Golf Teams Face Rocky in Billings Collegiate Cup (Oct. 3, 2004)

BILLINGS, MT – The MSU Billings golf teams will begin a cross-town rivalry on Monday and Tuesday when they face Rocky Mountain College in the first Billings Collegiate Cup.  The Yellowjackets are in just their third year after the programs were added in 2002.

The event will be split into two rounds in the fall and two rounds in the spring using a match play format.  Rocky will host the two fall rounds on Monday and Tuesday at Peter Yegen Golf Club.  The Yellowjackets will host the spring rounds at The Briarwood.

The first day of competition this week will be four-ball play, and the second day will be singles match play.  In the spring, the first day will be foursomes and the final day will be singles matches.  The spring dates will be determined at a later date.

Four-ball play is a match in which each member of two-man teams play their own ball.  Four balls are in play per hole with each of the four players recording a score on the hole.  The team whose player posts the best score on that hole wins the hole.  Should players from each team tie for the best score, the hole is halved.  On Monday, four two-man teams will vie for two points in each match.

Singles play is a match in which one player competes against another.  A player wins the match when he is up by more holes than there are holes remaining to play.  On Tuesday, eight singles will vie for one point in each match.  To win the team match, a team must earn 16 ½ of a possible 32 points. 

The pairings for the fall matches will be determined Sunday night in a coaches meeting at Peter Yegen.