Michigan Golf Journal
Here We Go, Year 2 It’s an old cliché but it could not be more true… it’s so hard to believe another year ŚĂƐ ŇŽǁŶ ďLJ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚŝƐ ĐĂƐĞ͕ ǁĞ ƌĞĂĐŚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ year of the publishing the DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ 'ŽůĨ :ŽƵƌŶĂů͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŽĨ LJĞĂƌ Ϯ͘
ŐŽůĨ ŶĞǁƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ǁĞ ďƌŝŶŐ LJŽƵ ŝƐ ƚŽ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ the monthly link to friends ĂŶĚ ĨĂŵŝůLJ͕ ĞŶƚĞƌ ŽƵƌ ĨƌĞĞ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚƐ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ;ǁǁǁ͘ ŵŝĐŚŝŐĂŶŐŽůłŽƵƌŶĂů͘ĐŽŵͿ ĂŶĚͬ Žƌ ĨŽůůŽǁ ƵƐ ŽŶ dǁŝƩĞƌ ;ΛD/ŐŽůłŽƵƌŶĂůͿ͘
The feedback from readers in ϮϬϭϴ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ǀĞƌLJ ƌĞǁĂƌĚŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ŚĞĂƌ ĨƌŽŵ LJŽƵ͘ ŝƌĞĐƚ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞĚ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ͛Ɛ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚƐ ƐĞĐƟŽŶ͕ Žƌ ďLJ ĞŵĂŝůŝŶŐ ŵŝĐŚŝŐĂŶŐŽůłŽƵƌŶĂůΛ ŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͘
&Žƌ :ĂŶƵĂƌLJ͕ ǁĞ ƌĞĐĂƉ ƚŚĞ players of the year and top ŶĞǁƐ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϴ͖ ĂŶĚ ůŽŽŬ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵůůLJͲ inspiring story of a Michigan W' ƉƌŽ ǁŚŽ ŚĂƐ ĞŶĚƵƌĞĚ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ůŽƐŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ĞLJĞ ƐŝŐŚƚ͘ There’s also guest columns by ƚǁŽ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽĂĐŚĞƐ͕ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ on the West Michigan Golf ^ŚŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ ŬŝĐŬƐ Žī ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͕
zĞƚ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ǁĂLJ ƚŽ “comment” if you like the
and a couple ideas on places ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ ŶŽǁ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŶŽǁ ĐůĞĂƌƐ͘ dŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ͘ Thank you again for all the ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ LJŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ƐŚŽǁŶ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ĮƌƐƚ LJĞĂƌ ŽĨ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͕ ĂŶĚ please keep coming back each ŵŽŶƚŚ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϵ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞƌĞůLJ͕
Tom Lang WƵďůŝƐŚĞƌͬ ĚŝƚŽƌ
WHAT’S INSIDE: 08
&ƌĞĞǁĂLJƐ ĂŶĚ &ĂŝƌǁĂLJƐ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ
18
High School Rule Changes ƚŽ ŽŵďĂƚ ŚĞĂƟŶŐ
10
West Michigan Golf ^ŚŽǁ
26
Players of the Year
14
TopGolf Opens in MI
30
DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ EĞǁƐ Θ Notes
15
2018’s Top Stories
34
Florida Travel: Innisbrook
Legally Blind PGA Pro Perseveres
Blind Love for the Game
DŽŶƚĞ ůĂŵ ĮůůƐ ƌŽůĞ ŽĨ W' ƉƌŽ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ůĞŐĂůůLJ ďůŝŶĚ LJ dŽŵ >ĂŶŐ
^ŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ǁĞŶƚ ƚĞƌƌŝďůLJ ǁƌŽŶŐ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϳ͘
– but he remains totally blind ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ƌŝŐŚƚ͘
DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ W' ^ĞĐƟŽŶ ŵĞŵďĞƌ DŽŶƚĞ ůĂŵ ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ Ă ĚŽĐƚŽƌ ĨŽƌ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ĐĂůůĞĚ Ă ƌŽƵƟŶĞ ƐƵƌŐŝĐĂů procedure on both eyes to ƌĞůŝĞǀĞ Ă ďůŽŽĚ ǀĞƐƐĞů ŝƐƐƵĞ͘ ,Ğ ĐĂŵĞ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ŝƚ ďůŝŶĚ ǁŚĞŶ the doctor damaged both ƌĞƟŶĂƐ͘ hƉŽŶ ĨŽůůŽǁ ƵƉ ŚĞůƉ from the Cleveland Clinic Ɛŝdž ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ůĂƚĞƌ͕ ŚĞ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ƌĞŐĂŝŶĞĚ ƐŽŵĞ ƐŝŐŚƚ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ůĞŌ ĞLJĞ ʹ ǁŚĂƚ ůĂŵ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞƐ ĂƐ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ Ă ƉĂƉĞƌ ƚŽǁĞů tube that’s cloudy at the end
dŚĞ ĞŶĚ ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŝƐ Ă ůŝĨĞƟŵĞ ŽĨ ďĞŝŶŐ ůĞŐĂůůLJ ďůŝŶĚ͘ zĞƚ͕ ͚W' ƉƌŽ͛ ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ůĂŵ͛Ɛ ƟƚůĞ͕ ĂƐ ĚŽĞƐ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬůŽĂĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚ ʹ ĂŶĚ ŚĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĂŶŬĨƵů ĨŽƌ ďŽƚŚ͘ ůĂŵ͛Ɛ ǁŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ perseverance the past decade led to being named ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϴ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞĂĐŽŶ WĂůŵĞƌ ǁĂƌĚ ŝŶ ďŽƚŚ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŶĂƟŽŶĂůůLJ͕ ďLJ ƚŚĞ W' ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ͘
dŚĞ ĂǁĂƌĚ ďĞƐƚŽǁƐ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ ŽŶ Ă W' ŐŽůĨ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ǁŚŽ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůůLJ ĚŝƐƉůĂLJƐ ŽƵƚƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŝŶƚĞŐƌŝƚLJ͕ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞīŽƌƚ ƚŽ ŽǀĞƌĐŽŵĞ Ă ŵĂũŽƌ ŽďƐƚĂĐůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŝĨĞ͘ ůĂŵ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ 'ŽůĨ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ϰϱͲŚŽůĞ tŚŝƚĞĨŽƌĚ Valley Golf Course in ƐŽƵƚŚĞĂƐƚĞƌŶ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŚĞ ďĞŐĂŶ ŚŝƐ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ĂƐ ĂŶ ĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ ƉƌŽ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϱ͘ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶ ƚŽ ŽǁůŝŶŐ 'ƌĞĞŶ͕ KŚŝŽ͕ ĐĂŵĞ ŶĞdžƚ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ŽǁŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ ŽĨ ůĂĐŬďĞƌƌLJ Patch Golf Course in
Legally Blind PGA Pro Perseveres
