North Carolina PPA Players Retain Clayton Cup for Third Straight Year
Victorious North Carolina Team at 1998 Clayton Cup in Newport News, VA
(Starting back left - Michael Hitt, Rick Baird, Robert Johnson, Bart Bason, Larry Simpson, Bob Haizlip, C.L. Jones, and Chris Bunting. Starting front left - Bill Kirby, Jr., Tony Jackson, and Greg Newport)
Newport News, VA - For the third straight year, and second time on a Virginia course, the PPA Players from North Carolina won the Clayton Cup. The Clayton Cup was held on October 24th and 25th in Newport News, VA.
The Clayton Cup is an annual competition between the PPA members of the Virginia and North Carolina State Tours. Each state tour qualifies 10 PPA players to represent the tour in the annual event. The Clayton Cup is named in honor of Don Clayton, the founder of Putt-Putt Golf Courses of America
The competition is held over two days in which the players compete in best-ball, alternate shot, individual match-play, and two-man team match play. The format awards 40 points during the first day of play and 45 points during the second day of play. The points are awarded as follows:
Format Point per Match
Total Points in Round
Better Ball (two-man teams) 2 10 Alternate Shot (two-man teams) 2 10 Individual Match-Play 2 20 Two-man Team Match-Play (Round 1) 3 15 Two-man Team Match-Play (Round 2) 3 15 Two-man Team Match-Play (Round 3) 3 15 Total Points Available 85 The defending team needs 42.5 points to retain the Clayton Cup while the challenging team needs 43 points to win the cup.
The Virginia Team for 1998 (starting back left Mike Damsky, Mike Brown, Thomas Rawles, Rusty Taylor, Manfred Stewart, Bo Luthie, Buddy Taylor, at front left Dave Taylor, Peter Neumann, and Brad Lebo.
The Virginia tour won the inaugural Clayton Cup held in 1994 in Richmond, VA and successfully defended the Clayton Cup in 1995 in Greensboro, NC. North Carolina won the Clayton Cup for the first time in Fredericksburg, VA in 1996 and defended it successfully in High Point, NC in 1997.
