2021
The Course
Oglebay Resort in Wheeling is home to two of West Virginia’s top 20 courses: the Palmer Course, a par-71 layout stretching 6,800 yards with six par-3s, seven par-4s, and five par-5s, and the Jones Course, the resort’s original layout playing up to 7,000 yards from the tips. The field expanded to 20 players for this trip — the first true “big” Santy Cup.
2021 Rosters
Team Red
- Jordan Higgins(C)
- Craig Hyson
- Kevin McCarthy
- Cody Wacker
- Matt Starkey
- Jared Wagoner
- Taylor Bockrath
- Will Nodo
- Chad Gilligan
- Robby Campbell
Team Blue
- Leo Fante(C)
- Chris Amato
- Keith Brinkmann
- Brett Buccigross
- Will Carroll
- Ben Galluzzo
- Kevin Hegman
- Kyle Mahoney
- Nick Stock
- Ben Rader
Session-by-Session Results
Individual Standings
Ben Galluzzo
A dead heat through Day 1 between Chris Amato and Matt Starkey gave way to Galluzzo’s steady closing run — dialed-in iron play, several closest-to-pin wins, and clutch putts down the stretch, capped off in rough, rainy mountain conditions Saturday. His first-ever Santy Cup appearance.
| Place | Player | Net |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Galluzzo | 221 |
| 2 | Kyle Mahoney | 223 |
| 3 | Kevin McCarthy | 225 |
| T4 | Chris Amato | 226 |
| T4 | Will Carroll | 226 |
| T6 | Matt Starkey | 227 |
| T6 | Craig Hyson | 227 |
| T6 | Jared Wagoner | 227 |
| 9 | Nick Stock | 228 |
| 10 | Keith Brinkmann | 229 |
| T11 | Brett Buccigross | 231 |
| T11 | Cody Wacker | 231 |
| T13 | Kevin Hegman | 232 |
| T13 | Ben Rader | 232 |
| 15 | Jordan Higgins | 234 |
| 16 | Taylor Bockrath | 235 |
| 17 | Will Nodo | 240 |
| 18 | Leo Fante | 243 |
| 19 | Chad Gilligan | 246 |
| 20 | Robby Campbell | 257 |
Photo Gallery
2021 Recap
Known ever since as the “Mauling in the Mountains,” 2021 was a complete rout. Team Fante took every single session — Thursday 3.5–1.5, Friday morning 3.5–1.5, Friday afternoon’s Shamble/Scramble another 3.5–1.5 — and Team Higgins never found a way back in. Captain Fante, criticized after a rocky first year, redeemed himself with pairings that clicked from the opening tee shot.
Singles only extended the damage, with Fante taking 6.5 of 10 available points to close it out 17–8, evening Series I at 1–1 heading into the decider. Fante’s Chris Amato, Keith Brinkmann, Brett Buccigross, Will Carroll, Ben Galluzzo, Kevin Hegman, Kyle Mahoney, Nick Stock, and Ben Rader made it a complete team effort from top to bottom.
Individually, Ben Galluzzo claimed his first Santy Cup title in his first-ever appearance, closing a tight race that had Chris Amato and Matt Starkey trading the lead through the first two days. Consistent ball-striking, a hot putter, and several closest-to-pin wins carried him through a rainy, mountainous final round.