ŽůĚǁĂƚĞƌ͕ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͘ tŚŝůĞ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ ŽǁŶĞƌ ŝƐ ǁŚĞŶ the botched surgery took ƉůĂĐĞ͘ ,Ğ ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůLJ ƐŽůĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ŝŶǀŝƚĞĚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ tŚŝƚĞĨŽƌĚ sĂůůĞLJ͕ ŝŶ KƩĂǁĂ >ĂŬĞ͘ ůĂŵ ƐĂŝĚ ŚĞ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ďŝƩĞƌ ĂďŽƵƚ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ ďůŝŶĚ͘ ͞dŚĞ ǁĂLJ / ůŽŽŬĞĚ Ăƚ ŝƚ͕ / ŵĞĂŶ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ͕ such a shock that I don’t ƌĞĂůůLJ ƚŚŝŶŬ / ŚĂĚ ƟŵĞ ;ƚŽ ĨĞĞů ďŝƩĞƌͿ͕͟ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůLJ͘ ͞/Ĩ / ůŽŽŬĞĚ ďĂĐŬ Ăƚ ŝƚ͕ /͛ŵ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĞƌĞ ƐŽŵĞ ĚĂLJƐ / ŚĂĚ
ƚŚĂƚ ĂŶŐĞƌ͕ ďƵƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƉĂƌƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŵŽƌĞ ůŝŬĞ ƐŚŽĐŬ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ĂƐŬŝŶŐ ŵLJƐĞůĨ ͚ǁŚĂƚ Ăŵ / ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĚŽ͍͛ ^Ž͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ŵƵĐŚ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚŝŶŬ ͚ǁŽĞ ŝƐ ŵĞ͛͘ “I think the passion I have for the game and passion ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ W' ͕ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ ŵLJ ũŽď ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƐŝŽŶ ĨŽƌ ĨĂŵŝůLJ͕ / think that all helped get me ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͘͟ ůĂŵ͕ ǁŚŽ ǁĂƐ ƚŽůĚ ƚŽ get out of golf by a career ĐŽƵŶƐĞůŽƌ͕ ƐĂLJƐ ŚĞ ĚŽĞƐ everything a director of golf
ĚŽĞƐ͗ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ Ă ƐƚĂī͕ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂĚŵŝŶŝƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͕ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ŐŽůĨ ůĞƐƐŽŶƐ͕ ƌĞĐƌƵŝƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjŝŶŐ ĐŚĂƌŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƚĞ ŽƵƟŶŐƐ͕ ŵŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĞŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂŝƌǁĂLJƐ͕ ƚƌŝŵŵŝŶŐ ďƵŶŬĞƌƐ ʹ ƉƌĞƩLJ ŵƵĐŚ ĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ ďƵƚ ĚƌŝǀĞ Ă ĐĂƌ ŽŶ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƌŽĂĚƐ͘ ͞; ǀĞŶͿ ǁŝƚŚ ůŝŵŝƚĞĚ ĞLJĞƐŝŐŚƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ / ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ĚŽ͕͟ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞/ƚ ŵĂLJ ƚĂŬĞ ŵĞ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŽƌĞ ĞīŽƌƚ͕ ďƵƚ / ĐĂŶ ŚĂŶĚůĞ ĂŶLJ ũŽď Žƌ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĞ͘ /Ŷ ĨĂĐƚ͕ ŵŽƐƚ ǁŚŽ ŵĞĞƚ ŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ
Lisa and Monte Elam
Legally Blind PGA Pro Perseveres
^ŝŐŚƚ ĞŶƚĞƌ ŽĨ EŽƌƚŚǁĞƐƚ KŚŝŽ͕͟ ůĂŵ ĂĚĚĞĚ͘ ͞DLJ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŚŝƫŶŐ ƐŚŽƚƐ ĂůǁĂLJƐ ďƌŝŶŐƐ ĞŶůŝŐŚƚĞŶŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŚŽƉĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ĚŝƐĂďůĞĚ͘ tŚĞŶ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐĞĞ Ă ďůŝŶĚ ŐŽůĨĞƌ ŚŝƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďĂůů͕ they also seem more relaxed ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͘”
ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ / ŚĂǀĞ Ă ĚŝƐĂďŝůŝƚLJ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŚŽǁ / ůŝŬĞ ŝƚ͘ / ƚƌLJ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ůĞĂĚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ŵLJ ƐƚĂī ĂŶĚ ĂŶ ĂƐƐĞƚ ƚŽ ŵLJ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ĂŶĚ ŝƚƐ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌƐ͘ “Losing my eyesight gave me Ă ďĞƩĞƌ ƉĞƌƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ ŽŶ ůŝĨĞ Ăƚ ŚŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ Ăƚ ǁŽƌŬ͘ / ŚĂǀĞ a great concern for all my employees both personally ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůůLJ͘ / ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ŽŶĞ ĂīĞĐƚƐ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ͘ / ĂůƐŽ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ŝŶ ŚĂŶĚƐͲŽŶ ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ͘ / ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ĂƐŬ ĂŶLJ employee to do something I ĐŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ĚŽ͘͟ ƚ tŚŝƚĞĨŽƌĚ sĂůůĞLJ͕ ůĂŵ counts steps going from room ƚŽ ƌŽŽŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵƵƐĞ͘ ,Ğ ŚĂƐ ŵĞŵŽƌŝnjĞĚ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ ŽƵƚĚŽŽƌƐ͕ ƚŽŽ (being an assistant pro there ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞ ϵϬƐ ŚĞůƉĞĚͿ͕ ůŝŬĞ ƚƌĞĞƐ͕ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ŽĚĚ ŽďũĞĐƚƐ ŝŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ͘ ,ŝƐ ŽĸĐĞ ŝƐ ĞƋƵŝƉƉĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ŵŽŶŝƚŽƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŐŶŝĮĞƐ ĂŶLJƚŚŝŶŐ ŚĞ ŶĞĞĚƐ ƚŽ ƌĞĂĚ͕ and his computer has ƐŽŌǁĂƌĞ ĐĂůůĞĚ ŽŽŵƚĞdžƚ ƚŽ ĞŶůĂƌŐĞ ǁŽƌĚƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŵĂŐĞƐ͘ ,ŝƐ ǁŝĨĞ͕ >ŝƐĂ͕ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƌŽĐŬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŝůLJ͕ ĂŶĚ ůĂŵ͛Ɛ ƌŝĚĞ ƚŽ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŽŵ ǁŽƌŬ ŵŽƐƚ ĚĂLJƐ͘ ^ŚĞ ǁŽƌŬƐ ŝŶ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ʹ ƐŽ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ ĂŶĚ ^ƉĞĐŝĂů KůLJŵƉŝĐƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ůĂŵ͛Ɛ
