Three Inducted Into the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame By Greg Johnson, GAM.org 2023 Inductees are Jerry Faubel, Doug LaBelle and Jean Murray Gerald “Jerry” Faubel was the superintendent at Saginaw Country Club for over 35 years and a national turfgrass leader. Doug LaBelle II was a golf professional that played on the PGA Tour, as well as other professional tours around the world. Jean Murray was a standout player, Golf Association of Michigan (GAM) volunteer and high school golf coach. These three join the other 137 members enshrined into the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame (MGHOF). The MGHOF, founded in 1982, also presented just a sixth Historical Special Award to the Michigan Section PGA, which in 2022 celebrated 100 years as one of the 41 sections of the PGA of America. Jerry Faubel, who passed away at home in Arcadia in December of 2022 at the age of 81, was a native of Iowa who came to Michigan for the superintendent’s job at Saginaw Country Club in 1969. He was the first president of the MidMichigan Turf Association and was a board member for seven years with the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA). Faubel also traveled around the world to promote turfgrass studies and research, served with United States Golf Association (USGA) committees in multiple roles, helped found Executive Golf Search Inc. to aid superintendents in job placement, and with legendary golf course architect Robert Trent Jones created a scholarship endowment fund. Doug LaBelle II, 48 and a real-estate broker in Mount Pleasant, played tour golf for 16 years, including four on the PGA Tour and eight on what is now the PGA’s Korn Ferry Tour. He collected 96 PGA Tour starts including a pair of U.S. Opens and a British Open,
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