Members of the British Columbia Golf Association team that won the 2003 Morse Cup were (l-r) Pacific Coast Golf Association Trustees Gary Coblenz and Chuck Gage; players Craig Doell, Dan Swanson and James Lepp; and PCGA President Jim Halliday.
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Members of the British Columbia Golf Association team that won the 2003 Morse Cup were (l-r) Pacific Coast Golf Association Trustees Gary Coblenz and Chuck Gage; players Craig Doell, Dan Swanson and James Lepp; and PCGA President Jim Halliday. |
WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., August 6 – A record-breaking round by James Lepp and solid play from Craig Doell powered the British Columbia Golf Association to an overwhelming victory in the Morse Cup Team Competition of the 37th Pacific Coast Amateur Championship. It was BCGA’s first Morse Cup victory in 15 years of competition.
With the best two of three scores counting each day, BCGA totaled 265, nine shots in front of the Southern California GA and 10 shots in front of defending champion Northern California GA.
BC’s victory was even more impressive when one considers the scores left out each day. Lepp’s 8-under-par 62 and Doell’s 67 counted for the second-round 129, while Dan Swanson’s 71 was a throw-out score. In the first round, BC didn’t count a 1-under-par 69 by Doell as Lepp posted 67 and Swanson had a 68.
RESULTS:
37th Pacific Coast Amateur Championship
Morse Cup Team Competition (best 2 of 3 scores each of first two rounds count for team total)
Final 36-hole results:
265 -- British Columbia , 136-129 (Craig Doell, 69-67; James Lepp, 68-62; Dan Swanson, 68-71).
274 -- Southern California, 139-135 (Nico Bollini, 73-75; John Merrick, 68-69; Roy Moon, 71-66).
275 -- Northern California, 138-137 (John Ellis, 74-68; J.J. Jakovac, 68-69; Jeff Wilson, 70-71).
279 -- Pacific Northwest, 137-142 (Chris Baryla, 68-74; Chris Maletis, 72-73; Michael Putnam, 69-69).
282 -- Washington State, 141-141 (Brock Mackenzie, 69-70; Ryan Moore, 73-71; Alex Stamey, 72-71).
283 -- Alberta, 140-143 (James Love, 69-78; Michael Mezei, 73-69; Frank Dominick, 71-74 ).
283 -- Public Links of Southern California , 143-140 (Travis Johnson, 70-69; Ian MacDonald, 76-77; Greg Puga, 73-71).
283 -- Southern Nevada, 143-140 (Brien Davis, 75-70; Brady Exber, 68-70; Dana Wade, 85-79).
284 -- Utah, 141-143 (Carl Jensen, 77-79; Peter Stone, 71-74; Luke Swilor, 70-69).
288 -- Oregon, 142-146 (Ryan Fery, 73-70; Brian Hughes, 69-76; Brad Mombert, 77-79).
288 -- Idaho, 143-145 (Aaron Curtis, 76-75; Everett Grimes II, 73-74; Marc Rhoades, 70-71).
291 -- Golf Association of Republic China, 147-144 (Chen-Chih Chang, 75-69; Tung-Hung Hsieh, 73-75; Shih-Kai Lo, 74-77).
295 -- Arizona, 148-147 (Charlie Beljan, 71-75; Jake Grodzinsky, 79-74; Erik Nielsen, 77-73).
295 -- Colorado, 149-146 (Rick DeWitt, 77-72; Shawn Wills, 74-79; Kane Webber, 75-74).
297 -- Northern Nevada, 151-146 (Cullen Brasfield, 77-73; David Nelson, 80-74; Steve Sheehan, 74-73).
298 -- Sun Country, 151-147 (Patrick Hanlon, 76-75; Anton Salome, 75-82; Tyler Simmons, 78-72 ).
304 -- Wyoming, 148-156 (Niel King, 76-86; Craig Reasoner, 75-84; Ashdon Woods, 73-72).
NOTE:
The third round is tomorrow (Thursday). The tournament concludes on Friday.
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