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Most ask who or where is Joachim GC when referring to them as Metropolitan Cup Champs?  Joachim Golf Club is a small, 9-hole golf course down I-55 in Herculaneum, MO.  But do not tell that to them, especially after pulling off the “upset” and repeating as 2015 Metropolitan Cup Champions!

Joachim came into the 2015 playoffs as wild-card team after winning their division last year.  They got by Westborough CC (at Westborough); The Falls GC and then #2 Seed Whitmoor CC in the Semifinal Match at CC of St. Albans.  Setting the stage for a repeat against #1 Seed Quincy CC Thursday at Meadowbrook CC.  Quincy earned a trip to the Final match with a playoff win over St. Louis CC a couple weeks back.

The 2015 Metropolitan Cup Final would come down Hole 18 and the first Four-Ball Match on the course.  Quincy led in this match 4-up at one point, but Joachim came storming back and were 1-down playing the 18th Hole.  At this point, the match score stood 3-2 in favor of Joachim, so a Half point by this final match would secure the repeat.  However, Quincy held on and sent the 2015 Final into a playoff.

Zach Decker, who won his match 7&6 earlier would go for Joachim and face Jim Millman who had won 5&4.  Millman won the playoff 2 weeks ago to put Quincy into the fianl.  They both traded bogeys on Hole 10 at Meadowbrook CC.  Millman would pull his tee shot on the par 5 11th into the hazard left, while Decker just found the right rough.  It had been raining pretty much the entire day and that seemed to hinder Millman on the 2nd playoff hole.  Decker would earn the win and title for Joachim with a par 5!

Congratulations to Joachim GC and thank you to all forty (40) teams who participated in the season long Metropolitan Cup!
2015 Metropolitan Cup Championship – FINAL MATCH

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