Some McCullough Cup History, Amateur Stats and Fall Approaches

  2013 McCullough Cup Champions from the Country Club of Barre

pictured: Head Professional, Roger King, Troy Evans, Tom Collins,

Eric Lajuenesse, Ken Geider and Kevin Avery

 

Part of the celebration and festivities at this years Vermont Amateur Competition was the claiming of the McCullough Cup by this years team from the Country Club of Barre.  The McCullough Cup competition originated in 1905 and is held every year in tandem with the Vermont Amateur Tournament.  Clubs sending 5 or more players to the amateur can select 5 representatives to form a team to compete for the cup.  Generally, the highest ranking finisher from the previous years amateur contest is the captain of the team and makes the selections.  This year, the captain for the Country Club of Barre was Eric Lajuenesse and he chose Kevin Avery, Tom Collins, Troy Evans and Ken Geider to represent CCB.   After the first two rounds of the amateur are completed, the team with the lowest cumulative score wins the cup and the honor of displaying it at their club.   Our team won and by a wide margin!   This is the sixth time the Country Club of Barre has won the cup in its 108 year history. It is interesting to note that in the years from 1942 to 1945 the Vermont Amateur and McCullough Cup competition did not take place because of World War II.  Also interesting is the long stretch of wins by Burlington Country Club who from 1950 to 1963 won 13 times only losing in 1957 to Rutland Country Club.  To learn more about the cup and the history visit:  http://www.vtga.org/mcculloughchamp.html 

 

Congratulations to all for bringing the Cup back to Barre!

 

Some interesting stats came from the playing of the 2013 Vermont Amateur at the Country Club of Barre.  Interestingly enough, and not surprisingly hole number 14 played the most difficult with a stroke average of 4.85, yielding 0 eagles, 9 birdies, 68 pars, 70 bogies, 32 double bogies and 12 other, during the first two rounds.  A little surprisingly hole number 11 played the second most difficult with a 4.78 stroke average.  Prior to the tournament it was thought that hole number 2 may prove to be one of the most difficult but it ranked 3rd.  The two holes playing the easiest were number 5 with a 5.23 stroke average and number 15 at 5.15.

 

 

 

                                                   Tricky Holes 14 and 11

            

This past weekend, the Club Championship Tournament was held.  Congratulations to all of this years champions. 

 

With the bulk of summer and the majority of tournaments behind us, we on the grounds crew turn our attention to the weeks ahead and the impending change of seasons.  Soon, we will add leaf sweeping to our duty list along with tree thinning, wood stacking, greens aerification and top dressing.  There is a lot of work still  to be done and a lot of golf yet to be played.

 

Until next time.....................

Preparing for the Club Championship