Greg Davies: GAM Senior Men’s Player of the Year
By Greg Johnson
Greg Davies of West Bloomfield believes in preparation.
“If I have a goal, it is to be as prepared as I can possibly be going into whatever tournament I’m playing,” said the 56-year-old wealth management advisor and Michigan Golf Hall of Fame member. “If I’m fully prepared and the game is there – some weeks it is, and some weeks it isn’t – then I feel I have a shot for a high finish.”
High finishes, including winning this year’s GAM Senior Championship and making his 11th appearance in the “Sweet 16” of the Michigan Amateur Championship, propelled Davies to the top of the 2023 Senior Men’s Points List, and he has been named the GAM Senior Men’s Player of the Year.
“To get my name on that list with the guys I’ve looked up to my whole life, Randy Lewis, Greg Reynolds and Pete Green, who have won everything and kept winning as seniors, it’s just very humbling,” he said. “I want to thank the GAM and Ken Hartmann and the volunteers for all the work they do for the golfers. The age division tournaments, all the handicap events for men, women, juniors and seniors, the GAM has to be one of the top if not the top state association in the country.”
Player of the Year point totals can be found on a pull down from the PLAY tab at GAM.org. Davies, an Orchard Lake Country Club member, also highlighted his year with a runner-up finish in the GAM Senior Match Play Championship to Mike Ignasiak of Saline and qualified for the U.S. Senior Open. The 2006 GAM Men’s Player of the Year finished the season with 595 points.
David LeVan of Ann Arbor and Barton Hills Country Club was second with 355 points, and Steve Maddalena of Jackson and the Country Club of Jackson was third with 317.5.
Davies started in the game as a caddie at Edgewood Country Club and played collegiate golf at the University of Oklahoma with four future PGA Tour winners.
“I enjoy practicing and enjoy the process of trying to get better golf wise and physically, too,” he said. “I play with the young kids at the club, play the back tees, and I feel like that helps keep me competitive.”
