CSGA amateurs collect their fifth straight Boros Challenge Cup win

The Connecticut State Golf Association Amateurs defeated the Connecticut Section PGA professionals 40.531.5 in the 51st annual Julius Boros Challenge Cup Thursday at New Haven Country Club.

It was the fifth straight year the CSGA won the event, a record streak for them. The CT PGA once won nine straight years and still own a commanding lead in the overall series at 34-17.

New Haven CC has hosted the annual event every year since 1975 except for one year in 2010.

51ST JULIUS BOROS CHALLENGE CUP

(at New Haven CC)

CSGA 40.5, CT PGA 31.5

Match 1: Dave Jones and Bill Hermanson (CSGA) def. Jor Cordani and Jason Gobleck (CT PGA) 3-0; Jones (Mohegan Sun GC) tied Cordani (Hop

Meadow CC); Gobleck (Lyman Orchards GC) def. Hermanson (Black Hall Club), 2-1.

Match 2: Richard Stevens and Donal Reilly (CSGA) halved match with Fran Marrello and Mike Martin (CT PGA), 1.5-1.5; Marrello (PGA Life Member) def. Stevens (Western Hills GC), 3-0; Martin (Tashua Knolls GC) def. Reilly (Smith Richardson GC), 2.5-0.5.

Match 3: Brad Lusenhop and Michael Jezierski (CT PGA) def. Brian Ahern and Eric Bielle (CSGA), 2-1; Ahern (Wampanoag CC) halved match with Lusenhop (CC of Waterbury), 1.5-1.5; Belle (unattached) halved match with Jezierski (Raceway GC), 1.5-1.5.

Match 4: Patrick Griffin and James Sheltman (CSGA) def. CJ Konkowski and Brian Keiser (CT PGA), 3-0; Griffin (GC of Avon) halved match with Konkowski (Hartford GC), 1.5-1,5; Sheltman (Wallingford CC) def. Keiser (Longmeadow CC), 3-0.

Match 5: Jan Wivestad and Ronnie

Pfaeff (CT PGA) def. Ben Conroy and Rick Hayes, 2-1; Conroy (New Haven CC) def, Wivestad (Northeast Performance Institute), 3-0; Hayes (Silver Spring CC) halved match with Pfaeff (Norfolk CC), 1.5-1.5.

Match 6: Cody Paladino and Nick Cook (CSGA) def. Bill Street and Bill Wallis (CT PGA), 3-0; Paladino (Hartford GC) def. Street (Whitney Farms GC), 3-0; Cook (Tashua Knolls GC) def. Wallis (New Haven CC), 3-0.

Match 7: Bob Mucha and Kevin Mahaffy (CT PGA) def. Nicholas Waddington and Brett Shulick (CSGA),

2-1; Mucha (Edgewood CC) def. Waddington (Manchester CC), 3-0; Shulick (Great River GC) def. Mahaffy (Pequabuck GC), 2-1.

Match 8: Chris Tallman and Jordan Gosler (CT PGA) def. Rich Dowling and Ben Day (CSGA), 2-1; Dowling (unattached) def, Tallman (Orchards GC), 2.5-0.5; Gosler (Manchester CC) def. Day (New Haven CC), 2.5-0.5.