ǁŽƌŬ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ EŽƌƚŚǁĞƐƚ KŚŝŽ ^ŝŐŚƚ ĞŶƚĞƌ͕ ĞǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ ƚƌŝĞƐ to make Whiteford Valley ĨĞĞů ůŝŬĞ Ă ƐĂĨĞ͕ ǁĞůĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƉůĂĐĞ ĨŽƌ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŶĞǁ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJ ŝĨ ƚŚĞLJ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ĚŝƐĂďŝůŝƚLJ͘ ůĂŵ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƐƐŝŽŶ ĨŽƌ͕ ƚŚĞŝƌ footgolf course paved the ǁĂLJ ƚŽ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞ ŶŽŶͲŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ŐŽůĨ͘ ,Ğ ŚŽƐƚƐ many special needs school ŽƵƟŶŐƐ ďŽƚŚ ĨŽƌ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ŐŽůĨ and footgolf and said that Whiteford Valley provides ŽƵƚĚŽŽƌ ƐƟŵƵůĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ Ă ŶĞǁ ĞdžĞƌĐŝƐĞ ĨŽƌ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ďĂƩůŝŶŐ ƉŚLJƐŝĐĂů ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞƐ͘ “We have hosted many ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĚŝƐĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ͕ ƐƵĐŚ as the hearing impaired and many people from the
The former scratch golfer ŶŽǁ ƐĐŽƌĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚ ϴϬƐ ǁŚĞŶ ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂŵŝůLJ͘ ,Ğ ƐĂŝĚ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ŚĂƐ ƚŽ ƉŽŝŶƚ Śŝŵ ƚŽǁĂƌĚ ƚŚĞ ŚŽůĞ ĂŶĚ ŐŝǀĞ Śŝŵ ĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŽƚŚĞƌǁŝƐĞ ŚĞ ƌĞĂĚƐ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĞŶƐ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ ŵĞŵŽƌŝnjĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ĂŶĚ ǁĂůŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůŝŶĞ ƚŽ ĨĞĞů ĂŶLJ ƵŶĚƵůĂƟŽŶƐ ʹ ĂŶ example of a sense that has been heightened per the loss ŽĨ ƐŝŐŚƚ͘ ͞/ ƉůĂLJ ŵŽƌĞ ŐŽůĨ ŶŽǁ ǁŝƚŚ ŵLJ ĨĂŵŝůLJ͕͟ ůĂŵ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞/ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƉůĂLJ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟǀĞůLJ Ăƚ Ăůů͕ ƐŽ ǁŚĞŶ / ŐŽ ŽƵƚ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĨŽƌ ĞŶũŽLJŵĞŶƚ͕ ŶŽƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ / ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ Žƌ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ͕ ďƵƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ / ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ͘͟
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Freeways and Fairways
dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŝŶ Ă ŶĞǁ occasional series that looks at golf courses found along DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ĨƌĞĞǁĂLJƐ ʹ ƚŚŽƐĞ LJŽƵ ĚƌŝǀĞ ďLJ ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚůLJ͕ Žƌ ŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ĂŶŶƵĂů ǀĂĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ďƵƚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ƐƚŽƉ ĂŶĚ ĞdžƉůŽƌĞ͘
DĂLJďĞ LJŽƵ ƐŚŽƵůĚ͘
THORNAPPLE POINTE 'ƌĂŶĚ ZĂƉŝĚƐ͕ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ǁǁǁ͘ƚŚŽƌŶĂƉƉůĞƉŽŝŶƚĞ͘ĐŽŵ Length: Ranges from ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ƚĞĞƐ ŽǀĞƌ ϳ͕ϬϬϬ LJĂƌĚƐ͕ ƚŽ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ Ăƚ ũƵƐƚ ƵŶĚĞƌ ϱ͕ϬϬϬ LJĂƌĚƐ͘ History lesson͗ ĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ďLJ tŝůůŝĂŵ EĞǁĐŽŵď ĂŶĚ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϳ͕ dŚŽƌŶĂƉƉůĞ WŽŝŶƚĞ ŝƐ ŬŶŽǁŶ ůŽĐĂůůLJ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ͞WůĂŶĞƐ͕ dƌĂŝŶƐ ĂŶĚ
Automobiles” golf course – but it should also add ǁĂƚĞƌĐƌĂŌ ;ƐĞĞ KǀĞƌǀŝĞǁ ďĞůŽǁͿ͘ Most memorable: What ƉŽƉƐ ŽƵƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚLJ ŽĨ par 4s and 5s have a turn in ƚŚĞ ĨĂŝƌǁĂLJ͖ ŶŽƚ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌŝůLJ Ă ŵĂũŽƌ ĚŽŐůĞŐ͕ ďƵƚ ǁŚĞŶ standing at most of those tees the green is not easily ǀŝƐŝďůĞ͘ ŝƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞůĞǀĂƟŽŶ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ͕ Ă ďĞŶĚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ Ă ƐƚĂŶĚ ŽĨ ƚƌĞĞƐ͕ Žƌ ďŽƚŚ͘ dŚĞ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ƐŚŽƚ Ăƚ
Freeways and Fairways
EŽ͘ ϰ ĂůƐŽ ƐƚĂŶĚƐ ŽƵƚ ĂƐ Ă ƚŽƵŐŚ͕ ĞůĞǀĂƚĞĚ ŐƌĞĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĂŶĚ ƚƌĂƉƐ ƟŐŚƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ůĞŌ and a huge tree guarding the ƌŝŐŚƚ͕ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ŶĂƌƌŽǁ ŐĂƉ ƚŽ ŶĂǀŝŐĂƚĞ ƐĂĨĞůLJ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƵƫŶŐ ƐƵƌĨĂĐĞ͘ Picture this͗ EŽ͘ ϭϯ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƵŶůƵĐŬLJ͖ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƐŝŵƉůLJ Ă ŐŽƌŐĞŽƵƐ golf hole (photo here doesn’t ĚŽ ŝƚ ũƵƐƟĐĞͿ͘ dŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĞůĞǀĂƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ Ă ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ƉĂƵƐĞ ŝŶ LJŽƵƌ ƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ ƚŚĞ dŚŽƌŶĂƉƉůĞ ZŝǀĞƌ ŇŽǁ the length of the par 5 and ŽŶǁĂƌĚ ƚŽ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂů ŚŽůĞƐ͘ /Ĩ ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŝƚĞ ƚĞĞƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂůůLJ ƉƵƐŚĞĚ ĨĂƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ͕ a stand of trees lay straight ĂŚĞĂĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ϮϬϬ LJĂƌĚƐ ŽƵƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ĨŽƌĐĞƐ Ă ĚƌŝǀĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůĞŌ͕ ƚŽǁĂƌĚ ƚŚĞ ƌŝǀĞƌ͕ ďƵƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƉůĞŶƚLJ ŽĨ ĨĂŝƌǁĂLJ ůĂŶĚŝŶŐ ƌŽŽŵ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞŵĂŝŶĚĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϱϬϬͲƉůƵƐ LJĂƌĚ ŚŽůĞ ŝƐ ƌŝǀĞƌ ůĞŌ͕ ƚƌĞĞƐ ƌŝŐŚƚ͘ tĂůŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚŽůĞ ŝƐ ďĞƐƚ ƚŽ ƐŽĂŬ ŝƚ Ăůů ŝŶ͘
Risky business͗ EŽ͘ ϳ ŝƐ Ă shorter par 5 that could tempt ůŽŶŐĞƌ ŚŝƩĞƌƐ ƚŽ ŐŽ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĞŶ ŝŶ ƚǁŽ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ front of the green has no ͞ƌƵŶͲƵƉ͘͟ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŚĞĂǀŝůLJ ŐƵĂƌĚĞĚ ďLJ ŐƌĂƐƐLJ ƐǁĂůĞƐ ŽĨ ƌŽƵŐŚ ĂŶĚ ĐĂǀĞƌŶŽƵƐ ƐĂŶĚ ďƵŶŬĞƌƐ͘ KŶĞ pot bunker is barely more the circumference of the rake ƵƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĐůĞĂŶƵƉ͕ ƐŽ ŐĞƚ ŝŶ that one and good luck having Ă ƐƚĂŶĐĞ͘ ďĂŝů ŽƵƚ ĂƌĞĂ ŝƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĞŶ͘ Overview: The course is not ũƵƐƚ ŶĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ŇŝŐŚƚ ƉĂƚŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ 'ĞƌĂůĚ Z͘ &ŽƌĚ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŝƌƉŽƌƚ͖ ŚŽůĞƐ ϱ͕ ϲ ĂŶĚ ϳ are ƚŚĞ ŇŝŐŚƚ ƉĂƚŚ͘ ƌĂŝůƌŽĂĚ ĂůƐŽ ƐƉůŝƚƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞƐ four trips through the tunnel ƵŶĚĞƌŶĞĂƚŚ ǁŚĞŶ ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ Ăůů ϭϴ ŚŽůĞƐ͘ ůƐŽ͕ ǀĞƌLJ ĐůŽƐĞ ďLJ
