FOLLOW SENIOR CUP TEAM RESULTS
October 10-12
County Club of St. Albans
Tavern Creek Course
By JJ Vastyan The Missouri Golf Post
Hieronymus Cup Teams Split at the Country Club at St. Albans
Yesterday in singles play the West “open” division team continued their dominance over the East with a 7.5 to 2.5 win in the session and an overall score of 13 to 7 for the “open” division Cup. Eight of the 10 singles matches came down to the 18th hole and made the final result not as lopsided as it might appear. For whatever reason, the East found a way to lose or halve the 18th when they needed a win to get a full or half point.
West Captain Antonio Serrano was happy with the hard fought win. “I guess we did just enough in those many close matches—including mine,” he said. (Serrano went off first and won 1 up over Buddy Allen when Allen’s birdie putt on 18 failed to go in.) “It was a true team effort as everyone from the West contributed on Saturday, Sunday, or both days.”
The West entered Sunday’s play with a slim 5.5 to 4.5 edge after the Saturday best ball and foursomes matches.
The East Senior squad built up a commanding 9 to 1 lead after Saturday’s sessions and cruised to a 15 to 5 victory to win the Cup in the Senior division. The teams appeared evenly matched before the start of play, but the East team simply overwhelmed the West in the partner matches. Both East Captain Jeff Johnson and West Captain BJ Curry mixed up all but one of their teams after the morning four-ball matches but the East continued to dominate in the afternoon. “That’s match play for you,” Johnson said afterward. “We could play again next weekend and the results could be totally different.”
The Cup Matches began in 1994 and were renamed The Hieronymus Cup Matches after the late Damon Hieronymus of Sedalia. Hieronymus bequeathed funds held in trust to the Missouri Golf Association in after his death in 1997 “to be used for the betterment of amateur and junior golf in Missouri.” The MGA has used these monies since then to offset some expenses in staging the yearly matches that now include a total of 40 players.
Senior West Captain BJ Curry spoke about Hieronymus at the Saturday evening players’ dinner. “I owe my start and continued participation in golf to Damon. He was a great supporter of me and of Joe (Bellmer) and a true fan of junior and amateur golf, “ he said. “Just a wonderful, wonderful man I was lucky to know.”
WEST CUP TEAMS Captain: Antonio Serrano
Joe Atkisson, Springfield
Wayne Fredrick, Springfield
Brian Haskell, St Joseph
Jamie Hathcock, Springfield
Drew Hatten, Leawood
Evan Monheiser, Blue Springs
Brad Nurski, St Joseph
Tyler Stalker, Springfield
Captain’s Picks
Derek Reynolds, Springfield
Antonio Serrano, Springfield
SENIOR Captain: BJ Curry Assistant: Joe Bellmer
Chuck Admire, Kansas City
Ron Eilers, Columbia
Steve Groom, Raytown
Davis Pawlus, Parsons
Dee Sanders, Columbia
Andy Smith, Gladstone w/d Mike Wilson, Rocheport
David Teel, Columbia
Ed Walsworth, Fairway
Captain’s Picks
BJ Curry, Sedalia
Brad Dixon, Lake Ozark
EAST CUP TEAMS Captain: Skip Berkmeyer
Buddy Allen, Pevely
Patrick Britt, St Louis
Brian Craig, St Louis
Chris Dale, Crestwood
Chris Martin, Rolla
Chad Niezing, Manchester
Kent Phillips, Cape Girardeau
Scott Seibert, Chesterfield
Captain’s Picks
Skip Berkmeyer, Wildwood
Phil Caravia, St Louis
SENIOR Captain: Jeff Johnson
Don Bliss, St Louis
Karl Elbrecht, St Louis
Andy Frost, St Louis
Mark Gardiner, Mascoutah w/d Tony Brown, St Louis
Jeff Johnson, Ballwin
Bernie McGuire, Chesterfield
Jeff Sarni, Chesterfield
Bob Trittler, Wentzville
Captain’s Picks
Tom Barry, St Louis
Scott Edwards, St Louis
ELIGIBILITY
All Players selected to be a part of the Hieronymus Cup Teams must be a current member of the Missouri Golf Association.
Members of each team are selected by points earned in the Point Events.
Go to Player Standings page for the points allocation table or click here.
There are two Divisions regular and senior (50+) within each Cup Team
Cup Match Teams: *collegiate players are not eligible
20 players represent the East side
20 players represent the West side.
The 20 players from each side are chosen by:
>8 of the 20 are chosen from the 2014 Cup Team point standings
>8 players are chosen from the 2014 Senior Cup Team point standings
>The remaining 4 are chosen by the Captains
2 from the championship division and 2 from the senior division
Missouri Cup Match History
| 1994 | West 15.5 East 8.5 | Loch Lloyd | W 1-0 |
| 1995 | West 12.5 East 11.5 | Tan Tar A | W 2-0 |
| 1996 | East 15.5 West 8.5 | St Albans(E) | W 2-1 |
| 1997 | East 14.5 West 9.5 | Jefferson City CC | AS 2-2 |
| 1998 | East 14.5 West 9.5 | St Joseph CC | E 3-2 |
| 1999 | East 12.5 West 11.5 | St Albans(W) | E 4-2 |
| 2000 | West 14 East 10 | CC of Missouri | E 4-3 |
| 2001 | East 12.5 West 11.5 | Mission Hills CC | E 5-3 |
| 2002 | East 13.5 West 10.5 | Forest Hills | E 6-3 |
| 2003 | West 13 East 11 | Millwood | E 6-4 |
| 2004 | West 13.5 East 10.5 | KansasCity CC | E 6-5 |
| 2005 | West 12.5 East 11.5 | The Club at Old Kinderhook | AS 6-6 |
| 2006 | East 16 West 8 | Osage National GC | E 7-6 |
| 2007 | West 17 East 11 | The Club at PortoCima | AS 7-7 |
| 2008 | East 15.5 West 12.5 | Dalhousie Golf Club | E 8-7 |
| 2009 | East 21 West 19 | Norwood Hills CC | E 9-7 |
| 2010 | West 24.5 East 15.5 | Jefferson City CC | E 9-8 |
| 2011 | West 23.5 East 16.5 | Dalhousie Golf Club | AS 9-9 |
| 2012 | West 20.5 East 20 | Hickory Hill CC | W 10-9 |
| 2013 | West 24 East 16 | Jefferson City CC | W 11-9 |