Concession Cup Held in Spain Last month the Concession Cup, an international amateur team event, was held at Real Golf Valderrama in Southern Spain. The Concession Cup was created to celebrate the game through international competition while giving back to worthy causes. The event is a biennial team competition played between teams comprised of leading male MidAmateurs, Senior Amateurs and Super Senior Amateurs from the United States and Europe. Each team includes, Six MidAmateurs, age 25 to 54, Six By Fred Altvater however things became much tighter as the day progressed. TeamUSA turned around several matches on the back nine and took command in a couple of close matches as well. Mike McCoy, recently named Walker Cup Captain, entered the final hole even after a bogey at 17th, then made a 15-foot birdie putt to secure the win in his match against Ruppert Kellock. By late afternoon the top of the leaderboard was dominated in red, and the USA rebound was complete. Real Club Valderrama again proved to be a wonderful site Senior Amateurs, age 55 and older and Two Super Senior Amateurs, over the age of 65. Over three-days the teams compete in foursome, fourball and singles matches. The Campbell/Bonallack Trophy is awarded to the winning team and is named for two great amateur golfers, Bill Campbell and Sir Michael Bonallack. After the first two days and 12 team matches, Team USA trailed the International Team by five shots. However, the Americans completely dominated the 12 singles matches collecting 9.5 points to erase the fiveshot disadvantage and win the Campbell/Bonallack Trophy. Facing the large deficit for the final singles matches, American Captain Danny Yates and his assistants Alan Fadel, Bryan Norton, and Robert Gerwin, decided to load the top of the day’s play with those players who were at the top of their games, hopefully to cut into the lead early. This strategy proved to work very well. Quickly the leaderboard favored the USA, Michigan Golf Journal
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