PGA Pro Am Rock Hollow GC, Peru May 31, 2007

The Indiana Section PGA Pro Am, sponsored by SkyGolf and Srixon, was completed at Rock Hollow GC in Peru, Ind. The winners of this Professional-Amateur teamed event were Chris Brummett and Andrew Burns, both from Highland Golf and Country Club in Indianapolis.

Assistant Golf Professional Brummett and his amateur partner, Burns, pulled off the perfect alliance for the best-ball, 18-hole stroke play event. Amazingly they carded eleven birdies for the 18, and none of them overlapped.

Beginning the round with Burns making birdie on #1 and #2, Brummett slipped in one of his four birdies on the third. Burns quickly turned in two more for the team to go 5-under in five holes. One bogey on the par-4 ninth put them out at 32.

Not letting the bogey change their momentum, Brummett promptly birdied the first two holes of the second nine to go to 6-under. After Burns second shot went long on the thirteenth hole, Brummett played it safe to the front edge of the green. Burns could not get up and down from the long rough, and Brummett, though hitting the putt exactly as read, missed his par for the team’s only other bogey. Coming home, Brummett birdied the fifteenth and Burns went on another birdie run with three in a row on the last three holes.

Burns, with significant tournament experience, including participating in the Indiana State Amateur Championship, USGA qualifying events (barely missing qualifying for the US Amateur) and Highland Club Championships under his belt, considers himself a “par shooter.” Seven birdies in a round, though unusual, is his personal record in a “fun round, never in competition.” After the fifth birdie for the Pro Am Brummett urged him on to tie or break his personal best. “When I birdied #16 for the fifth I began to think I could do it,” stated Burns. “I put it to three feet on both #17 and #18 and made the putts. I knew my putter was hot right now.”

Brummett's and Burns' 63 had been posted on the leader board before the entire field had even teed off for the tournament. Brummett, calling Highland to explain that he needed to stick around for the possible playoff instead of returning to work in the afternoon, spent the afternoon with Burns eating and playing pool and golf video. Returning to see their names still atop the leader board, the pair waited until the field completed their rounds and the shouting could begin.