Can Am Cup Team Match Play Championship

ALL-AMERICAN FINAL AT CAN AM CUP; 'DOOTS REPEAT The last summer weekend was the best time to bring the frisbee family together again. The colorful team jerseys and the ridge and valley greenery ti ... show more ›

ALL-AMERICAN FINAL AT CAN AM CUP; 'DOOTS REPEAT

The last summer weekend was the best time to bring the frisbee family together again. The colorful team jerseys and the ridge and valley greenery tinged with red and gold were the visual setting for the 2017 Can Am Cup Team Match Play Championship at Brown’s Farm DGC in South Dayton, NY, September 16-17.

Congratulations for winning the 19th edition of the event go to Flaggerdoots, who repeated their 2016 Can Am Cup championship. Buff-Roch were Silver medalists this year, and Thunderhawks took the Bronze. “Coach”less rounded out the semi-final field of the 10-team field.

Regional teams of 2 Open, 2 Amateur, a Master-aged player, and a Woman came to Western New York for a reunion with their long-time as well as new-found friends and competitors, and for the unique match play challenge that the course created by brothers Michael “Granddaddy” Brown and Rex Brown provides.

The Gold Medal match, as it so often has in the past, came down to a tiebreaker after each team won 3 of the 6 matches in the final. The Pittsburgh-based herd of jackalopes came out on top by one hole over the NY mega-crew, which is where both teams started the 19th edition of the team tournament as the 1 and 2 seeds.

Mel Martin and Chelsea Carl, who were both undefeated going into the finals, battled to a tie through the first four holes of the nine-hole championship match. Martin went up 2 points on the slightly uphill dogleg right par 4 Hole 5 (with OB the entire left side of fairway), and the long and tight downhill creekbed that is Hole 6. But, the fast greens and tricksy lies of the wooded and hilly terrain of Brown’s Farm gave both women fits on the 7th hole of the match. Martin’s attempted layup after a drive to within 30’ of the basket hit a root and rolled 50’ down the steep bank below the basket. Mel got the uphill layup to stay on the slope and was positioned to tap in for a 4 on the hole. Chelsea hit some early wood off the tee, but scrambled for a putt to win the hole after Martin needed two layups. Carl’s putt unfortunately chained out and rolled down the bank, and when she missed the 50-foot uphill putt, the match went to Martin (3 up with 2 holes left).

The only Gold Medal match to go the full nine holes was the Open 1 card. Flaggerdoots captain, Chris Lachendro, tied the match with Buff-Roch captain Sam Castiglione on the par-4 hole #8 with a second shot that landed 3 feet from the basket guarded by a semicircle of mature maple and hemlock trees. On signature Hole 9, Lachendro and Castiglione both drove low and ended 275’ from the basket with an OB pond in front. Chris’ approach shot flew directly at the basket but low, and it was swallowed by the OB cattails. Sam played his second shot safely to the left of the pond, then flicked an approach to within 8 feet. Chris’s 4th shot over the pond and reeds was too long to keep the match going extra holes. Sam holed out for the 1up win.
Buff-Roch’s Bobby Jones beat Sid Olcott (4 up and 3), and Jeremy Hoeltke bested Eric Nichols in the Am 2 match (1 up and 1) to put 3 wins in the B-F column.

However, the margins of victory in Cody Winget’s win over Justin Whitney (2 up and 1) in the Open 2 match, and Troy Wagner’s Am 1 win over Jamie Rockefeller (3 up and 2) were just large enough to win the tiebreaker for the Flaggerdoots.
To get to the third place match, and after starting the four pool-play matches and two cross-over rounds as the 6th and 5th seeds, “Coach”less and Thunderhawks broke through to make the semi-finals. “Coach”less lost to Flaggerdoots 2-4, and Thunderhawks lost to Buff-Roch 0-6 in the semis, but the Thunderhawks, from nearby Eden NY, turned it around to best Rochester “Coach”less 4-2 for the Bronze medals.

Flaggerdoots won $1,140 in cash and merch of the $2,280 purse, Buff-Roch won $684, Thunderhawks won $342 and “Coach”less won $114. The event was valued at 114% of the entry fees. Thanks to DUDE Apparel, Discraft, Innova and Pittsburgh Flying Disc for providing the prize payout.

Six players were voted by their peers to receive the Spirit Award in each division: Asha Ziembiec (Women), Todd Lee (Master), Troy Wagner (Am 1), Chris Miller (Am 2), Bart Scheer (Open 1), and Bob Honch (Open 2). Thanks to Mike Herzog for the highly collectible discs given to each Spirit Award winner.

Each team awarded one of their own an MVP trophy, donated by Grip It and Rip It Disc Golf.

Homemade baked pies and breads donated by Brown’s Farm were won by: Mel Martin (undefeated in all her matches); Tom Moeller and Chris Miller (CTP Hole 4), Jorry Holbrook and Robert Buckley (Longest Drive Hole 18). Alphonse Borowski won the $106 Ace Pot with a CTP shot that chained out.

