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LaCita G & CC - 2008 Interclub State Champions |
LaCita Golf and Country
Club earned 12 points in the playoff to win the 2nd
Men’s Interclub Team Championship at Tampa Palms Golf
and Country Club on April 5-6. After six weeks of
matches and two rounds of play-offs, LaCita beat out seven
other Regional Champions to be crowned the Interclub State
Champions.
After the first round, LaCita Golf and Country Club
and Miccosukee Country Club were tied for the lead
each gaining 302 net stableford points. The final round was
cancelled due to weather forcing a playoff between the
leading teams. In the playoff, all eight players from each
team headed to the par 3, 17th hole to determine the
Champion. Miccosukee got off to an early lead earning four
points to LaCita’s two points. LaCita jumped in front 6-5
and remained on top by one point with one group remaining.
In the final pairing, Miccosukee went up 10-9 with LaCita
needing to two putt for the win. LaCita gained three points
making a birdie putt to clinch the victory 12-10.
After two rounds of playoffs, LaCita Golf and Country
Club, in Titusville, emerged as the East Central Region
Champions. Miccosukee Country Club, from Miami,
claimed the Southeast Region title, Eagle Ridge Golf Club,
in Summerfield, claimed the Northeast Region, Bluewater
Bay Resort, in Niceville, won the Northwest Region,
Tampa Bay Golf and Country Club, in San Antonio,
captured the West Central Region, TPC Prestancia,
from Sarasota, won the Suncoast Region, Lake Ashton Golf
Club, in Lake Wales, won the Tampa Bay Region, and
Wilderness Country Club, from Naples, won the Southwest
title.
In the State Championship, the six lowest individual net
scores (highest net Stableford points) and three lowest
four-ball net scores (highest net Stableford points) count
for the round. Net Stableford points are as
follows: Double Eagle 5-points, Eagle 4-points, Birdie
3-points, Par 2-points, Bogey 1-point, Double Bogey or
higher 0-points
The Men's Interclub Team Matches began in January and
included six weeks of home and away matches, followed by
regional play-offs and a State Championship at Tampa Palms.
Matches were played weekly utilizing full
handicaps (18.4 indexes and below) featuring eight players
from each team competing against another local club. All
competitors play an individual 18-hole match and at the same
time, play with a partner from their team in a four-ball
match against two players from the opposing team (2-man,
best ball).
The FSGA maintains an easy-to-use scoring and standings
section on www.fsga.org and each team has a captain who
coordinates their team, organizes home matches and enters
match results into the website.
For more information, please see the
Interclub Website.
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