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<\/a>Meijer LPGA Classic champion Lexi Thompson<\/p><\/div>\n
Lexi Thompson wins Meijer LPGA Classic<\/strong>. Fan-favorite Thompson made mince meat of the par-fives and fired a final round 65 en route to a one-shot victory at Blythefield CC. With stars like Michelle Wie, Stacy Lewis, Lydia Ko, Suzann Pettersen and Paula Creamer passing up the tourney for an extra week before the British Women\u2019s Open, Thompson was an ideal champion for the second year event. Incidentally, Inbee Park (world #1) played in Grand Rapids and then won the British.<\/p>\n Tom Gillis loses in a playoff to Jordan Spieth.<\/strong> PGA Tour veteran and Pontiac native Gillis kept the state glued to the TV during the sudden death playoff for the John Deere Classic in July. Gillis was attempting to become the first Michigan PGA Tour winner since John Morse won the \u201995 Hawaiian Open. Alas, it wasn\u2019t to be for Gillis against the game\u2019s top player but he did take home $508,000.<\/p>\n Lewis was the medalist at the U.S. Senior Am<\/p><\/div>\n Randy Lewis is medalist at the U.S. Senior Amateur Championship<\/strong>. Lewis became the first Michigander to be a USGA medalist and number one seed for match play in a generation or more. Although he lost in the quarterfinals to the eventual champion, Lewis is exempt next year from local qualifying for the national tourney. In December, he was named the GAM\u2019s Senior Player of the Year.<\/p>\n The University of Indianapolis wins the NCAA Division II Women\u2019s Championship at The Meadows GC.<\/strong> As further evidence of \u201cclimate change,\u201d Indianapolis (IN) became the first school outside of Florida to capture this national golf title beating perennial powerhouse Rollins College (FL) by five shots in the 72-hole medal play competition. Medalist was Brenna Moore (no relation, darn it) of Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas. It was the ninth NCAA golf finals held at The Meadows, located on the campus of Grand Valley State University in Allendale.<\/p>\n Indianapolis dethroned the FL schools at the NCAA Div. II Finals.<\/p><\/div>\n Doak\u2019s The Loop generates national buzz<\/strong>. Tom Doak\u2019s new course at Forest Dunes, set to open sometime in 2016, is gaining national attention for its reversible design. With 18 greens but in effect 36 holes, The Loop may be played in either direction depending upon the day. It may seem novel but The Old Course at St. Andrews began its reversible routing in 1896.<\/p>\n Michigan State standouts Ryan Brehm and Matt Harmon earn Web Tour exemptions.<\/strong> Last weekend, the Spartan alums both finished in the top ten at the Tour\u2019s Q finals and earned full-time playing status until the \u201cthird reshuffle.\u201d It\u2019ll be Brehm\u2019s first time on the all-important feeder Tour to the PGA Tour and Harmon\u2019s fourth.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>