ATLANTA, GA — The Georgia PGA Assistants’ reclaimed the Cup from the Tennessee PGA Assistants’ in the 30th edition of the Assistants’ Cup Matches, 14-10. Georgia now goes 1UP in the series with 14 victories (TN with 13) overall and there have been three ties.
This year’s matches were played at Royal Lakes Golf & Country Club, in Flowery Branch, GA on October 7-8.
Each team is composed of the top ten Assistants’ Division Player of the Year point leaders, plus two Captains Choices. This year’s team was led by Captain, Tyler Hays, PGA of Atlanta CC & Vice-Captain, Matt Sanders, PGA of West Pines GC. The rest of the team included Jin Chung, PGA of Chateâu Élan GC, Landon Coontz of West Lake CC, Ryan Emery of Mizuno USA, Justin Mattheis of Cuscowilla on Lake Oconee, Chris Nicol, of The Kingdom at Reynolds, Brock Nixon of CC of the South, Hunter Suggs of Cherokee Town & CC, Chad Thomas of West Pines GC, Ian Trace, PGA of Peachtree GC, and David Ward, PGA of The Standard Club.
The morning Four-Ball Matches did not go as planned with Team Tennessee PGA claiming a 4-2 advantage. However the afternoon Foursome Matches flipped and Team Georgia PGA found themselves tied 6-6 heading into Tuesday’s Singles Matches.
Team Georgia PGA zoned in on the Keith Burdette Cup as they won 8 out of the 12 matches to make sure the Cup stays in Georgia for at least a year. We want to thank Turtleson Apparel and Branded Bills hats for supplying the team uniforms.
ABOUT THE ASSISTANTS’ CUP
The Assistants’ Cup Matches started in 1995 to create a fun yet competitive event between the two Sections.
The format is three rounds of match play, with four-ball and foursome (alternate shot) matches both played on Monday and singles matches on Tuesday morning. One point will be awarded to the winner of each match, with ties being split.
Match #1 – Mullins/Hawkins v. Nixon/Emery – Mullins/Hawkins Won nnMatch #2 – Suggs/Trace v. Stewart/Trenkler – Suggs/Trace Won nnMatch #3 – Adams/Baker v. Mattheis/Coontz – Adams/Baker Won nnMatch #4 – Batuello/Wolfe v. Ward/Hays – Batuello/Wolfe Won nnMatch #5 – Thomas/Nicol v. Rhoten/Nuttall – Thomas/Nicol Won nnMatch #6 – Burger/Jones v. Chung/Sanders – Burger/Jones Won nMatch #1 – Jones/Batuello v. Nixon/Mattheis – TiennMatch #2 – Trace/Hays v. Rhoten/Wolfe – Trace/Hays Won nnMatch #3 – Hawkins/Baker v. Emery/Ward – Hawkins/Baker Won nnMatch #4 – Adams/Trenkler v. Chung/Nicol – TiennMatch #5 – Thomas/Coontz v. Stewart/Burger – Thomas/Coontz Won nnMatch #6 – Sanders/Suggs v. Mullins/Nuttall – Sanders/Suggs Won nMatch #1 – Landon Coontz, Evans, GA, West Lake CC v. Tre Mullins – L. Coontz Won nnMatch #2 – David Ward, Johns Creek, GA, The Standard Club v. Chad Adams – D. Ward Won nnMatch #3 – Justin Mattheis, Milledgeville, GA, Cuscowilla on Lake Oconee v. Chris Baker – J. Mattheis Won nnMatch #4 – Matthew Nuttall v. Hunter Suggs, Alpharetta, GA, Cherokee Town and Country Club – M. Nuttall Won nnMatch #5 – Noah Trenkler v. Tyler Hays, Cartersville, GA, Atlanta Country Club – N. Trenkler Won nnMatch #6 – Ryan Emery, Hoschton, GA, Mizuno USA, Inc. v. Ethan Burger – R. Emery Won nnMatch #7 – Jin Chung, Norcross, GA, Château Élan Golf Club v. Brett Wolfe – J. Chung Won nnMatch #8 – Chris Nicol, Good Hope, GA, The Kingdom at Reynolds Lake Oconee v. Logan Stewart – C. Nicol Won nnMatch #9 – Chad Thomas, Temple, GA, West Pines Golf Club v. Joey Batuello – C. Thomas Won nnMatch #10 – Matt Sanders, Carrollton, GA, West Pines Golf Club v. Sam Rhoten – M. Sanders Won nnMatch #11 – Dylan Jones v. Ian Trace, Atlanta, GA, Peachtree Golf Club – D. Jones Won nnMatch #12 – Brad Hawkins v. Brock Nixon, Acworth, GA, Country Club of the South – B. Hawkins Won
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