Tag Archives: GAM
David LeVan, Terry Delcamp Win Senior Tournament of Champions Titles
David LeVan of Ann Arbor and Terry Delcamp of Grand Blanc were crowned champions among champions in closing out the season with wins in the GAM Senior Tournament of Champions at Country Club of Jackson. LeVan topped the men with a 7-under 65, his low round of the summer. It gave the Barton Hills Country Club member bookend […]
Singles Matches Rally Lifts GAM Team to Victory in 49th Fuller Cup Matches
The Golf Association of Michigan (GAM) Team trailed the Michigan Section PGA Team 4-2 after morning four-ball matches but rallied in singles matches to win the 49th Fuller Cup Matches at Prestwick Village Golf Club in mid-October. Seven singles wins and a tie out of the 12 afternoon matches proved to be just enough for the GAM […]
Dan Ellis, Jimmy Dewling Repeat Winners in GAM Four-Ball Championship
LANSING – Brighton’s Jimmy Dewling said the GAM Four-Ball Championship is circled on the calendar each year. “It gets us together to play golf,” said the Brighton High School golf coach and real-estate broker of teaming up with former MSU golf teammate Dan Ellis, now the associate head coach for the MSU men’s golf team. Dewling, 30, and Ellis, 31, […]
DeWitt’s Nate Clark Survives Playoff, Wins 39th GAM Mid-Amateur Championship
DeWitt’s Nate Clark has been runner up too many times in significant Golf Association of Michigan tournaments but broke through by winning the 39th GAM Mid-Amateur Championship on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff with John Quigley (2017 Mid-Amateur champion) of Sterling Heights, at Boyne Highlands Resort. “I’ve been playing in GAM stuff since I was 16 or 17 and to […]
Lorenzo Pinili, Lauren Timpf Win GAM Junior Invitational Titles
EAST LANSING – Lorenzo Pinili of Rochester Hills and Brother Rice High School – and Lauren Timpf of Macomb and Lutheran North High School – finished the summer golf season as GAM Junior Invitational champions at Forest Akers West. Pinili, age 17, won on the first hole of a playoff with Jack Zubkus of Ada. They were tied after regulation play at 1-under 143 with Pinili shooting […]
Jackson’s Steve Maddalena Wins 35th GAM Senior Championship
ANN ARBOR – Jackson’s Steve Maddalena didn’t miss a green in regulation and held off his playing partners to win the 35th GAM Senior Championship at Barton Hills Country Club. “I played pretty solid except for two three-putt bogeys and felt really good with what I was doing tee to green,” he said after shooting […]
Grand Blanc’s Terry Delcamp Wins GAM Women’s Senior Championship in Playoff
Terry Delcamp of Grand Blanc made a seven-foot par putt on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with Shelly Weiss of Southfield to win her third GAM Women’s Senior Championship, at Birchwood Farms Golf & Country Club. “I had the same putt in regulation play and missed it, but this time I knew it was straight in,” […]
Monroe’s Cathy Netter Wins 17th Michigan Women’s Senior Amateur
Monroe’s Cathy Netter never led and had to rally from a three-down deficit through nine holes to top Lewiston’s Lori Schlicher on the final hole of the title match in the 17th Michigan Women’s Senior Amateur Championship. “I just tried to stay consistent, tried to just play my game and you know, it worked out […]
Maybank, Schulz & Emsley Win GAM Titles
BACK-TO-BACK: PJ Maybank III Wins Another Michigan Junior State Amateur PJ Maybank III of Cheboygan said one of his goals for the summer was to repeat as Michigan Junior Amateur Champion. He reached it, turning back Justin Sui of Lake Orion, 3 and 2, in the final match of the 43rd edition of the junior state […]
Lauren Timpf, Terry Delcamp, Joan Garety & Vibhav Alokam Win GAM Titles
By Greg Johnson Macomb’s Lauren Timpf Wins Michigan Girls’ Junior State Amateur EAST LANSING – Lauren Timpf wanted to prove something to herself. The 14-year-old standout from Macomb did just that – winning the 43rd Michigan Girls’ Junior State Amateur Championship at Forest Akers East Golf Course. “It feels really good because this was my first year moving up […]