PGA Professional Brain Cairns from Fox Hills Learning Center in Plymouth and Michigan State golfer Julian Menser overcame a crowded leaderboard in round 1 and established a dominant lead in round 2 to defeat Michigan’s top golfers to win their first Adidas State Pro Am at The Highlands on Tuesday!
A huge turnout of 135 teams of one PGA Professional and one amateur teed it up on Monday and Tuesday using The Donald Ross Memorial & The Heather Courses at The Highlands in this historic state best ball event that started in 1935.
With 17 teams within 4 shots of the lead after round 1 we knew round 2 would be interesting. The team of professional Brent Goulding from Prestwick Village Golf Club and his amateur partner Chris Cunningham held a 1 shot lead after shooting 63 on The Heather but could not keep up the momentum and fell to T4 after a 70 in round 2.
Despite the windy conditions late in round 2 there were a lot of good scores as teams made their move to the top of the leaderboard. Four teams managed to shoot a 66 but no one could best Cairns & Menser’s 64 in round 2 as they won by 4 strokes.
Brain and Julian started off round 2 at a blistering pace quickly establishing their lead making birdies on 5 out of their first 6 holes then proceeded to birdie 3 straight in holes #9, #10, and #11 to finish round 2 with an 8 under 64.
Brain and Julian now get their names on this historic trophy with the likes of Al Watrous, Walter Burkemo, Horton Smith, Randy Erskine and many other Hall of Famers as well as an exemption into the Tournament of Champions.
The Highlands always proves to be such a great venue for this event. The golf courses were in great condition. Thank you as well to our sponsor Adidas. They were onsite and set up a mobile pro shop for all the players providing them with a tournament gift.
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