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TWO-TIME DEFENDING CHAMPION STACY SLOBODNIK-STOLL LEADS GAM WOMEN’S SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

BRUTUS – Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll of Haslett is in prime position to win her third consecutive GAM Women’s Senior Championship presented by Golf Digest.
The head women’s golf coach at Michigan State University shot a 1-under 71 and opened a four-shot lead through one round of the 28th edition of the championship.
The field of 84 golfers will play another 18 holes Tuesday to determine the champion and winners in other flights.
Joan Garety, a five-time winner of the championship, and Kathy Eisenga of Spring Lake were tied for second through one round after shooting 3-over 75s.
Two-time winner Julie Massa of Pentwater and Lori Schlicher of Lewiston were next after opening with rounds of 76, and Donna Tepper of Grosse Pointe Park rounded out the top six with a 77.
Ellen Tencer of Waterford had the shot of the day. She made a hole-in-one on hole No. 3 from 120 yards. She used a 5-hybrid.

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Congratulations to Team CDGA on winning the Inaugural Tullymore Cup!

Great job by Team GAM made up of Team Captain Dan Kunert, Arthur Black, Brian Keith, Chris Badgley, Michael Porter, Pam Tyler, Cindy Obermeyer and filling in for Dan Longeway - Jim Grant!

This weekend Tullymore and St. Ives played host to the first annual Tullymore Cup – a three day competition between teams from the Golf Association of Michigan and Chicago District Golf Association. Congratulations to Team CDGA on their victory, and a huge thank you from all of us at Tullymore for allowing us to be a part of the fun. We already can’t wait until next year!

JERRY GUNTHORPE OF OVID PLAYING WELL IN ANOTHER U.S. SENIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Jerry Gunthorpe of Ovid is poised for another dramatic run in the U.S. Senior Amateur Championship.
The 61-year-old plumbing and heating contractor who was runner-up in the 2021 U.S. Senior Amateur was tied for third after stroke play Sunday in the 69th U.S. Senior Amateur being played this week at The Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tenn.
Gunthorpe shot a 2-under 70 to check in at 1-under 143, one shot behind co-leaders Roger Newsome of Virginia Beach, Va., and John Kemp of England, who both shot 70s for 142.
Gunthorpe, whose run in 2021 was at Country Club of Detroit, was tied for third with Louis Brown of Marietta, Ga., who also shot 70 for 143.
Gunthorpe will move on to match play Monday as a seed among the top 4. The round of 64 is slated for Monday, with round of 32 and 16 scheduled for Tuesday, quarterfinals and semifinals for Wednesday and the championship match on Thursday.
He is one of four Golf Association of Michigan (GAM) member golfers who were in the starting field of 156.
Leo Daigle of Wixom missed a playoff for the final spots in the match play field by one shot after rounds of 76 and 82, leaving him in a tie for 66th.
Chris Coffman of Ann Arbor, who shot 77-88 for 165, and Joe Michalak of Birmingham, who shot 83-88 for 171, also missed the cut into match play.
Follow Gunthorpe’s play at: 2024 U.S. Senior Amateur Championship: Tee Times (usga.org)

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE USGA – Jerry Gunthorpe makes an eagle on hole 11 and gets a high-five from his caddie.

And our first GAM Boys’ Championship is in the books!

Congratulations to Traverse City’s Winslow Robinson who shot a 2 day total of 2 under 142 to take the title. Sharing runner up after 2 day total of 146 is Mathieu Duflo, Adam Thanaporn and Will Pollack (not pictured)!

Leading the way in-the 15 & Under Division, was Harris Hoekwater (Grand Rapids), shooting a final round 72 for a 2 day total of 143! Draven Rogers adds another runner up title to his resume after a 2 day total of 145.

Thank you to for the amazing support of junior golf. And thank you to our players, parents, family and coaches for a great 2 days.

After posting an impressive 2 day total of 12 under 132, the team of Cortland Skoog and David Sperry win the 18th GAM Senior Four-Ball Championship presented by Sullivan Golf Travel at beautiful Eagle Eye GC today!

Taking Runner Up after a great second round 66 is the team of Leo Daigle and Kevin Klemet!

