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Conrad golfers win 1st Ryder Cup |
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Wednesday, 02 July 2008 |
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Page 1 of 2 By Buck Traxler, I-O Editor
 TEAM WORK – Conrad golfers line up and hoist the Ryder Cup trophy on Sunday after they put up 25 points to 19.5 for Shelby and 15.5 for Cut Bank to win the cup on their home course for the first time in eight years. I-O Photo by Patti Orcutt
After placing second in the first year of the annual three-city golfing event, Conrad spent the next seven years on the bottom rung of the ladder watching either Cut Bank or (mostly) Shelby celebrate and take on bragging rights as the best golf team in northcentral Montana.
The event is a two-day 54-hole match involving the three cities, played on a rotating basis at two different golf courses.
This year 36 holes were played on Friday in Shelby at the Marias Valley Golf and Country Club and the final 18 were played on the home boys’ course, the Pondera Golf Club on Sunday.
The matches are based on the professional format of the Ryder Cup in which American golfers play a European team.
Here, players go against each other in a team best ball format and then play a Chapman match where players alternate hitting the other players ball.
The final contest is an individual match play format.
Friday morning in Shelby, Conrad golfers scored seven points, Shelby five and Cut Bank three.
Winning their matches were the teams of Casey Vandenacre-Howard Bouma; Tom Billings-Don Dutro; Scott Arvidson-Carmen Jensen; Brian Pribnow-Brad Dahl; Brian Miller-Lyle Orcutt; Jay Taylor-Dave Orcutt; and Ryan VanDyke-Calvin Schlepp.
Taking a loss were Lane Judisch-Dean Hellinger; Rhett Orcutt-Scott Newmiller; and Greg Orcutt-Buck Traxler.
After the morning round scores looked like this: Conrad 7, Shelby 5, and Cut Bank 3.
In the alternate shot Chapman matches in the afternoon Conrad golfers won six matches.
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