Michigan Golf Journal October 2019

Junior Golf EAST LANSING – Sophie Stevens of ,ŝŐŚůĂŶĚ͕ ĂŐĞ ϭϯ͕ ĂŶĚ :ƵƐƟŶ ^Ƶŝ ŽĨ Lake Orion, 14, could have played in the 15-and-under age group, but tested themselves against the older and best golfers in the 7th GAM :ƵŶŝŽƌ /ŶǀŝƚĂƟŽŶĂů͘ They passed the test – winning the ŽǀĞƌĂůů ƟƚůĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶͲĞŶĚŝŶŐ 36-hole championship hosted by &ŽƌĞƐƚ ŬĞƌƐ tĞƐƚ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ Ăƚ MSU. ^Ƶŝ͕ ǁŚŽ ĂůƐŽ ǁŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϵ D,^ ŝǀ͘ ϭ ƐƚĂƚĞ ƟƚůĞ ŝŶ Ă ƉůĂLJŽī against Coalter Smith of Grosse Pointe South in June, shot a closing ϯͲƵŶĚĞƌ ϲϵ ĨŽƌ ϭϰϭ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ďŽLJƐ͛ ƟƚůĞ by one shot over Tyler Eedy of West ƌĂŶĐŚ ;ϭϰϮͿ͘ Stevens was the 15-and-under girls’ winner a year ago and ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞĚ Ăƚ ƵŐƵƐƚĂ EĂƟŽŶĂů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝǀĞ͕ ŚŝƉ ĂŶĚ WƵƩ͘ ,Ğƌ ϭϰϳ ǁĂƐ one shot over runner up Shannon Kennedy of Beverly Hills. x 15-and-under age boys’ winner: Ryan O’Rourke of tĞƐƚ ůŽŽŵĮĞůĚ ;ǁŚŽ ĂůƐŽ won the Michigan Junior State Amateur.) x 15-and-under girls’ winner: Lauren Timpf of Macomb ,/',> E ͛^ ^KW,/ ^d s E^͕ > < KZ/KE͛^ :h^d/E ^h/ t/E ' D :hE/KZ /Es/d d/KE > d/d> ^ By Greg Johnson