Michigan Golf Journal January 2019
GAM Players of the Year ůĞdž ^ĐŽƩ ŽĨ dƌĂǀĞƌƐĞ ŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ <Ğƌƌŝ WĂƌŬƐ ŽĨ Flushing earned GAM’s top player of the year ŚŽŶŽƌƐ ĨŽƌ ŵĞŶ ĂŶĚ ǁŽŵĞŶ͕ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƟǀĞůLJ͘ ^ĐŽƩ ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ h͘^͘ ŵĂƚĞƵƌ Ăƚ WĞďďůĞ ĞĂĐŚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐĞĐŽŶĚͲƌŽƵŶĚ ϲͲƵŶĚĞƌ ϲϲ ƚŽ ƟĞ ĨŽƌ ŵĞĚĂůŝƐƚ ŚŽŶŽƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐƟŽŶĂů Ăƚ ƵƌƌŝĞ DƵŶŝĐŝƉĂů 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ŝŶ DŝĚůĂŶĚ͘ KŶĐĞ Ăƚ WĞďďůĞ ĞĂĐŚ ŚĞ ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŵĂƚĐŚ ƉůĂLJ ǁŝƚŚ Ă dϭϬ ŝŶ ƐƚƌŽŬĞ ƉůĂLJ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ĨĞůů ϭͲƵƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƌŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ŵĂƚĐŚ ƉůĂLJ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉͲƌĂŶŬĞĚ ũƵŶŝŽƌ ĂŵĂƚĞƵƌ ŐŽůĨĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͕ tŝůůŝĂŵDŽƵǁ ŽĨ ĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂ͘ :ƵƐƚ Ă ĨĞǁ ǁĞĞŬƐ ƉƌŝŽƌ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h͘^͘ ŵĂƚĞƵƌ͕ ^ĐŽƩ ƐŚŽƚ Ă ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ϭϭͲƵŶĚĞƌ ϲϭ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ƌŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ W' ͛Ɛ dŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ Ăƚ ŽLJŶĞ DŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ ZĞƐŽƌƚ͘ ,ŝƐ ϲϭ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ůƉŝŶĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƉƵƚ Śŝŵ ŝŶ Ă ƉůĂLJŽī ǁŝƚŚ ^Ăŵ tĞĂƚŚĞƌŚĞĂĚ͕ Ă ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ĨƌŽŵ 'ƌĂŶĚ ZĂƉŝĚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ^ĐŽƩ ĞŵĞƌŐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ͘ ^ĐŽƩ͕ Ă ' D ŵĞŵďĞƌ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ dƌĂǀĞƌƐĞ ŝƚLJ 'ŽůĨ Θ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď͕ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĂŵĂƚĞƵƌ ƚŽ ǁŝŶ ƚŚĞ dK ŝŶ ŝƚƐ Ϯϳ LJĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ ĞdžŝƐƚĞŶĐĞ͘ His Honor Roll total of 805 points topped :ĂŬĞ <ŶĞĞŶ ŽĨ tŚŝƚĞ >ĂŬĞ͕ ǁŚŽ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚĞ ϲƚŚ ĂŵĂƚĞƵƌ ƚŽ ǁŝŶ ƚŚĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ KƉĞŶ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ϭϬϭ LJĞĂƌƐ͕ ůĂƐƚ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͘ ZŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ĮǀĞ ǁĞƌĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ŵĂƚĞƵƌ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ ĞĂƵ ƌĞĂƵůƚ ; DhͿ ŽĨ ,ĂƌƚůĂŶĚ͕ ' D ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ :ĂŵĞƐ WŝŽƚ ;D^hͿ ŽĨ ĂŶƚŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŽŶŶŝĞ dƌŽƐƉĞƌ ;D^hͿ ŽĨ ĂŶƚŽŶ͘ WĂƌŬƐ ;DĂƌƐŚĂůů hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJͿ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ŚĞƌ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ŐŽůĨ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞ ďLJ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ Women’s Amateur Championship at Western 'ŽůĨ Θ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď ŝŶ ZĞĚĨŽƌĚ͘ ͞/ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƐƵŵŵĞƌƐ ĐĂŶ ĞŶĚ ďĞƩĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĂƚ͕͟ ƐŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞dŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĂĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚŵĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ͘ /͛ŵ ƉƌŽƵĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁĂLJ / ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ LJĞĂƌ͘ / ĞŶĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ďĂŶŐ͘͟ ůĂLJŶĂ ŽǁƐĞƌ ;>ŽLJŽůĂͿ ŽĨ ĞĂƌďŽƌŶ ǁĂƐ second to Parks in the Women’s Amateur ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ,ŽŶŽƌ ZŽůů͘ EĞdžƚ ĐĂŵĞ ůůLJƐŽŶ 'ĞĞƌ ;D^hͿ ŽĨ ĂƐƚ >ĂŶƐŝŶŐ͕ LJĂ :ŽŚŶƐŽŶ ŽĨ DƵƐŬĞŐŽŶ ;hŶŝǀ͘ ŽĨ tŝƐĐ͘Ϳ ĂŶĚ ^ĂƌĂŚ ^ŚŝƉůĞLJ ŽĨ ,ĂƐƟŶŐƐ ;hŶŝǀ͘ ŽĨ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬLJͿ͘ GAM Players of the Year are determined by ƚŚĞ ' D ,ŽŶŽƌ ZŽůů ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ͘ GAM PLAYERS OF THE YEAR DĞŶ͛Ɛ͗ ůĞdž ^ĐŽƩ Women’s: Kerri Parks
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