Mike Brady, GAM Course Rating Captain, uses an all important eraser to fit more data on to the team's Form 1.

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Connor Fox

2023 GAM Annual Meeting - Standish Awards presentation

2023 Fuller Cup - Dan Urban

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Robert Bedder

2023 Fuller Cup - Jeff Roth

2023 Military Golf Day - Robert Haley sand shot

2023 Fuller Cup - PGA Team

2023 Fuller Cup - Patrick Wilkes-Krier

Scott Hovde, USGA Director of Course Rating and Handicap Research and former GAM Director of Course Rating presents at the seminar.

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Swan's swimming

2023 Golf Day Championship - Stephen Wise

2023 Fuller Cup - Jim Deiters

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Gavin Depauw

2023 GAM Annual Meeting - Sara Wold Distinguished Service Award

2023 Military Golf Day - Joe Shaffer and Gerald Bruce

2023 Course rating - Hunter Koch, left, shares information.

2023 Golf Day Championship - Scene at 18 Plum Hollow

2023 Fuller Cup - Mike Anderson

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Andrew Tindall 2

Meadowbrook CC Clock

Attendees evaluate fairway landing zones on the 2nd Hole at Meadowbrook CC.

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - GAM team

2023 Golf Day Championship - Kirk Hansen

2023 Military Golf Day - Gerald Bruce

2023 Fuller Cup - David Drisko

2023 Military Golf Day - Jeff Dunstan

A GPS and rangefinder are necessary tools for Course Raters.

2023 Course rating - Darrell Zavitz

2023 Military Golf Day - George Vidu

2023 Course rating - Matt Witzke

2023 Golf Day Championship - Eric Getzschman

2023 Fuller Cup - Tim Pearce

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Matt Zerbel

John Aulepp, GAM Course Rating Captain participates in conversation while preparing for the on-course portion of the day.

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Sunrise at Polo Fields

2023 Course rating - Carmany Thorp

Erik Thorp, GAM Course Rating Captain works to prepare for the on-course portion of the day.

2023 Fuller Cup - Jared Lyons

2023 GAM Annual Meeting - DE&I honorees

2023 Golf Day Championship - Bill Regan

2023 Course rating - Lou Knooishuizen

John Aulepp, GAM Course Rating Captain records data collected on a Form 1.

2023 GAM Annual Meeting - Jay Hults 2023 GAM President

2023 Fuller Cup - David LeVan

2023 Golf Day Championship - Greg Brown

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Chet VandenBerg putting

2023 Golf Day Championship - Vijay Patel

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Matt Bartnick

2023 Course rating - Back 9 crew gathers on green.

2023 Course rating - from left, Amy Schubert, Marty Score, Dee Piccard.

2023 Course rating - Marv Piccard

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Scott Jaschuk

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Polo Fields scene

2023 Military Golf Day - Robert Haley tee shot

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Michigan Publinx team

2023 GAM Annual Meeting - Kim Moore and Tom Anderson

2023 Fuller Cup - Greg Davies

Matt Duffy, USGA Manager of Course Rating & Handicapping Research speaks at the seminar.

2023 Military Golf Day - Phillip Yeager putting

2023 Military Golf Day - Mike Kidder

2023 Fuller Cup - Bradley Smithson

2023 Fuller Cup - August Meekhof

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Razmig Boghikian

2023 GAM Annual Meeting - Sara Wold presented by Janina Jacobs

Matt Duffy, USGA Manager of Course Rating & Handicapping Research speaks at the beginning of the seminar.

2023 Fuller Cup - Nick Krueger

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Jared Lyons

2023 Military Golf Day - Rhona Vidu tee shot

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Vibhav Alokam

2023 Course rating - hole-by-hole they ride.

2023 GAM Annual Meeting - Laurie Puscas Course Rater of the Year

2023 Course rating - Elevation changes and undulating contours are factors in a course rating.

2023 Fuller Cup - GAM Team

2023 GAM Annual Meeting - Chris Whitten honors President Tom Anderson

John Holden (front) and Mark Erickson (back), both GAM Course Rating Captains discuss on-course evaluations.

Teams walk down the 2nd Hole at Meadowbrook CC.

2023 Military Golf Day - No. 9 green action

Chris Whitten, GAM Executive Director welcomes attendees to Michigan.

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Greg Davies

2023 Golf Day Championship - Ann Szczerba

2023 GAM Annual Meeting - Tom Anderson

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Ieuan Jones

A GAM team of Hunter Koch, Mark Erickson, John Holden, and John Aulepp, discuss observations while walking between landing zones.

2023 Golf Day Championship - Neil Scott

2023 Course rating - Walking and measuring

2023 GAM Annual Meeting - Steve Maddalena, Player of the Year

The team from Mass Golf discusses as other teams evaluate fairway landing zones on the 1st Hole at Meadowbrook CC.

2023 Military Golf Day - Susan Russell

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Nicholas Winiarski

2023 Golf Day Championship - Royston Earl

2023 Golf Day Championship - Justin Allen

2023 Golf Day Championship - Brad McKinney

2023 Course rating - Kerry Glaesmer

2023 Military Golf Day - Phillip Yeager tee shot

Two attendees discuss and compare observations at the greenside.

