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The Newport Cup is a Ryder Cup style event pitting a team from the western half of the U.S. under the captaincy of @mvmac against a team from the eastern side of the U.S. under the captaincy of @iacas .

Tomorrow starts three days of matches: two days of both fourball (best ball) and foursomes (alternate shot). The last day will be singles matches.

All matches will be scored as a nassau: match play with one point available for the front nine, back nine, and the total match play for a total of 18 points on each of the days. 27.5 points will be needed to win the 2015 Newport Cup.

Blue (East Coast) Team

Beautiful Moon Valley CC is hosting the event, site of Annika Sorenstam's famous 59 during the second round of the 2001 Standard Register PING Championship.

Our sponsors for this event are:

  • PING - makers of some of the finest golf equipment on the planet.
  • Moon Valley CC - Our host course and, as mentioned above, the site of Annika Sorenstam's record-setting 59 round in 2001.
  • TRUE Linkswear - The shoe that's revolutionizing golf, with its minimalist, zero-drop, low-platform, technology and styling.
  • PURE Grips - The best grips in the world, made from PURE rubber, with easy-on, easy-off no-tape installation.
  • KickX - Makers of the KickX Tour Z Golf Ball, one of the longest, softest balls on the market today.

Matches for tomorrow. Morning matches are fourball (best ball).

Afternoon matches are foursome (alternate shot)

First stop today was to PURE Grips.

Then we visited PING Headquarters.

All players got an awesome surprise with new Hoofer bags with their names on the bags.

And team uniforms thanks to LinkSoul apparel ( 3 shirts and 2 pairs of shorts).

Players also received TRUE Linkswear shoes, Mission Belts and a dozen Kick X balls

Opening tee shots.

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Had a great time visiting PURE and PING today. That gold putter vault really takes the cake.

:callaway: Big Bertha Alpha 815 DBD  :bridgestone: TD-03 Putter   
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:tmade: TP MC irons                 
:ping: Glide 54             
:ping: Glide 58
:cleveland: 588 RTX 62

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Nice. Looks like a great time. Thanks for the pics. Looking forward to hearing about @Club Rat and the west coast team getting off to a good start tomorrow. Best of luck gentlemen.

GO BLUE!!!

*As an aside, watch out on I-10 in Phoenix, I saw a report this morning that there have been 10 shootings on I-10 in the two weeks*

-Jerry

Driver: Titleist 913 D3 (9.5 degree) – Aldila RIP 60-2.9-Stiff; Callaway Mini-Driver Kura Kage 60g shaft - 12 degree Hybrids: Callway X2 Hot Pro - 16 degree & 23 degree – Pro-Shaft; Callway X2 Hot – 5H & 6H Irons: Titleist 714 AP2 7 thru AW with S300 Dynamic Gold Wedges: Titleist Vokey GW (54 degree), Callaway MackDaddy PM Grind SW (58 degree) Putter: Ping Cadence TR Ketsch Heavy Balls: Titleist Pro V1x & Snell MyTourBall

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Looks like everyone's having a blast! Good luck to everyone today, but in the end, GO BLUE!

In David's bag....

Driver: Titleist 910 D-3;  9.5* Diamana Kai'li
3-Wood: Titleist 910F;  15* Diamana Kai'li
Hybrids: Titleist 910H 19* and 21* Diamana Kai'li
Irons: Titleist 695cb 5-Pw

Wedges: Scratch 51-11 TNC grind, Vokey SM-5's;  56-14 F grind and 60-11 K grind
Putter: Scotty Cameron Kombi S
Ball: ProV1

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East team has started the gamesmanship early I see ... Getting the next door neighbor to rev up his Harley right outside my and Colin's room at 4:30. (As mentioned above, yesterday was an amazing day but I'm really excited for some golf today!!!)
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Have fun guys!!

-Matt-

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Strong line ups there guys. Tough who to support. Either way have fun amd remember....its not the winning its the taking part that counts.....

Stuff that. 2nd is first of the losers :-P

Good luck to all involved

Russ, from "sunny" Yorkshire = :-( 

In the bag: Driver: Ping G5 , Woods:Dunlop NZ9, 4 Hybrid: Tayormade Burner, 4-SW: Hippo Beast Bi-Metal , Wedges: Wilson 1200, Putter: Cleveland Smartsquare Blade, Ball: AD333

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Strong line ups there guys. Tough who to support. Either way have fun amd remember....its not the winning its the taking part that counts.....

Stuff that. 2nd is first of the losers

Good luck to all involved


The most important thing is for neither team to disgrace their side of the Mississippi River by cherry picking good balls from the range. Go Team East !

First tee flyover. Tee off in 45mins, if my time zone math is right.

Edit: Scorecard added:

My Swing


Driver: :ping: G30, Irons: :tmade: Burner 2.0, Putter: :cleveland:, Balls: :snell:

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The most important thing is for neither team to disgrace their side of the Mississippi River by cherry picking good balls from the range. Go Team East !

Ooh to even think such a thing! :-D

Maybe someone should have arranged for only worn range balls with cracks in them, even the field a little.

Russ, from "sunny" Yorkshire = :-( 

In the bag: Driver: Ping G5 , Woods:Dunlop NZ9, 4 Hybrid: Tayormade Burner, 4-SW: Hippo Beast Bi-Metal , Wedges: Wilson 1200, Putter: Cleveland Smartsquare Blade, Ball: AD333

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Looking at the Ping and Pure Grips facility photos and thinking...

Steve

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And we're off folks:

Steve

Kill slow play. Allow walking. Reduce ineffective golf instruction. Use environmentally friendly course maintenance.

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First Scoreboard of the Day:

I'll update hourly or thereabouts. If I see a big update via Twitter, I may chime in with another scoreboard update.

My Swing


Driver: :ping: G30, Irons: :tmade: Burner 2.0, Putter: :cleveland:, Balls: :snell:

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Steve

Kill slow play. Allow walking. Reduce ineffective golf instruction. Use environmentally friendly course maintenance.

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Is this a correct translation of @ to name?:

Blue (East Coast) Team

Red (West Coast) Team

I'm pretty sure that's right, but could have one or two wrong. Well, I guess it's impossible to only miss one!

My Swing


Driver: :ping: G30, Irons: :tmade: Burner 2.0, Putter: :cleveland:, Balls: :snell:

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