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From golf greens to Coney Island
19 Aug
Summary
- Peter Stassinopoulos won the 105th GAM Championship in a playoff.
- He will soon join his family's Leo's Coney Island restaurant business.
- Stassinopoulos celebrated his significant amateur golf victory.
Peter Stassinopoulos, a 22-year-old from Novi, has emerged victorious at the 105th Golf Association of Michigan Championship. He secured the title in a sudden-death playoff at the Grosse Ile Golf & Country Club on Tuesday.
Stassinopoulos achieved a final-round par-70, finishing at 7 under par for the tournament. He then successfully executed a par on the first playoff hole to defeat Vibhav Alokam of Ypsilanti. Stassinopoulos, who will soon graduate from Wayne State, expressed his satisfaction with the win among skilled players, noting it validates his dedication.
The runner-up, Alokam, a Villanova golfer, could not convert his par on the playoff hole. Meanwhile, Julian Menser and Benjamin Vento tied for third place, two shots behind the leaders. Stassinopoulos is set to join the family business, the Leo's Coney Island restaurant chain, after his graduation.
