Michigan Golf Journal August 2019

Michigan Man on Tour Ryan Brehm in Michigan Open Credit: Greg Johnson By Tom Lang Michigan’s Ryan Brehm to Regain PGA Tour Card Second win on Korn Ferry Tour launches return to PGA Tour Ryan Brehm has punched his full-time ticket back to the PGA Tour. The Mt. Pleasant native, MSU grad and former coach, and now Traverse City resident was a rookie on the PGA Tour in 2016- 17. His second chance comes soon, when the fall season begins in October. Brehm locked in this second tour of the Tour by winning the LECOM Health Challenge in a playoff, the first week of July on the Korn Ferry Tour, his second career win. It was the final week of a consecutive 12-tournament run for Brehm, who knew he could potentially secure a top-25 season-long finish to get his card back. “I’d like to think I’m better suited now than I was my rookie year,” Brehm told MGJ recently, also giving a lot of the credit to his wife, Chelsey. “I’ve realized that you just Ryan Brehm wins LECOM Health Challenge Credit: Korn Ferry Tour Continues on next page >>