Michigan Golf Journal October 2019

ŵĂƚĞƵƌ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ GAMWomen’s Senior Championship: Joan Garety HARBOR SPRINGS – Ada’s Joan Garety, age 63, won her ĮŌŚ ' D tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ^ĞŶŝŽƌ Championship by one shot over ϮͲƟŵĞ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ dĞƌƌLJ ĞůĐĂŵƉ of Grand Blanc, at Harbor Point Golf Club. Maureen Whitehead ŽĨ ŚĂƌůĞǀŽŝdž͕ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ϮͲƟŵĞ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ͕ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ƚŚŝƌĚ ǁŝƚŚ ϭϲϭ in the 36-hole event. Garety, 63, and a Michigan 'ŽůĨ ,Ăůů ŽĨ &ĂŵĞƌ͕ ƐŚŽƚ Ă closing 76 for 158, slipping past Delcamp, who shot 159. The ƚǁŽ ĂƌĞ ĐůŽƐĞ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ŽŌĞŶ partners in team tournaments. “Of course, I want to beat her, and she wants to beat me,” Garety said. “We play to win.” ĮĞůĚ ŽĨ ϲϱ ƐĞŶŝŽƌ ǁŽŵĞŶ ĂŐĞ ϱϬͲƉůƵƐ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ͘ dŚƌĞĞ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂů ŇŝŐŚƚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ two days of stroke play – with gross and net prizes awarded. <ĂƌŝŶ &ůŽŽĚ ŽĨ Dƚ͘ ůĞŵĞŶƐ ǁĂƐ the ^ƵƉĞƌ ^ĞŶŝŽƌ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ among golfers over age 65. GAM Senior Championship: Steve Maddalena LANSING – Steve Maddalena ŽĨ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ ďŝƌĚŝĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŚŽůĞ ŽĨ Ă ƐƵĚĚĞŶͲĚĞĂƚŚ ƉůĂLJŽī ǁŝƚŚ LaRay Anderson of Novi to add a GAM Senior Championship to ŚŝƐ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ 'ŽůĨ ,Ăůů ŽĨ &ĂŵĞ resume, at Country Club of Lansing. “It feels nice to win,” he said ĂŌĞƌ ŚŝƫŶŐ ĂŶ ϴͲŝƌŽŶ ƐŚŽƚ ƚŽ ĨŽƵƌͲ ĨĞĞƚ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉƵƩ ŽŶ EŽ͘ ϭϴ͕ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƉůĂLJŽī ŚŽůĞ͘ ͞/ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ to win this one. I kind of had this one on my radar.” DĂĚĚĂůĞŶĂ͕ ĂŐĞ ϱϵ͕ Ă ϯͲƟŵĞ Michigan Amateur champion ;ϭϵϴϬ͕ ͛ϵϬ ĂŶĚ ͛ϵϱͿ Ă ƉĂƐƚ ' D champion (1989), GAM Senior DĂƚĐŚ WůĂLJ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ ;ϮϬϭϲͿ ĂŶĚ recently won the senior division in the GAM Mid-Amateur, shot 5-under 139. Ray Emsley of Davisburg shot 74-67-141 for third place. Mark Ochsankehl of Caledonia topped Terry Westbrook of Grand Rapids in the Super Senior division. White Lake’s Michael Coriasso to GAM Mid-Amateur Victory HARBOR SPRINGS – Michael Coriasso of White Lake ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ďŝƌĚŝĞͲĞĂŐůĞͲďŝƌĚŝĞ ƚŽ win the two-day 37th GAM Mid-Amateur Championship at Boyne Highlands Resort. Coriasso, originally from 'ƌĂŶĚ ůĂŶĐ͕ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ŚŝƐ ƌĞŐƵůĂƟŽŶ ƌŽƵŶĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ Moor Course with a birdie on the par 4 17th, then eagled ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌ ϱ ϭϴƚŚ ƚŽ ĨŽƌĐĞ Ă ƟĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĂĚ ĂƐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ^ŚĞůďLJ Township, who also shot a 5-under 139 total. ŽƌŝĂƐƐŽ͕ Ϯϵ ĂŶĚ Ă ůŽĂŶ ŽĸĐĞƌ ĨŽƌ YƵŝĐŬĞŶ >ŽĂŶƐ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ďŝƌĚŝĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŚŽůĞ of sudden-death, the par ϰ ϭϬƚŚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ϭϱͲĨŽŽƚ ďŝƌĚŝĞ ƉƵƩ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ĮƌƐƚ ' D tournament victory and what he called his biggest win ever. Steve Nichols, who shot ϭϰϬ͕ ƚŽŽŬ ƚŚŝƌĚ ƉůĂĐĞ ŽǀĞƌĂůů͕ ďƵƚ ǁĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ŝĚĞŶƟĮĞĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ DŝĚͲ^ĞŶŝŽƌƐ ŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ as the low scorer over age 45 in the tournament. All content by Greg Johnson