Santa Cruz County Junior Golf Association wins inaugural Bay Cup

“The Santa Cruz County Junior Golf Association won the inaugural Bay Cup in heavy winds and rain Sunday at Carmel Valley Ranch Golf Course.

Santa Cruz defeated the AT&T Pebble Beach Junior Golf Association 12 1/2 to 5 1/2 in a Ryder Cup-like tournament.

Ben Edens, 17; Alec Phillips, 16; Matthew Holcomb, 14; Jake Utic, 17 and Jacob Lutz, 15, played in 18-hole matches for the Santa Cruz boys team and Nicolas Weng, 13; Nicolas Gavasse, 13; and Cody Gavasse, 11, competed in nine-hole matches.

Antonia Malate, 15; Chloe Weng, 12; and Isabella Mendez, 14, played in 18-hole matches for the Santa Cruz girls and Amanda Fort, 16; Megan Eldridge, 15; and Kalea Hall, 10, competed in nine-hole matches.

The AT&T team featured George McNeely, Josh Quarles, Josh Yeater, Ethan Sippel, Irene Jun, Sydney Craven, Brenna Ozel and Nikki Iniakov in 18-hole matches and Jonathan Chen, Cullen Pritchard, Jara Gomez, Sierra Glassman, Robby Marshall and Natalie Powell in nine-hole matches.

The first nine holes for the 18-hole matches were played as a team (two players from each team together playing alternate-shot foursomes as is done in the Ryder Cup) and the back nine was individual matches (AT&T 1 vs. Santa Cruz 1, AT&T 2 vs. Santa Cruz 2, etc.).

The Bay Cup trophy will be on display at DeLaveaga Golf Course for local players and fans to savor.”

By: Jim Seimas, Santa Cruz Sentinel

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