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Conrad mired in third place in Ryder Cup |
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Wednesday, 27 June 2007 |
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Page 1 of 2  BLASTING OUT – Conrad golfer Carman Jensen blasts out of trouble on the 502-yard par five first hole during Ryder Cup play at the Pondera Golf Club on Friday. Conrad placed third in the annual event. I-O by Buck Traxler
The event is a two-day 54-hole match involving Conrad, Cut Bank and Shelby golfers played on a rotating basis at two different cities, 36 holes on the first day and then 18 holes for the finals.
The matches are loosely set up in the format of the professional Ryder Cup, pitting the U.S. against European players.
Here, players go against each in a team best ball format and then have a team-alternate shot format on the first day and individual match play over the final 18 holes.
This year, the first 36 holes were played in Conrad on Friday and the finals in Cut Bank on Sunday.
After the morning round, team scores looked like this: Conrad 4.5, Cut Bank 3 and Shelby 7.5
Winning matches for the homeboys were the teams of T.J. Bennyhoff-Bill McKinley, Calvin Schlepp-Dave Orcutt, Mark Gage-Terry Will, and Tom Billings-Ryan Eisenzimer. Each match is worth one point; a tie is good for half a point.
Lyle Orcutt and Carman Jensen gained a tie.
Losing their first round matches were Buck Traxler-Howard Bouma, Ryan VanDyke-Jay Taylor, Jim Bjelland-Dave Howard, and Joe Russell-Gregg Orcutt.
In the alternate shot format in the afternoon matches, winners for Conrad included Traxler-G. Orcutt, Russell-Bouma, Jensen-Billings, Don Dutro-Eisenzimer with Gage and Howard gaining a split.
Team scores after day one had Shelby with 15.5, Conrad 9, and Cut Bank 5.5.
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