ŝƐ /Ͳϵϲ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŚƵŐĞ ƌĂŵƉ ƚŽ DͲϲ ĐƵƫŶŐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵƚŚ ƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ 'ƌĂŶĚ ZĂƉŝĚƐ͘ dŚĞŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƌŵ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ͕ ǁĂƚĞƌĐƌĂŌ ƌĂĐĞ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ďƵŽLJƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝǀĞƌ͘ While some golfers may not like the “busyness” of the ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐƐ͕ ƐŽŵĞ ĮŶĚ ŝƚ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ͕ Žƌ ƐƟůů ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌ ŝƚ Ă ĨƵŶ ĚŝƐƚƌĂĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ Ă ďĂĚ ƌŽƵŶĚ͘ ,ŽůĞƐ ϵ ĂŶĚ ϭϴ ĂƌĞ ůĞƐƐͲ ĞǀĞŶƞƵů ĮŶŝƐŚŝŶŐ ŚŽůĞƐ ƚŚĂŶ ŵĂŶLJ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌƐ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ͕ ďƵƚ overall the property has a nice ŵŝdž ŽĨ ƐŚŽƌƚ ƉĂƌ ϰƐ͕ ŽƉĞŶ ĂŶĚ ƟŐŚƚ ůĂŶĚŝŶŐ ĂƌĞĂƐ͕ ŚĂnjĂƌĚƐ ƚŽ ĐĂƌƌLJ͕ ŵĞĚŝƵŵͲƚŽͲůŽŶŐ ƉĂƌ ϯƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞƌŵĞĚŝĂƚĞ ĞůĞǀĂƟŽŶ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ͘ ^ĞǀĞƌĂů ďĂůůͲŐƌĂďďŝŶŐ ŚĂnjĂƌĚƐ ůĂLJ ŝŶ ǁĂŝƚ͕ ďƵƚ ŐŽŽĚ scores are available for golfers ŚŝƫŶŐ ŝƚ ǁĞůů͘
Golf Show Season
West Michigan Golf Show Sho
brought in the top teaching talent across the country ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ƐĞŵŝŶĂƌƐ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ϭϮ ĂĐƟǀĞ Žƌ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ W' dŽƵƌ͕ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ Tour and LPGA Tour players ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ LJĞĂƌƐ͘
Each February the West DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ 'ŽůĨ ^ŚŽǁ ŬŝĐŬƐ ƚŚĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ 'ŽůĨ ^ŚŽǁ ŬŝĐŬƐ ƚŚĞ ďƵƩ ŽĨ ĐĂďŝŶ ĨĞǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŐĞƚƐ ď ŽĨĨ ĐĂďŝŶ ďƵƩ ď ĨĞǀĞƌ Ĩ ĂŶĚ Ě ŐĞƚƐ golfers psyched up for the ŶŽƚͲƚŽŽͲĚŝƐƚĂŶƚ ŐŽůĨ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ĂŚĞĂĚ ŝŶ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͘
ŚƌŝƐ K͛ ŽŶŶĞůů͕ teacher ĨŽƌ W' dŽƵƌ ƐƚĂƌ DĂƩ Kuchar͕ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŽƵƚƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞƌƐ͘ K͛ ŽŶŶĞůů ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽͲĨŽƵŶĚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ /ŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ WůĂŶĞ dƌƵƚŚ 'ŽůĨ /ŶƐƟƚƵƚĞ ŝŶ ĂůůĂƐ͕ dy͘ ŵŽŶŐ ŚŝƐ ŵĂŶLJ ŚŽŶŽƌƐ͕ Golf Magazine includes him in its Top 100 Teachers in ŵĞƌŝĐĂ͘
ůǁĂLJƐ Ă ĮƌƐƚ ƐŝŐŶ Ž ůǁĂLJƐ Ă ĮƌƐƚ ƐŝŐŶ ŽĨ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ ŝŶ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ
dŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚĞ ϯϭst ĂŶŶƵĂů ƐŚŽǁ͕ &Ğď͘ ϴͲϭϬ͘ ĞsŽƐ WůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ĚŽǁŶƚŽǁŶ Grand Rapids houses the ƐŚŽǁ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂƐ ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐĂůůLJ
Instructor Chris O’Connell
Golf Show Season
“We couldn’t be happier about Chris being part of the Golf Show,” said Carolyn Alt, Senior Show h Manager. ““The h success off h his students d such as Kuchar, Hunter Mahan, and Ted Purdy demonstrate his teaching excellence.” Hundreds of exhibitors from across the DŝĚǁĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ ƐŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ ƐƚĂƚĞƐ ǁŝůů ĂƩĞŶĚ͕ ranging from courses and resorts to great price ŽīĞƌŝŶŐƐ ŽŶ ĐůƵďƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĞƌĐŚĂŶĚŝƐĞ ƐĂůĞƐ͘ There h willll b be d door prizes, ffree golf lf llessons, clinics, and the Treetops Par-3 Challenge – an actual golf hole inside – where one lucky golfer might win $25,000. “The The Short game / Par 3 Challenge sponsored by Treetops is a great draw to the show, show,” said Andy Kitchen, co-owner of Maple Hill Golf in nearby Grandville, Grandville which has been at the show every year. “It’s the only one of its kind. No other golf shows have a par 3 contest that is this nice or life-like. “The West Michigan Golf Show is known for bringing top talent and speakers to the show ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ĂůǁĂLJƐ Ă ĚƌĂǁ͘ ŶĚ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ĐĂŶ ĮŶĚ both the latest and greatest products at the ƐŚŽǁ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ and closeouts. Best of all, the show is when the prices are lowest for the year.” When: Friday, y Feb. 8, 2 pm-9 pm; Saturday, y Feb.9, 10 am-6 pm; Sunday, y Feb.10, 10 am-4 pm
New this year: Admission price is good for the ĞŶƟƌĞ run of the show with wristband given out the show. Parking: Best parking is under DeVos Place. Enter Žī Michigan St NW or Lyon Ave NW. The Rapid line 11 bus stops in front of DeVos Place. Specials: Friday is Ladies Night with special events & giveaways for the ĮƌƐƚ 500 women. The $10,000 WƵƫŶŐ Challenge. Free golf lessons & Trackman Performance Club &ŝƫŶŐ. Kids are free all weekend, with special youth lesson areas. First 100 patrons every day receive free sleeve of golf balls. Door Prizes awarded every hour. r Show ĐŚĂƌŝƟĞƐ: Patriot Golf Day, y Folds of Honor, r First Tee of W. Michigan, Make-A-Wish Info: www.westmichigangolfshow.com 31st Annual
West Michigan
G LF SHOW DeVos Place
FEB 8-10, 2019
Connect with the best golf courses from right here in Grand Rapids to resorts across Michigan and the US. Gear up with new equipment! Dust off your game with free golf lessons, driving, chipping and putting contests, and Track-Man Performance Club Fitting.
