2019 CONE Cup Recap

This year Nebraska hosted the annual CONE Cup competition against the University of Central Oklahoma. Congratulations UCO!
This year Nebraska hosted the annual CONE Cup competition against the University of Central Oklahoma. Congratulations UCO!

This year Nebraska hosted the annual CONE Cup competition against Central Oklahoma. Early in the week the weather looked like it was going to be extremely cold for the competition, but luckily it warmed slightly for both Saturday and Sunday. However, there was a two hour frost delay Sunday morning.

The weekend started Friday night at the Fox where both teams ate dinner and mingled prior to having our official pairings event for Saturday’s matches. On Saturday the Four-ball matches were held at Firethorn Golf Club. Out of the seven matches Nebraska won 4, halved 2, and lost only one match for a total of 5 points. Oklahoma had only 2 points after Saturdays matches.

The teams ate dinner at the Firethorn Country Club and then the captains determined the pairing for Sunday’s matches. Sunday, the single matches were at the program’s home course, Wilderness Ridge. After the frost delay the Nebraska team was off to a shaky start. At one point during the front 9 we were losing in every match except 2 which were, at the time, halved. Things got better on the back nine and we actually had a chance to win coming down the stretch. We needed 6 points Sunday to win, but unfortunately only got 5, so Oklahoma ended up retaining the Cup with a final score of 10 to 11.

A special "thank you" to Paul Murcek, PGA Head Professional at the Firethorn Country Club for hosting Day 1 on the 2019 CONE Cup. Thanks Paul!

And also a special "thank you" to Chris Thomson, PGA Director of Golf at Wilderness Ridge Golf Course for hosting Day 2 of the 2019 CONE Cup. Thanks Chris!

The staff at both facilities provided excellent customer service and a great test of the skills and abilities of the CONE Cup competitors for this year's competition. Thank you to the staff at Firethorn and Wilderness Ridge!

Here are the results of the two days of CONE Cup competition:

Day 1: https://www.golfgenius.com/leagues/5731766748638658170/rounds/5731766785548533398/v2tournaments

Day 2: https://www.golfgenius.com/leagues/5731845972430995068/rounds/5731846019138764440/v2tournaments

Congratulations to our colleagues from UCO!

More details at: https://grassland.unl.edu/pga-golf-management