Midwest Cup

The official twitter account for the 2018 Midwest Cup. Follow us for live updates from the Cedar Rapids C.C., August 21 & 22.

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The alternate shot matches:

Match 5 - Adolfs/Player X vs. Franco/Hampton

Match 6 - Cesak/Wiesbrook vs Schlinsog/Watson

Match 7 - Manta/Obrochta vs. Ilten/Novak

Match 8 - Rivera/Suggs vs. Olson/Zahner

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Tuesday afternoon's competition will take place in 2 parts. 9 holes of alternate shot and 9 holes of two-man scramble.

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The Tuesday pairings have been announced. Here are the morning Four Ball matches:

Match 1 - Cesak/Rivera vs. Franco/Zahner

Match 2 - Obrochta/Player X vs. Novak/Schlinsog

Match 3 - Manta/Wiesbrook vs. Hampton/Ilten

Match 4 - Adolfs/Suggs vs. Olson/Watson

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INJURY UPDATE: Jeff Lukitsh is out of the Cup competition due to an upper body injury. Team Chicago is scrambling to find an 8th. Does anyone have Tiger's number?

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And Team Chicago:

Tony Adolfs, Captain
Jim Cesak, Captain
Jeff Lukitsh
Jerry Manta
Mike Obrochta
Mike Suggs
Ken Wiesbrook
And...Richard Rivera...wait? What?

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Meet Team Iowa:

Randy Novak, Captain
Mark Watson, Captain
John Franco
Dan Hampton
John Ilten
James Olson
Ben Schlinsog
Robert Zahner

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The most anticipated golf event of the year is only one week away. Team "Chicago" will descend upon the Cedar Rapids CC, Aug. 20 - 22, to defend its 2017 Cup title against Team "Iowa". Stay tuned for important updates. @TheCRCC

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It was a great couple of days for both Team "Iowa" and Team Chicago. Thanks to all who participated and to the staff a Midlothian C.C.

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The happiest man on the face of the planet. Congrats, Jim and Team Chicago!

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Team Chicago takes the Midwest Cup with a 12 to 8 victory!!!

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Wiesbrook and Franco All Square
Passannante over Ilten 5 & 4
Adolfs over Gast 3 & 2
Cesak over Zahner 4 & 3
Artlip over Watson 1 up

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Team Chicago nearly sweeps the singles matches!
Lukitsh over Olson 2 & 1
Manta over Novak 3 & 2
Schlinsog over McCombie 2 up

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Perfect conditions as we start day 2 of the Midwest Cup.

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The feature match of the afternoon saw Adolfs/Cesak storming back to beat Novak/Watson after going down 3 holes with 5 to play.

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Team "Iowa" holds the same lead it had going into the singles in 2016. Team Chicago hopes to change the outcome this year.

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BREAKING: A number of big money side bets have been placed on the Schlinsog vs McCombie and Gast vs Adolfs matches. Wine was talking.

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Match 19 - Zahner vs Cesak
Match 20 - Watson vs Artlip

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Match 15 - Schlinsog vs McCombie
Match 16 - Franco vs Wiesbrook
Match 17 - Ilten vs Passannante
Match 18 - Gast vs Adolfs

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The singles matches have been determined. Here they are:
Match 13 - Olson vs Lukitsh
Match 14 - Novak vs Manta

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Team "Iowa" holds the lead going into tomorrow's singles matches. 6 1/2 to 5 1/2. Singles selection is coming up.