Michigan Golf Journal August 2021

Michigan Golf Journal Senior Golf The home of the late Arnold Palmer’s historic win as the 1954 U.S. Amateur Champion – the Country Club of Detroit in Grosse Pointe Farms – is hosting the 2021 U.S. Sr. Amateur this August 28 through Sept. 2, after Covid-19 canceled the event planned for the same location last year. The day prior, the senior pros of the PGA Tour start play for 54-holes at Warwick Hills – so combined with the Sr. Amateur the two will bring a ton of national attention to Michigan with top-notch golf for senior players. “We go way back with Amateur tournaments, to the 1915 US Amateur,” said CC of Detroit member Mike Hayden, General Chairman of the USGA event coming to Michigan. “I think the members U.S. Sr. Amateur Championship Coming to CC of Detroit Ally Challenge begins the day prior in Grand Blanc By Tom Lang