Crump Cup: Medalist Michael Muehr is among Semifinalists
Michael Muehr
(USGA Photo)
PINE VALLEY, NJ (September 24, 2016) -- Two-time
champion and recent U.S. Mid-Amateur co-medalist
Michael Muehr will take on
Jeff Knox in the Sunday morning
semifinal round of the 92nd George Arthur
Crump Memorial Tournament at Pine Valley Golf
Club. The second semifinal will feature Jeff Osberg
and John
Sawin.
Muehr, this week's medalist, won his first match
2&1
over Skip Bermeyer before surviving 1 up in the
quarterfinals against Matthew Swan. For Knox,
famously known as the Masters spotter, it was a pair
of 1 up victories over Andrew Price and Danny
Simmerman that propelled him through to the final
four.
Jeff Osberg reached semifinal number two
by the way of wins over 2014 U.S. Mid-Amateur
runner-up Brad Nurski 2&1 and Andrew Cutrell in the
quarterfinals 3&2. In previous Crump Cup
appearances, Osberg had never been past the Round
of 16.
His opponent, John Sawin, a three-time San
Francisco Golf Club and five-time Merion Golf Club
champion, advanced following a 3&2 win over Justin
Tereshko and a 1 up triumph against Matthew
Mattare.
In the Senior Championship, eighth-seed Alan
Fadel defeated senior medalist Pat Tallent and will
face Tommy Brennan, who defeated Chip Lutz 4&3,
in Sunday morning’s semifinal match. Fadel finished
as the 2014 U.S. Senior Amateur medalist.
The second semifinal will feature Jim Lehman
and John Pate. Lehman advanced with a 5&4 tally
over David Nelson while it was Pate moving on
thanks to a 1 up win over Keith Decker.
The public is invited to view the championship
match Sunday afternoon. Parking and shuttle service
will be available at the Clementon Lake Amusement
Park (144 Berlin Road, Clementon, NJ 08021). Signs
will be posted to direct you to the designated parking
area.
-Information provided by David Clark of Pine
Valley Golf
Club
ABOUT THE
Crump Cup
The George A. Crump Memorial Tournament --
named
for the
hotelier and course architect most famous for
building
Pine Valley -- is arguably the premier mid-
amateur
event in the United States. The invitational field
is
made of of top players from around the United
States
and the UK. The format for the four days is two
rounds
of stroke play qualifying, followed by four
rounds
of
match play. Players are flighted according to
their
qualifying position, and a separate Senior flight
includes three of those flights. Jay Sigel has won
the
event the most times, with nine victories
between
1975 and 1993.
Normally, the public is invited to attend the Sunday
final matches but that tradition has been suspended.
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