Michigan Golf Hall of Fame Inductees  

CALVIN PEETE

 Cherries are Traverse City ’s No. 1 product and it was a cherry tree that produced one of the straightest drives in golf. Calvin, one of a family of 19 children, was in northern Michigan when they were harvesting cherries. Calvin fell from a tree and broke his left elbow. It wasn’t set properly but it turned out just fine for the Detroit-born Peete when he began playing golf as an adult. The swing that arm produced was so laser-straight that Calvin led the PGA Tour 10 straight years in driving accuracy and as a Senior Tour rookie he picked up where he’d left off, again threading the straight and narrow. Peete was a 12-time winner on the regular Tour and won in six consecutive seasons, 1982-86. His top victory was the 1985 Players Championship against what annually is the best top to bottom field in professional golf. Peete was elected to the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame in 1993.