Michigan Golf Journal June 2019

make sure to continue the good and solid traditions that GAM has always had.” GAM provides each member a USGA handicap. It rates courses for the same reason, to have a measurement of each courses’ toughness balanced against the handicap system. But there is so much more. GAM runs several dozen tournaments, ranging from the premier men’s and women’s Michigan Amateurs, to Junior tournaments and qualifiers for the U.S. Open. But there are also opportunities like father-child handicapped events, the GAM Scramble for teams, and GAM Golf Days that open private courses to all golfers at a low rate and with prizes provided using their handicap. “If you’ve never played a tournament before we have a tournament you would enjoy,” Whitten said. “There is something for every handicap level. And all the GAM volunteers, we’re golfers too. So, we’re thinking about things that we’ve enjoyed, or would like to enjoy, and to put ourselves in the other golfers’ shoes for the day.” 25 June 2019 www.michigangolfjournal.com