Michigan Golf Journal September 2021

By Tom Lang Michigan Golf Journal U.S. Amateur Champion James Piot’s life will never be the same again. But everyone in his life is saying his new title of 121st U.S. Amateur Champion won’t change who he is. The 22-year-old golfer from Canton, who is entering his 5 th -year senior season at Michigan State, on Aug. 15 earned the most prestigious amateur championship in all of golf worldwide. He beat Austin Greaser of Ohio, 2-and-1, by sinking a 20-foot par putt on the 17 th hole (the second time of the day) in the scheduled 36-hole national tournament, at historic Oakmont Country Club in western Pennsylvania, in what’s considered the most grueling golf tournament anywhere. “It’s the greatest feeling in the world,” Piot said to the James Piot: U.S. Amateur Champion