My Story
Built for This
Michael Springer is an amateur golfer from La Grange, Illinois, competing at the highest levels of national amateur golf with his sights set on the professional tour.
His path has been unconventional by design. After high school, Michael made the deliberate decision to relocate to Windermere, Florida — alone — to pursue full-time elite golf development. Working at Isleworth Golf & Country Club while training daily alongside touring professionals, he built both his game and his character in one of the most competitive golf environments in the world. He currently trains under Tony Ziegler at The Golden Bear Club, where Ziegler has coached PGA and LPGA Tour professionals.
The results have followed. In 2025, Michael qualified for and competed in the Florida Amateur, the North & South Championship at Pinehurst, the Western Amateur at Skokie Country Club, and the Illinois Open at Kemper Lakes — earning his way into each field on the strength of his qualifying rounds. In 2026, he is building on that with a focused push through the summer — highlighted by a T4 finish at the Illinois State Amateur and a qualifying berth in the Illinois Open — as he prepares to turn professional this fall.
What defines Michael as a competitor is not just his ball-striking or his qualifying scores — it is the discipline and self-reliance he developed by building something from scratch, far from home, in an environment that demanded excellence every day. That foundation is what he brings to every tee.
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