Michigan Golf Journal October 2019

5 October 2019 ǁǁǁ͘ŵŝĐŚŝŐĂŶŐŽůłŽƵƌŶĂů͘ĐŽŵ Tour veteran Jerry Kelly pulled away ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĮŶĂů ƌŽƵŶĚ ϰͲƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŽ ǁŝŶ at 16-under for 54 holes. It was his second victory this season and 4 th overall on the PGA Tour Champions, to go with runner ƵƉ ĮŶŝƐŚĞƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ h͘^͘ ^ĞŶŝŽƌ KƉĞŶ ĂŶĚ DŝƚƐƵďŝƐŚŝ ůĞĐƚƌŝĐ ůĂƐƐŝĐ͘ tŽŽĚLJ ƵƐƟŶ was two strokes back for second. Tom Gillis, a life-long resident of Lake KƌŝŽŶ͕ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĞŬ ǁĂƐ Ă ƚƌƵůLJ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂů one – because he no longer lives in Lake Orion, where his family has called home ĨŽƌ ŵƵůƟƉůĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ͘ 'ŝůůŝƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ǁŝĨĞ and two children moved in early summer ƚŽ &ůŽƌŝĚĂ͕ ƚŽ ƉƵƚ ĨŽƌƚŚ ŚŝƐ ďĞƐƚ ĞīŽƌƚ Ăƚ making a good career out of the PGA Tour Champions. So, coming home was ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂůůLJ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ͘ “I think it’s hard to play at home when you have friends and family that are pulling for you and they want to see you ĚŽ ǁĞůů͕͟ ƐĂŝĚ 'ŝůůŝƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ƐŚŽƚ ϭϬͲƵŶĚĞƌ ƉĂƌ ƚŽ ƟĞ ĨŽƌ ϳ th place. “I’ve got to be honest; I was ready for it to end. Because you don’t want to let them down even though they just want you to be happy. But you ĨĞĞů ƚŚĂƚ ůŝƩůĞ ĂĚĚĞĚ ďŝƚ ŽĨ pressure. So, every 3-footer feels like it’s a 6-footer. And by the end my nerves were ƉƌĞƩLJ ĨƌĂLJĞĚ͘ Ƶƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ Ă good week.” KĸĐŝĂůƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůůLJ ŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ by McLaren ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ Ă ĮǀĞͲLJĞĂƌ extension ǁŝƚŚ ƟƚůĞ ƐƉŽŶƐŽƌ ůůLJ &ŝŶĂŶĐŝĂů͕ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ ƐƉŽŶƐŽƌ DĐ>ĂƌĞŶ ,ĞĂůƚŚ Care, host venue Warwick Hills and the tournament’s agreement with the PGA TOUR. The extensions run ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ϮϬϮϱ͘ dŚĞ ĚĂƚĞ ŚĂƐ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŶĞdžƚ LJĞĂƌ ƚŽ :ƵůLJ ϮϳͲ ƵŐƵƐƚ 2, 2020. Jerry Kelly Wins Ally Challenge; Michigander dŽŵ 'ŝůůŝƐ WůĂĐĞĚ dϳ Tom Gillis of Lake Orion