Tour’s Western Division takes Commissioner’s Cup
Team West wrestled away the Commissioner’s Cup from the Central Division last weekend at Forest Dunes Golf Club ending a 4-year reign for the team in red. Captained by the Tour’s founder, Erik Meland, the west team dominated in team play building a 12 to 4 lead on Saturday. Needing only a half point in the Sunday singles matches, Team West won the Cup for the first time since 2007 when Thom Bales beat Rich Dunmore 6&5 in singles match #2. The teams would eventually split the singles matches 4 to 4 giving the West a final 16 to 8 victory.
Bales was 5-0-0 in this 8th Commissioner’s Cup, delivering only the 6th perfect record in Comm Cup history. The west division team also included Mike Prieskorn (4-0-1), Tom Moran (4-1-0), Tom Hoelzle (3-1-1), Bill Gordon (3-2-0), Barb Hoelzle (2-2-1) and Tim Jakubowski (2-3-0). Meland was 3-1-1 in his 5 matches and evened his record at 2 wins and 2 losses as a Comm Cup captain.
Team West – Bill Gordon, Tom Moran, Thom Bales, Erik Meland
Mike Prieskorn, Tim Jakubowski, Tom Hoelzle & Barb Hoelzle
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