The Highlands Hosting Another GAM Mid-Amateur Championship
HARBOR SPRINGS – The Hills and Moor courses at The Highlands at Harbor Springs will welcome a standout field of over 200 golfers playing Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 27-28, in the 43rd GAM Mid-Amateur Championship presented by Stifel Investment Services.
The resort, formerly known as Boyne Highlands, is hosting the championship for Michigan male amateur golfers ages 25 and over for the 22nd consecutive year and 28th time. The overall winner receives the coveted Glenn H. Johnson Trophy. The scoreboard at Country Club of Boyne is also named in honor of Johnson, a GAM legend and Michigan Golf Hall of Fame member.
The Highlands features five courses that are part of 11 golf courses that can be played at three BOYNE Golf resorts in the northern section of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.
The field is split in half to take on the Moor and Hills courses for two days of stroke play competition, and an overall Mid-Amateur winner (age 25-and-over) and winners in three other age categories will be determined (Mid-Seniors 45-and-over, Seniors 55-and-over and Super Seniors 65-and-over).
The Highlands has used four of its courses at various times to host the championship in the past.
The Hills course, designed by Arthur Hills, features a memorable three-hole ascent at No. 11 to one of the highest points in the region for a remarkable view from the 13th tee. The layout concludes with a 577-yard par-5 that is reachable in two shots by going over the trademark pond that guards all No. 18s in Boyne golf.
The Moor was the second course built at Boyne Highlands and challenges golfers with numerous doglegs and water hazards. It, too, has a championship pedigree as host of past Mid-Amateurs, the AJGA’s annual visit, the Kircher Cup and Harbor Cup tournaments. Michigan-based Raymond Hearn Golf Course Designs has performed some renovation work on the course in recent years.
Casey Powers is the director of golf for BOYNE Golf. John Myers is the head golf professional at the Ross Golf Center. Jason Bazan is the superintendent of the Moor course, and Nick Shaw is the superintendent of the Hills course. Learn more at boynegolf.com.
Last year, John Quigley of Sterling Heights pulled off an incredible eagle-birdie-eagle finish, including the last hole in regulation play and two holes of a three-golfer sudden-death playoff, to win the 42nd GAM Mid-Amateur. It was the second Mid-Amateur title for Quigley, who also won in 2017.
Ken Hudson of Lake Orion won the Senior Division, Randy Lewis of Alma won the Super Senior title and Anthony Sorentino Rochester Hills took home the Mid-Seniors trophy.
Several past champions are in the field though not all are playing for the overall title this year after having moved into other age categories.
Among the past champions are Quigley, 2023 winner Matt Zerbel, two-time winner Scott Strickland of Bloomfield Hills, 2021 winner Nate Clark, two-time winner Greg Davies of West Bloomfield, three-time winner Sorentino, 2019 champion Mike Coriasso of Royal Oak, 2012 winner Erik Schleicher of Petoskey, 2000 winner Kevin VandenBerg and 1998 champion Randy Lewis.
INFORMATION, TEE TIMES, LIVE SCORING: GAM.org or Golf Genius App.
About BOYNE Golf
BOYNE Golf has been recognized by USA Today 10Best as the No. 1 Golf Destination in the United States for 2025 and by GOLF Magazine as one of North America's "Premier Resorts" (Gold).
The Inn at Bay Harbor and Bay Harbor Golf Club, Boyne’s flagship properties, feature 45-holes including three golf course combinations designed by Arthur Hills (Links/Quarry, Quarry/Preserve, and Preserve/Links), and the scenic Crooked Tree Golf Club, with one of the most beautiful and iconic hotels in America, all set along a scenic five-mile stretch of Lake Michigan shoreline.
The Highlands at Harbor Springs, rated the No. 1 Golf Resort for Value by Golf.com, features 72 holes of premier golf design. The Heather, the 2019 NGCOA Course of the Year, was designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., while the Hills Course was crafted by Arthur Hills. In addition, the resort features The Donald Ross Memorial, which is a rendition of the legendary architect’s great holes from around the country, and the always-fun Moor course. The Highlands is the perfect buddy trip destination for golfers who like to play as many holes as they can during the long summer daylight hours northern Michigan features.
Boyne Mountain not only features two fun 18-hole courses (The Monument and Alpine), along with the charming Mountain Grand Lodge & Spa, it is also the leading family friendly golf destination in the region with the Avalanche Bay Indoor Waterpark, junior golf camps, and various kid golf programs. Golf Digest named Boyne Mountain one of its “Top-10 Destinations for Family Golf Trips.”