Tag Archives: Greg Johnson
Michigan Amateur Champions To Receive USGA Exemptions
By: Greg Johnson The United States Golf Association (USGA) announced that exemptions for state championships like the Michigan Men’s and Women’s Amateur Champions will be awarded exemptions into the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Women’s Amateur. Likewise, the winners of the Michigan Girls’ Junior State Amateur and Boy’s Junior State Amateur Championships will earn exemptions into […]
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 […]
Michigan Courses Investing In Upgrades
By Greg Johnson, GAM.org While golf participation and demand for more golf continues to increase across Michigan so has the investment in the game by clubs and resorts in the state. Forest Lake Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, White Lake Golf Club near Muskegon in Whitehall, Pine Lake Country Club in West Bloomfield, BOYNE […]
GAM Amateur Titles Decided in June
By Greg Johnson, GAM.org Timpf Wins Michigan Junior Girls Championship Again Weather and air quality issues interrupted the play in the Michigan Girls Junior Championship last month at MSU’s Forest Akers Golf Club. In the final match Lauren Timpf, from Macomb defeated Grosse Ile’s Lily Bargamian 2 & 1 for her second Michigan Junior […]