The Northern Ontario Style Ryder Cup

This weekend the North Bay Golf and Country Club and Sudbury’s Idylwylde Golf and Country Club will compete in the second annual Home and Home Challenge. This event will be a Ryder Cup style format and contested over both courses in a two day span. Day one will consist of eight Better Ball matches in North Bay while Day two will be sixteen singles matches in Sudbury with each day worth 16 points. North Bay won the inaugural event and therefore retains the cup in the event of a tie.

This event will be contested by some of the top amateur golfing talents in the North. Sudbury features a strong squad lead by perennial Northern Amateur champion Vince Palladino, Head Professional Paul Schweyer, Ontario Senior Men’s team member Sid Segsworth, and young gun Matt Bortolotto. Sudbury is captained by Idylwylde member and former assistant pro Robbie Coe.

North Bay is led by former Ontario Juvenile Champion and NCAA player Ricky Allen, head professional Jeff Mancini, and North Bay Invitational and Club Championship winners, Rob Gribbons and Grant Fullerton. North Bay is captained by former North Bay invitational winner and club captain, Jordie Leggett.

Submitted to BayToday.ca