Amateurs Lead Professionals After Day One at Hudson Cup

The 63rd edition of the Hudson Cup Matches, a Ryder Cup style competition with the top 10 Northwest professionals competing against the 10 top Northwest amateurs, is being held October 20-21 at Oswego Lake CC in Lake Oswego, Ore.

Concurrently, the 20th Senior Hudson Cup, for those 50 and over, is being played.

Teams were selected based on their competitive records throughout the 2011 season and represent the very best of Northwest golf.

After morning Foursome Matches the Amateur squad enjoyed their first lead since 1981 and finished the day with a three point lead at 6 1/2 points to 3 1/2 points. While in the senior contest the professionals have a 6 to 4 lead over the amateurs.

Play concludes tomorrow with the singles matches.

63rd Hudson Cup Matches

Foursome -     Professionals			Amateurs
Scott Erdmann – Rob Gibbons			Kevin PomArleau – Michael Haack	2 & 1	1
Brian Thronton – Chris Griffin			Jack Dukeminier – Tyler Simpson	1 up	1
Darren Black – Ryan Benzel			Stephen Lee – Sean Packer	2 & 1	1
Corey Prugh – Tim Feenstra	1 up	1	Tim O’Neal – Paul Peterson
Luke Bennett – Jeff Coston			Erik Hanson – Bill Winter	1 up	1
Foursome Total		1			4

Four-Ball – Professionals			Amateurs
Brian Thornton – Tim Feenstra	All Square	½	Tyler Simpson – Paul Peterson	All Square	½
Scott Erdmann – Ryan Benzel	All Square	½	Kevin PomArleau – Stephen Lee	All Square	½
Rob Gibbons – Jeff Coston	3 & 2	1	Michael Haack – Sean Packer
Chris Griffin – Luke Bennett			Bill Winter – Tim O’Neal	4 & 3	1
Darren Black – Corey Prugh	All Square	½	Jack Dukeminier – Erik Hanson	All Square	1/2
Four-Ball Total		2 ½			2 ½
First Day Total		3 ½			6 ½

Foursome - Professional			Amateurs
Sean Arey – Jeff Marsh			Bob Christensen – Dave Lydell	6 & 5	1
Scott Krieger – Jerry Johnson	3 & 2	1	Scott Hval – Denny Taylor
Jeff Fought – Mark Keating	2 & 1	1	Pat O’Donnell – Tom Brandes
Fred Haney – Bruce Stewart	1 up	1	Larry Daniels – Jim McNelis
Brent Murray – Steve Prugh	All Square	½	Kent Brown – Chris Maletis	All Square	½
Foursome Total		3 ½			1 ½

Four-Ball - Professional			Amateurs
Scott Krieger – Mark Keating			Dave Lydell – Scott Hval	3 & 2	1
Jeff Marsh – Jerry Johnson	2 & 1	1	Denny Taylor – Tom Brandes
Fred Haney – Sean Arey	2 & 1	1	Pat O’Donnell – Chris Maletis
Steve Prugh – Jeff Fought	All Square	½	Kent Brown – Larry Daniels	All Square	½
Brent Murray – Bruce Stewart			Jim McNelis – Bob Christensen	4 & 3	1
Four-Ball Total		2 ½			2 ½
First Day Total		6			4

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