Former Michigan State University classmates and teammates, Dan Ellis of East Lansing and Jimmy Dewling of Brighton, take on golf courses in similar brute-force fashion.
“We swing hard and go find it,” Ellis said. “You saw that on TV with (Bryson DeChambeau) doing the same thing in the U.S. Open. If they’re going to let you do it, that’s the way to do it around a lot of these older golf courses. You hit it as far as you can and figure out a way to get it on the green from there.”
Ellis, an assistant coach at Michigan State, and Dewling, a real-estate broker who also coaches the Brighton High School golf team, bombed their tee shots over 300 yards repeatedly and teamed up for an 11-under 61 at Country Club of Jackson to win the GAM Four-Ball Championship for the second time.
The duo additionally qualified for the USGA Four-Ball to commence in May at Chambers Bay in the state of Washington. In addition to Ellis and Dewling, U-M players Brent Ito and Patrick Sullivan (Grosse Pointe) qualified for the national tournament.
