Displaying steely nerves while dozens of her teammates and competitors watched from a few feet away, Carmel’s Michaela Headlee calmly dropped a five-foot putt to win her Sunday singles match, securing the Yestingsmeier Cup for Team Indianapolis at Evansville Country Club.
The event is a yearly competition pitting 24 of the top junior golfers in Central Indiana against their peers from the Evansville area. Players are paired up with a teammate for two Saturday matches, then all players tee it up for solo head-to-head matches on Sunday.
Headlee’s putt capped a great day for Hamilton County golfers in the competition. Her younger sister, Maddie, won two of her three matches.
Carmel’s Owen Sander won all three of the matches he played during the weekend, prompting his teammates to hand him the Cup to hold for team photos.
University High School’s Becky Williams and Hamilton Southeastern’s Marissa Spreitzer also won one point each in the important Sunday matches. Carmel’s Claire Swathwood was also selected for the team.
The final score of 25-23 marks the second straight win for Team Indianapolis, which now gets to keep the Cup until next year, when a course in Central Indiana will host the event.
A link to more information about the Yestingsmeier Cup can be found here: yestingsmeiercup.org
More information on the Yestingsmeier Cup, detailed results from this year and previous years (if anyone can fill in the gaps in our historical results, please let me know at bruce(at)cardinalacres.com), along with photos can be found on our website at yestingsmeiercup.org.
The Indianapolis team already had the win secured before Michaela’s putt. Great tournament!!