Again this year the SOFA and Dreamers Tours suspend play during The Jones Cup. This allowed The Jones Cup welcomed eight rookies to the field.

• Barry Markland
• Keith Gardner
• Scott Downs
• Mark Evans
• Bill Kummerow
• Graham Self
• Dale Medley
• Kevin Baloga

Each of these men of quality showed they belonged in this prestigous event.

Round Two - Moorland

Great weather and great play continued during Round 2; however, the Moorland course is a stiffer test as the leaderboard shuffled around. The top three stayed the same with Jeff Carowan leading the way while gaining another +12 points. RW McDowell and Brent cut into the lead and finished within 10 points of the lead. Other good rounds were scored by Scott Kelley Andy Carowan Rich Crim Jonathan Poore Gordan Lovett to boost their standings at the end of Round 2.

Final Round - Parkland

The Parkland course can give up a lot of points, but it's a good test for the final round as scores can baloon and allow the leaderboad to flip. Jeff Carowan was again positive for the day. RW McDowell pressed ahead to cut the lead to 5 points and Brent Koeval was right behind with another positive round. Good scores were posted by Dale Mathis Scott Kelley Efren De La Luz Tommy Woods Jim Johnson. At the end, Jeff Carowan hung on to the lead down the stretch to claim the Cup.

Tales From the Bunkers

Shirt Off His Back Award

This year's award was presented to Brent Koeval. Mr. Koeval was overheard wishing his competitors well before the final round. He blurted, "you've played so well so far, keep going and win this thing". That's the spirit of true competition and shows the quality of players who roam the fairways of The Jones Cup.

Shank'O'potomas

Multiple foul swings came to mind in this year to win this coveted award. Mark Hunter and Chris Kelley were both honored as potential winners. Mark Hunter's mighty swing pounded his ball into the turf off the tee. This caused the ball to pop straight up over Mark's head and fall just in front of the 2015 Champion. Mr. Kelley drove his tee shot into the large bunker in front of Parkland's 9th green. A mighty swing from the sand sent the ball to the top edge of the bunker where is miraculously came to rest. But is was the next swing that was the issue as the ball skipped right back into the bunker. Not good! The field was split, but a "Shank'O" window decal was awarded to Mark Hunter for his horrible tee shot.

Hero Shot!

It was a beautiful day on the par 5 5th hole at Heathland. RW Dowell was playing well and pounding the driver all day. The 5th hole featured a bunker in the middle of the fairway. RW's ball appeared to have found this bunker giving him a very diffcult 2nd shot. But no! RW's ball flew the bunker and came rest a mere 202 yards from a front left pin. A 5 wood was selected and a solid shot played to the right side of the green. The draw swing produced a flight the landed on the right front of the green and spun the ball towards the pin. The ball could not be seen from the fairway as it came to rest because of greenside mounding. Amazingly, the ball came to a stop on the lip of the cup. One more wiggle and would have scored a "double eagle".

The Jones Cup

2023 Final Leaderboard

Player	Quota	Points	Total	Points	Total	Points	Total
		Heathland		Moorland		Parkland
Jeff Carowan	32	64	32	44	44	44	56	1st
RW McDowell	29	47	18	45	34	46	51	2nd
Brent Koeval	42	71	29	47	34	56	48	3rd
Jeremy Medley	24	36	12	35	23	29	28	4th
Scott Kelley	25	36	11	32	18	34	27	5th
Efren De La Luz	54	59	5	59	10	66	22
Tommy Woods	19	20	1	23	5	33	19
Andy Carowan	64	71	7	75	18	63	17
Dale Mathis	34	34	0	39	5	46	17
Rich Crim	43	61	18	43	18	41	16
Jonathan Poore	26	26	0	43	17	24	15
David Bender	34	32	-2	38	2	44	12
Gordon Lovett	41	53	12	42	13	39	11
Jim Johnson	56	52	-4	62	2	65	11
Brent Nifong	30	29	-1	38	7	34	11
Mark Hunter	42	39	-3	46	1	51	10
Robbie Cheek	24	23	-1	26	1	29	6
Barry Markland	34	36	2	31	-1	41	6
Jimmy Johnson	46	48	2	48	4	48	6
Wiley Davis	25	17	-8	33	0	30	5
Keith Gardner	34	37	3	32	1	37	4
Scott Downs	27	24	-3	29	-1	32	4
Mark Evans	19	23	4	15	0	23	4
Bill Kumerow	35	30	-5	35	-5	40	0
KC Rankin	42	39	-3	42	-3	44	-1
Graham Self	31	38	7	23	-1	31	-1
Frank Hughes	47	47	0	42	-5	51	-1
Paul Canovai	51	53	2	44	-5	54	-2
Dan Rath	45	40	-5	49	-1	44	-2
Dale Medley	43	48	5	39	1	40	-2
Barry Kelley	41	49	8	30	-3	39	-5
Mike Meadows	28	37	9	18	-1	23	-6
Kevin Baloga	38	44	6	39	7	24	-7
Mark Davis	36	39	3	30	-3	26	-13
Chris Kelley	42	46	4	34	-4	32	-14
Daniel Vines	34	24	-10	28	-16	31	-19