Mitch Wilson and Tom Eberhard take the title of Super Senior Champions after 2 day total of 8 under par 136 and Mike Raymond and Pete Walz win Runner Up!

Thank you to the for hosting us! And thank you to all the players, volunteers and for sponsoring the championship!

The GAM is excited to welcome the following clubs to our GAM Family this season:

1. Red Arrow GC
2. Indian Lake Hills GC
3. County Line GC
4. Lakewood on the Green GC
5. Lake O’ The Hills GC
6. Northwoods Family Traditions GC

Also joining us but not pictured:
Bear on the Mountain GC, Double R Ranch-Iron Horse GC, Georgetown GC, Gogebic GC, Hiawatha Sportsman’s Club, Marquette Trails GC, Ontonagon GC, Tanglewood Marsh GC and Wyandotte Hills GC!

Scores from these courses can now be posted for your USGA Handicap Index!

GAM Members - Join us at the Ally Challenge August 22-25, for a week of golf legends teeing it up at Warwick Hills and a duo of evening concerts on Friday and Saturday night featuring SmashMouth and Thomas Rhett. Tickets can be purchased at https://bit.ly/TixTA

Congratulations to Beverly Hills’ George Kachnowski who shot a 2 day net total of 139 at Flint GC to win the 8th Michigan Senior Net Amateur Championship!

Keith Jabour of Livonia finished runner up after a scorecard playoff with a score of 142.

Thank you to our always great sponsor Michigan Golf Live Radio/TV and Flint GC for hosting us!

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Congratulations to the winners of our first ever GAM 12 & Under Championship!

In the Boys Division, Novi’s Watson Mercier had a 2 day total of 75 to take the title! Finishing runner up was Commerce’s Zander Hendriks.

In the Girls’ Division, Troy’s Hannah Kim gets her second GAM win of the season, posting a 2 day total of 81. Birmingham’s Belen Berishaj finishes runner up!

Thank you to Twin Beach CC for hosting this exciting new tournament!

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Congratulations to our 14 & Under Match Play Champions!

Okemos’ Saisha Patil claims the title for the 2nd year in a row after a 2&1 win in her match against Novi’s Cameron Baker!

Grand Blanc’s Timothy Delzer won the last 3 holes to come back and win his match 1 up over Fort Gratiot’s Draven Rogers.

Thank you to Woodside GC for hosting us and all the players, parents and volunteers! And big thanks to our sponsor

Join us at the Ally Challenge August 22-25, for a week of golf legends teeing it up at Warwick Hills and a duo of evening concerts on Friday and Saturday night featuring SmashMouth and Thomas Rhett. Tickets can be purchased at https://bit.ly/TixTAC

One year after August Meekhof made history with winning the Michigan Amateur and GAM Championship in the same summer, White Lake’s McCoy Biagioli accomplishes the same feat and becomes just the 11th person to GAM history to do so. With a total score of 3 under 207, Biagioli is the 103rd GAM Champion!

And a special runner up finish for Barton Hills Member and Carl’s Golfland COO Casey Baker! He added to his impressive history at the GAM Championship with a 2nd runner up finish to go with his 2 championships! Posting a 3 round total of 211 ( 1 over par).

Thank you to , our volunteers and all the competitors for all their patience, cooperation and support as we dealt with a lot of weather issues the past two days but what a memorable championship and beautiful course.

And thank you to our wonderful sponsor Carl’s Golfland!

