2019 California Cup Matches

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MONTECITO, CA (December 19th) –  Team Southern California PGA is the 2019 California Cup Match champions with a score of 5 to 7 on the famed Alister Mackenzie designed Valley Club at Montecito.

Teams representing the Northern California PGA and Southern California PGA competed in the second bi-annual California Cup Matches which are contested in a Ryder Cup format. Eight PGA Members from each Association competed in four-ball day one and singles matches day two.

Day one’s four-ball matches resulted in a 2-2 split, with victories Michael Block/Kyle Mendoza and Vinnie Poncino/Brian Smock for team SCPGA.

Eight points were up for grabs on day two and Team SCPGA clinched the victory with match wins from Block, Mendoza, Smock and Andrew Kramer. Jeff Hart and Rick Garboski both halved their singles matches, finalizing the 7-5 victory for the South.

This marks the second playing of the California Cup matches, the first of which was contested in 2015 on the Bayonet & Blackhorse courses in Monterey with the Northern California PGA team taking home the victory. The 2017 matches were slated to be played at the Valley Club, but because of the devastating fires that year, and subsequent flooding, were forced to be postponed.

Team NorCal
Stuart Smith, PGA
Jason Owen, PGA
Steve Hummel, PGA
Lance Johnson, PGA
Pat Steffes, PGA
Dave Carr, PGA
Joe Dolby, PGA
John Crater, PGA

Captain Shawn McEntee, PGA

Team SoCal:
Michael Block, PGA
Rick Garboski, PGA
Jeff Hart, PGA
Andrew Kramer, PGA
Vinnie Poncino, PGA
Kyle Mendoza, PGA
Bruce Nakamura, PGA
Brian Smock, PGA

Captain Jim Gormley, PGA

Special thanks to the host facility at the Valley Club of Montecito, and hosts, General Manager Dan Mead, and PGA Director of Golf, Scott Puailoa,

The day one leaderboard can be viewed below.

SCPGA Media Contact: Bryce Seiver, bseiver@pgahq.com, (949)241-5552