Michigan Golf Journal July 2022

The Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational is For the Entire Family The Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational will once again be held at Midland Country Club and features two-player teams competing for a piece of the $2.5 million purse. In all, 72 teams, 144 of the best women golfers in the world, are set to tee off July 13th with the Golf Channel and CBS covering the action on network television. Four-Ball and Alternate Shot formats are used to determine the winning team over four rounds. The tournament was founded with the vision of building community and accelerating the efforts of the Great Lakes Bay Region and Dow’s strategy by building a world-class LPGA Tour event. The tournament incorporates more than just golf. The whole family is invited to a series of community events including the Eat Great food festival, as well as a number of youth activities surrounding the LPGA event. Last year sisters, Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn took the title with a three-shot win over the team of Cyndey Clanton and Jasmine Suwannapura. Both those teams are already committed to be in the field, plus Lexi Thompson will return with her partner, Brittany Altomarie. Stacy Lewis is set to play with Maria Fassi, plus good friends Sophia Popov and Anne Van Damm are entered. Sisters Nelly and Jessica Korda were a team last year and finished tied for 17th. They have yet to officially enter for 2022. An amateur, Savannah Grewal from Ontario, Canada and a member of the Clemson Tiger’s Golf Team earned a Michigan Golf Journal

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