GAM CHAMPIONSHIP: MCCOY BIAGIOLI’S SUPER SUMMER CONTINUES; HE LEADS WITH ONE ROUND TO GO

ANN ARBOR – McCoy Biagioli of White Lake, already the Michigan Amateur Champion this summer, shot rounds of 69 and 67 for 4-under 136 and a two-shot lead through the first 36-holes and first day of the 103rd GAM Championship presented by Carl’s Golfland Monday at Barton Hills Country Club.
The Ferris State University golfer will lead those who made the cut to the low 30 scorers and ties into Tuesday’s final round in the historic championship. The cut fell at 6-over 146.
McCoy said the key to his emergence this summer is his short game, which has become as good as his long game, and once again paid huge dividends Monday.
“For the day I was six-of-six with sand saves from the bunker, and I holed out two bunker shots, one for eagle at No. 3 this afternoon, and one at 11 this morning,” he said. “I know, crazy. It used to be I would hit a lot of good golf shots, but everybody makes mistakes, and when I made one, I would make bogey or worse. Now, I’ve put in so much work on it that I’m always confident I can save par.”
Justin Sui of Lake Orion, a University of Florida student who doesn’t play college golf, shot 68 and 70 for 138, and Evan Johnson of Grosse Ile, a Northwood University golfer, who shot 70 and 68 for 138, were Biagioli’s closest pursuers.
Carter Housler of Lansing, a Kansas University golfer, shot 66, the low round of the morning, and 73 in the afternoon for 139.
Five golfers were next at even-par 140 including Casey Baker, a two-time former GAM Champion (2005, 2010), COO of sponsoring Carl’s Golfland and a Barton Hills member. He shot an afternoon-best 66.
The others at 140 were Jeffrey Andrus of Clawson and Central Michigan University, who shot 73-67, Kole Putnam of Ga***rd and Ferris State University, who shot 69-71, Drew Coble of Lake Orion and Grand Valley State University, who shot 71-69, and Chad Gehres of Howell, who shot 69-71.

SUZY GREEN-ROEBUCK MAKES CUT AT U.S. SENIOR WOMEN’S OPEN

Suzy Green-Roebuck, the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame member from Ann Arbor is proving once again she is one of the best senior women golfers in the world at the 6th U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championship.
Green-Roebuck, 57, shot a 3-over 74 in the weather-delayed second round completed this morning at Fox Chapel Golf Club in Pittsburgh, Pa.
She will start today’s third round tied for 26th at 5-over 147.
Roebuck, a Michigan Women’s Amateur champion, three-time Michigan Women’s Open winner and former LPGA Tour player, has four top 15 finishes in the national championship. She tied for 10th in the 2018 inaugural U.S. Senior Women’s Open, tied for 12th in 2019, tied for 10th once again in 2021 and tied for 14th a year ago.
Kaori Yamamato of Japan was the leader at the halfway point after a second consecutive 67 for 8-under 134.

Congratulations to Team USA on winning The Cairns Cup 2024! After 3 grueling days in the heat and dodging storms on the final day, Team Europe was mounting a charge in the singles matches but Brandon Williams of Team USA knocked in the winning putt to claim a 12.5 to 11.5 victory!

An amazing competition by both teams and the GAM was honored to be a part of it. Thank you Cherry Creek Golf Club and Banquet Center for being incredible hosts and The Cairns Cup for including us in this incredible event!

Photos courtesy of Josh Pridon

Congratulations to all our competitors on a great 2 days battling the heat at the 16th GAM Junior Stroke Play Championship! 🔥☀️

Taking the titles were:

In the Boys Division, David Han (Midland) shot an impressive 72-68-140 to capture the title. Fort Gratiot’s Draven Rogers was one shot behind with a two day total of 141 for runner up.

In the Girls’ Division - Troy’s Hannah Kim shot a two day total of 73-73-146. And Ann Arbor’s Isabella Michetti was one shot off the pace and takes 2nd!

Thank you again to Forest Akers GC for hosting and to Absopure for sponsoring the tournament!

Matches for The Cairns Cup start today and the GAM is proud to be a sponsor and supporter of this great event! The USA vs. Europe Disability Premier Golf Match Play event is being held at Cherry Creek GC through Friday August 1st. Visit thecairnscup.com for more information, schedule of events and to follow along with the matches or head out to Cherry Creek to cheer on our Michigan competitors and Team USA. It is sure to a memorable event. Good luck to both teams!

Back to Back! After going low on day one with a round of 66, Canton’s Bridget Boczar shot an even par round of 71 on Day 2 to repeat as the GAM’s Women’s Champion!

Finishing runner up after a scorecard playoff is Trenton’s Laura Bavaird who posted a 2 day total of 141.

Grand Blanc’s Kate Brody posted the low round of the day with a 68 and a 2 day total of 141 to take 3rd place.

