BERNARDSVILLE, New Jersey – Team Mass Golf finished Day 1 at the Griscom Cup Competition trailing leading Team WMGA by a total of six points.
Mass Golf totaled 11 points, while the Women’s Metropolitan Golf Association sits atop the leaderboard with 17 points. The Women’s Golf Association of Philadelphia heads into Day 2 with 8 points.
The first round was a three-way, Nassau-style match-play competition. Two players from each team played foursomes (alternate shot) and were awarded one point for winning the front nine, one point for the back nine, and one point for the 18-hole round. Half-points were awarded in the event of halved matches.
All four of Team Mass Golf’s duos won 1 point each against Team WMGA. All the duos except for one scored against Team WGAP. Wendy Colby and Charlotte Cute scored 3 points; Piper Jordan and Lindsay Cone scored 1 point; Alison Paik and Mary Chamberlain scored 3 points; Morgan Smith and Mackenzie Whitney topped Mass Golf’s team off with a total of 4 points.
Team Mass Golf looks to make a strong comeback in hopes of securing the Griscom Cup title for a second consecutive year.
The competition continues Thursday with a round of singles matches.
The Sweepstakes Round took place on Wednesday morning before the Championship Round, with two teams tying each other with a net score of 62. Mackenzie Whitney and Lindsay Cone both represented Mass Golf on each of the separate tying teams.
The round featured a net-best ball foursome format with players from Mass Golf, WMGA, and WGAP mixed together on each team.
Pro shop credit was awarded to the top teams.
TEAM MASS GOLF
| Morgan Smith | Piper Jordan |
| Mackenzie Whitney | Allison Paik |
| Lindsay Cone | Wendy Colby |
| Mary Chamberlain | Charlotte Cute |
| Captain: Chelsea Curtis |
TEAM WGAP
| Michelle Cox | Samantha Perrotta |
| Isabella DiLosio | Jackie Rogowicz |
| Lauren Jones | Karen Siegel |
| Ava O’Sullivan | Katrin Wolfe |
| Riley Quartermain | Captain: Liz Hanes |
TEAM WMGA
| Judy Cuttone | Corinna Limbocker |
| Paige Diecidue | Emily Montagino |
| Sammie Dolce | Christina Parsells |
| Ami Gianchandani | Amy Bender |
| Yoona Kim |
The history of the Griscom Cup began in 1898 when WGAP initiated an inter-city competition against a team from the all-women’s Morris Country Club in New Jersey. The WMGA was established in 1899 and assumed responsibility for selecting the New York team in 1900. Boston joined to make it a three-city competition in 1902. The competition has been held every year since except for the two World War periods, in 1984 due to weather, and in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
WMGA leads with 44 wins; the WGAP trails behind with 43 wins and three ties with the WMGA, and Mass Golf sits at 29 wins. Massachusetts’ most recent win came last year when the Mass Golf team defeated the WMGA and WGAP with a dominating score of 51 points. Mass Golf has had three other wins since the turn of the century, taking home the Cup in 2008, 2009, and 2016.
Somerset Hills Country Club’s course and landscape were designed by the legendary A.W. Tillinghast, respectively.
Golf Digest has ranked Somerset Hills Country Club as one of the top 100 golf courses nationally since 1985. Its current ranking is #57 overall and #3 in the state of New Jersey.
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With a community made up of over 100,000 golf enthusiasts and over 360 member clubs, Mass Golf is one of the largest state golf associations in the country. Members enjoy the benefits of handicapping, engaging golf content, course rating and scoring services along with the opportunity to compete in an array of events for golfers of all ages and abilities.
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