Greg Davies Wins GAM Senior Match Play Championship

By Greg Johnson

Greg Davies of West Bloomfield added the GAM Senior Match Play Championship to his Michigan Golf Hall of Fame resume, but it wasn’t easy.

The 57-year-old had to go 21 holes to turn back Tom Gieselman of Commerce Township at Macatawa Golf Club to claim the championship.  Davies won it with an 8-iron shot to just outside two feet on the 148-yard par 3 No. 3 hole in sudden-death.

“I knew, even after I got a quick lead in the beginning of the match that Tom would come back,” Davies said. “I knew he would make a few, or several, and you know it ended up being battle just like I expected.”

Davies is a former Michigan Amateur champion, GAM Mid-Amateur champion and GAM Senior champion. He had to battle 20 holes to get the win in his semifinal match with Rick Williams of Northville. Gieselman also went 20 holes in his semifinal win over Ken Hudson of Lake Orion.

Mitch Wilson of Portage won the Super Senior title for the first time by turning back Randy Lewis of Alma, a Michigan Golf Hall of Fame member and the 2011 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion who was defending his Super Senior title of a year ago, 4 and 3.