SPINAL COLUMN NEWSWEEKLY
Joshua Bauer, 33, of Waterford Township was the only lakes area golfer to advance to the Sweet 16 quarter-finals of the 101st Michigan Amateur Golf Championship at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills on Thursday, June 21. Bauer was seeded 62 out of 64 golfers in the match-play tournament, but upset No. 3 seed Spencer Slade and knocked off Phil Gieseker in the second round before falling to Bill O’Connor in the quarter-finals. (Spinal Column Newsweekly photo/Amy K. Lockard)
‘I knew I had a good chance’ Bauer advances to quarter-finals at state amateur tourney By Michael Shelton staff writer
A number of lakes area golfers played close to their own backyards this week in Bloomfield Hills at the
101st Michigan Amateur Golf Championship. The tournament took place this past week at the famed Oakland Hills Country Club on its 6,653-yard, par 70 North
Course, with golfers from across the state competing for the honor of being called Michigan’s amateur champion. The tournament began with strokeplay qualifying rounds on Monday, June
18 and Tuesday, June 19, with the top 64 players after two rounds advancing to the match-play portion of the tournament on Wednesday, June 20.
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