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Lynn Janson Elected to Grand Rapids Sports Hall of Fame Contact Tom Cleary ADA, Mich. (July 9, 2003) - Longtime Egypt Valley Country Club golf professional Lynn Janson has added another chapter to his illustrious career by being elected to the Grand Rapids Sports Hall of Fame. The former Michigan State All-America star will officially gain induction to the hall at a ceremony later this year. In doing so, he will join a select group of west Michigan golf figures who have also been inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. "It's one of the great honors I've had in sport to be named to Grand Rapids Sports Hall of Fame," says Janson. "Not only have I known and enjoyed my association with the other golfers there, but I'm humbled to be affiliated with great athletes from professional football, baseball, basketball and other sports here in the town where I've lived the last thirty years." A five-time winner of the Michigan PGA "Player of the Year" Award (and a multiple winner of both the Michigan Open and the Michigan PGA Championship), Janson recently competed at his club in the Farmers Charity Classic on the Champions Tour. He became the first club professional in the history of senior golf to win a qualifying event at his home club, shooting a five-under par round of 67 before the Tour stop (which was won by Doug Tewell in a playoff over Eamonn Darcy). It was the second Champions Tour appearance in three years for Janson, who's recorded scores of par or better in four of his last six Champions Tour rounds. Three years ago Janson was named by his alma mater as the greatest golfer in the history of Michigan State University. While competing on the collegiate level he was named to the All-America second team as a senior, along with former U.S. Open champions Tom Watson, Tom Kite and Andy North. Janson began his career at Green Ridge Country Club in Grand Rapids, which later became known as Egypt Valley when the club relocated to Ada in 1990. He has played in numerous major championships, including the 1975 U.S. Open in Chicago at Medinah, where he was paired in the third round with his boyhood idol Arnold Palmer. |