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Gull Lake View’s Stoatin Brae hosting 12th GAM Senior Match Play Author: greg.johnson@emailgam.org \| Posted: Saturday, May 30, 2020 – Gull Lake View Golf Club and Resort’s newest and most unique golf course, Stoatin Brae, will host the 12th GAM Senior Match Play Championship presented by Sullivan Golf Travel Monday through Thursday (June 1-4). ...Continue
GAM Launching Safety-First Tournament and Event Schedule Author: greg.johnson@emailgam.org \| Posted: Friday, May 29, 2020 FARMINGTON HILLS – The Golf Association of Michigan has launched a safety-first version of its tournament schedule, GAM Golf Day events and course rating services. ...Continue
Prestwick Village’s Mark McAlpine Takes On Unprecedented Challenges as GAM President Author: greg.johnson@emailgam.org \| Posted: Friday, May 22, 2020 FARMINGTON HILLS – Mark McAlpine assumed there would be a learning curve when he took over earlier this month as president of the Golf Association of Michigan. ...Continue
Ann Arbor’s Edward Shen Among 19 National Youth on Course Scholarship Winners Author: greg.johnson@emailgam.org \| Posted: Friday, May 15, 2020 FARMINGTON HILLS – Edward Shen has pushed the envelope with his Youth on Course and Golf Association of Michigan memberships. ...Continue
Meadowbrook’s Jeff Coleman Named 2019 GAM Club Representative of the Year Author: greg.johnson@emailgam.org \| Posted: Thursday, May 7, 2020 FARMINGTON HILLS – Jeff Coleman, the golf service manager at Meadowbrook Country Club in Northville for 33 years when he died unexpectedly last September at the age of 57, has been posthumously named the Golf Association of Michigan Club Representative of the Year. ...Continue
GAM DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD: John Schulte of Birmingham Country Club Author: greg.johnson@emailgam.org \| Posted: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 FARMINGTON HILLS – John Schulte has been the ultimate volunteer in multiple and various capacities from president to club representative and even voluntary temporary employee for the Golf Association of Michigan over the last 25 years. ...Continue
Sparta’s Dee Piccard Named GAM Course Rater of the Year Author: greg.johnson@emailgam.org \| Posted: Friday, April 24, 2020 FARMINGTON HILLS – Dee Piccard of Sparta remembers leaving before sunrise for her first course rating experience with a man she had just met, and then experiencing a long rainy and windy 40-degree day and returning home 12 hours later. ...Continue
FORTY YEARS: Tee-Set Golf Club Has Blazed Trail for Female, Diverse Golfers Author: Written by RENÉE T. WALKER/ Photos by DAVID DALTON \| Posted: Thursday, April 23, 2020 Editor’s note: This story appears in the 2020 GAM Michigan Links Course Directory that is being sent to members this month. ...Continue
James D. Standish Award Winners: Olivia York of CC of Jackson, Reily Ellis of Plum Hollow CC Author: greg.johnson@emailgam.org \| Posted: Monday, April 20, 2020 FARMINGTON HILLS – Olivia York from Country Club of Jackson and Reily Ellis from Plum Hollow Country Club are the 2020 winners of the James D. ...Continue
2020 GAM Tournament Updates Posted: Saturday, April 18, 2020 Due to the circumstances surrounding Novel Coronavirus COVID-19, there have been ongoing changes to the GAM Tournament and GAM Golf Day schedules. ...Continue