HOME COURSE HERO: Greg Davies Wins GAM Senior Championship

By Greg Johnson

Several times fellow Orchard Lake Country Club members came up to Greg Davies of West Bloomfield and told him he should have a great chance to win the GAM Senior Championship that the club was hosting. 

“I started to feel a little pressure from that,” said the 15-year member and four-time club champion. 

The pressure didn’t seem to bother Davies as the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame member didn’t miss a fairway, missed just one green, shot a 3-under 68 and came from behind to win the 37th GAM Senior Championship. 

The 55-year-old Davies, a former Michigan Amateur Champion and GAM Mid-Amateur champion playing in his first GAM Senior Championship, started the second round six shots off the lead but a 68 gave him a 1-under 141 total, three shots clear for the win. 

Ron Perrine of Holt and Jerry Gunthorpe of Ovid tied for second at 144 – yet Perrine simultaneously won the Super Senior Division for players 65 and over.