Dick Topp helped put Muskegon-area golf on the state map in recent years, leading the charge to bring the prestigious Michigan Amateur championship to his beloved Muskegon Country Club in 2005 and 2013.

A Holland native and past president and board member of the Golf Association of Michigan, has also steered numerous other USGA and state-qualifying events to Muskegon. Topp was a member of White Lake Golf Club since 1969 and Muskegon Country Club since 1978, also served as a rules official for the Golf Association of Michigan and was the in-house historian for the Muskegon club.

A resident of the Muskegon area since 1965 and a retired executive from Webb Chemical, he fell in love with the game while working as a caddy in his youth in Holland. A tireless promoter of junior golf, “Topper” as was called by friends, sent handwritten letters to the top Muskegon-area finishers at the high school state golf finals every year.