2020
The Course
The inaugural field — golf nuts who’d all met at Losantiville Country Club — headed to Peninsula Golf Resort. Built in 1997 by Pete Dye across 200 acres of rolling Kentucky terrain, the course plays 6,700 yards from the championship tees, with Bermuda/Bluegrass fairways winding through natural contours and over 40 strategically placed bunkers.
2020 Rosters
Team Red
- Jordan Higgins(C)
- Craig Hyson
- Cody Wacker
- Taylor Bockrath
- Will Nodo
- Matt Starkey
Team Blue
- Leo Fante(C)
- Kyle Mahoney
- Keith Brinkmann
- Nick Stock
- Ben Rader
- Dillon Davis
Sunday Singles
Individual Standings
Jordan Higgins
The very first Santy Cup Champion. Higgins fought through rough conditions on Sunday for a come-from-behind win, closing it out by two shots to become the answer to the trivia question every Santy Cup will ever ask.
| Place | Player | Net |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan Higgins | 227 |
| 2 | Keith Brinkmann | 229 |
| 3 | Dillon Davis | 230 |
| 4 | Craig Hyson | 232 |
| 5 | Kyle Mahoney | 235 |
| 6 | Matt Starkey | 242 |
| 7 | Nick Stock | 247 |
| 8 | Leo Fante | 250 |
| 9 | Cody Wacker | 251 |
| 10 | Will Nodo | 253 |
| 11 | Taylor Bockrath | 258 |
| 12 | Ben Rader | 262 |
Photo Gallery
2020 Recap
The inaugural Santy Cup was everything it was supposed to be and more — great camaraderie, plenty of beers, a lot of laughs, and amazing tacos courtesy of Matt Starkey. The team competition came down to the wire, tied 3–3 heading into Sunday’s singles. Team Higgins showed up to the range early and grinding; Team Fante, by most accounts, was still asleep.
Saturday night’s pairings didn’t help Fante’s cause — Captain Fante reportedly blacked out mid-decision and couldn’t quite remember the matchups he’d set. Sunday delivered fireworks anyway. The opening match — Matt Starkey against Nick Stock — turned into an instant classic, with Starkey draining a slider on 17 to go 1 up. With Team Higgins already holding three wins on the board, that putt clinched the very first Santy Cup for Team Higgins, 7–5.
Individually, Jordan Higgins became the first-ever Santy Cup Champion, fighting through rough Sunday conditions for a come-from-behind, two-shot win — the answer to a trivia question that’ll get asked every year this thing runs.