KIM, FOUR OTHERS CROWNED CHAMPIONS AT U.S. CUP

The era of Ken Kim of Orlando, Florida, is in full swing in USGTF competition, as he has captured his second consecutive Open division championship at the United States Golf Teachers Cup, played October 7-8 at Painted Desert Golf Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. Playing a lengthened course compared to past Cups, Kim fired scores of 73-77 – 150 to coast to a nine-shot victory. Kim also won the 2023 USGTF Southeast Region Championship.

In the Senior division, Kirk Junge of North Palm Beach, Florida, successfully defended his title by shooting 72-74 – 146 to also win easily with a six-stroke margin. Ron Platz from Windsor, Colorado, captured a closely contested Super Senior division with scores of 77-79 – 156 to win by four. Platz has been a USGTF member continuously since 1993, one of the federation’s longest-tenured members.

Once again a concurrent pro-am was held, and the winners were USGTF member Deborah Hughes and her amateur partner Dee Dee McGinnis-Hoeman. Their team fired a final round net fourball total of 64 to emerge victorious.

Results of the tournament can be found at http://www.24uscup.golfgenius.com.