2012 JAMES CUP
INTERNATIONAL
Scotland "The Home of Golf" will be the destination for the 8th JCI. The Matches will be played 14-16 June. Two fabulous Links Courses have been selected to host the JCI Championship, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns Golf Links. The courses are each ranked in the Top 100 World Courses, as 21st and 54th respectively. Both courses along with The Old Course are featured in the European Tours Alfred Dunhill Links Championship played each fall.
The International Team, winner of the 2010 Matches at Disney World in Florida are the home team favorites. They will be defending the Cup against a United States Team
determined to avenge their loss on home soil at Disney.
The following countries will be represented on the 2012 International Team: Australia,
Canada, England, Japan, Sweden and Switzerland.
Headquarters for the JCI will be the Hilton Hotel in Dundee.
The Captains for the Matches are Patrick Steiner (Switzerland), International Team and Dick
Martin, Team USA.
The Captains for the Matches are Patrick Steiner (Switzerland), International Team and Dick
Martin, Team USA.
Beginning in January this page will have a new feature called the Captains' Blog. Each Team Captain will contribute their view of the upcoming Matches and those of their players.
2012 CAPTAINS' BLOG
Submitted by,
Patrick Steiner, Captain
International Team
Fellow Golfers of the International Team, dear American would-be competitors.
2012 is only a few weeks old, but many strange things have happened already. Greece has gone to the brink of bankruptcy and (sort of) back, several times;
Tiger looks like he has recovered his Golf game (I wonder if he has resumed some of his other favorite activities, too); Brazil and China, among other "developing" nations, are asked to bail our the Western world: Sega has introduced a urinal Arcade in Japan; US debt goes up and the interest they pay goes down; the Los Angeles Dodgers continue to be a mess (ok, that's not really strange); and if one is to believe the stories about the Mayan calendar, things will get stranger still.
In such a year, it is great to be able to look forward to some normal crazy lefty fun with friends from all over the world. We have less than five months to go until the
International Team will start its defense of the James Cup in Scotland this June. After a glorious first win in 2010 that finally brought the Cup to where it belongs, I am sure every member of the International Team will be keen to contribute to a successful title defense. The venue should play in our favor as most of our opponents will be in awe of the history of the courses we are playing, and we all know that Americans typically only play parkland courses, and of course only when the sun is out and there is no wind. The Internationals, by contrast, are of course very much used to Links-Golf and will be taking full advantage. I, for one have been practicing my "Stinger" and had a chuckle when the TV announcers were in awe of Tiger hitting one in Abu Dhabi that went no higher than ten feet off the ground. When I hit them thin (that's a "Stinger", right?), as I have been wont to do, they fly much lower, stay under the wind and get a lot of extra roll. Now if only I could control the shot....
To be successful, preparation is important, of course. For that reason I thought I'd
take one for the team and head to Scotland to play Carnoustie and Kingsbarns (along with some other courses) in April. I may write some of my findings on this Blog, but the secret sauce will, of course be shared with the International Team. In the meantime, I'll try to get out on the course somewhat regularly in between changing diapers and bottle-feeding our little whirlwind and soon our #2, and I trust you will be doing the same (although probably sans the smelly part). Play well, and already I wish the best of luck to the American team
(is that enough of a reverse-jinx?)
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Submitted by,
Dick Martin, Captain
Team U.S.A.
Team U.S.A. (and our golf colleagues who endure the misfortune of having to live and play outside our borders).
2011 is behind us and 2012 is already a month old. That means the torture of living the past year plus while OUR trophy resides on foreign soil is almost behind us.
The disappointment of the Cup residing on foreign soil is a disgrace that has been felt by ALL red-blooded, & left-handed, golfers from the Pacific to the Atlantic. This is a “happening” that we must not forget, but one that we must put behind us. My fellow Americans, now is the time to circle the wagons and rally the troops for the 2012 James Cup. Speaking of rallying the troops, our good friend Patrick seems to feel that “us” Americans are ill-prepared and unfit for success on Scottish links-style courses. I guess Captain Patrick is not much of a historian and seems to have “conveniently” forgotten that some of America’s greatest victories have come on Scottish soil.
Do the names Tom Watson, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tiger Woods, Lee Trevino ring a bell? If memory serves me right, all of those gentlemen won a few Open Championships in their day and many of those victories took place on Scottish links-style golf courses.
Americans, if nothing else, are adaptable. How do I know this you ask? Because all of us (Americans) have been practicing our “Stingers”. Of course, our “Stingers” are those poorly hit thin shots that would leave an old Balata ball smiling. But as any good American, we thin that 7-iron and act as if that is what we planned to do all along. Of course, it takes a good hole-and-a-half to get the feeling back in our hands afterwards.
