Michigan Golf Journal September 2020

27 September 2020 www.michigangolfjournal.com While this could be an easy recipe for sibling rivalry, both Dy sisters emphasize that having one another to learn, practice and play with all the years has been instrumental to their successes. The two started golfing when they were young — Anika was 6, Anci was 4 — and gradually built up their considerable skills. With Anika at U-M, it’s the first time they have lived apart after years of sharing everything — from a high school team to a bedroom. “I do miss having her home to talk to and to unwind with, and I especially miss my practice buddy,” Anci said. “It was so fun to have somebody I knew so well on the team with me, and to be able to play together and support one another,” Anika added. “I miss it.” Together or apart, it’s clear that both Dy sisters are headed toward big things when it comes to golf. In June 2019, Anika won the Michigan PGA Women’s Open Championship , becoming just the second amateur ever to win the professional tournament — and at then age 17, the youngest winner in history. (As an amateur, she couldn’t accept any prize money.) Just recently, she was runner up in the 2020 GAM Women’s Championship. And while Anika admits that playing at the Division 1 college level has been “a struggle” and “quite the adjustment,” she still finished as U-M’s top golfer during her first career start at the University of Carolina Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational last October, before the spring season was cancelled. Anci, meanwhile, has two priorities: one more year of high school golf this fall (and one more shot at the Division 1 state title) and following in her sister’s footsteps to play collegiately. “I want to play D1 golf in college, hopefully on a scholarship,” she says. “I really just want to get a feel for that higher-up level of competitive golf, to see if I eventually want to try professional golf.” MGJ