Brian Stuard Announced as 2025 Inductee in Jackson Golf Hall of Fame

Brian Stuard competes in the 2022 PGA Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club.  JTV Sports file photo.

(August 18, 2025 10:34 AM ET) Brian Stuard, just the fourth Jackson golfer to reach and succeed at the game’s highest competitive level, is this year’s inductee into the Jackson Golf Hall of Fame.

Stuard will become the 73rd member of the hall when he is inducted in ceremonies at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 21 at Sharp Park Golf Course. The public is invited to the induction ceremony at no charge.

“Brian Stuard is an example of what can be achieved with hard work and dedication,” Hall of Fame committee chair Elaine Crosby said. “His success on the PGA Tour was an inspiration to golfers in Jackson, who certainly enjoyed following Brian’s career. There is no question he belongs in the Jackson Golf Hall of Fame as one of the greatest to ever play the game here.”

A native of Jackson who graduated from Napoleon High School in 2001, Stuard played 12 years on the PGA Tour, winning one tournament and amassing more than $12.5 million in earnings.

He qualified for the PGA Tour in 2010, joining former tour golfers Dave and Mike Hill and former LPGA Tour player Crosby as Jackson natives who have made it to the big leagues in golf. In just his fourth tournament, Stuard finished second in the Mayakoba Classic. He lost his tour card for the following two seasons but returned in 2013 and played the tour full- time for the next 11 years.

In seven of those years, he finished among the top 100 in money winnings with at least $1 million, with a career-best 51st-place finish on $1.8 million in 2014. The highlight came in 2016, when he won a three-man playoff to capture the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

Stuard totaled 13 top-five finishes and 24 top-10s on the PGA Tour.

His best finish in a major came in his only appearance in the Masters, when he tied for 36th in 2017. Stuard played in the U.S. Open seven times and the PGA Championship three times.

After winning the Division 3 individual state title as a senior at Napoleon, Stuard broke almost every school record at Oakland University, where he won the Summit League individual title and was named the league’s golfer of the year before graduating in 2005 and launching his professional career. When Stuard was inducted into Oakland’s Hall of Honor in 2016, he was recognized as the greatest golfer in program history and the most successful professional athlete the school has produced.