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Former Harper Creek High and

current Adrian College standout

golfer Lauren Reed hits an approach

shot to a green during Day 1 of the

Espon Tour’s 11th annual FireKeepers

Hotel Casino Championship at Battle

Creek CC. Reed’s caddy in the photo

is her uncle Rick Gloar. (Shopper News

photo by Will Kowalski)

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in the Michigan High School

Athletic Association Division 3

Championships as a senior at Harper

Creek – was filled with successes.

Included on her links resume were a

second-place individual standing in

the MIAA, her first career collegiate

first-place tourney finish (at The

Moors in Kalamazoo), six top-three

overall finishes and a national rank-

ing of 107.

“And I also became the first-ever

female golfer at Adrian to earn all-

region honors for the Great Lakes

region last year,” she said.

“Overall, it was just a great junior

season for me at Adrian, and I hope

to finish out my career next year

with even more positive accomplish-

ments.”

Following Reed around the BCCC

layout during her Epson Tour round

on June 7 were dad Steve and grand-

ma Therese, with mom Kelly also

on the grounds and her uncle Rick

Gloar serving as her caddy.

Missing from her gallery was

grandpa John – a BCCC member

starting in 1979 – who passed away

in September 2023.

Also coming out to check Reed out

was her former high school coach,

Cindy Kerridge.

“I’m thankful for all of the people

who came out to support me for the

FireKeepers,” Reed said. “I missed

not having grandpa out there as well

• he’s the one who got me interested
  in golf and then followed me all
  over the place to watch me during
  my youth and high school days and
  I love him dearly – but in a way,
  it was almost like he was out there
  watching me playing in my backyard
  course.
  “I really feel like I played in
  this tourney to honor my grandpa,
  because I know he’d be very proud
  of me.”
  Reed also thanked the FireKeepers’
  organization for providing her with
  an exemption to play in the tour-
  ney, and additionally thanked all of
  her family and friends who were as
  excited about her being in a profes-
  sional tourney for the first time as
  she was.
  “How this experience playing with
  lots and lots of professional players
  is going to help me down the road,

maybe even after college, is some-

thing that will unfold in the future,”

she said. “Maybe someday I’ll be

interested in giving the Epson Tour a

real try.

“But first, I’m going to finish out

my senior year at Adrian College,

where academically I’m majoring in

biology and minoring in bio-chemis-

try – and where I’m also applying to

multiple physicians assistant schools

for more schooling after Adrian.”

Reed also noted that in her imme-

diate future – prior to being a full-

time, senior-class student-athlete at

Adrian again this fall – she’s going

to take her golf clubs abroad with her

in a couple weeks.

“I’m doing a study in Rome, Italy

at the end of this month,” she said,

“and I’m going to see if I can’t play

a little golf while I’m there, too.”

Note: The first-place finisher at the

June 7-9 11th annual FireKeepers

Hotel Casino Championship was

second-year Epson Tour player and

first-time winner Cassie Porter, 21,

of Australia. She had a six-under-par

total of 210 and earned $30,000.

Tying for second place were

Amelia Garvey of New Zealand,

Jo-Hua Hung of Taiwan, Brooke

Matthews of Arkansas and Anita

Uwadia of Nigeria at 5-under 211

• with all of them earning $13,273
  apiece.
  The top money leaders at the Epson
  Tour’s 2024 season’s end earn their
  LPGA Tour playing cards for 2025.
  For complete FireKeepers scores,
  visit epson.com.