Thank you to Saginaw CC for a great 2 days and to our great sponsor, Carl’s Golfland!

DEFENDING CHAMPION BRIDGET BOCZAR OF CANTON LEADS 33RD GAM WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP AT SAGINAW CC

SAGINAW – Defending champion Bridget Boczar of Canton started the defense of her title in stellar fashion.
The Baylor University golfer shot a 5-under 66 and had the lead through one round of the 33rd GAM Women’s Championship presented by Carl’s Golfland at Saginaw Country Club Monday.
Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll of Haslett, the head women’s golf coach at Michigan State University and a member of the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame, was her closest pursuer with a 70. Slobodnik-Stoll is a former champion, having won the championship in 1998.
Two golfers checked in at 71, Macie Elzinga of Byron Center and soon-to-be Bowling Green State University, and Laura Bavaird, who is the director of the GAM Foundation.
Olivia Stoll of Haslett, Slobodnik-Stoll’s daughter and a Grand Valley State University golfer, and Taylor Kondel of Grand Blanc, a University of Detroit Mercy golfer, each opened with 72s.
The field plays another 18 holes Tuesday.
Last year at Washtenaw Golf Club in the 32nd championship, Boczar won by saving par from a greenside bunker on the second hole of a three-way sudden-death playoff with Kate Brody of Grand Blanc and Anci Dy of Traverse City.
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Picture Perfect 📸 for GAM Member Day at Oakland Hills CC - North Course to support the GAM Foundation and Junior Golf!

Thank you Oakland Hills Country Club

On this National Intern Day, we are so grateful for our hardworking and dedicated interns that we had working for us this summer. We couldn’t do it without their support and they always bring an energy and passion and leave us with some fun memories (last picture) 😊

We were lucky enough to have 3 USGA Boatwright Interns this summer, Ben Hawker, Max Leeds and Ross Watterson.

Along with a GAM Foundation Intern, Nolan Browning and Membership/Communication Intern Brooke Bugajewski!

Ieuan Jones of Ann Arbor Advances to Match Play in U.S. Junior Amateur at Oakland Hills Country Club

Ieuan Jones of Ann Arbor made a par on the first hole of a 13-golfer playoff and will play in the 76th U.S. Junior Amateur Championship’s first round of match play later today at Oakland Hills Country Club.
Jones, one of the 13 golfers vying for the final nine spots in the field, is the No. 63 seed and at 1 p.m. will play No. 2 seed Tyler Watts of Huntsville, Ala., who last summer at age 15 became the youngest player to ever win the Alabama State Amateur.
Jones shot matching 72s, the first on the South course on Monday and the second on the North course on Tuesday for 4-over 144, which left him on the cut line, tied for 56th, and in the Wednesday morning playoff.
The 13 golfers played hole No. 10 on the North course, a 155-yard par 3, for the playoff. Match play will be on the South course.
“Very exciting, it didn’t look like I would get in the match play field for a while yesterday, but I managed to claw my way back in,” Jones said after this morning’s playoff. “There are two great golf courses here. It is a really tough test, the rough has been pretty incredible. I’m just looking forward to playing another round.”
Jones made a birdie on the 17th hole of the North Course late Tuesday night to get in the playoff mix.
“On the previous hole I had a birdie putt of about three feet and we barely missed it, so then going to two par fours of like 480 and 460 yards to finish looked like a task that was pretty large, but we made it happen,” he said.
He said he had confidence going into the playoff.
“I knew one hole, one stroke could change everything,” he said.

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Ieuan Jones of Ann Arbor in Playoff for U.S. Junior Amateur Match Play Field at Oakland Hills Country Club

Connor Fox of Lake Orion, the recent Michigan Junior State Amateur Champion, had the honor of hitting the first tee shot of the 76th U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, off No. 1 on the famed South Course Monday morning.

And Ieuan Jones of Ann Arbor is headed for a 7:24 a.m. Wednesday sudden-death playoff with 12 other players, who are attempting to get one of the nine final spots in the match play field of 64. Visit USGA.org for live scoring.

