Michigan Golf Journal November 2020

37 November 2020 www.michigangolfjournal.com Michigan State To Host Men’s Golf NCAA Regional Championship in 2023 The NCAA has awarded Michigan State a 2023 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Regional. The event will be held at Eagle Eye Golf Club in Bath. Michigan State was scheduled to host the 2020 NCAA East Regional Championship at Eagle Eye May 18-20, but the event, like all NCAA spring sports, was canceled due to Covid-19. “We are excited to partner with the Greater Lansing Sports Authority to host the NCAA regional championships for men’s golf,” said Bill Beekman, Michigan State Athletic Director. “We are appreciative of the opportunity to host once again. Golf is very popular throughout the state, including two great programs here at MSU, and we look forward to putting on another outstanding event.”  Dan Ellis, Jimmy Dewling Shoot Smashing 61 to Win GAM Four-Ball Former Michigan State University classmates and teammates, Dan Ellis of East Lansing and Jimmy Dewling of Brighton, take on golf courses in similar brute-force fashion. “We swing hard and go find it,” Ellis said. “You saw that on TV with (Bryson DeChambeau) doing the same thing in the U.S. Open. If they’re going to let you do it, that’s the way to do it around a lot of these older golf courses. You hit it as far as you can and figure out a way to get it on the green from there.” Ellis, an assistant coach at Michigan State, and Dewling, a real-estate broker who also coaches the Brighton High School golf team, bombed their tee shots over 300 yards repeatedly and teamed up for an 11-under 61 at Country Club of Jackson to win the GAM Four-Ball Championship for the second time. The duo additionally qualified for the USGA Four- Ball to commence in May at Chambers Bay in the state of Washington. In addition to Ellis and Dewling, U-M players Brent Ito and Patrick Sullivan (Grosse Pointe) qualified for the national tournament. MGJ