The Potomac Cup

The Potomac Cup returns to its roots, as the 10th annual battle between Maryland and Virginia amateur stars comes back to Cumberland, Maryland’s Rocky Gap Resort for a record fourth time. “For many of our early years, we were…seeking out quality golf courses on which to play the finals,” explained Steve Czaban, the tournament’s founder...

FRONT ROYAL, VA – Shortly after the 29-7 final score was entered into the record book, and the Maryland flag was unfurled from the balcony of Blue Ridge Shadows Golf Club in tribute to their record shattering victory, Jeff Lim-Sharpe and Lee Flemister eagerly took possession of the Potomac Cup for display at Blue Mash Golf Club. They promised teammates Bill...

FRONT ROYAL, VA – Final Score: Maryland 29-7 Singles – Maryland 9.5 Virginia 2.5 Highlights: Ross McIntosh – Vance Welch halve the opening match! That’s Welch’s second consecutive halve in singles (Romano in 2008). Romano (VA) upsets Pies 4&3 Vandegrift (VA) eats Cookie Monster’s Lunch, 7&5! Wins only other point for Team...

FRONT ROYAL, VA – Steve Czaban jumped, slapped, and hop-scotched his way around the practice green at Blue Ridge Shadows Golf Club shortly before the Mistushibu Skills Challenge commenced yesterday evening, but it was already too late. As another glorious sunset dove behind the Blue Ridge Mountains, turning the vale of Front Royal into an artist’s palette...

2009 Potomac Cup Singles Matches Virginia Maryland 1. Ross McIntosh (0-4-0) Vance Welch (3-1-0) 2. Steve “The Thing” Nolin (1-3-0) Ken Lampard (3-1-0) 3. Tom Lantz (2-2-0) Brent Martin (3-1-0) 4. Chris Robb (0-3-1) Bill Jenner (4-0-0) 5. Mark Fegani (1-3-0) Keenan Boone (2-2-0) 6. Frank Romano (1-3-0) Rusty Pies (3-0-1) 7. Steve Ciliberti (1-2-1) Jeff Lim...

FRONT ROYAL, VA – The hot season had arrived in Virginia, thick and cloying. With every breath, heavy vapors weighed down the lungs, every step felt like wading in a bowl of soup, and gnats swirled thickly. Huge dragonflies droned and murmured ominously in the marshland grasses over the back nine of Blue Ridge Shadows Golf Club. Small clusters of yellowjackets...

Potomac Cup Notes and Extras What you see here are the rosters for the 2009 Potomac Cup teams, name, hometown, home course, handicap, records an d fun facts… ON PAPER, 9 OF THE TOP 10 PLAYERS ARE FROM MD, INCL. TOP 7! VIRGINIA C CZABAN, Steve Round Hill, VA Westfields A ABELL, Scott Gainesville, VA Evergreen CC 1 ROMANO, Francesco Reston, VA Raspberry Falls 0.1...

What: The Potomac Cup: the 9th annual amateur team golf competition between the best amateurs in Maryland and Virginia. The field consists of state amateur champions, state team champions, U.S. Open qualifiers, players on the amateur circuit, and two-man teams that finish 1st, 2d, or 3d in one of two qualifying events. Maryland are defending champions after last...

Maryland’s Potomac Cup team will look remarkably like last year’s squad, as six wily veterans of multiple Potomac Cups triumphed in the Renditions qualifier and earned a spot for Team Red in the finals to be held at Blue Ridge Shadows in Front Royal, VA. Team lightning rod Vance Welch teamed with former Maryland star Michael Wah to win the Maryland half...