Team Play

2022 Team Finals

Player	Quota	Team Q	Team Total	Team Total	Team Total
			Heathland	Moorland	Parkland
Kevin Baloga	38	72	-4	-9	-26
Daniel Vines	34
Keith Gardner	34	68	1	3	16
David Bender	34
Mark Hunter	42	93	-1	-4	8
Paul Canovai	51
Jeff Carowan	32	96	39	62	73	1st
Andy Carowan	64
Jonathan Poore	26	50	-1	18	21
Robbie Cheek	24
Rich Crim	43	72	36	52	67	2nd
RW McDowell	29
Gordon Lovett	41	77	15	10	-2
Mark Davis	36
KC Rankin	42	67	-11	-3	4
Wiley Davis	25
Dan Rath	45	99	0	9	20
Efren De La Luz	54
Barry Markland	34	61	-1	-2	10
Scott Downs	27
Mark Evans	19	50	11	-1	3
Graham Self	31
Frank Hughes	47	75	9	-6	-7
Mike Meadows	28
Jim Johnson	56	102	-2	6	17
Jimmy Johnson	46
Barry Kelley	41	66	19	15	22
Scott Kelley	25
Brent Koeval	42	77	24	29	48	3rd
Bill Kumerow	35
Dale Mathis	34	53	1	10	36	4th
Tommy Woods	19
Dale Medley	43	67	17	24	26	5th
Jeremy Medley	24
Brent Nifong	30	72	3	3	-3
Chris Kelley	42

Most Pars

Old man PAR is your friend and very hard to beat. This year's award for MOST PARS goes to Efren DelaLuz with a total of 32. Efren's total for 2022 was 33 pars. Efren has an Old Man for a friend.

Player	Heathland	Moorland	Parkland	Total
Efren De La Luz	12	13	7	32	1st
Andy Carowan	8	10	9	27	2nd
Paul Canovai	10	7	8	25	3rd
Jeff Carowan	10	7	4	21
Jimmy Johnson	7	6	8	21
Brent Koeval	5	6	10	21
Mark Hunter	5	4	11	20
Jim Johnson	7	8	5	20
Dale Medley	7	6	6	19
Gordon Lovett	8	5	5	18
Rich Crim	10	3	3	16
RW McDowell	5	4	7	16
Dale Mathis	3	5	8	16
Barry Kelley	8	3	4	15
KC Rankin	4	4	6	14
Scott Kelley	6	5	3	14
David Bender	3	4	6	13
Dan Rath	3	6	4	13
Frank Hughes	5	5	3	13
Bill Kumerow	4	4	5	13
Barry Markland	4	2	6	12
Graham Self	6	2	3	11
Jeremy Medley	3	5	3	11
Brent Nifong	4	3	4	11
Chris Kelley	6	3	2	11
Daniel Vines	5	2	3	10
Keith Gardner	1	3	5	9
Robbie Cheek	3	2	4	9
Wiley Davis	1	4	4	9
Jonathan Poore	1	5	2	8
Kevin Baloga	1	4	2	7
Mike Meadows	5	1	1	7
Scott Downs	0	1	5	6
Mark Evans	1	2	3	6
Tommy Woods	1	1	4	6
Mark Davis	2	3	0	5