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Where: DeVos Place, 303 Monroe Ave. NW, W downtown Grand Rapids Tickets: $10 online for adults and $12 at the door. r Twilight adult rate is $8 at the door for the last 2 hours of the show. Juniors 14 & under are FREE. Tickets available now online at www.WestMichiganGolfShow.com or at DeVos Place Box KĸĐĞ during show hours.
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Par 3 Challenge!
Chris O’Connell Director of Instruction / Plane Truth Golf Coach to PGA TOUR’s Matt Kuchar
FRI 2-9 / SAT 10-6 / SUN 10-4 $10 online/$12 at the door TICKETS GOOD FOR ALL 3 DAYS with your readmission wristband!
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ǁŚĞƌĞ dŽƉ dƌĂĐĞƌ ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJ ĂůƐŽ ƐŚŽǁƐ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ ƚŚĞ ŇŝŐŚƚ ƉĂƚŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŐŽůĨ ďĂůů ĂŶĚ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ƐĐŽƌĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ds ŵŽŶŝƚŽƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďĂLJ͘ dŚĞ ϯͲƟĞƌĞĚ ƵďƵƌŶ ,ŝůůƐ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ Ăůů ƚŚĞ creature comforts and excellent food choices anyone could ask for (try the pulled pork ƐůŝĚĞƌƐͿ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ϰͲůĞǀĞů >ĂƐ sĞŐĂƐ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ / ƚƌŝĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ dŚĂŶŬƐŐŝǀŝŶŐ ďƌĞĂŬ ŚĂƐ Ă ƉŽŽů͘ dŚĞ ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚ ŝƐ ĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƚĞ ƉĂƌƚLJ͕ ŐŽŽĚ ƟŵĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͖ Žƌ ũƵƐƚ ŚŝƫŶŐ ďĂůůƐ ĨŽƌ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ ŝŶ ŵŽĚĞƌŶŝnjĞĚ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐƐ͘ tŚŝůĞ ŝŶ >ĂƐ sĞŐĂƐ ŽŶ Ă ďƵĚĚLJ ƚƌŝƉ ǁŝƚŚ ŵLJ ƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚǁŽ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ĐůĞĂƌ ǁŚŝůĞ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďĂůů ŇŝŐŚƚƐ ŽĨ ŚƵŶĚƌĞĚƐ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚLJ ŚĂĚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ƉŝĐŬĞĚ ƵƉ Ă ŐŽůĨ ĐůƵď ďĞĨŽƌĞ͘
LJ dŽŵ >ĂŶŐ
dŽƉ 'ŽůĨ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ŝƚƐ ĮƌƐƚ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ŵŝĚͲ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ͕ ŶĞĂƌ /Ͳϳϱ ĂŶĚ 'ƌĞĂƚ >ĂŬĞƐ ƌŽƐƐŝŶŐƐ ŝŶ ƵďƵƌŶ ,ŝůůƐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ϱϭst ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ĂůůĂƐͲďĂƐĞĚ dŽƉ 'ŽůĨ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚŽƉĞƐ ƚŽ ĂĚĚ ϲͲƚŽͲϴ ƉĞƌ LJĞĂƌ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ͘
͞,ĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŽů ƚŚŝŶŐ͖ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ŚĂůĨ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂůŬ ŝŶƚŽ Ă dŽƉ 'ŽůĨ ŚĂǀĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ͕ ĞǀĞƌ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ŐŽůĨ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ʹ Žƌ ŚĂǀĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ƐǁƵŶŐ Ă ŐŽůĨ ĐůƵď ŵĂLJďĞ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ ƉƵƩͲƉƵƩ͕͟ ƐĂŝĚ ƌŝĂŶ ƌŝĐŬďŝĐŚůĞƌ͕ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ KƉĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ΨϭϮ͘ϱ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ͕ ϭϲͲĂĐƌĞ ĨĂĐŝůŝƚLJ Ăƚ ƵďƵƌŶ ,ŝůůƐ͘ ͞^Ž͕ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ƉƵƫŶŐ ŐŽůĨ clubs into people’s hands more than anything ĞůƐĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŶŽǁ͘
&Žƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ƚƌŝĞĚ dŽƉ 'ŽůĨ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ŚŝŐŚͲĞŶĚ ĚƌŝǀŝŶŐ ƌĂŶŐĞͬ ďĂƌͬ ƌĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚͬ ůŽƵŶŐĞ ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ĂŶ ŽƉĞŶͲĂŝƌ ĨĂĐŝůŝƚLJ Ăůů LJĞĂƌ ůŽŶŐ͕ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ʹ ůŝŬĞ ŚŝŐŚͲ ƚŽƉ ƚĂďůĞƐ͕ ůĂƌŐĞͲƐĐƌĞĞŶ dsƐ͕ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚĂďůĞ ƐŽĨĂƐ͕ ŚĞĂƚ ŝŶ ǁŝŶƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ʹ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ built it to make the experience a fun party for Ăůů ʹ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŐŽůĨ ĐůƵď ŝŶ LJŽƵƌ ŚĂŶĚ͘
“Let’s say 10 million people come to a Top 'ŽůĨ ǁŽƌůĚǁŝĚĞ ŽŶ ĂŶ ĂŶŶƵĂů ďĂƐŝƐ͘ /Ĩ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐĂLJ͕ ͚ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƌĞĂůůLJ ĐŽŽů͕ / ƚŚŝŶŬ /͛ůů ŐŽ ŽƵƚ ĂŶĚ ĚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ŽŶ ŐƌĞĞŶ ŐƌĂƐƐ͕͛ ƚŚĞŶ ŐŽůĨ ǁŝŶƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƐŽŵĞďŽĚLJ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŽƚŚĞƌǁŝƐĞ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ĐůƵď ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĂŶĚƐ͘ dŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ƌĞĂůůLJ ŚŽƉŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ŐƌŽǁ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĞůƉ ŵĂŬĞ ŝƚ ŚĞĂůƚŚLJ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂĐŚ Ă LJŽƵŶŐĞƌ ;ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶͿ ƚŽ ƐĂLJ͕ ͚ŐŽůĨ ŝƐ ĐŽŽů͕ ŐŝǀĞ ŝƚ Ă ƐŚŽƚ͛͘͟
EĞŽŶͲůŝƚĞ ƚĂƌŐĞƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĐŽƌĞ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ŝĨ LJŽƵƌ ďĂůů ůĂŶĚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ĚŽƚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞ ŶĞƩĞĚ ůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞ͕
&ƌŽŵ ǁŚĂƚ / ǁŝƚŶĞƐƐĞĚ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƵƉƐĐĂůĞ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ĂƌŐƵĞ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ͘