ALL-AMERICAN FINAL AT CAN AM CUP; 'DOOTS REPEAT The last summer weekend was the best time to bring the frisbee family together again. The colorful team jerseys and the ridge and valley greenery ti ... show more ›

ALL-AMERICAN FINAL AT CAN AM CUP; 'DOOTS REPEAT

The last summer weekend was the best time to bring the frisbee family together again. The colorful team jerseys and the ridge and valley greenery tinged with red and gold were the visual setting for the 2017 Can Am Cup Team Match Play Championship at Brown’s Farm DGC in South Dayton, NY, September 16-17.

Congratulations for winning the 19th edition of the event go to Flaggerdoots, who repeated their 2016 Can Am Cup championship. Buff-Roch were Silver medalists this year, and Thunderhawks took the Bronze. “Coach”less rounded out the semi-final field of the 10-team field.

Regional teams of 2 Open, 2 Amateur, a Master-aged player, and a Woman came to Western New York for a reunion with their long-time as well as new-found friends and competitors, and for the unique match play challenge that the course created by brothers Michael “Granddaddy” Brown and Rex Brown provides.

The Gold Medal match, as it so often has in the past, came down to a tiebreaker after each team won 3 of the 6 matches in the final. The Pittsburgh-based herd of jackalopes came out on top by one hole over the NY mega-crew, which is where both teams started the 19th edition of the team tournament as the 1 and 2 seeds.

Mel Martin and Chelsea Carl, who were both undefeated going into the finals, battled to a tie through the first four holes of the nine-hole championship match. Martin went up 2 points on the slightly uphill dogleg right par 4 Hole 5 (with OB the entire left side of fairway), and the long and tight downhill creekbed that is Hole 6. But, the fast greens and tricksy lies of the wooded and hilly terrain of Brown’s Farm gave both women fits on the 7th hole of the match. Martin’s attempted layup after a drive to within 30’ of the basket hit a root and rolled 50’ down the steep bank below the basket. Mel got the uphill layup to stay on the slope and was positioned to tap in for a 4 on the hole. Chelsea hit some early wood off the tee, but scrambled for a putt to win the hole after Martin needed two layups. Carl’s putt unfortunately chained out and rolled down the bank, and when she missed the 50-foot uphill putt, the match went to Martin (3 up with 2 holes left).

The only Gold Medal match to go the full nine holes was the Open 1 card. Flaggerdoots captain, Chris Lachendro, tied the match with Buff-Roch captain Sam Castiglione on the par-4 hole #8 with a second shot that landed 3 feet from the basket guarded by a semicircle of mature maple and hemlock trees. On signature Hole 9, Lachendro and Castiglione both drove low and ended 275’ from the basket with an OB pond in front. Chris’ approach shot flew directly at the basket but low, and it was swallowed by the OB cattails. Sam played his second shot safely to the left of the pond, then flicked an approach to within 8 feet. Chris’s 4th shot over the pond and reeds was too long to keep the match going extra holes. Sam holed out for the 1up win.
Buff-Roch’s Bobby Jones beat Sid Olcott (4 up and 3), and Jeremy Hoeltke bested Eric Nichols in the Am 2 match (1 up and 1) to put 3 wins in the B-F column.

However, the margins of victory in Cody Winget’s win over Justin Whitney (2 up and 1) in the Open 2 match, and Troy Wagner’s Am 1 win over Jamie Rockefeller (3 up and 2) were just large enough to win the tiebreaker for the Flaggerdoots.
To get to the third place match, and after starting the four pool-play matches and two cross-over rounds as the 6th and 5th seeds, “Coach”less and Thunderhawks broke through to make the semi-finals. “Coach”less lost to Flaggerdoots 2-4, and Thunderhawks lost to Buff-Roch 0-6 in the semis, but the Thunderhawks, from nearby Eden NY, turned it around to best Rochester “Coach”less 4-2 for the Bronze medals.

Flaggerdoots won $1,140 in cash and merch of the $2,280 purse, Buff-Roch won $684, Thunderhawks won $342 and “Coach”less won $114. The event was valued at 114% of the entry fees. Thanks to DUDE Apparel, Discraft, Innova and Pittsburgh Flying Disc for providing the prize payout.

Six players were voted by their peers to receive the Spirit Award in each division: Asha Ziembiec (Women), Todd Lee (Master), Troy Wagner (Am 1), Chris Miller (Am 2), Bart Scheer (Open 1), and Bob Honch (Open 2). Thanks to Mike Herzog for the highly collectible discs given to each Spirit Award winner.

Each team awarded one of their own an MVP trophy, donated by Grip It and Rip It Disc Golf.

Homemade baked pies and breads donated by Brown’s Farm were won by: Mel Martin (undefeated in all her matches); Tom Moeller and Chris Miller (CTP Hole 4), Jorry Holbrook and Robert Buckley (Longest Drive Hole 18). Alphonse Borowski won the $106 Ace Pot with a CTP shot that chained out.

In past years the GOLD tees have been played by the Open and Masters and the WHITE tees have been played by the Ams and the Women; the same tees will be used this year. Starting holes: Odd rounds: ... show more ›

In past years the GOLD tees have been played by the Open and Masters and the WHITE tees have been played by the Ams and the Women; the same tees will be used this year.

Starting holes: Odd rounds: Masters on 1, Open 1 on 4, Open 2 on 7, Women on 10, Am1 on 13, Am2 on 16.

Even rounds: Women on 1, Am1 on 4, Am2 on 7, Masters on 10, Open 1 on 13, Open 2 on 16.