Northern Texas Battles to Win 5th Annual Levy Cup Matches

Sydney Teske • November 2, 2021

Fort Worth, Texas – The Northern Texas PGA defeated the Southern Texas PGA at the 5th Levy Cup Matches. They won by an overall points total of 12.5 to 11.5. The Northern Texas team needed and earned 5.5 points in today’s Singles Matches to secure the victory.


This marks the second victory for the Northern Texas PGA in the five-year history of the Levy Cup Matches. 


Team NTPGA started the day with early success when Brian Norman, PGA assistant professional at Royal Oaks Country Club, won 8&6 over Justin Engel, PGA assistant professional at Shadow Hawk Golf Club.


Billy Harris, PGA head professional at Dallas Country Club, secured an important half point for Team NTPGA. He was three down with four holes remaining in the match. After winning holes 15, 16 and 17, he made par on the final hole to halve the match.


“I was thinking I needed to do something and make something happen, and luckily it was enough to get us over the hump,” said Harris when asked about being three down in the match.


The Ryder Cup-style format featured teams represented by six Assistant PGA Professionals and six Senior PGA Professionals (any classification, aged 50 and older) who qualified through their respective Section Major Championships. The teams competed in Four-Ball and Foursome Matches Monday and competed in Singles Matches today. These Matches were created in 2017 to celebrate Paul Levy who was completing his first year of a two-year term as President of The PGA of America. The 2021 Levy Cup Matches were presented by Club Car, Criquet, Dunning and PING.


Mike Wright, PGA director of golf at Shady Oaks Country Club, and Jordan Marlow, PGA assistant professional at Shady Oaks Country Club, served as first-time Co-Captains for the Northern Texas PGA Team. The Southern Texas PGA Co-Captains were Ale Maurtua, PGA assistant professional at Walden on Lake Conroe Golf Club, and Playing Co-Captain Robert Thompson, PGA teaching professional at Whispering Pines Golf Club. 


The Matches were held at River Crest Country Club, a 6,512-yard, par 70 layout in Fort Worth, Texas. The Senior Professionals played from 6,054 yards. One point was awarded to a winning match and a half point was awarded to any match that was tied after eighteen holes.


View Final Results HERE.

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