Sobbe Cup Playoffs 2025
St. Louis, MO - The 32nd year of the Thomas O. Sobbe Cup is well underway. Fifty-one teams registered to compete this year and have completed the group stage of the competition. The top team from each of the 17 divisions moves on to the playoffs for the round of 16. With an extra team in the mix, the lowest two ranked teams have to playoff for the final spot in the knock-out stage.
The teams that earned the best winning record during the group stage and held the top spot in their division move on. The top teams are as follows: Division 1 - WingHaven Country Club (17.5pts), Division 2 - Crystal Highlands Golf Course (16.0pts), Division 3 - Forest Hills Country Club (14.5pts), Division 4 - Sunset Country Club (14.0pts), Division 5 - Spring Lake Country Club (16.5pts), Division 6 - Waterloo Country Club (16.5pts), Division 7 - Ruth Park Golf Course (12.0pts), Division 8 - Sunset Hills Country Club (13.5pts), Division 9 - St. Clair Country Club (11.0pts), Division 10 - Algonquin Golf Club (15.0pts), Division 11 - Whitmoor North (17.5pts), Division 12 - Old Hickory Golf Club I (17.5pts), Division 13 - Greenbriar Hills Country Club (14.0pts), Division 14 - Lake Forest Country Club I (15.0pts), Division 15 - Lake Forest Country Club II (11.0pts), Division 16 - Quincy Country Club (18.0pts), and Division 17 - Persimmon Woods Golf Club II (15.0pts).
The teams were then ranked for the knockout stages based on the points they earned in their groups. Quincy Country Club put together an undefeated performance in the group stage to earn 18 points and claim the number one seed. Spring Lake Country Club also went undefeated in their group, but with only 16.5 points, they would have to settle for the second seed. Coming in as the bottom two seeds are St. Clair Country Club and Ruth Park Golf Course. St. Clair earned 11.0 points, while Ruth Park earned 12.0 points. These two teams had to face off in an extra match to determine who would get the final place in the Round of 16. Following the sudden death match, St. Clair Country Club came out on top to take the final spot.
Lake Forest Country Club is the only course that entered two teams to have both teams make it into the playoffs. Two-time defending champions, Glen Echo Country Club failed to make it into the playoffs this year, leaving the door open for a new champion this year.
The rest of the Round of 16 qualifiers stack up as follows:
No. 1 - Quincy Country Club
No. 2 - Spring Lake Country Club
No. 3 - WingHaven Country Club
No. 4 - Whitmoor North
No. 5 - Old Hickory Golf Club I
No. 6 - Waterloo Country Club
No. 7 - Crystal Highlands Golf Course
No. 8 - Lake Forest Country Club I
No. 9 - Algonquin Golf Club
No. 10 - Sunset Country Club
No. 11 - Forest HIlls Country Club
No. 12 - Sunset Hills Country Club
No. 13 - Persimmon Woods Golf Club II
No. 14 - Greenbriar Hills Country Club
No. 15 - Lake Forest Country Club II
No. 16 - St. Clair Country Club