EAST LANSING >> Lake Orion’s Connor Fox doesn’t want to think or talk about repeating in the Michigan Junior State Amateur Championship presented by Imperial Headware, but he admitted it’s cool that Michigan State University’s Forest Akers West Golf Course is hosting.

“It would be cool to win my last GAM junior event at my future place,” said Fox, who over a year ago committed to the Michigan State golf program and this week is playing in the Michigan Amateur Championship in Charlevoix.

He said he plans to approach the 47th Michigan Junior the same way he approached the 46th, which he won a year ago at Ferris State University’s Katke Golf Course.

“I go in wanting to play my best golf, taking it one shot at a time, get into match play and then take it one shot at a time,” he said. “It doesn’t help to start thinking about that trophy or anything like that.”

He did acknowledge winning the title a year ago means a lot to him, and the exemption it earned from the USGA for the U.S. Junior Amateur was something he would love to have happen again.

“It was all very cool, but I just have to approach it all the same way,” he said.

The field of 108 golfers, ages 18-and-under, has been determined by past performance and through sectional qualifiers. They will compete starting Sunday, June 22, for the overall championship or in an age 15-and-under division on Monday.

The golfers playing in the overall division will play 36 holes of stroke play Sunday to determine a medalist and top seed to lead the low-scoring 32 golfers into the match play bracket. The 15-and-under division starts with 18 holes of stroke play on Monday to determine an eight-golfer bracket for match play. The semifinal and championship match rounds for both age divisions will be held on Wednesday.

Forest Akers West is home to the successful Michigan State golf teams. It is one of two courses at the facility (East and West), both of which were redesigned by Michigan State alumnus and highly regarded golf course designer Arthur Hills in 1992.

The West plays from 5,278 yards to 7,013 yards with five tee positions and hosts the Big Ten home competition for the Spartans.

The players in the field are familiar with the Forest Akers properties, which have hosted several GAM junior events and high school state championship tournaments over the years.

Bryan Harris is the PGA golf professional and general manager at Forest Akers and Ben Keeler is the golf course superintendent. Learn more at golf.msu.edu.

Last year in Big Rapids, Fox turned back future MSU teammate Julian Menser, a South Lyon native and Detroit Catholic Central grad, 7 and 6, in the title match.

Menser has aged out of the competition and is a current member of the MSU team.

In the 15-and-under bracket, Julian Sinishtaj of Macomb and Warren De La Salle earned the 15-and-under championship with a 9 and 8 win over David Han of Midland in the championship match.