LINDSEY CUP : Lost Springs wins fourth straight Lindsey Cup
Posted on Monday, August 25, 2008
ANDY SHUPE Northwest Arkansas Times Lyndy Lindsey hits his second shot on No. 4 from the edge of the water hazard during play Sunday at Paradise Valley Athletic Club.
The Lindsey Cup runneth over for Lost Springs. The club from Rogers won its fourth consecutive Lindsey Cup over Paradise Valley Sunday at the Fayetteville course.
Lost Springs toted a 5-point pad into Sunday's final round after mustering 13 1 / 2 of a possible 22 points at its home course on Saturday and retained the Lindsey Cup with a 27 1 / 2-22 1 / 2 victory.
"There were a lot of tough matches and we lost some early that cost us," said Scott Murphy, PVAC pro. "We played really well but Lost Springs just played so well. Lost Springs putted lights out. My hats off to Lost Springs because we played well and they just played better. There were several key matches that we should have won and just didn't."
Paradise Valley, traditionally dominant on its home turf, was held at bay on Sunday. Paradise Valley's rally aspirations smoldered after the two clubs split 28 possible points on Sunday to keep the Lindsey Cup at Lost Springs.
Murphy said Saturday's downpour affected the way the course played on Sunday but added that his squad just faced off against a Lost Springs club on top of its game.
"We had two inches of rain in 45 minutes on Saturday and the course played long [Sunday ]," Murphy said. "I'm proud of everyone on our squad. They played their hearts out but Lost Springs really just played great golf."
Paradise Valley's Sean Mulvenon, who dropped a hotly contested match to Donnie Blount 2 and 1, shared Murphy's assessment.
"Lost Springs played great," Mulvenon said. "They putted extremely well. They played great golf and just beat us. They've got a lot of great players. [Saturday ] we played a great alternate shot round and got beat because Lost Springs just played amazing golf. It's one thing to lose but to lose against someone playing great golf - we at Paradise Valley can appreciate great golf."
Mulvenon said despite the heated rivalry between the two clubs, Lost Springs showed class in victory Sunday.
"I thought Michael Chaney showed a lot of class on 18," Mulvenon said. "He conceded a hole when he had already won it so that Drew Stewart would get a win."
Paradise Valley captain Darrell Baker attributed Lost Springs'recent dominance to varying age distributions between the two clubs. Lost Springs'youth has also helped it win the last two overall Lindsey Cups, which is a tournament featuring all of Lindsey's golf courses throughout the region.
"Most of their good players are from ages 25-35 and ours are more in the 35-45 age range," Baker said. "We've got a lot of players in the their 40 s. But we had 10 matches go to the 18 th hole on Saturday and several tight matches [Sunday ] so it was that close."
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