Ryan Brehm, from Mt. Pleasant, was a very successful junior golfer. He was named 2003 Michigan High School’s Mr. Golf and continued to find success as a collegiate golfer at Michigan State. He won five individual titles, was named BIG Ten Freshman of the year and helped the Spartans win three BIG Ten championships. Finding success as a professional has taken a little more time. Since turning professional in 2008, Brehm competed on the Canadian and Korn Ferry Tours. He won the Michigan Open three times and won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour. His win at the 2016 WinCo Foods Portland Classic moved him to the fourth spot on the Korn Ferry Tour money list and assured him a PGA TOUR card in 2017. Former MSU Golfer, Ryan Brehm Wins on PGA TOUR Failing to keep his PGA TOUR card Brehm, once again competed on the Korn Ferry Tour and won the 2019 LECOM Health Challenge, which left him in the top 13 on the money list at the end of the season to make it back to the big show. In twenty-one PGA TOUR starts in the 2020-21 season, he made 10 cuts and earned just over $238,000. Finishing the year at No. 185 in FedEx Cup points. Finishing outside the Top 125, he was forced to requalify via the Korn Ferry Tour’s Final Series. Then he contracted COVID and golf was put on the shelf. Coming into the 2022 Puerto Rico Open, with his status once again in jeopardy and playing on a By Fred Altvater Michigan Golf Journal
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