Most Points

Player	Points	Total	Points	Total	Points	Total
	Heathland		Moorland		Parkland
Andy Carowan	71	71	75	146	63	209
Efren De La Luz	59	59	59	118	66	184
Jim Johnson	52	52	62	114	65	179
Brent Koeval	71	71	47	118	56	174
Jeff Carowan	64	64	44	108	44	152
Paul Canovai	53	53	44	97	54	151
Rich Crim	61	61	43	104	41	145
Jimmy Johnson	48	48	48	96	48	144
Frank Hughes	47	47	42	89	51	140
RW McDowell	47	47	45	92	46	138
Mark Hunter	39	39	46	85	51	136
Gordon Lovett	53	53	42	95	39	134
Dan Rath	40	40	49	89	44	133
Dale Medley	48	48	39	87	40	127
KC Rankin	39	39	42	81	44	125
Dale Mathis	34	34	39	73	46	119
Barry Kelley	49	49	30	79	39	118
David Bender	32	32	38	70	44	114
Chris Kelley	46	46	34	80	32	112
Barry Markland	36	36	31	67	41	108
Kevin Baloga	44	44	39	83	24	107
Keith Gardner	37	37	32	69	37	106
Bill Kumerow	30	30	35	65	40	105
Scott Kelley	36	36	32	68	34	102
Brent Nifong	29	29	38	67	34	101
Jeremy Medley	36	36	35	71	29	100
Mark Davis	39	39	30	69	26	95
Jonathan Poore	26	26	43	69	24	93
Graham Self	38	38	23	61	31	92
Scott Downs	24	24	29	53	32	85
Daniel Vines	24	24	28	52	31	83
Wiley Davis	17	17	33	50	30	80
Robbie Cheek	23	23	26	49	29	78
Mike Meadows	37	37	18	55	23	78
Tommy Woods	20	20	23	43	33	76
Mark Evans	23	23	15	38	23	61

Medal Play

Player	Score	Total	Score	Total	Score	Total
	Heathland		Moorland		Parkland
Andy Carowan	74	74	73	147	78	225	1st
Efren De La Luz	78	78	78	156	77	233	2nd
Jim Johnson	83	83	79	162	77	239	3rd
Brent Koeval	74	74	88	162	81	243
Paul Canovai	82	82	90	172	82	254
Jimmy Johnson	84	84	87	171	84	255
Jeff Carowan	77	77	90	167	89	256
Rich Crim	80	80	92	172	91	263
KC Rankin	90	90	88	178	86	264
RW McDowell	88	88	90	178	87	265
Gordon Lovett	83	83	92	175	90	265
Dan Rath	91	91	86	177	88	265
Frank Hughes	86	86	92	178	87	265
Dale Medley	87	87	93	180	85	265
Mark Hunter	91	91	90	181	85	266
David Bender	90	90	91	181	89	270
Dale Mathis	94	94	93	187	88	275
Chris Kelley	85	85	95	180	95	275
Barry Kelley	84	84	99	183	94	277
Keith Gardner	92	92	96	188	94	282
Bill Kumerow	97	97	95	192	91	283
Barry Markland	93	93	100	193	92	285
Jeremy Medley	92	92	96	188	100	288
Daniel Vines	91	91	100	191	98	289
Scott Kelley	95	95	99	194	95	289
Jonathan Poore	93	93	93	186	104	290
Mark Davis	91	91	99	190	100	290
Graham Self	92	92	105	197	95	292
Brent Nifong	100	100	97	197	96	293
Kevin Baloga	103	103	94	197	104	301
Scott Downs	103	103	99	202	99	301
Wiley Davis	106	106	98	204	100	304
Mike Meadows	93	93	109	202	104	306
Tommy Woods	106	106	104	210	97	307
Robbie Cheek	108	108	105	213	101	314
Mark Evans	106	106	113	219	105	324