2008 Douglas Cup Champs
Steve Mulder, Pete Allerby, D. Batchelder, Conrad Lee, Marc Lopatin, Julio Beaton, Cal Shoemaker, Bill Garbizo, Jeff Douglas, Robert Oden, Richard Berkowitz, George Meillarec, Jay Mack, Russ Elkan, Angel Cabrera, Howard Chatoff, Adam Horvit Front row- Rick Ellison, Jim Ganley, Steve Fields, David Garbizo, Bill Lawler, Rich Bonchick, Dean Ehrlich, Mark Solomon, Matt Lief Not Pictured- Darryl Weiner, Tom Snowberger, Pete Dehlinger, Tom Palermo, Dick Mateer, Jason Scherr
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Captain Jeff Douglas After Ceremonial Victory Dive
Ray Bardales Offer Congratulations
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The tournament produced 32 - 1st and 2nd place finishers, the real winners were the 64 members that came together to have a thoroughly enjoyable 3 days.
The event started with a pairing party Thursday evening when the two captains Douglas and Bardales revealed there team members and seated teams and singles matches. The match results are available at Results and the pairing can be viewed at Pairings.
We teed off on Friday afternoon with 64 PGCC finest members in shot gun start of either Best Ball or Alternate Shot 9 hole matches. The 16 Teams of two played for a possibility of 32 total points the first day. The White team earned a substantial advantage leading by 19 to 12 points when the day was complete.
Friday evening 100 people assembled in the Ball Room with the wives to rejoice, dine, dance, cocktails and meet old friends and meet many new PGCC members. The Italian food was excellent the music by Terry Cooper was excellent and the friendships renewed or started were the tone for the evening. Linda Douglas introduced a new tradition of providing Beta Fish to 12 children of members and will provide a special prize for the one child that keeps there fish alive the longest. The fish report will be placed on the front page within 2 days for the children to send report.
Saturday morning the membership struggled to the tee, complaining they partied to heavily the night before. The singles matches started at 11AM and by 4:45 the white team had exceed the number of points required to win the 2nd Annual Douglas Cup 34-20. The trophy was presented on the 18 green and then Captain Douglas was urged to provide the ceremonial dive into the lake.
More will be posted and the pictures of the tournament will be placed live within the next week.
To All the participants, there wives significant others and children:
We made this effort for the old members, our friends and the new members that we will call old friends in 2010. This was the Douglas' opportunity to show how great a event can be and should be at PGCC. We thank the many staff that assisted us in our efforts.
Jeff and Linda
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2006
Dramatic
Finish Decided With Tie Breaker at 19th
 The
day started off with a seldom used rule dispute and finished
with the first Douglas Cup being decided by a tie breaker
chip off on the 19th hole.
The white team
stormed back from 5 points down to tie the match on the
18th hole, while 20 golf carts followed the final
foursome down the 18th fairway. The white team
of Bryan Pennington and Matt Lief
successfully defeated the Blue team of Ivan Borodiak and
Bob Sullivan to complete the sweep of the last 4 points
and force a tie breaking chip off. Captains, Jeff
Douglas and Ramon Bardales,
went to the 19th to chip, one shot, closest to the pin,
to decide the cup. Ramon Bardales,
lofted his chip 30 feet past the pin and Jeff Douglas hit
his chip into the water providing the Blue Team with the
slimmest margin of victory possible. The suspense
proved infectious as the drama unfolded.
The day started with the blue team taking
an early lead in matches between the B-C players. The
blue team held a commanding 5 point lead, with only 10 points
to be decided. With wins in the late
B-C singles match, the white team remained
4 points behind.. With 8 points left to be decided
on the final six holes the white team won 2 of the first
3 matches in alternate shot format, leaving the white team
only two points down with 2 points to be decided. The
crowd, realizing the importance of the final match, joined
the final foursome on the 17th hole and watched
the white team take a 1 hole advantage
with one hole to play. On the final hole, after the
second shots, the blue team seemed in control to tie the
match and secure a Blue team victory. Ivan Borodiak placed
his shot in the middle of the fairway 150 yards from the
pin, while Bryan Pennington's
second shot landed in a deep pot bunker 165 from the pin.
The 20 handicappers were to take the next shot. Matt
Lief nervously entered the pot bunker and successfully chipped
to within 100 yards and Bryan Pennington
lofted a wedge to within 25 feet. Two puts later the match
tournament would end all even, at 20 – 20.
 Jeff
Douglas and Dave Salerno,
weeks earlier, discussed how great it would be if the match
came down to the last foursome to decide a winner, never
considering the possibility of a tie score. As the
day unfolded their wish came true. With a 20 to 20
tie, the Douglas Cup ensured it’s
place on the tournament schedule of PGC for many years to
come.
The suspense continued to grow as Paul
Crespo tallied the results confirming a tie score. The
suspense ended when the founder of the tournament, missed
the final chip, providing Ramon
Bardales and the Blue team a hard
fought victory. After the cup was presented and the
pictures were taken on the 18th green the blue
team chanted, “Ramon dive” urging the blue captain to complete
the celebration with a dive into the pond on the 18th
green. Ramon threw off his glasses and hat and happily
belly flopped for his fellow team mates.
Jeff Douglas remarked “Both teams proved
they deserved a victory but I am very happy with the outcome
and congratulate Ramon and his team. They won and
deserve to hold the cup for the next two years. I’m
glad it was me, rather then any of my team mates, who had
to take the final shot that would lose the tournament.”
The
blue team owns the Douglas Cup till 2008.
But the players are eagerly awaiting to contest it’s
ownership.
“Once in a great while
something very special comes along.
The first Douglas Cup was one of those.
It may never be duplicated.
At the very least, it will be spoken about for a
long time to come.
Firsts are always difficult.
Not in this instance. We had a “down to the wire” finish. We all saw the first victory dive into the lake
(alligators not withstanding).
We saw “D” players making clutch shots with an audience. We all experienced camaraderie and sportsmanship.
This gentlemen, is what
traditions and legends are made of.
And in 2006, at a brand new golf club, 32 phenomenal
guys became part of it.
We were there and we watched it happen. Actually, we all made it happen. We saw the whole become greater than the sum
of the parts. How
very, very special this is.
There will be others,
but this was the first.
How often have any of us been there first?
Thank you all for being
who you are and being there with me.”
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