2010 Maritime Cup Champs !!!

Team Captain : Tim Yorke

Here is the article that passed in the journal the day after winning the Maritime Cup. It was the 2nd time I was on the team and it was another great weekend. I surpassed my goal of going 3 wins - 2 losses by going 5 wins 0 losses. I was up against the weaker players of the other provinces, but it was still important for me to play well enough to defeat them. Playing with Grant Somers Saturday during the team events was just awesome, way better than last year even. We really clicked and he played so solid.

Here are my results :

Saturday morning - Best Ball - Grant and Nick defeat Nova Scotia 6 and 5
Saturday afternoon - Alternate shot - Grant and Nick defeat Nova Scotia 5 and 3
Saturday afternoon - Alternate shot - Grant and Nick defeat New Brunswick 3 and 2
Sunday morning - Singles - Nick defeats Nova Scotia 5 and 3
Sunday morning - Singles - Nick defeats New Brunswick 1up






P.E.I. kings of Maritime Cup golf



Published on September 26th, 2010
Eric McCarthy


MILL RIVER - There was a time when Tim Yorke wondered whether P.E.I. really belonged in the Mel Murray Maritime Cup golf event.

"We were, by far, the underdogs," Yorke said.

But not anymore.

At the Mill River Provincial Golf Course on Sunday, Team P.E.I. captured the Mel Murray Maritime Cup for the third straight year. And it wasn't even close this year.

P.E.I. amassed 34 points in the two-day Ryder Cup-style tournament, which features the top 12 amateurs from each of the participating provinces. New Brunswick finished second with 22 1/2 points, and Nova Scotia had 15 1/2 points.

Yorke, captain of Team P.E.I., said the landslide victory was probably the biggest of any province in the event's 10-year history.

Dave Shellington (co-captain), John Schurman (co-captain), Nick Arsenault, Rich Little, Chris Welton, Kyle Fraser, Martin O'Brien, Matt Wodd, Mike Irwin, Rob Younker and Grant Somers rounded out Team P.E.I.'s roster.



Margin of victory

Although confident in his team's ability, Yorke admitted he was surprised by the margin of victory.

"I actually figured it would be down to the last couple of matches," he said.

P.E.I. had built up a small lead Saturday, and just kept adding to it in Sunday's singles matches.

"We front-loaded our team," Yorke said of the final-day matchups. "We put some strength out early, hoping to build some momentum and pull away with it, and it worked."

P.E.I. was close only once in the tournament’s first seven years. Yorke credits the turnaround in the last three years to growth in the sport on P.E.I., and a good junior program.

And it helps that players are believing in the Maritime Cup format, and getting used to match play.



Top event

Yorke suggested the Mel Murray Maritime Cup has become the top golf event in the Maritimes, attracting the region's top golfers.

"That says something about the competition - guys want to compete against the best players," he stressed.

Match play, Yorke added, is a much more enjoyable game for most players as they can forget about their eights and nines on some holes, and treat the next hole as a new game.

This is the second year in a row, and the third time overall, that Mill River hosted the Mel Murray Maritime Cup.

Yorke said negotiations are in the works that might see the tournament stay in Mill River for the next five years. He described it as the perfect venue, and said players from the other provinces like the location.