Michigan Golf Journal July 2021

Michigan Golf Journal ichigan Amateur GRAND RAPIDS – The match-play field of the Michigan Amateur endured rain delays and bad weather of epic proportions, with 6 inches of rain in two days alone, causing the 110 th version to be finished Monday, June 28, instead of the traditional Saturday. In the end, Patrick Sullivan of Grosse Pointe endured the longest to capture the Michigan Amateur title after finishing runner up two years ago. Sullivan won the Michigan Amateur Championship, turning back Eastern Michigan University golfer Tyler Rayman of Otsego 2 and 1 in the championship match at Cascade Hills Country Club – two years after he lost in the championship match to Ben Smith of Novi. “Getting to the finals is an accomplishment in itself, and you don’t really know if you’re going to be back in that situation,” Sullivan said. “I was lucky enough two years later and I knew I wasn’t going to make the same mistakes I did then.” Rayman, who got past the Sweet 16 for the first time, led 1-up early in the match and also through nine holes, but Sullivan birdied No. 10 to tie the score and then made consecutive birdies at Nos. 14 and 15 to move in front to stay. Patrick Sullivan – and the Rain – Dominates 110th Michigan Amateur Championship By Greg Johnson and Tom Lang