Top Stories from 2018
TOP STORIES OF 2018 LJ dŽŵ >ĂŶŐ
Two new pro Tour events announced:
circuit – Tom Werkmeister and Tom Gillis͘
The PGA Tour announced in the spring that it’s returning to Michigan in :ƵŶĞ͕ ϮϬϭϵ͕ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď͕ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ƐŝŶĐĞ ǁĞ ůŽƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƵŝĐŬ Open a decade ago – and the LPGA Tour announced ĂĚĚŝŶŐ ŝƚƐ ĮƌƐƚ ƚĞĂŵͲƐĐŽƌŝŶŐ ĞǀĞŶƚ͕ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉůĂLJĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ Midland Country Club in :ƵůLJ͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ďŽƚŚ ƚŽƵƌƐ ĞdžƉĂŶĚ ŝŶƚŽ ŽƵƌ ŐŽůĨͲƌŝĐŚ state is a huge economic and ĐŚĂƌŝƚĂďůĞ ĚŽŶĂƟŽŶƐ Ɛƚ ƚŽ ďŽƚŚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƵƚƐ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ƐƋƵĂƌĞůLJ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŽƚůŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ looking at all our great resources – both natural and ŵĂŶͲŵĂĚĞ͘
'ŝůůŝƐ͕ ŽĨ >ĂŬĞ KƌŝŽŶ͕ ǁŝƚŚ one PGA Tour runner up ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ͕ ŵĂĚĞ Ă ŚƵŐĞ splash once he turned 50 ŝŶ :ƵůLJ͕ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƌĚ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ďŽƚŚ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ĮƌƐƚ ƚǁŽ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚǁŽ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŽƉ ϭϬƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ ƚŚƌĞĞ͘ tĞƌŬŵĞŝƐƚĞƌ͕ Ă ŶĂƟǀĞ ŽĨ tĂƌƌĞŶ ĂŶĚ ŶŽǁ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŽĨ 'ƌĂŶĚ ZĂƉŝĚƐ͕ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ Ă stunning amateur career into ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶĂů ƐƚĂƚƵƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ dŽƵƌ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϴ͘ ,Ğ ŵĂĚĞ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƚ ŝŶ Ăůů ĨŽƵƌ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ͘
Fred Couples at Ally Challenge
ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĂƩĞŶĚĞĚ ƐƚŽƉƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŝƌĐƵŝƚ Ăůů LJĞĂƌ͘ KŶĐĞ again proof Michigan is a ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐƚĂƚĞ Ăƚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ ŐŽůĨ͘
Michigan Seniors:
The 2018 Ally Challenge:
^ƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞƌͲϱϬ ĐƌŽǁĚ ƌĞƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͕ ƚǁŽ ŶĂƟǀĞƐ ŵĂĚĞ ǁĂǀĞƐ ŽŶ the PGA Tour Champions
dŚĞ W' dŽƵƌ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ĐĂůů ƚŚĞ W' dŽƵƌ ƌĞƟƌĞĞƐ͕ ƌĞƚƵƌŶĞĚ ŝŶ September to their beloved ŚŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƐŽ ŵĂŶLJ ƉĂƐƚ͕ ƚĞƌƌŝĮĐ ƵŝĐŬ KƉĞŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ Ally Challenge presented by DĐ>ĂƌĞŶ͘ tĂƌǁŝĐŬ ,ŝůůƐ ǁĂƐ a great host once again and ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƐ ƐĂŝĚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ
Tom Gillis
Sarah Burnham Earns LPGA Tour Card: ƵƌŶŚĂŵ ǁĂƐ ƚǁŽͲƟŵĞ ŝŐ dĞŶ WůĂLJĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ D^h ƉůĂLJĞƌ ǁŚŽ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ ƉƌŽ ŝŶ :ƵŶĞ͘ ^ŚĞ ƉƌŽŵƉƚůLJ ǁŽŶ ŚĞƌ ĮƌƐƚ ĞǀĞŶƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽŶŶĞĐƟĐƵƚ KƉĞŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵŝƐƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƚ ďLJ ũƵƐƚ ŽŶĞ ƐƚƌŽŬĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ DĞŝũĞƌ >W' Classic in Grand Rapids right ĂŌĞƌǁĂƌĚƐ͘ ^ŚĞ ƚŚĞŶ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ dϮϳ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ >W' YͲ^ĞƌŝĞƐ in the fall to earn her 2019 ĐĂƌĚ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϳ ŝŐ dĞŶ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ͕ ƵƌŶŚĂŵ͕
Top Stories from 2018
ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ĨƌŽŵ DŝŶŶĞƐŽƚĂ͕ ƐŚŽƚ Ă ϲϯ͕ ƚŚĞ ůŽǁĞƐƚ ƌŽƵŶĚ ŝŶ D^h ŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĮŌŚͲ ůŽǁĞƐƚ ƐĐŽƌĞ ŝŶ E ŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ͘
Joey Garber PGA Tour Card: WĞƚŽƐŬĞLJ͛Ɛ ŶĂƟǀĞ ƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ ŽĨ ŽLJŶĞ ZĞƐŽƌƚƐ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ƚŚĞ tĞď͘ com Tour 19th on the money ůŝƐƚ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϴ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǁŝŶ Ăƚ the Rex Hospital Open to ĞĂƌŶ ŚŝƐ W' dŽƵƌ ĐĂƌĚ͘ Ɛ Ă DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ LJŽƵƚŚ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϬ͕ 'ĂƌďĞƌ ǁŽŶ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŵĂũŽƌ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚƐ ʹ ƚŚĞ ŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ
Joey Garber
Ϯ ŚŝŐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽů ƐƚĂƚĞ ƟƚůĞ͕ ƚŚĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ :ƵŶŝŽƌ ^ƚĂƚĞ ŵ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ŵĂƚĞƵƌ͘ ,Ğ ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ĨŽƌ ŽŶĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ƚŚĞŶ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ŚŝƐ ĐŽůůĞŐŝĂƚĞ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ Ăƚ 'ĞŽƌŐŝĂ͘
PJ Maybank wins Drive, ŚŝƉ ĂŶĚ WƵƩ͗ PJ Maybank of Cheboygan made his second trip to the ƌŝǀĞ͕ ŚŝƉ ĂŶĚ WƵƩ &ŝŶĂůƐ ŝŶ Ɖƌŝů ϮϬϭϴ ĂŌĞƌ ƋƵĂůŝĨLJŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϱ͘ ,Ğ ĐĂŵĞ ŝŶ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝǀŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ WƵƫŶŐ ĐĂƚĞŐŽƌŝĞƐ
and ǁŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ƟƚůĞ ĨŽƌ Boys 12-13.
