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With the leaves altering coloration and soccer on TV every weekend, the unofficial golf offseason is upon us. However whereas the likes of Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler may be taking a break, that doesn’t imply there isn’t high-level golf being performed — particularly within the beginner ranks.
Enter the Bridges Cup. This elite mid-amateur occasion options a number of the finest golfers on the planet, as 24 gamers compete in a Ryder Cup-style competitors. Established in 2022, this competitors options two groups — one representing the U.S., the opposite representing the remainder of the world.
Workforce USA has received every of the primary two playings of the Bridges Cup, however Workforce Worldwide will seems to reverse that pattern subsequent week at Haesley 9 Bridges in South Korea.
Scroll beneath for an summary of the 24 gamers competing within the occasion, and for extra data, click on right here.
U.S. Bridges Cup roster
Captain: Jeff Fujimoto / Vice captains: Kevin Turner, Michael Phelps
Scott Anderson
- 2017 U.S. Mid-Am qualifying medalist
- 2017 U.S. Mid-Am quarterfinalist
- 2019 Ohio Novice runner-up
- 2023 Ohio Novice seventh place
Charlie Grace
- 8AM Golf Head of Enterprise Improvement
- Performed collegiate golf at Vanderbilt College
- Grew up taking part in golf at Isleworth Golf & Nation Membership in Windermere, Fla.
Drew Kittleson
- 2008 U.S. Novice runner-up
- 2009 Masters and U.S. Open participant
- 2022 and 2023 U.S. Novice 4-Ball finalist
Hoyt McGarity
- Former collegiate golfer at Lynn College
- 8AM Golf CEO and President
Tug Maude
- 2021 Pennsylvania Mid-Am champion
- 2023 Walter J Travis Invitational high 10
Trey Marucci
- 8AM Golf Chief Technique Officer
- Former collegiate golfer at College of Pennsylvania
Andrew Medley
- 2019 U.S. Novice 4-Ball semifinalist
- 2001 Japanese Novice winner
- 2002 Mid-Atlantic Novice runner-up
- Performed collegiately on the College of Mississippi and College of Arizona
Henry Shimp
- 2019 NCAA crew champion at Stanford College
- Six-time U.S. Novice participant
- 2019 All-American
Drew Stoltz
- Three-time Whisper Rock membership champion
- 2022 and 2023 U.S. Novice 4-Ball finalist
Scott Strickland
- 2024 Crump Cup remaining 16
- 2019 U.S. Mid-Novice match-play qualifier
- 2019 Michigan Novice quarterfinalist
Pete Tomasulo
- Three-time winner on Korn Ferry Tour
- Certified for 2008 and 2009 U.S. Open
- Member of 2003 Palmer Cup
Taylor Wooden
- 2019 U.S. Novice 4-Ball semifinalist
- Two-time All-American at USC
Worldwide Bridges Cup roster
Captain: Simon Holt / Vice captain: Joshua Adams
Jacob Austin
- 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 Sunningdale membership champion
- Peter Millar & G/FORE Advertising and marketing Director
Jonathan Bale
- T3 at 2024 Terra Cotta Invitational
- T2 at 2023 Terra Cotta Invitational
- T3 at 2023 Gasparilla Invitational Mid-Am
- Performed collegiate golf at Louisiana Tech
Harry Bolton
- 2023 U.S. Mid-Am match-play qualifier
- 2022 Keperra Bowl runner-up
Angus Carrick
- 2024 British Novice qualifier
- High-20 end at Scottish Males’s Open Championship
Tom Eteridge
- R&A Royal Medal holder
- 2023 Senior Irish Novice winner
Hugh Foley
- 2022 U.S. Mid-Am runner-up
- 2022 North of Eire champion
- 2022 South of Eire champion
- 2021 West of Eire champion
- 2020 Irish Novice champion
James Gill
- 2024 Hong Kong Open Novice & Mid Novice Championships runner-up
- 2022 and 2023 JCKSC Worldwide Novice Open Championship winner
Nic Kay
- 2011 and 2012 New Zealand Open participant
- 2020 Otago stroke play winner
Colin Loveday
- 2024 Scottish Novice participant
- 2023 St Andrews gold-medal winner
Matt McClean
- 2023 Walker Cup participant
- 2022 U.S. Mid-Am winner
- 2023 Masters and U.S. Open participant
- 2023 Irish Novice champion
Lukas Michel
- 2019 U.S. Mid-Am champion
- 2020 Masters and U.S. Open participant
- 2022 Grasp of the Amateurs champion
- 2017 and 2022 Port Phillip Novice champion
Nick Nolte
- 2022 Dutch Novice participant