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Meadow Lakes wins bragging rights
Meadow Lakes defeats Prineville Golf Club 25-5 to win annual Prineville Cup
Jim Montgomery chips onto the eighth green at Meadow Lakes during the annual Prineville Cup. Montgomery and his partner Zach Lampert won both of their matches in the competition on Sunday.
Meadow Lakes Golf Club has bragging rights for golf in Prineville for another year.
Golfers from Meadow Lakes soundly trounced a team from Prineville Golf Club on Sunday to win the Prineville Cup and assert their dominance over golf in Prineville.
“It’s an event that we look forward to every year,” said Meadow Lakes spokesman Zach Lampert. “We are always competing against each other at Meadow Lakes, and it’s nice to get a chance to all play together against someone else. We get to root for each other instead of playing
Members of the Meadow Lakes Prineville Cup team pose for a photo after winning Sunday’s event.
Meadow Lakes won the event 25-5, one of the largest margins in Prineville Cup history. The unique event features five pairs of players from both clubs playing 18-holes of golf at both Meadow Lakes and Prineville Golf Club. Competitors can earn one point for low score on the front nine at each golf course, one point for low score on the back nine, and one point for lowest total score. The 18-holes at Prineville Golf Club are played in a two-man scramble format, while the 18-holes at Meadow Lakes are played in a two-man best-ball format.
“The format is very similar to the President’s Cup or the Ryder Cup,” Lampert said.
Meadow Lakes has now won the tournament for three consecutive years.
“In the early years of the tournament the Country Club won a lot,” Lampert said. “Then we were alternating back and forth and now we’re on our own little streak.”
The only match that Prineville Golf Club won in the entire event was when Dale Close and Mike Chappell defeated Jeff Storm and Ryan Criazzo 2.5 to .5 at Meadow Lakes. Earlier in the day Storm and Criazzo had defeated Dale Close and Richard Kludt 3-0. Meadow Lakes earned three other shut outs during the match. Complete results will appear in the Friday edition of the Central Oregonian.