2023 Golf Day Championship - Shawn Boyea

2023 Military Golf Day - Mike Yeager

2023 Course rating - Hole 6 Lochenheath

2023 GAM Annual Meeting - Drew Miller, Player of the Year

2023 Course rating - Front 9 crew

2023 Military Golf Day - Phillip Holley

A GAM team of Hunter Koch, Mark Erickson, John Holden, and John Aulepp, discuss observations while walking up the 1st Fairway at Meadowbrook CC.

2023 Military Golf Day - Aaron Lalonde

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Sean Friel

2023 Fuller Cup - Scott Hebert

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Jonathan Larson

2023 Course rating - Dee Piccard points something out to Marty Score.

2023 Golf Day Championship - Greg McComas

2023 Golf Day Championship - Jim Shadduck

2023 Golf Day Championship - Dale Robb

A member of the GAM team holds a graduated reflector while discussing on-course.

Tom Roehl, experienced course rater looks over information in preparation for the on-course portion of the day.

2023 Fuller Cup - Kosta Ramirez

2023 GAM Annual Meeting - Standish Award winners Andrew Hendren and Owen Brewer

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Chet VandenBerg sand shot

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Mike Zoerhoff

Attendees observe characteristics at fairway landing zones on the 2nd Hole at Meadowbrook CC.

2023 Military Golf Day - Remember

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - No. 1 tee

2023 Fuller Cup - John Seltzer

2023 Military Golf Day - Thank you Veterans and current military members.

2023 Course rating - from left, Kerry Glaesmer, Darrell Zavitz and Matt Witzke.

2023 GAM Annual Meeting - Chris Whitten

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Remy Stalcup

Hunter Koch, GAM Associate Director of Course Rating measures elevation change from a landing zone to the green with a laser rangefinder while Mark Erickson, GAM Course Rating Captain points out an observation.

2023 Course rating - from left, Erik Thorp, Carmany Thorp, Mark Bultema, Ken Greb, Marv Piccard.

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Peter Roehl

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Julian Menser

2023 Golf Day Championship - Steve Perry

A GAM team of Mike Brady, Tom Roehl, Carmany Thorp, and Erik Thorp, enjoy each others company while walking down the fairway.

Scott Hovde, USGA Director of Course Rating and Handicap Research and former GAM Director of Course Rating presents the day's agenda.

A rater uses a Stimpmeter to measure the surface ratio of a green.

2023 Military Golf Day - Because of the Brave

2023 Golf Day Championship - Russ Vergin

2023 Fuller Cup - Kyle Dobbs

Carmany Thorp, GAM Course Rating Captain, works on her paperwork in preparation for the on-course portion of the day.

2023 Military Golf Day - Rhonda Vidu

2023 Golf Day Championship - Ellen Vergin

2023 Fuller Cup - Chad Johnson

2023 Fuller Cup - Matt Thompson

2023 Course rating - Erik Thorp

Hunter Koch, GAM Associate Director of Course Rating points out an observation while John Aulepp, GAM Course Rating Captain onlooks the conversation.

A GAM team of Tom Roehl, Mike Brady, Carmany Thorp, and Erik Thorp, discuss observations while walking between landing zones.

2023 Course rating - Ken Greb

2023 GAM Annual Meeting - Honorary Governor Marv Weinstein

2023 Military Golf Day - Brian Teichman

2023 Military Golf Day - Honoring the fallen

2023 GAM Annual Meeting - Mike Morris, Superintendent Award of Merit

2023 Military Golf Day - Tom Madden

2023 Golf Day Championship - Don O'Bryan

2023 Military Golf Day - Swing away

2023 Fuller Cup - Josh Fryer

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Johnny Chaivre

Raters scribe data collected on course while snow flurries begin.

2023 Fuller Cup - Matt Zerbel

2023 Fuller Cup - Lorenzo Pinili

2023 GAM Annual Meeting - Terri Anthony Ryan

2023 Fuller Cup - Evening beckons at Birmingham Country Club

2023 Course rating - from left, Erik Thorp, Mark Bultema and Ken Greb

Carmany Thorp, GAM Course Rating Captain, and Tom Roehl, an experienced course rater, discuss preparations for the on-course portion of the day.

2023 Military Golf Day - No. 8 tee

2023 Course rating - Marty Score

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Chad Johnson

2023 Fuller Cup - Chet VandenBerg

Tom Roehl, Erik Thorp, and Mike Brady (left to right), discuss observations made on the golf course while at a fairway landing zone.

2023 Course rating - Back 9 crew

2023 Course rating - Amy Schubert and Darrell Zavitz

2023 Course rating - Hunter Koch

2023 Fuller Cup - Charles DeLong

2023 GAM Annual Meeting - New Governors, from left, Keith Potter, Dee Picard, Holly Little, Mike Brady, Gregg Bonamici, Deb Wolfe

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - Lucas Belanger

2023 Course rating - Lochenheath Golf Club

2023 Men's Atlas Trophy - John Quigley

Members of the GAM team work on preparing for the on-course portion of the day.