Michigan Golf Journal December 2020

Miss Golf Shannon Kennedy, a senior at Birmingham Marian, has been crowned the 2020 Miss Golf. Less than a week after getting the award in early November, she signed with Michigan State University for the 2021 season – and then went on to win a GolfWeek Junior Tour event in TN on Nov. 21-22 as the only player under par (70-71-141, 3-under). The top award in high school golf is voted by members of the Michigan Interscholastic Golf Coaches Association each year. Kennedy said she set her pre-season goal of a below- par scoring average, a number she shattered at 69.75 after averaging almost 74 last school year. “But to be holding this (Miss Golf) trophy is the most incredible feeling in the world,” Kennedy added. “It makes it more real that I feel my dreams are coming true.” Kennedy was inspired by watching Annika Dy of Traverse City, who now plays college golf at Michigan, win Miss Golf during Kennedy’s freshman year – the same year Kennedy won the first of her three individual state championships. “I was like, ‘wow, I want that to be me one day’ and that kind of drove me from then on.” Kennedy won the Div. 2 title that day in 2017, then added titles this year and last year in Div. 3. Miss Golf: Shannon Kennedy of Birmingham Marian By Tom Lang Continues on next page >>