Lake Arrowhead Living OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER 2023
The Brimmer Highlands Cup is an event dreamed up by Ward Brimmer and a few other golfers 15 years ago to spice up Lake Arrowhead’s golfing experience through some good-natured competition among Golf Club members. Two golf members have participated in all 15 events, Sandy Reynolds and Rick Salese. Modeled after the Ryder Cup between U.S. and European golf professionals, the Brimmer Highlands Cup has two captains who are responsible for selecting team members, setting tournament rules, and working with Golf Club management on Tournament details. This year the Red Team Co-Captains were Al Schimmelman and Paul Bolding. The Blue Team captain was Mel Standley and his Co-Caption was Lee Heubner. Each team included 18 members. Matches on the first day of competition were played by 2-person teams in three different formats – best ball, alternate shot, and scramble. The Blue Team ended the first day of competition with a 15.5 -11.5 lead. Second day matches were all singles. The Blue team increased their lead with second day results of 11.5 Blue to 6.5 Red. The final results were Blue 27 and Red 18. In what was a very competitive event, the Blue Team earned bragging rights for the eighth year in a row. Special thanks to all the staff in the Pro Shop and The Highlands Grill for all they did to help make the Highlands Cup a successful and fun event.