OH BROTHER: Pierce, Tait Morrissey Claim GAM Four-Ball Championship

Pierce Morrissey said he figured why not round out the summer golf season family style, so he asked his older brother Tait to play with him in the 10th GAM Four-Ball Championship presented by BOYNE Golf at Country Club of Jackson. 

“Why not play with someone that I feel comfortable with, that I’ve grown up with and played golf with my entire life,” he said. “I figured this would be a special event to win that way.” 

The Morrissey brothers, 22-year-old Pierce who is a senior and golf team member at MSU, and Tait, 24, a Northville resident, put together a 9-under 63 on the Marsh and Pines nines to win both the afternoon wave and the overall championship. 

A field of 70-two-golfer teams was split between morning and afternoon waves. 

The Morrissey brothers put together nine birdies and edged Andrew Tindall of Chelsea and Nick Jallos of Plymouth, who each made four birdies to shoot 8-under 64. Gary Even Owen of Ann Arbor and Ronald Owen of Dexter, who teamed up for a 7-under 65, finished third in the afternoon wave.