Professional captain Dean Grunewald of host The Plantation at Ponte Vedra Beach and Amateur captain Steve Carter of Deerwood Country Club have announced their respective 12-player teams for next month’s 35th edition of the Underwood Cup.
The 2026 Underwood Cup will be played Feb. 2-3 at The Plantation at Ponte Vedra Beach for the first time.
On Feb. 2, there will be six foursomes matches in the morning, followed by six four-ball matches in the afternoon. The Cup will be decided on Feb. 3 with 12 singles matches.
The 2026 Professional and Amateur team lineups are as follows:
PROFESSIONAL TEAM
- Dean Grunewald, Assistant Captain, of The Plantation at Ponte Vedra Beach
- Matt Hipps, Assistant Captain ,of World Golf Village
- Clint Avret of Southeastern Turf Supply
- Jarrod Barsamian of Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
- Stephanie Connelly-Eiswerth of San Jose CC
- Hayes Farley of San Jose CC
- Austin Hill of Timuquana CC
- Andrew Lanahan of PGA TOUR Performance Center
- Rob Lee of Westside Golf Center
- Sydney Mattiace of Sawgrass CC
- Bobby Newberry of Timuquana CC
- P.J. Politan of GreatLIFE Golf
- Aaron Russell of Sawgrass CC
- Josh Wolfe of Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
AMATEUR TEAM
- Steve Carter, Captain, of Deerwood CC
- Michael Delrocco, Assistant Captain, of San Jose CC
- Chase Baldwin of Deerwood CC
- Jordan Batchelor of Deerwood CC
- Ty Capps of Hammock Dunes Club
- Jeff Dennis of TPC Sawgrass
- Sam Giese of Timuquana CC
- Jeff Golden of Jax Beach GC
- Mike Smith of TPC Sawgrass
- Tyler Gulliksen of Amelia National GC
- Lance LaCombe of Fleming Island, GC
- Andrew Morris of St. Johns G&CC
- Graham Nichols of Timuquana CC
- Matt Saxton of San Jose CC
Alternates: Professionals – Will Rehberg, Deerwood CC; Amateurs – Charles Kirk, Eagle Harbor GC
The teams were determined based on separate points systems that are relative to the various top-level competitions Northern Chapter of the North Florida PGA Section professionals and their top amateur counterparts competed in during the course of 2025.
After dropping the 2023 and 2024 Underwood Cup matches to the Professionals, the Amateurs got back on the winning track last February (2025) with a 14-10 victory at Deerwood CC. The Amateurs hold the series edge, 18-13-3, dating back to 1993.
Underwood Jewelers has been the event’s title sponsor all 35 years.
Dean Grunewald is captaining the Professionals for the first time after having served in an assistant captain capacity in February 2025. He will be assisted by Matt Hipps of World Golf Village.
Steve Carter, who has played in an Amateur team record 25 Underwood Cups, will be the Amateur captain for the third time (2022, 2023, 2026). Michael Delrocco of San Jose CC will be his assistant captain. Delrocco captained last year’s winning Amateur team.
Year-by-Year Underwood Cup History (1992-2024):
Conducted by the Northern Chapter of the North Florida Section PGA, supported administratively and promotionally by JAGA and the FSGA, hosted by Timuquana Country Club (first 30 years and 2024), San Jose Country Club (2022 and 2023) and Deerwood Country Club (2025), and sponsored by Underwood Jewelers all 35 years:
- 1992 – Professionals 16 ½, Amateurs 7 ½
- 1993 – Professionals 14, Amateurs 10
- 1994 – Professionals 13, Amateurs 11
- 1995 – Professionals 12, Amateurs 12 (Tie)
- 1996 – Professionals 13, Amateurs 11
- 1997 – Professionals 15 ½, Amateurs 8 ½
- 1998 – Amateurs 13 ½, Professionals 10 ½
- 1999 – Professionals 16, Amateurs 8
- 2000 – Amateurs 12 ½, Professionals 11 ½
- 2001 – Amateurs 12 ½, Professionals 11 ½
- 2002 – Professionals 13, Amateurs 11
- 2003 – Amateurs 16 ½, Professionals 7 ½
- 2004 – Professionals 13 ½, Amateurs 10 ½
- 2005 – Amateurs 17, Professionals 7
- 2006 – Amateurs 12 ½, Professional 11 ½
- 2007 – Amateurs 12, Professionals 12 (Tie)
- 2008 – Amateurs 12, Professionals 12 (Tie)
- 2009 – Amateurs 13 ½, Professionals 10 ½
- 2010 – Professionals 15, Amateurs 9
- 2011 – Amateurs 12 ½, Professionals 11 ½
- 2012 – Amateurs 15, Professionals 9
- 2013 – Amateurs 15 ½, Professionals 8 ½
- 2014 – Amateurs 13 ½, Professionals 10 ½
- 2015 – Amateurs 17, Professionals 7
- 2016 – Professionals 13, Amateurs 11
- 2017 – Amateurs 14, Professionals 10
- 2018 – Amateurs 13, Professionals 11
- 2019 – Amateurs 17 ½, Professionals 6 ½
- 2020 – Amateurs 16, Professionals 8
- 2021 – Amateurs 16, Professionals 8
- 2022 – Amateurs 14 ½, Professionals 9 ½
- 2023 – Professionals 14 ½, Amateurs 9 ½
- 2024 – Professionals 12 ½, Amateurs 11 ½
- 2025 – Amateurs 14, Professionals 10
