The first ever Snyder Cup took place between 13th and the 15th June 2014.  The Two teams fought a titanic battle.  Here we take a look at how that first ever cup was won...

 

The inaugural Snyder Cup will go down in history as one of the greatest ever when Sussex Spitfires fought back from a heavy day one deficit to smash the Rest of the World rebels and bring the cup home to Sussex.

 

The day started well for the Spitfires when they stunned the Rebels with the reveal of their first dayoutfits. The combo of the classy grey checked trousers coupled with the Nike golf shirts and the Spitfires exclusive Travel Blazers rocked the Rebels in their cheap polyester shirts and mis matched trousers.  The lack of travel blazers also had an adverse effect on the Rebels.

The teams then revealed their pairings and Spitfires Captain and Vice-Captain, Owens and Williams, took on their Rebel counterparts,

Hancock and Startup.

 

The second match saw Lawes and Oates of the Spitfires, up against Coates and Trimmer from the Rebels. Owens hit the first ball of the tournament with a solid drive down the first. His Rebels counterpart didn’t far so well though, Hancock finding the rough to the right of the fairway culminating in a horrific 8 for the clumsy water finding giant. This set the tone for the day and Owens and Williams won a hard fought contest to put the Spitfires ahead. However, Coates and Trimmer won the other match easily giving the Rebels the win and the extra four points for the best stable ford scores. This coupled with a number of Eagles and Birdies meant that at the end of day one the score were Spitfires 7 - 14 Rebels

 

Both teams then retired to legendary the Bel-Air nightclub where they were granted access to the incredibly exclusive upstairs VIP area where they partied until the small hours.

 

Spitfires would need a gargantuan turn around in the singles if they were to have a chance of taking the home the Trophy. The Rebels only need two victories to confirm victory. Who would prevail?

 

The Spitfires had it all to do on Day Two but were in confident

mood once the pairings are revealed. Owens was drawn against

Trimmer, a player he’d beaten on every previous occasion,

Oates was drawn against Hancock, Lawes against Startup

and last out was Williams against Coates.

 

A partizan crowd of over 60,000 had flocked to the Belfry to

watch the drama unfold, but never in their wildest dreams

would they have predicted what was about to unfold.

The Spitfires started like a house on fire, going ahead in

three of the four matches before the turn. It did’t get any

better for the Rebels as Owens and Lawes slayed Trimmer

and Startup in the two opening matches, putting the

Spitfires into the lead for the first time in the tournament.

 

The Spitfires knew they needed just one more victory in either of the remaining two matches to bring glory back to Sussex.  They didn’t have to wait long as by the 15th Oates had destroyed Hancock, confirming victory for the Spitfires.

 

This left one match out on the course but no one was interested in Coates single hole win on the 18th and Williams, who knew the cup

was won, was keen to join his teammates in a celebration of a truly stunning comeback.

 

The final score was:

 

Spitfires 26 - 19 Rebels