Meijer LPGA raises $1 ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ƚŽ ĮŐŚƚ ŚƵŶŐĞƌ͗ ŚĂƌŝƚĂďůĞ ĚŽŶĂƟŽŶƐ are commonplace in the ƐƉŽƌƚ ŽĨ ŐŽůĨ͕ ďƵƚ ǁĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ never take that for granted ʹ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ >W' dŽƵƌ͕ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚŽŶĂƟŽŶƐ from a single tournament Śŝƚ ƚŚĞ Ψϭ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ŵĂƌŬ͘ tĞůů͕ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶĚĞƌƐ ĐĂŵĞ through again as the Meier
^Ž zĞŽŶ ZLJƵ ǁŝŶƐ DĞŝũĞƌ >W' ůĂƐƐŝĐ
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>W' ůĂƐƐŝĐ ĚŽŶĂƚĞĚ Ψϭ million – for the second ĐŽŶƐĞĐƵƟǀĞ LJĞĂƌ ʹ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ Simply Give ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ ƚŽ ĮŐŚƚ ŚƵŶŐĞƌ ŝŶ ůŽĐĂů ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ͘ DŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽ͗ ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬ ŵĞŝũĞƌĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘ĐŽŵͬ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJͲŶĞĞĚƐͬŚƵŶŐĞƌͲ ƌĞůŝĞĨͬƐŝŵƉůLJͲŐŝǀĞͬ
Two girls win third ĐŽŶƐĞĐƵƟǀĞ ŚŝŐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽů ƐƚĂƚĞ ƟƚůĞƐ͗ ŶŝŬĂ LJ ;hͲD ĐŽŵŵŝƚͿ ŝŶ ŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ ϭ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂŶŝĞůůĞ ^ƚĂƐŬŽǁƐŬŝ ; Dh ĐŽŵŵŝƚͿ ŽĨ
ĂŶŝĞůůĞ ^ƚĂƐŬŽǁƐŬŝ
WŽŶƚŝĂĐ EŽƚƌĞ ĂŵĞ WƌĞƉ ; ŝǀ͘ ϯͿ ŵĂĚĞ ŝƚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ ŬƐ ďLJ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ their third consecutive ƐƚĂƚĞ ƚŝƚůĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂůů͘ dŚĞ ƉĂŝƌ ũŽŝŶĞĚ DĂƉůĞ ŝƚLJ 'ůĞŶ >ĂŬĞ͛Ɛ EŝĐŚŽůĞ Ždž ;ϮϬϭϰͲ ϭϲͿ͕ KŬĞŵŽƐ͛ ůůĞ EŝĐŚŽůƐ ;ϮϬϭϭͲϭϯͿ ĂŶĚ ŶŶ ƌďŽƌ WŝŽŶĞĞƌ͛Ɛ <ĂƚĞ >ŽLJ ;ϭϵϵϯͲ ϵϱͿ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ D,^ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ďŽŽŬ͘
Three boys’ teams launch controversy: Perhaps the darkest days of high school golf came ŝŶ ůĂƚĞ DĂLJ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŝǀ͘ ϭ regionals hosted by Lake Orion as potential cheating ŵĂĚĞ ŶĂƚŝŽŶĂů ŶĞǁƐ͘ Macomb County schools ŶĐŚŽƌ ĂLJ͕ >͛ ŶƐĞ ƌĞƵƐĞ and Fraser all played as a group and each team turned in attested scores ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞƌĞ ϰϱ ƐƚƌŽŬĞƐ Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ďĞůŽǁ ĞĂĐŚ teams’ respective season ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞƐ͘ /Ŷ ŶĐŚŽƌ ĂLJ͛Ɛ ĐĂƐĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐƚĞĚ ƚĞĂŵ score of 284 became the ŶĞǁ ĂůůͲƚŝŵĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ĨŽƌ ƌĞŐŝŽŶĂůƐ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ team had never even come close to a baseline 300
plateau of greatness all ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ ƵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌƵůĞƐ ŽĨ ƉůĂLJĞƌ ƐĞůĨͲŐŽǀĞƌŶĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŶŽ ŽŶĞ ƐƚĞƉƉŝŶŐ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƌLJ͕ ŶĐŚŽƌ ĂLJ͛Ɛ ĂŶĚ >͛ ŶƐĞ Creuse’s posted scores ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ƌĞĂĐŚ the State Finals – instead of Rochester Adams and ůŽŽŵĨŝĞůĚ ʹ ǁŚĞƌĞ ďŽƚŚ Macomb County teams ƚŚĞŶ ƉůĂĐĞĚ ůĂƐƚ͕ ϭϰϬ ƐƚƌŽŬĞƐ Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ;ƚǁŽ ƌŽƵŶĚƐͿ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ 'ƌŽƐƐĞ WŽŝŶƚĞ ^ŽƵƚŚ͘ The controversy has launched additional claims of cheating examples rolling in at multiple levels ŽĨ ŐŽůĨ͖ ƌĂŶŐŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƉŽŽƌ interpretations of the rules to outright deception for ŵĂŶLJ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ Ƶƚ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚƐ Ăƚ the high school level are coming (see related ƐƚŽƌLJ ŽŶ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƉĂŐĞƐͿ͘ ůƐŽ͕ ŐŽ ƚŽ http͗ͬͬǁǁǁ͘ ĨŽƌĞŐŽůĨĞƌƐŶĞƚǁŽƌŬ͘comͬ fgnͲepͲϳϯͲbustingͲhighͲ schoolͲcheatingͲscandalͬ to ŚĞĂƌ Ă ƉŽĚĐĂƐƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉŝĐ͕ led by Michigan Golf Live ƌĂĚŝŽ ŚŽƐƚ ŝůů ,ŽďƐŽŶ͘
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PILOT PROGRAM WILL TEST NEW HIGH SCHOOL SCORING RULES /Ŷ Ă ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞ ƚŽ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ concern over high school golfers occasionally not recording accurate scores ʹ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ŶŽƚ ƉƌŽƉĞƌůLJ ŝŶƚĞƌƉƌĞƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌƵůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ǁŚĂƚ has the appearance of scoring ĚĞĐĞƉƟŽŶ ʹ Ă ŶĞǁ pilot ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ĞĂƌůLJ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ďLJ ƚŚĞ D,^ 'ŽůĨ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ǁŝůů ďĞŐŝŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϵ ďŽLJƐ͛ golf spring season to test if it ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĂĚŽƉƚĞĚ ĨƵůůͲƟŵĞ͘ dŚĞ ƉŽǁĞƌ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶ ŝŶƚĞŐƌŝƚLJ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ǁŝůů ƐƟůů be in the players’ hands – ůŝƚĞƌĂůůLJ͘ Ɛ Ă ŶŽƌŵĂů ƌƵůĞ͕ ĐĞůů ƉŚŽŶĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ĨŽƌ use on the course during D,^ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶƐ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞ ƉŝůŽƚ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌͲƐĞĂƐŽŶ tournaments can try in spring ϮϬϭϵ͕ ǁŽƵůĚ ĂůůŽǁ ĐĞůů ƉŚŽŶĞ ƵƐĞ ŝŶ ĨŽƵƌ ŝŶƐƚĂŶĐĞƐ͖ ƚŚĞ most prominent one being use of a cell phone app ĐĂůůĞĚ ŝtĂŶĂŵĂŬĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ĂƉƉ ĂůůŽǁƐ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĞĂĐŚ ƉŽƐƚ
