The Golf Association of Michigan (GAM) team started hot on a cool morning winning five of the six four-ball matches and rolled on through singles over Michigan PGA pros in the afternoon to win the 48th Fuller Cup Matches 13-5 at Cascade Hills Country Club.
Top amateur golfers representing the GAM and top PGA professionals representing the Michigan Section of the PGA squared off in a Ryder Cup-like format with six four-ball matches and 12 singles matches. The annual competition was originally scheduled for May 5, but rescheduled due to pandemic restrictions.
The GAM team won for the third consecutive year and seventh time in the last 11 years but trails the PGA 34-12-2 in the series that started in 1971.
The format has changed over the years, but the matches are presented to promote sportsmanship, friendship and quality golf among professionals and amateurs. The matches are named for the late Ernest Fuller, a Michigan golf course developer.
Cascade Hills Country Club will also host the 110th Michigan Amateur Championship next summer.
RESULTS 48th Fuller Cup Matches
Afternoon Session Singles
Dan Urban (PGA) def. Michael Coriasso (GAM) 1-up
Dan Ellis (GAM) def. Lee Houtteman (PGA) 5-4
Austin Kreger (GAM) def. Adrian Jolliffe (PGA) 4-3
Nick Gunthorpe (GAM) TIED Adam Schumacher (PGA)
Andrew Walker (GAM) TIED Kyle Wittenbach (PGA)
Bradley Smithson (GAM) def. Joe Hatch (PGA) 7-5
Steve Nichols (GAM) def. Frank McAuliffe (PGA) 4-3
Cody Haughton (PGA) def. Chip Anderson (GAM) 3-2
James Piot (GAM) def. Jeff Roth (PGA) 6-5
Grant Haefner (GAM) def. Tim Pearce (PGA) 2-1
Brian Cairns (PGA) def. Anthony Sorentino (GAM) 2-up
Brad Bastion (GAM) def. Josh Fryer (PGA) 2-1
GAM 8, PGA 4
FINAL SCORE, GAM 13, PGA 5
