52nd Nebraska Cup Matches End in Tie, PGA Retains
Matches conducted Tuesday at Lost Rail Golf Club
GRETNA (June 18, 2024) – The 52nd Nebraska Cup Matches ended in a tie, 36-all, for just the fourth time in the event's history, with the Nebraska Section PGA retaining the Cup, Tuesday at Lost Rail Golf Club in Gretna.
The event annually pits the state’s best amateur golfers versus the state’s top professionals in both Four-Ball and Singles matches. With the win, the Nebraska PGA now leads the series 30-22.
It's just the fourth time the matches have ended in a tie, and the first since 1989, when the Amateurs retained the Cup at Highland Country Club in Omaha. The matches also were tied in 1987 (PGA) and 1985 (NebGolf).
The Amateurs took the lead after the Morning Four-Ball Session, 19-17, with two sides sweeping their matches. Elkhorn's Danny Woodhead and Omaha's Charlie Zielinski won all six available points in the Nassau-scored matches, defeating Brad Bailey of Champions Run and Jay Cottam of Meadowlark Hills Golf Course. Elkhorn's Ryan Nietfeldt and Omaha's Matthew Quandt did the same in their match, taking down Nick Wanderscheid of Morningside University and and Shane Zywiec of Highlands Golf Course.
The Afternoon Singles were equally competitive, as the matches came down to the wire. Jim White of the Fairways at Lincoln flipped his match late, winning the last three holes to get two points off Gretna's Brian Csipkes, which turned out to be a deciding factor for the Pros.
Table Rock's Calvin Freeman birdied his last hole to tie Brady Schnell of Firethorn Golf Club, and Nietfeldt won his last hole to secure a sweep of Happy Hollow Club's Ryan Vermeer. They looked like important points, but ultimately the Nebraska PGA won the session 19-17, and a tie resulted in a retention of the Cup, with the Pros winning in 2023.
Fremont's John Sajevic swept his singles match against Jon Petersen of Tiburon Golf Club, and so did his son, Andy Sajevic of Omaha, earning all three points against Justin Herron of Oak Hills Country Club.
Nietfeldt led the way for the Amateurs, earning all nine possible points in his matches, while Woodhead recorded 8.5 points in his.
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The Nebraska Golf Association (NebGolf), founded in 1966, is comprised of all members of public and private clubs and/or municipal or regional golf associations which utilize an approved handicap service recognized by the USGA and provided by NebGolf. Our mission is to uphold and promote the game of golf and its values to all golfers in Nebraska. Among the duties of the Association include governance of member clubs and service as their handicapping and course rating authority, conduct of state golf championships, local USGA qualifying & other notable competitions, promotion of junior golf, presentation of worthwhile educational programs and support of allied golf organizations in Nebraska. The Nebraska Golf Association is an Allied Golf Association of the USGA and carries out core services including Handicap Administration and Oversight, Course Rating, Rules of Golf and Rules of Amateur Status, Tournaments and USGA Championship Qualifiers and USGA Initiatives and Community Programs.
