Michigan Golf Journal April 2021

Michigan Golf Journal AMATEUR Tournaments Amateur golf is alive and well in Michigan. No other evidence is needed than the massively-full tee sheets at players’ favorite local courses across the state during 2020 – as well as the early registrations for the 2021 tournament season. The current GAM schedule contains its traditional championships, including the 110th Michigan Amateur Championship and the 105th Michigan Women’s Amateur Championship. Then there is the 100th GAM Championship and the 30th GAM Women’s Championship – and others with special age group divisions for junior boys and girls, senior men and women, and multiple net scoring championships for the non-elite competitive golfer as well. The GAM calendar starts with the third annual GAM Junior Kickoff , a 36-hole event slated for April 24-25 at Washtenaw Golf Club in Ypsilanti Twp. More than seven weeks before the registration deadline the tournament was already filled. The event was added in 2019 to accommodate the demand of more Juniors golfers getting into the game. The following week, qualifying tournaments for the 110 th Michigan Amateur begin, the first taking place at Edgewood Country Club in Commerce Twp., May 3. There are a total of 12 Michigan Am qualifiers, at venues stretched out from downriver metro Detroit to the state’s west side and all the way up to Greywalls in Marquette, June 5. All qualifying golfers will return to Grand Rapids and play at Cascade Hills Country Club in Grand Rapids June 22-26, a week after the 105th Michigan Women’s Amateur takes place at Saginaw Country Club, June 14-18. The historic 100th GAM Championship is slated for Aug. 2-3 at storied GAM Tournament Season Kicks Off in April By Tom Lang 110 th Michigan Amateur also tries new venue