Michigan Golf Journal May 2019

Craig Stadler, who won in Ă ƉůĂǇŽī͘ /Ŷ ϭϵϴϲ WŽŚů ǁŽŶ two PGA Tour events. In ’87 he earned the Vardon Trophy for lowest stroke average on Tour and he played on :ĂĐŬ EŝĐŬůĂƵƐ͛ ZǇĚĞƌ ƵƉ ƚĞĂŵ ʹ ƐŽŵĞ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞůǇ ůŽŌǇ accomplishments before ŵƵůƟƉůĞ ďĂĐŬ ƐƵƌŐĞƌŝĞƐ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞůǇ ĞŶĚĞĚ ŚŝƐ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ career early. Pohl is now the Director ŽĨ 'ŽůĨ KƉĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ PohlCat in Mt. Pleasant, the course he designed. Meg Mallon: The 1983 Michigan Women’s Amateur Championship helped ůĂƵŶĐŚ ĂŶ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůĞ ŐŽůĮŶŐ career no one really saw coming, not even the winner ŚĞƌƐĞůĨ ʹ DĞŐ DĂůůŽŶ͘ Ƶƚ the following fall Mallon jumped into the Ohio State hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ůŝŶĞƵƉ͕ ƐŽŽŶ ĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ƚǁŽͲƟŵĞ All-Big Ten honors, before ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ϭϴ ƟŵĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ LPGA Tour. In 2017, she was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame based on a career that include four major championships, two of which were U.S. Women’s Opens ;ϭϵϵϭ ĂŶĚ ϮϬϬϰͿ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ the ‘91 LPGA Championship. /Ŷ ϮϬϬϯ ƐŚĞ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ LPGA player to score 60. ŌĞƌ ŚĞƌ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ Women’s Amateur win in ͚ϴϯ͕ DĂůůŽŶ ǁĂƐ ŽīĞƌĞĚ Ă ƐƉŽŶƐŽƌ͛Ɛ ĞǆĞŵƉƟŽŶ ŝŶƚŽ the Jamie Farr LPGA event ŝŶ dŽůĞĚŽ͕ ĨŽƌ ŚĞƌ ĮƌƐƚ experience playing against pros. Toledo eventually became her last professional victory (2004) and the site ƚŽ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞ ŚĞƌ ƌĞƟƌĞŵĞŶƚ (2010). She now lives in northern Michigan most of the year. Michigan Golf Journal ’s 5 Greatest Golfers