Singles Matches Will Decide River Cup XII
10/22/99: With today's fourball matches ending in a 36-36 tie, pairings for Sunday's singles matches are critical to the outcome of this year's River Cup. Willow Oaks Captain Langdon Moss and CCV Captain Jim Nelson turned their attention to singles pairings immediately after fourball play concluded.
WOCC's Moss was ecstatic at the outcome of Friday's matches. "This is the first time in years we've been within shouting distance of CCV after fourball day,"
crowed Moss. "We think our singles players are superior to CCV's so we couldn't be happier about our chances going into Sunday's matches."
Jim Nelson of CCV played the flip side of Moss' spin. "We spent all our preparation time this year getting ready for the fourball matches.
The last two years we've been able to ride a sizeable win in fourball to an overall win. I can't say that my confidence is high after watching this uncharacteristic bruising we took in fourball today," said a dejected Nelson watching greenside on the 18th hole at CCV's Tuckahoe Creek Course. "The most startling match was the 9-0 drubbing that Stone and Smallwood put on Doug (Westmoreland) and Ear (Moorman)," continued Nelson. "Don't get me wrong - Doug and Ear don't have much game themselves, but that Russell Stone they brought in for the first time this year is the best 5 handicap I've ever seen. And Moss was playing him at 15. I'm going to take a look at the handicap system at Willow Oaks. Something's not right there."
Nelson and Moss announced their singles pairings at a press conference after the matches.
Tee Time Willow Oaks Country Club of Virginia 12:24 Langdon Moss George "Ear" Moorman 12:24 Joby Klotz Jonathan "Big Spoon" Reynolds 12:32 Doug Urquhart J. F. "Tire" Dunlap 12:32 Brad Smallwood Wes "Mr. 98" Morck 12:40 Dennis "Double Clutch" Ryan Jim Nelson 12:40 Tom McCandlish Blake Dennis 12:48 Jeff Hull Chris Young 12:48 Chuck "Mr. Zero" Ditsler George Whitley 12:56 Scott Warren William "Brother" Scott 12:56 Paul Sinclair Cliff "Bagel" Culley 1:04 Chris "The Kid" Clough Joe O'Hare 1:04 Chuck Byrd Jerry "Runway" Ramsey 1:12 John Hyslop Doug Westmoreland 1:12 Richard Locke John "Lucky" Leitch 1:20 Jim Dwyer Cabell Moore 1:20 Jack Enoch Jack "Unassuming Assassin" Rogers