Now It's Official: Team Martin Wins 2014 Ronin Ryder Cup
Post date: Jun 12, 2014 1:49:15 AM
Las Vegas, Nevada - The final results have been tallied and validate a strong three-day performance by Team Martin over Team Matsuda to win the 2014 Ronin Ryder Cup. The final score 53 - 34. This years event was scored using a modified Stableford scoring system instead of the normal Match Play rules.
1st day of the tournament began as a 7:30 shotgun start at Arroyo at Red Rock. With the Stableford scoring system, none of the matches were out of reach until the final hole. As teams reported in, it came down to the final match to decide the winning team for the day.
Team Martin - 5 matches/10 points
Team Matsuda - 4 matches/8 points
Lunch at Main Street Buffet graciously paid for by Team Matsuda
2nd day of the tournament was played at Siena. There were a couple of runaway matches, but most were close. It came down to the last group again to determine who was going to pay for lunch. Team Martin ended up winning the day.
Team Martin - 5 matches/10 points
Team Matsuda - 4 matches/8 points
Lunch at Triple 7's on Team Matsuda.
The day started out badly. RRC President became ill the night before and could not compete on Monday. The Captains made some last minute lineup changes to allow Donald's match to be halved with Craig.
The Individual event started at 7:00 at Angel Park, Mountain Course. Course was in good condition and weather warm, but not too hot. Team Martin ran away with the tournament by winning 10 of 17 matches to sweep the tournament.
Team Martin - 10 matches, 2 tie/33 points
Team Matsuda - 5 matches, 2 tie/18 points
Thanks to both Captains (Danny and Gary) for working on the pairings and keeping it fun.
Congratulations to Team Martin!
2014 Ronin Ryder Cup Series of Poker
Mitch Higa dominated the final table of the RRC poker tournament to be the first repeat champion of the event.
