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TL; DR The U.S. National Development Program is an effort by the USGA to identify and develop golfing talent. State teams are intended to expand the pipeline for local elite golfers to the USNDP. The selection process for Team Michigan’s new Junior Golfers (ages 13-18) uses a points system based on GAM and Michigan PGA […]
GAM SUPERINTENDENT AWARD OF MERIT: Brian Schweihofer of Franklin Hills FARMINGTON HILLS – Brian Schweihofer grew up in a family with a landscaping business and started playing golf at the age of 10. “The landscape industry got me used to working outdoors and the attention to detail that comes with that type of work, and […]
GAM PLAYER OF THE YEAR Grand Rapids’ Tommy Preston tops the points list for junior boys 15 and under in 2025 FARMINGTON HILLS – Grand Rapids’ Tommy Preston had his two best scoring rounds of his young career in opportunistic moments this summer. The 15-year-old Grand Rapids Catholic Central student shot 65 in the U.S. […]
Mike Anderson GAM PLAYER OF THE YEAR Mike Anderson of Novi Tops 2025 Senior Men’s Points List FARMINGTON HILLS – Novi’s Mike Anderson wondered why, without a win during the season, he was invited to the season-ending GAM Tournament of Champions, and promptly asked Ken Hartmann, senior director of competitions and USGA services for the […]
Lori Schlicher GAM PLAYER OF THE YEAR Lewiston’s Lori Schlicher tops the 2025 senior women’s points list FARMINGTON HILLS – Lori Schlicher of Lewiston gets her winter training not on an indoor golf course, but by chopping wood. She has a wood stove to heat her home, in addition to an oven when needed, but […]
GAM PLAYER OF THE YEAR Williamston’s Caleb Bond tops the 2025 men’s points list FARMINGTON HILLS – Caleb Bond of Williamston said he learned in his freshman year at Michigan State University in 2024 that when he played his best golf, he could compete with the best amateur golfers in the country. Then he proved […]
