Michigan Golf Journal July 2018

Tournament News 'ZK^^ WK/Ed tKK ^ ʹ Beau Breault bombed his way to the 107 th Michigan Amateur Championship to avenge and ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ ƵƉŽŶ ŚŝƐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚͲƉůĂĐĞ ĮŶŝƐŚ ůĂƐƚ LJĞĂƌ͘ ƌĞĂƵůƚ ĐŽŶƟŶƵŽƵƐůLJ ĐƌƵƐŚĞĚ his drives but used excellent ƉƵƫŶŐ Ăůů ǁĞĞŬ ƚŽ ƚƵƌŶ ďĂĐŬ ƚŚĞ ĮĞůĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽͲĚĂLJ ƐƚƌŽŬĞ ƉůĂLJ͕ ƐŝdžͲƌŽƵŶĚƐ ŽĨ ŵĂƚĐŚ ƉůĂLJ ĨŽƌŵĂƚ͘ ,Ğ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ϰͲĂŶĚͲϯ ǁŝŶ ŽǀĞƌ ŶƚŚŽŶLJ ^ŽƌĞŶƟŶŽ ŽĨ ^ŚĞůďLJ dŽǁŶƐŚŝƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ŵĂƚĐŚ͘ ͞/ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ůĂƐƚ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ƵƉ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĂƚ ƉŽŝŶƚ (the 2017 Michigan Am) and ƚŚĞŶ ǁŚĞŶ / ďƌŽŬĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĂŶĚ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŝƚ ŐĂǀĞ ŵĞ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ ĂĐƚƵĂůůLJ͕͟ Breault said about the loss to Tom Werkmeister, who since turned pro is now playing on the PGA Tour Champions. “So, / ƚŽŽŬ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞƐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ŝƚ͕ / ƌĞĂůůLJ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ŐĞƚ ŵĂĚ͘ / ĚŝĚ ǁĂŶƚ ƌĞǀĞŶŐĞ͕ ďƵƚ / ƚŽŽŬ ŵŽƌĞ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞƐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ŝƚ͖ ƚƌLJŝŶŐ ƚŽ build on it. ͞/ ƉƵƩĞĚ ƌĞĂůůLJ ƐŽůŝĚ͕ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƚŚƌĞĞͲƉƵƩƐ͕͟ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ ǁĞƌĞ ŬĞLJƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĞŬ͘ ͞/ ǁĂƐ ŐŽŽĚ ǁŝƚŚ ůĂŐ ƉƵƩƐ͖ ǁĞ had some greats reads, and ƚŚĞŶ / Śŝƚ ƚŚĞ ĚƌŝǀĞƌ ƌĞĂůůLJ͕ really well. This course sets up nice for me because there’s a lot of bunkers about 280 to 290 ƚŚĂƚ / ĐĂŶ ũƵƐƚ ĐĂƌƌLJ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŽǀĞƌ͕ ƐŽ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ĨĂŝƌǁĂLJƐ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ďŝƚ ǁŝĚĞƌ͘͟ One of the people in the ŐĂůůĞƌLJ ŽĨ ĂďŽƵƚ ϭϱϬ ƉĞŽƉůĞ was Nathan Oake, a teacher at Hartland High and prep coach ƚŽ ƌĞĂƵůƚ͕ ŶŽǁ Ă ƐĞŶŝŽƌͲƚŽͲďĞ at Eastern Michigan University. “He’s got an aggressive side to him and that bodes well ŝŶ ŵĂƚĐŚ ƉůĂLJ͕͟ KĂŬĞ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞ ŶĚ ĂŌĞƌ ůĂƐƚ LJĞĂƌ / ŬŶĞǁ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ũƵƐƚ Ă ŵĂƩĞƌ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ͘ dƌĞŵĞŶĚŽƵƐ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƚŽƌ ĂŶĚ knowing him he probably thought about this every day for the last year and was ready ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŝƚ ĚŽŶĞ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĞĞŬ͘͟ Breault used a fast start ŝŶ ďŽƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ ƐĞŵŝĮŶĂů͘ ,Ğ ƚŽŽŬ Ă ϰͲƵƉ ĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŶŝŶĞ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ^ŽƌĞŶƟŶŽ ĂŶĚ held steady the remaining ŚŽůĞƐ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ƐĞŵŝĮŶĂů ŚĞ beat Hope College golfer Josh 'ŝďƐŽŶ ŽĨ 'ƌĂŶĚǀŝůůĞ ϱͲĂŶĚͲϰ͕ ĂŶĚ ^ŽƌĞŶƟŶŽ ʹ Ă ϰϬͲLJĞĂƌͲ ŽůĚ ĂƩŽƌŶĞLJ ǁŚŽ ŚĂƐ ǁŽŶ ƚŚƌĞĞ ' D DŝĚͲ ŵĂƚĞƵƌ Championships – rallied from behind and slipped past Georgia Tech golfer Ben Smith ŽĨ EŽǀŝ͕ ϭͲƵƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐĞŵŝĮŶĂů͘ Beau Breault Wins Michigan Amateur By Tom Lang