It was a sunny and breezy day for the annual Southwest Cup held on Saturday, May 9, at Dodge-Point Country Club, and this year the SWC Conference defeated the SWAL conference 9-7.
In this Ryder Cup event, area high school golfers from schools in both conferences break from the normal team stroke play event, to play in a variety of match play formats.
Match #1. SWC’s Cruz Salazar and William Wiess from Richland Center vs. SWAL’s Gage Federman and Carver Potterton from Mineral Point. Result: SWAL 7&6
Match #2. SWC’s Cooper Morgan (Lancaster) and Brody Ley (Dodgeville) vs. SWAL’s Trent Tollefson (Fennimore) and Alex Fox (Darlington). Result: SWC 1 up
Match #3. SWC’s Gabe Metz (Richland Center) and Aiden Voights (Platteville) vs. SWAL’s Colton Christensen (Barneveld) and Kaleb King (Darlington). Result: SWC 5&3
Match #4. SWC’s Brock Folsom (Prairie du Chien) and Jaden Mallon (Dodgeville) vs. SWAL’s Brady Haas (Mineral Point) and Caleb McKenna (Argyle/Pec). Result: SWC 5&3
Match #5. SWC’s Jackson Block (Lancaster) and Owen Wiegel (Dodgeville) vs. SWAL’s Broker Buscher (Darlington) and Blake Ferrell (Argyle/Pec). Result: SWAL 4&3
Match #6. SWC’s Keaton Achenbach (Prairie du Chien) and Ron Osborn (River Valley) vs SWAL’s Blaze White (Darlington) and Tucker Bethke (Argyle/Pec). Result: AS
Match #7. SWC’s Lucas Klein (River Valley) and Jauron Blevins (Platteville) vs. SWAL’s Will Pechan (Barneveld) and Cohlman Schlimgen (Argyle/Pec). Result: SWC 2 up
Match #8. SWC’s Ty Simmons (Platteville) and Jesse Sanftleben (River Valley) vs. SWAL’s Levi Johns and Hudson Kieler both from Cuba City/SW/B. Result: SWAL 5&4
Match #9. SWC’s Dayne Moser from Cuba City/SW/B vs. SWAL’s Noah Doescher from Barneveld. Result: SWAL 6&5
Match #10. SWC’s Nate Blalock from Dodgeville vs. SWAL’s Judson Poad from Barneveld. Result: SWC 5&4
Match #11. SWC’s Connor Hottmann from Dodgeville vs SWAL’s Avari Steiner from Argyle/Pec. Result: AS
Match #12. SWC’s Braxton Klaas from Lancaster vs. SWAL’s Landon Loeffelholz from Cuba City/SW/B. Result: SWC 3&2
Match #13. SWC’s Hudson Weittenhiller from Platteville vs SWAL’s Isaac Wiegman from Cuba City/SW/B. Result: SWC 2&1
Match #14. SWC’s Aiden Wilson from Lancaster vs. SWAL’s Gaige Godfrey from Mineral Point. Result: SWAL 4&3
Match #15. SWC’s Cole Herbst from Platteville vs. SWAL’s Drew Aschliman from Mineral Point. Result: SWC 1 up
Match #16. SWC’s Brady Mack from Lancaster vs. SWAL’s Ben Thill from Cuba City/SW/B. Result: SWAL 2 up