Jones shot matching 72s, the first on the South on Monday and the second on the North on Tuesday for 4-over 144, which left him on the cut line, tied for 56th.

Rykert Frisinger, the third member of the GAM trio playing in the starting field, like Fox, missed the 36-hole cut into match play.

Battling weather delays, humidity and high rough, Fox shot rounds of 75 on the South and 83 on the North for a 158 total, and Frisinger shot 89 on the South and 81 on the North for 170.

The three accomplished GAM golfers were part of the starting field of 264 golfers, which included players from 40 states and 36 countries. Match play is scheduled to continue through Saturday to determine the champion.

Jones, 18, earned his spot in the field by shooting a 4-under 68 to earn medalist honors in the Omaha, Neb., qualifier on May 30 at Champions Run Golf Club. The 2022 MHSAA Division 1 state champion individual and member of the Ann Arbor Skyline state championship team in 2021, Jones is also a former GAM Junior Stroke Play champion and GAM 14-and-under Match Play champion.

Fox, who has a year remaining at Lake Orion High but has committed to play at Michigan State University in the fall of 2025, has been an MHSAA All-State Team golfer the last three years, and was runner-up in the 2023 Michigan Junior State Amateur.

Frisinger, 18, who plans to play on the golf team at Northwood University, earned his spot in the field as an alternate. He shot 72 in the qualifier at Country Club of Lansing and earned the first alternate spot. Frisinger was a semi-finalist in the 2023 Michigan Junior State Amateur. He is also a four-time MHSAA All-State selection while playing for Hillsdale Academy, and is the son of Rolla Frisinger, a PGA professional who runs the Callaway/Meijer Junior Tour in Michigan.

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Taking the title of 23rd Michigan Net Amateur Champion and his first individual net championship win is Macomb Twp.’s Mike McHale. Posting a 2 day net total of 134

Jeremy Fallis of Dexter played some great golf to finish to runner up.

Thank you to Clio Country Club for hosting us and Michigan Golf Live Radio/TV for sponsoring the championship!

MACOMB’S LAUREN TIMPF IN MATCH PLAY AT U.S. GIRLS’ JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

GAM golfer Lauren Timpf of Macomb shot consecutive rounds of 72 to qualify among the 64 golfers moving on to match play today in the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship being played at El Caballero Country Club in Tarzana, Calif.
Timpf, the 2023 Michigan Junior Girls’ State Amateur Champion, tied for 35th in the stroke play portion of the tournament at 2-over 144, and will play in the round of 64 today against Kathryn Ha of Roanoke Va. The match is scheduled to tee off at 11:27 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, or 2:27 p.m. Eastern.
Alena Li of Okemos, the 2024 Michigan Junior Girls’ State Amateur Champion, shot rounds of 76 and 73 for 149 and missed the cut into match play.
The national championship continues through Saturday with round of 64 matches today, round of 32 and round of 16 matches Thursday, quarterfinal and semifinal matches Friday and a 36-hole final match Saturday.
Follow the matches at: 2024 U.S. Girls' Junior Golf Championship: Scoring (usga.org)

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Back to Back! Congratulations to Novi’s John Morgan who shot an even par 2 day total of 144 to repeat as the GAM Super Senior Champion for the 2nd year in a row. Bloomfield’s Ian Harris finishes 1 shot behind with a 2 day total of 145!

In the Legends Division, Caledonia’s Mark Ochsankehl held off Lapeer’s Michael Parker with a 2 day total of 145 for a 2 shot victory.

Birmingham’s Roger Cummings takes the Grand Legends title!

Thank you to Apple Mountain for hosting and Saint John’s Resort for being the title sponsor!

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Congratulations to future Illinois State University teammates Jessica Jolly and Elise Fennell on capturing the 14th GAM Women’s Four-Ball Championship title after making birdie on the first hole of a playoff with the team of Rachael Krieger and Brooke Morrison.

Taking the Senior Division for a record 8th time is the team of Joan Garety and Terry Delcamp! After a great 2 day total of 10 under 134.

Leading the way in the Senior Net Divison, were Judith Smouter and Ellen Tencer.

Great playing by all the teams and thank you to Boulder Creek GC for hosting a great championship!