Kim Is 2025 15-And-Under GAM Player Of The Year

GAM PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Hannah Kim of Troy Tops 2025 15-and-under Junior Girls’ Points List

FARMINGTON HILLS – Hannah Kim of Troy said she had a rocky start to the golf season because she let the pressure of competition bother her.

“In the beginning of the year I got nervous, especially in the last days of the tournaments,” said the 13-year-old eighth-grader at Boulan Park Middle School.

“I was telling myself I had to win this. At the end of the year, I played better. At the GAM Junior Invitational I was very relaxed. I wanted to win, but I realized if I win, I win, if I lose, I lose. I just tried to play well and having a good mentality allowed me to win that day. I plan to tell myself to relax more in the future.”

Kim’s game demonstrated she has a bright future ahead of her. She won the GAM Junior Stroke Play Championship and closed out the season with the 15-and-under Division win at the GAM Junior Invitational. She was also a runner-up to champion Cameron Baker of Novi in the 15-and-under Division of the Michigan Girls’ Junior Amateur.

Those performances pushed her to the top of the Junior Girls’ Points List, and she has been named the GAM 15-and-under Junior Girls’ Player of the Year, Alex Clark, director of tournament operations, announced today.

Player of the Year point totals can be found on a pull down from the PLAY tab at GAM.org. Carl’s Golfland is the presenting sponsor of the points lists.

In recent weeks, the GAM announced Elayna Bowser of Dearborn as the Women’s Player of the Year, Caleb Bond of Williamston as the Men’s Player of the Year, Lori Schlicher of Lewiston as the Senior Women’s Player of the Year, Mike Anderson of Novi as the Senior Men’s Player of the Year, Greg Zeller of Jackson as the Super Senior Player of the Year, Alena Li of Okemos as the Junior Girls’ Player of the Year and JP Levan of Grand Rapids as the Junior Boys’ Player of the Year. The 15-and-under Boys’ Player of the Year will be announced next Monday.

Kim said it is an honor to be the player of the year.

“Obviously a lot of people in the division worked hard for this,” she said. “I’m happy that I came out on top. I think it showed how good I can be.”

She said the best part of her game is her tee shots.

“I always get it where I want to get it,” she said. “I’m so confident on the tee box. I get a little rocky when it comes to my short game and my putting. That’s the place I can improve on the most and that is what I’ve been working on and what I plan to get better at next season.”

Kim, a Youth on Course Michigan member of the GAM, finished the season with 1,105 player of the year points in a tight race with Baker, a member through her family at Barton Hills Country Club. Baker finished second with 1,032.5 points.

Sixtine Charnelet of Bloomfield Hills and Youth on Course Michigan, who had 650 points, Anika Srivastava of Okemos and Youth on Course Michigan, who had 632.5 points, and Saisha Patil of Okemos and Youth on Course Michigan, who had 383 points, rounded out the top five.