EAST LANSING – Forest Akers West, home to the successful Michigan State University golf teams, is hosting the top junior boy and girl golfers in the state for the 9th GAM Junior Invitational on Saturday and Sunday.
The field of 84 golfers will play 36 holes of stroke play over the two days to determine a boy and girl overall champion as well as winners in the 15-and-under division. The players were invited by the GAM based on performances in a variety of state and national competitions in 2021.
Forest Akers has two golf courses, East and West, and both were redesigned by Michigan State alumnus and highly regarded golf course designer Arthur Hills in 1992. The West plays from 5,278 yards to 7,013 yards with five tee positions and hosts the Big Ten home competition for the Spartans.
Bryan Harris, a PGA professional, is the general manager and Ron Lewis is the superintendent. Learn more at golf.msu.edu.
The players in the field are familiar with the Forest Akers properties, which have hosted several GAM junior events as well as high school state championship tournaments over the years.
Last year’s boy champion, PJ Maybank III of Cheboygan, is returning to defend his title, but the 2020 girls’ champion Anci Dy of Traverse City has aged out of the competition.
The 15-and-under winners from a year ago, Will Preston of Grand Rapids and Lauri Liu of Rochester Hills, are playing again this year.
