THE JOHN SHIPPEN
Women’s Field
THE JOHN SHIPPEN National Invitational, will be played June 4-5 at Blythefield Country Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the home of the Meijer LPGA Classic. Players will compete in 36 holes of stroke play, with the winner earning an exemption into the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give (June 13–16), as well as an exemption into the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, the LPGA tournament scheduled for June 27– 30 in Midland, Michigan. The SHIPPEN winner will choose a partner to compete alongside them in the Dow GLBI, which is a two-player team event.
Media Guide
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Past Winners
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Course Information
Blythefield Country Club
5801 Northland Dr NE
Belmont, MI 49306
The 18-Hole, 7011-yard golf course is a true test for low handicap players. It is also, completely playable for higher handicappers who consider it extremely fair, and interesting. Our golf facilities include two multiple use practice ranges, a practice chipping and sand trap green, a practice putting green, club storage, and attended locker rooms.
National Invitational Committee
LaJean Gould
Women in Golf Foundation
Jamila Johnson
Black Golf Coaches Association & Hollywood Golf
Jamie Taylor
Black Golf Directory
Scooter Clark
PGA REACH
Stephen Hamblin
American Junior Golf Association
Karen Peek
Lifetime LPGA Member & City of Detroit Golf
Sam Puryear
Howard University Golf Program
Anthony Ward
Orchard Lake Country Club
Tarek "Ty" DeLavallade
United Golfers Association
Kevin Jennings
Prairie View A&M University Golf Program
Renee Powell
PGA
National Invitational Selection Committee
Sommer Woods
Tournament Lead, THE JOHN SHIPPEN & Co-founder, Woods & Watts Effect
Rock Ventures Representative
Sponsor Exemption
Jason Langwell
Executive Director, Rocket Mortgage Classic & EVP, Intersport
PGA TOUR Representative
Dow Representative
Sponsor Exemption
LPGA Tour Representative