ATLANTA, GA — The Georgia PGA Wizards captured the Tennessee PGA Wizards Cup in the 30th annual Wizards Cup Matches, 14-10. Georgia is now 1UP in the series with 14 wins (TN with 13) overall and there have been three ties.
This year’s matches were held at Royal Lakes Golf & Country Club in Flowery Branch, Georgia on October 7-8.
Each team is made up of the top ten players of the year in the assistant division, as well as two captains’ picks. This year’s team was led by captain Tyler Hays, PGA of Atlanta CC and 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 fourball matches did not go as planned, with the Tennessee PGA team claiming a 4-2 advantage. However, the afternoon foursomes reversed and the Georgia PGA team found itself tied 6-6 heading into Tuesday’s singles matches.
The Georgia PGA team focused on the Keith Burdette Cup winning 8 of 12 matches to ensure the Cup stays in Georgia for at least another year. We would like to thank Turtleson Apparel and Branded Bills Hats for providing the team uniforms.
ABOUT THE ASSISTANT CUT
The Wizards Cup matches began 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 four-ball (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 broken.
Match #1 – Mullins/Hawkins vs. Nixon/Emery – Mullins/Hawkins won \n\nMatch #2 – Suggs/Trace vs. Stewart/Trenkler – Suggs/Trace won \n\nMatch #3 – Adams/Baker against Mattheis /Coontz – Adams/Baker won \n\nMatch #4 – Batuello/Wolfe against Ward/Hays – Batuello/Wolfe won \n\nMatch #5 – Thomas/Nicol against Rhoten/Nuttall – Thomas/Nicol won \n\nMatch #6 – Burger/Jones vs. Chung/Sanders – Burger/Jones won \nMatch #1 – Jones/Batuello vs. Nixon/Mattheis – Draw\n\nMatch #2 – Trace/Hays vs. Rhoten /Wolfe – Trace/ Hays won \n\nMatch #3 – Hawkins/Baker vs. Emery/Ward – Hawkins/Baker won \n\nMatch #4 – Adams/Trenkler vs. Chung/Nicol – Tie\n\nMatch #5 – Thomas/Coontz vs. Stewart/Burger – Thomas/Coontz won \n\nGame #6 – Sanders/Suggs vs. Mullins/Nuttall – Sanders/Suggs won \nMatch #1 – Landon Coontz, Evans, GA, West Lake CC vs. Tre Mullins – L. Coontz won \n\nMatch #2 – David Ward, Johns Creek, GA, The Standard Club vs. Chad Adams – D. Ward won \n\nMatch #3 – Justin Mattheis, Milledgeville, GA, Cuscowilla on Lake Oconee v. Chris Baker – J. Mattheis won \n\nMatch #4 – Matthew Nuttall vs. Hunter Suggs, Alpharetta, GA, Cherokee Town and Country Club – M. Nuttall won \n\nMatch #5 – Noah Trenkler vs. Tyler Hays , Cartersville, GA, Atlanta Country Club – N. Trenkler won \n\nMatch #6 – Ryan Emery, Hoschton, GA, Mizuno USA, Inc. vs. Ethan Burger – R. Emery won \n\nMatch #7 – Jin Chung, Norcross, GA, Château Élan Golf Club c. Brett Wolfe – J. Chung won \n\nMatch #8 – Chris Nicol, Good Hope, GA, The Kingdom at Reynolds Lake Oconee v. Logan Stewart – C. Nicol won Match #9 – Chad Thomas, Temple, GA, West Pines Golf Club vs. Joey Batuello – C. Thomas won Match #10 – Matt Sanders, Carrollton, GA, West Pines Golf Club vs. Sam Rhoten – Mr. Sanders won \n\nMatch #11 – Dylan Jones vs. Ian Trace, Atlanta, GA, Peachtree Golf Club – D. Jones won \n\nMatch #12 – Brad Hawkins vs. Brock Nixon , Acworth, GA, Country Club of the South – B. Hawkins won
