Johnson wins Horton Smith title with help from final-round 66
For the first time this year, the Horton Smith Invitational has the distinction of being
an amateur event that shares a venue with a PGA Tour event. The Rocket Mortgage Classic will be played at Detroit Golf Club in June.
After four days at the event honoring Horton Smith, the long-running professional at Detroit Golf Club and the man who won the inaugural Masters Tournament in 1934, Ryan Johnson came out ahead. Johnson had rounds of 73-70-72-66 after alternating between the North and South courses this week.
Johnson’s final-round 66 on the south course tied the lowest score of the final round. It also was the final-round boost he needed to leapfrog runner-up Michael Busse, who had a share of the 54-hole lead with Will Anderson. Johnson was three shots back starting the final day.
Nick Gunthorpe finished third, a shot behind Busse, after getting a big boost from a final-round 67. Ben Smith was solo fourth another shot behind that.
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ABOUT THE
Michigan Medal Play at Detroit Golf Club
Formerly known as the Horton Smith Invitational,
this 72-hole
stroke play event, founded in 1964 by Bill Michaels,
began as an 18-hole invitational to honor the long
time Detroit Golf Club Head Professional who had a
rich playing career (he was the first Masters
champion and the last
person to defeat Bobby Jones in competition prior to
Jones' retirement in 1930)
In 1971, Detroit G.C. members Dennis Lenehan,
Tom Chisholm and Phil Wigle received approval to
merge
the Michigan Medal Play and Horton Smith
Invitational. This proved to solidify an immensely
talented field of participants each year. In 2020, the
tournament was
renamed the Michigan Medal Play.
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