Captain Patrick, on behalf of his fellow International Team members, is simply trying to psych us out…. Knowing that is the ONLY chance the International Team has of retaining the James Cup in 2012. Let’s be honest, we know they can’t beat Team U.S.A. on talent alone.
Oh yeah, my good friend, fellow Team U.S.A. teammate & NALG Chairman, Jon Flowers, has a challenge of his own. Given the Scottish venue this year, Jon Flowers will take all-comers in an All-You-Can-Eat Haggis contest. For those of you unfamiliar with this Scottish dish, I strongly encourage you to look it up. Way to go Jon!
2012 PRELIMINARY SEEDS
The Handicaps and Seed Positions listed below are based on the handicap or handicap index from each players entry as submitted. Indexes have been adjusted to the Kingsbarns Course Slopes of 132 for double digit handicaps and 136 for single digit handicaps. Final Handicaps and Seeds for the Matches will be based on May 2012 players handicaps or handicap indexes.
SEED INTERNATIONAL TEAM TEAM USA
Patrick Steiner, Captain Dick Martin, Captain
1 Shigefumi Mishima, Jpn - 2 Mike Kemppainen - 3
2 Graham Hulm, Aus - 2 Doug Wallace - 4
3 Brian Lynch, Aus - 5
Jim Pfrogner - 4
4 Mikael Holmin, Swe - 6 Don Lightburn - 5
5 Erv Froese, Can - 6 Jim Mason - 5
6 Anders Wallerman Swe - 6 Jim Still - 6
7 Tom Waki, Jpn - 8 Frank Hunter - 6
8 Harold Adkin, Eng - 10 Bill Clark - 9
9 Bert Adams, Aus - 11 Jon Flowers - 9
10 Paul Hulm, Aus - 11 Dick Martin - 10
11 Peter Noland, Aus - 12 David Yeaton - 10
12 Noel Bond, Aus - 12 Wally Mattson - 12
13 Leigh Greening, Aus - 12 Jack DeLore - 13
14 Jan Johansson, - 13 Rick Rodriguez - 13
15 Patrick Steiner, Sui - 13 Jim Judge - 13
16 Niclas Jansson, Swe - 14 Bob Afton - 14
17 Trevor Golding, Aus - 16 Tom Martin - 16
18 David Direen, Aus - 18 Ted Mc Graw - 16
19 Atsushi Fukaya, Jpn - 18 Steve Rodger - 16
20 Keith Martin, Aus - 18 Doug Butt - 18
ALTERNATES
Olle Magnusson, Swe Felix Bertucci
Tadashi Matsuda - Jpn. Jim Dalton
Trevor Patterson, Aus
In 2013 the JCI moves to Japan. The Matches will be played Wednesday through Friday 26-28 June at the Makomanai Country Club in Sapporo City, the Capital City of Hokkado.
2010 JAMES CUP
INTERNATIONAL
The 7th JCI between the Team USA/England and the International
Team was held September
23-25, at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The Matches
were played
on Disney's Palm Course.
The traditional Player's and Cup Presentation Dinners were held at
Ariel's in Disney's Beach
Club Resort. At the Wednesday evening Players Dinner the International Team
made it clear
it was going to be a very spirited competition. Their goal since last year's
loss in Sweden was
to defeat the Americans on their home turf.
A total of 36 Matches were played over three days.
Day One, the International Team led the way with a 15 to 12 victory in
the Four-Ball Matches.
Day Two, Team USA/England took charge in the Alternate Shot Matches
and turned the tables
with 14½ to
12½ victory.
Day Three, the International Team was holding a slim one-point
lead 27½ to
26½ going
into
the Singles Matches. With 54 points on the line they needed 27 of the 54 points
to assure a
victory. In the end it all came down to the final match of the day, the anchor match, which
went 3-0 to the International Team. The final score was International Team
56 and Team
USA/England 52. An exciting finish, only two points from ending all square
and forcing a playoff.
Congratulations
to the 2010 International Team and Captain Brian Lynch on their first James
Cup victory. Also, to Team USA/England, Co-Captains
Frank Hunter, USA and Tony Broadhurst,
England who battled it out to the end.
The outcome was reminiscent of the 2002 JCI in Spain when the
North American Team
pulled out a 36½ to 35½ victory over the International Team by
sinking a birdie putt on the
final hole of the Matches.
DATE
AND FORMAT SCORING
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
~ FOUR-BALL INTERNATIONAL
15 ~ USA/ENGLAND 12
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
~ ALTERNATE SHOT USA/ENGLAND 14½
~ INTERNATIONAL 12½
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
~ SINGLES INTERNATIONAL 28½
~ USA/ENGLAND 25½
FINAL
TEAM RESULTS: INTERNATIONAL 56 ~
USA/ENGLAND 52
Many thanks to our good friend Frank McCabe (left on the photo below) for his for his always
capable duties as Starter/
Referee and delivering the "Golfer's Grace".
