103rd GAM Championship

When: Monday, August 5 - Tuesday, August 6

 

Where: Barton Hills CC

 

Format: 54-Hole Stroke Play Competition. The field is cut to low 30 and ties following the second round. A hole-by-hole playoff will be used to determine a tie for the Championship.

 

103rd GAM Championship Qualifier Dates and Sites

July 3: Owosso CC (Owosso)

July 5: Michaywe Pines (Gaylord)

July 17: Sunnybrook CC (Grandville)

July 18: Indian Springs Metropark GC (White Lake)

July 22: Washtenaw GC (Ypsilanti)

July 30: Port Huron GC (Fort Gratiot)

 

EXEMPTIONS

Players in the categories listed shall be exempt from Sectional Qualifying, provided they are otherwise eligible.  Exempt players must submit entry form and fee by entry deadline. (Italics denote ineligible pro) Please Note: Exemption category 4 is based on the competition if completed in its entirety (54 Holes), if shortened then the allocated number of places will be reduced by half. 

 

1. Michigan Amateur Champions for the last 5 years

2024 – To be filled by GAM

2023 – August Meekhof

2022 – Nick Krueger

2021 – Patrick Sullivan

2020 – Tyler Copp

                                               

2. GAM Champions for the last 5 years

2023 – August Meekhof

2022 – August Meekhof

2021 – James Piot

2020 – Jimmy Chestnut

2019 – Mitchell White

                                                                               

3. 2024 Michigan Amateur Semifinalists

Filled by GAM

 

4. Top ten finishers and ties in the 2023 GAM Championship (not otherwise exempt)

*(Note: If Championship is shortened due to extenuating circumstances, TOP FIVE finishers (not otherwise exempt)) 

Yuqi Liu, Caleb Bond, Bryan Haase, Jimmy Dales, Patrick Deardorff, McCoy Biagioli, Andy Matthews, Scott Strickland, Matt Zerbel

 

5. 2023 GAM Top Ten Honor Roll (not otherwise exempt) –

Will Anderson, John Quigley, Arie Jackman, Brad Bastion, David Szymanski

 

6. 2023 GAM Mid-Amateur Champion – Matt Zerbel      

 

7. 2023 GAM Senior Amateur Champion – Greg Davies

  

8. GAM Player of the Year for the last 2 years

2023 – August Meekhof

2022 – Nick Krueger

               

9. 2023 GAM Tournament of Champions Champion – Peter Farner

 

10. Championship Committee Exemption(s) – Casey Baker, Charlie Green