At the prestigious 2024 East West Matches at Maridoe Golf Club in Carrolton, Texas, the West team won 24.5 points to 20.5 points. North Dakota Mid-Amateur Josh Persons helped lead the West to the win. The event was played Nov. 1-3, 2024.

In the talented field were a combined total of 589 USGA tournament appearances and 23 USGA national titles.

Persons went 2-2 in the event and earned an important two points for the West.

The West now leads the series 2-1 in the event that players believe is now one of the preeminent national senior and mid-amateur team tournaments. Both mid-amateurs and senior amateurs were playing.

"It was a bunch of good guys getting together and playing as hard as we can and I think that is the best part," Persons said. "You don't want to let your team down and you want to win. It was my first time here and we won, so I am off to a good start. Winning just caps off a great week."

The West had a one-point lead heading into the 18 singles matches on Sunday and won the final session 10.5 points to 7.5 points.

During the Saturday foursomes, the East team won the session 5 points to 4. In the first session, the West won the Friday morning fourball 5.5 points to 3.5 points. The teams split the foursomes session on Friday afternoon 4.5 points each.

The West captain was Brady Exber, a member of the Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame and the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame in addition to the National Senior Amateur Hall of Fame. The captain of the East was Nathan Smith, a 5-time USGA champion. Smith is also the captain of the 2025 Walker Cup team.

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East Team: Mid-Amateurs -- Jonathan Bale, Hayes Brown, Stephen Behr, Christian Cavaliere, Will Davenport, Joe Deraney, Jeronimo Esteve, Scott Harvey, Sam Jackson, Nick Maccario, Andrew Price, Brad Tilley. Seniors -- Jack Hall, Doug Hanzel, Bob Royak, Paul Simson, Rick Stimmel and Kevin VandenBerg.

West Team: Mid-Amateurs -- Brian Blanchard, Denny Bull, Parker Edens, Stewart Hagestad, Michael Jensen, Drew Kittleson,

Trip Kuehne, Josh Persons, Bobby Massa, Brad Nurski, Andy Sajevic, Chris Wheeler,. Seniors -- Gene Elliott, Bryan Hoops, Mike McCoy, Terrence Miskell, Mark Strickland, Dan Sullivan.