The Colorado PGA hasn’t won the biennial Taylor Cup competition against the Sun Country PGA since 2008, but it’s put itself in position to end the drought this week at The Club at Flying Horse in Colorado Springs.
After four-ball and foursomes matches on Wednesday, the Colorado PGA leads their Sun Country counterparts 8.5-5.5 in this Ryder Cup-like competition. But with 14 singles matches remaining on Thursday, things are far from settled.
Six Colorado PGA players won both their matches on Wednesday: Peter Norwood, Visanu Tongwarin, Mike Northern, Sherry Andonian-Smith, Geoff Keffer and
Eric Bradley.
Sun Country won the Taylor Cup matches in 2010 and ’12 and the two sides tied in 2014, leaving the cup in Sun Country’s hands. The Colorado PGA leads all-time 7-3, with two ties.
Taylor Cup
At The Club at Flying Horse in Colorado Springs
OVERALL SCORE (through 1 day): Colorado PGA 8.5, Sun Country PGA 5.5
FOUR-BALL SCORE: 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: 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
For detailed results from the Taylor Cup, CLICK HERE.
