The Southwest PGA won the event, played at The Glacier Club in Durango, with 21.5 points, while the Colorado PGA had 20 and Sun Country 12.5.
The biennial event features a Ryder Cup-style format, with three rounds of golf over two days. For the Colorado PGA, it replaces the Taylor Cup Matches against the Sun Country PGA.
The Colorado PGA won the singles session with 14 points, compared to 13.5 for Southwest and 8.5 for Sun Country. But it wasn’t enough to overcome Southwest’s two-point lead accumulated after Wednesday’s four-ball and foursomes matches.
Among the Colorado PGA members who won two singles matches — played simultaneously on Thursday — were Scott Sommers, Doug Rohrbaugh, Visanu Tongwarin, Bryson Hotchkiss and Dan O’Shaughnessy.
Other members of the Colorado PGA team were Ron Vlosich, Sherry Andonian-Smith, Michael Weingartner, Eric Bradley, Blake Sharamitaro, Jeff Carter and Peter Norwood.
The event features eight open-division and four senior players from each Section.
The McPherson Cup Matches are named for Ron McPherson, the CEO of The Antigua Group and a longtime supporter of all three PGA Sections and the PGA of America.
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.
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.