Norwood, CPGA, def. Chris Nieto, 3 and 2
Geoff Keffer, CPGA, def. David Muttitt, 4 and 3
Kyle Voska, CPGA, def. Scott Gates, 1 up
Chris Ortiz, SCPGA, def. Visanu Tongwarin, 2 and 1
Eric Bradley, CPGA, def. Kevin Amhaus, 5 and 4
Dal Daily, SCPGA, def. Tom Carricato, 4 and 3
Bill Harvey, SCPGA, def, Sherry Andonian-Smith, 3 and 2
For detailed results from the Taylor Cup, CLICK HERE.
