Michigan Golf Hall of Fame Inductees  

Bruce Fossum

Bruce Fossum joins his wife, Mary, former long-time MSU women’s golf coach, in the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame. Mary was elected in 2002.

During Fossum’s MSU tenure the Spartans played in 11 NCAA championships, won the Big Ten in 1969 and 10 Spartans were named All-Americans. His teams had a 72 percent winning percentage. He was chairman of the NCAA Golf Committee in 1972 and elected president of the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) in 1976.

Fossum started summer golf camps for young players 11-18 in 1971 and MSU was the first college to start such a program.