2010 JAMES
CUP INTERNATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONS
Standing
from left to right:
Frank McCabe, Starter/Referee England
Olle
Magnusson, Sweden ~ Bo Sandberg, Sweden ~ David Direen, Australia
Erv
Froese, Canada ~ Jan Johansson, Sweden ~ Trevor Golding, Australia
Tadashi Madsuda, Japan ~ Niclas
Jansson, Sweden, Brian Lynch, Captain Australia.
Kneeling:
Tom Waki, Japan ~ Hiroyuki Yoshida, Japan ~ Atsushi Fukaya, Japan
Tokuhisa Kaminaga, Japan ~ Leigh
Greening, Australia ~ Terry Harrison, New Zealand.
Not shown: Albert Adams, Australia
~ Real Gamache, Canada ~ Mikael Holman, Sweden
TEAM
USA/ENGLAND
Standing
from left to right: Jon Flowers, USA ~ Tony Broadhurst, Captain England
Dick
Martin, USA ~ Don Lightburn, USA ~ Jim Judge, USA ~ Joe Brogdon, USA
Wally
Coffman, USA ~ Dave Yeaton, USA ~ Doug Wallace, USA
Frank McCabe,
Starter/Referee England ~ Carl Pearson, USA ~ Ted McGraw, USA
Kneeling:
Steve Melnichuk, USA ~ Malcolm Barker, England ~ Doug Butt, USA
Frank
Hunter, Captain USA ~ Tom Nix, USA.
Not shown: Harold
Adkin, England ~ Brodie
Baker, USA ~ Wally Mattson, USA ~ Jim Still,
USA
PLACES
NOT TO VISIT
Mr.
Gator on patrol to discouraging players from retrieving balls from the water
hazards
Photo
courtesy of Wally Coffman ~ Taken on the Palm Course
Beyond
this marker there are some very nasty critters to deal with.
DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICES
Distance Measuring Devices are approved for for use during JCI competitions.
However,
they must comply with the standard set by Rule 14-3 of the USGA and The R&A.
The use of
a distance-measuring device that is designed to gauge or measure other conditions
that
might affect a player's play (e.g., gradient, wind speed, temperature, etc.)
is not permitted
regardless of whether such an additional function is used.
Penalty for breach of Rule 14-3 (use of non-conforming equipment): Disqualification.
EVENT HISTORY
2010
International, Lake Buena Vista, Florida ~
International
Team 56 ~
*USA/England 52
Courses:
Walt Disney's World Golf Palm Course
International Captain: Brian Lynch, Australia
USA/England Co-Captains: Frank Hunter and Tony Broadhurst
Note: The Championship was decided
by the final Singles Match.
2009
International, Munkedal, Sweden:
USA/Japan/N.Z. 38½
~
*Europeans 33½
Course: Torreby Golf Club
USA/Japan/N.Z. Captain: Joe Brogdon, USA
European Captain: Niclas Jansson, Sweden
2008 International, Christchurch, New Zealand: United States 65 ~ *International 44
Course: Clearwater Golf Resort
United States Captain: Ted McGraw, USA
International Captains: Terry Harrison, New Zealand
2006 International, Taipei, Taiwan: *United States/Asia 41½ ~ *International 30½
Course: Ta Shee Golf and Country Club
United States/Asia Captain: Tom Waki, Japan
European Captain: Harold Adkin, England
2005 International, Dublin, Ireland: United States 76½ ~
*International 55½
Course: Citywest Championship Golf Course
United States Captain: Jon Flowers, USA
International Co-Captains: Jerry Bradley, Ireland and John Doggett, Australia
2003 International, Victoria, B.C. Canada: United States 62
~ *International 58
Courses: Cordova Bay Golf Club ~
Olympic View Golf Club
United States Captain: Wally Coffman, USA
International Captain: Robert Zimmerman, Canada
2002 International, Marbella,
Spain: *United States/Canada 36½ ~ International 35½
Courses: La Quinta G & CC ~ Los Olivos GC ~ Santa Maria
G & CC
United States/Canadian Co-Captains: David Yeaton, USA and Hank Engert, Canada
International Co-Captains: Tony Broadhurst, England and Tom Waki, Japan
Note: The Championship was not decided
until the 18th hole of the final Singles Match.
*Denotes Host Team
FUTURE
JCI CHAMPIONSHIPS
26-28 (Wednesday-Friday) June 2013 ~ Makomanai Country Club, Sapporo, Japan
