West Team Wins 12th Annual East-West NOPGA Assistants Cup!

For the first time in 9 years the West team has won the Assistants Cup. Captain Eric Morgan guided his team to a 12 to 4 victory at the Mayfield Sand Ridge Golf Club in Chardon, Ohio. This year’s Assistants Cup was held on September 28-29, 2017 and was sponsored by Michael Shaughnessy and presented by Adidas, Antigua, and Ahead.

Now in its 12th Year the East-West Assistants Ohio Cup tradition continues to gain momentum. This Ryder cup style event features the top eight players from the East and West Sides of the Northern Ohio PGA.

East Team
Captain- Mark Sierak
Ben Cook, Beechmont Country Club
Garrett Korte, The Country Club
Randy Dietz, Windmill Golf Center
Jordan Paolini, Fairlawn Country Club
Rich Greene, Beechmont Country Club
Adam Lewicki, Portage Country Club
Shawn Tompkins, Chagrin Valley Country Club
Jake Houston, Beechmont Country Club

West Team
Captain- Eric Morgan
Nathan Tarter, Firestone Country Club
Craig Burrows, Pine Hills Golf Course
Tim Perin, Lakewood Country Club
Adam Powers, Highland Meadows Golf Club
John Powers, Cleveland State University
Kevin Moskevich, Westfield Country Club
Chris Walsh, GolfTec
Dustin Lieber, Eagle Creek Golf Club

Round #1 – Fourball Matches
A. Powers/Moskevich def. Tompkins/Paolini, 1 up
Lewicki/Houston def. Perin/Walsh, 5&4
Lieber/Burrows def. Korte/Greene, 3&2
Tarter/Powers def. Dietz/Cook, 3&2
West – 3 East- 1

Round #2 – Foursomes Matches
Moskevich/Walsh def. Korte/Tompkins, 5&4
Greene/Paolini def. Perin/A. Powers, 5&4
J. Powers/Tarter def. Cook/Dietz, 4&3
Lieber/Burrows def. Houston/Lewicki, 2&1
East-3 West 1

Round #3 – Single Matches
Perin vs. Tompkins, halved
Lieber def. Lewicki, 6&5
J. Powers def. Korte, 4&2
Tarter def. Cook, 2 Up
Dietz def. Burrows, 1 Up
Moskevich def. Greene, 1 Up
Walsh def. Paolini, 3 &2
Houston vs. A. Powers, halved