Team Match Play 2008

Schedule - Saturday Team
Schedule - Thursday Team

The NCGA Team Match competition continues to be one of the best events put on by the NCGA.  Teams of 12 players have a home and home series with the other 3 clubs in their league.  The points winner in this round robin set of matches goes on into the championship finals.  If you visit Poppy Hills, check the trophy case to find our club listed as the very first winner of this competition.

12 Man Team Match Play

Palo Alto enters two teams in the tournament:  a Thursday team and a Saturday team – named for the day when the matches are (originally) scheduled.

Each club is represented by six two man teams.  Each player is matched against an opposing player in a singles match.  Each team plays a concurrent better ball match.  There are six points available for each match, two for each individual match and two for the team match with halved matches splitting the two points.. 

Any Palo Alto Club Member Can Play

Participation in the Thursday and Saturday is open to all Palo Alto Club Members.  In the interest of fairness (and trying to win the tournament) the Team Captains will try to field the best team possible, based on current performances.  Selection will be based on previous performances on the team and in club events.

For some matches, a player’s knowledge of an away course or willingness to play a practice round will be a factor in roster selection.

Orientation and Qualifying

Over the years, the selection of each week's team has been left to the Team Captains (Saturday, Jeff Segol; Thursday, John Osness).  Every attempt to have playoffs and competitions has been shown to be ineffective.  If you are interested in playing on either team, contact the Captain and let him know.  Each Captain will make every effort to insure that all interested members get to play at least once.  Because of scheduled conflicts, each Captain needs a pool of about 20 players to make sure that a team can be fielded for all six matches.

Financial Commitment

Under the rules of team match competition, our club 'hosts' each visiting club.  To prevent a drain on the treasury, when we play away, the green fee at the away club (or the current Palo Alto fee if lower) is collected from each player.  This money is used to cover the visiting teams when the come to Palo Alto.

Questions ???

Direct any questions to the Team Captains:

Saturday Team Captain – Jeff Segol – jsegol@sbcglobal.net.
Home phone - 408-299-6438

Thursday Team Captain – John Osness – osness@comcast.net.
Home phone 650-593-9612.

Communications

Team captains prefer to communicate by email.  If you would like to be notified of all Team Match Play news, forward your email address to Jeff or John.

Ryder Cup Matches

The Club plans to have an end of season Ryder Cup Match between the Thursday and Saturday teams to determine the club champion.  The winning team captain gets his name on the perpetual trophy on display in the pro shop.  Dates are TBD.

Last Updated on 8/15/2007