Michigan Golf Journal January 2019

GAM Players of the Year DŝƚĐŚ tŝůƐŽŶ ŽĨ WŽƌƚĂŐĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ϲϭͲLJĞĂƌͲŽůĚ <ĂůĂŵĂnjŽŽ ŽůůĞŐĞ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽĂĐŚ͕ ŚĂƐ ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ h͘^͘ ^ĞŶŝŽƌ ŵĂƚĞƵƌ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ĮĞůĚ ĨŽƵƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ĮǀĞ LJĞĂƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϴ ŚĞ made it through to match play at Eugene Country ůƵď ŝŶ ƵŐĞŶĞ͕ KƌĞ͘ “That tournament has become my top goal of ĞĂĐŚ LJĞĂƌ͕͟ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞/ƚ͛Ɛ ũƵƐƚ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ƚƌĞĂƚ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ ŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ͘͟ Wilson totaled 295 Honor Roll points keyed by ŚŝƐ h͘^͘ ^ĞŶŝŽƌ ŵĂƚĞƵƌ ƐŚŽǁŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŽŵ ďĞŝŶŐ ƌƵŶŶĞƌͲƵƉ ƚŽ ŝůů LJůƐƚƌĂ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ' D ^ĞŶŝŽƌ DĂƚĐŚ WůĂLJ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ͘ LJůƐƚƌĂ ŽĨ ĞĂƌďŽƌŶ ,ĞŝŐŚƚƐ ǁĂƐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ϯϳϱ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ͘ EĞdžƚ ǁĞƌĞ ' D ^ĞŶŝŽƌ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ ĂǀŝĚ ĂƌƚŶŝĐŬ ŽĨ >ŝǀŽŶŝĂ͕ DĂƩ tŝůĞLJ ŽĨ tĞƐƚůĂŶĚ ĂŶĚ ZĂŶĚLJ >ĞǁŝƐ ŽĨ ůŵĂ͘ >ĞǁŝƐ ǁĂƐ Ă ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ƚĞĂŵŵĂƚĞ ŽĨ tŝůƐŽŶ Ăƚ Dh͘ tŝůƐŽŶ ƐĂŝĚ ŚĞ ƚƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ƐƚĂLJ Įƚ ĂŶĚ ŚŽƉĞƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ Ăƚ Ă ŚŝŐŚ ůĞǀĞů͘ “Every year it seems somebody else really good ƚƵƌŶƐ ϱϱ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ũƵƐƚ ŐĞƚƐ ƚŽƵŐŚĞƌ͕͟ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞/ ƐƟůů ĮŶĚ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐĂƟƐĨĂĐƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ ǁĞůů͘ ǀĞƌLJďŽĚLJ ŚĂƐ Ă ďĞƩĞƌ ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞLJ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ĞŶũŽLJ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ŵŽƌĞ͘ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ Ăůů ŐƌĂƚĞĨƵů ƚŽ ďĞ ŽƵƚ ŚĞƌĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƟŶŐ͘͟ &ĞĚĞǁĂ͕ ĂŐĞ ϲϵ͕ ǁĂƐ ŽůĚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Super Seniors division of GAM championships ĨŽƵƌ ƐĞĂƐŽŶƐ ĂŐŽ͕ ďƵƚ ŚĞ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ĞŵďƌĂĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŝĚĞĂ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ŽĨ ϮϬϭϴ͘ &ĞĚĞǁĂ͛Ɛ ĂǁĂƌĚ ǁĂƐ ŬĞLJĞĚ ďLJ ĨŽƵƌ ƐĞĐŽŶĚͲ ƉůĂĐĞ ĮŶŝƐŚĞƐ ŝŶ ƐĞŶŝŽƌ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͘ ,Ğ ǁĂƐ ƌƵŶŶĞƌͲƵƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ' D ^ĞŶŝŽƌ Match Play Super Senior bracket to Pete Saputo ŽĨ ůŽŽŵĮĞůĚ ,ŝůůƐ͕ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƚŽ ZŝĐŬ ,ĞƌƉŝĐŚ ŽĨ Orchard Lake in the GAM Senior Championship ^ƵƉĞƌ ^ĞŶŝŽƌ ĚŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ͕ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƚŽ dŽŵ ZĞdž :ƌ͘ ŽĨ ŚĂƌůĞǀŽŝdž ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ' D DŝĚͲ ŵ ^ƵƉĞƌ ^ĞŶŝŽƌ division and second in the Michigan PGA’s Senior KƉĞŶ ƚŽ DŝŬĞ ^ĞƋƵŝƚĞ ŽĨ DĂƌƐŚĂůů͘ DĂƐƐĂ ĐůŽƐĞĚ ŚĞƌ ŐŽůĨ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǁŝŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ GAM Senior Tournament of Champions and a ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŝŶ Ă ƉůĂLJŽī ƚŽD^h ĐŽĂĐŚ ^ƚĂĐLJ ^ůŽďŽĚŶŝŬͲ ^ƚŽůů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ' DdŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ͘ DĂƐƐĂ͕ ĂŐĞ ϱϱ ĂŶĚ Ă ŵŽƚŚĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚƌĞĞ ĚĂƵŐŚƚĞƌƐ͕ ĞĂƌŶĞĚ ^ĞŶŝŽƌ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ WůĂLJĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ ĨŽƌ Ă ĨŽƵƌƚŚ ĐŽŶƐĞĐƵƟǀĞ LJĞĂƌ͘ ^ŚĞůůLJ tĞŝƐƐ ŽĨ ^ŽƵƚŚĮĞůĚ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ͖ ƚŚŝƌĚ ǁĂƐ ƵĚƌĞLJ ŬŝŶƐ ŽĨ >Ă^ĂůůĞ͕ ƚŚĞŶ :ŽĂŶ 'ĂƌĞƚLJ ŽĨ ĚĂ ĂŶĚ :ŽĂŶŶĞ ĚĂŵƐ ŽĨ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ͘ GAM SENIOR PLAYERS OF THE YEAR Women’s: Julie Massa Men’s: Mitch Wilson Super Senior: Mike Fedewa