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ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĐŽƌĞƐ ŝŶ ƌĞĂů ƟŵĞ ĂƐ ƚŚĞLJ ƉůĂLJ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞŶ ĂůůŽǁƐ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ŽĸĐŝĂůƐ ĂŶĚ the general public see the ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ǁĞůů ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŽǀĞƌ͘ “Making scores public makes it available for all to ƐĞĞ͕ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ƚŽ ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŚĂƚ is being put in the system ĂĐƚƵĂůůLJ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŬŝĚƐ ĂƌĞ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ͕͟ ƐĂŝĚ ŽĚLJ /ŶŐůŝƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ D,^ ͘ ͞/Ĩ Ă ŬŝĚ ŝƐ ƐĐŽƌŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ŵŝŶĚ͕ ƚŚĞŶ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ďĞƚ ƚŚĞ ƚŚĞLJ ǁŝůů
ĂƩƌĂĐƚ ŵŽƌĞ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĞLJĞďĂůůƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŵ͘͟ /Ŷ ŵŽƐƚ ĐĂƐĞƐ͕ ŚŝŐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽů tournament and league scores are not available ĚƵƌŝŶŐ Ă ŶŽƌŵĂů ƌŽƵŶĚ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƚLJƉŝĐĂůůLJ ŶŽƚ ƵŶƟů ƌĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ ĮŶĂůƐ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĂĚƵůƚ ŵĂƌŬĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ŝŶ ƉůĂĐĞ͕ ƚŚĂƚ volunteers collect and post Internet scores once every ƚŚƌĞĞ ŚŽůĞƐ͘ The Division 1 boys regional in late May, 2018, which is outlined on page 17 and ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ
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ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŶĞǁƐ͕ ĐůĞĂƌůLJ ƉƵƐŚĞĚ this measure – in some minds as the most glaring example ŽĨ ĂŶ ŽǀĞƌĚƵĞ͕ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ĐŽƌƌĞĐƟŽŶ͘ ͞dŚĞ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ŶŽǁ ďĞ monitored by using their phones ƚŽ ŝŶƉƵƚ ƐĐŽƌĞƐ ŝŶ ƌĞĂů ƟŵĞ͕͟ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĞĚ ZŽďĞƌƚ DĐ/ŶƚLJƌĞ͕ head coach at 2018 state ĐŚĂŵƉ 'ƌŽƐƐĞ WŽŝŶƚĞ ^ŽƵƚŚ͘ ͞ ŶLJ ĐŽĂĐŚ ŶŽǁ ŚĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĂďŝůŝƚLJ to move to a hole and start ĐŽƵŶƟŶŐ ƐƚƌŽŬĞƐ ŝĨ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƐĞĞŵƐ ͚ĮƐŚLJ͛͘ /Ɛ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞĂůůLJ ƚŚĞ plan? Is this the message that ǁĞ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƚĞĂĐŚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ͍ Ž ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƌŝŐŚƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝŐ ƌŽƚŚĞƌ ŝƐ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ͍ ͞'ŽůĨ ŝƐ Ă ŐĂŵĞ ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞŐƌŝƚLJ͕͟ ŚĞ ĂĚĚĞĚ͘ ͞/ƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ͛ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ ƚŽ ŽĸĐŝĂƚĞ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂLJĞƌ that is put to the decision to ƵƐĞ ƚŚĞ ͚ĨŽŽƚ ǁĞĚŐĞ͛ ǁŚĞŶ ŶŽďŽĚLJ ŝƐ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ͕ Žƌ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŐĞƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĞdžƚƌĂ ƐƚƌŽŬĞ͘ /ƚ
is choices made at these moments that demonstrate ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞŐƌŝƚLJ͘͟ According to the Minutes ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞĐ͘ ϱ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ D,^ 'ŽůĨ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ͕ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ͛Ɛ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐŝŽŶ ǁĂƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚĞŶŝŶŐ ĐŽĂĐŚĞƐ͛ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ their players as the key factor in helping solve this ŝƐƐƵĞ͘ ^ƚƌŽŶŐĞƌ ǁŽƌĚŝŶŐ ŝŶ tournament manuals and ƉƌĞͲƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ĐŽĂĐŚĞƐ͛ ŵĞĞƟŶŐƐ ǁŝůů ƉůĂĐĞ Ă ƐƚƵƌĚŝĞƌ
emphasis on each coach’s role ĂŶĚ ĚƵƟĞƐ ŝŶ ĂĐĐƵƌĂƚĞ ƐĐŽƌŝŶŐ͘ The Minutes report also says that a new scorecard ǁŝůů ďĞ ƵƟůŝnjĞĚ Ăƚ Ăůů ZĞŐŝŽŶĂůƐ ĂŶĚ &ŝŶĂůƐ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĞǀĞƌLJ ƉůĂLJĞƌ ŵƵƐƚ ͚ŵĂƌŬ͛ ĞǀĞƌLJ other player in their playing ŐƌŽƵƉ ʹ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ŽŶĞ ƉůĂLJĞƌ ƚƌĂĐŬŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƉůĂLJĞƌ͘ The other three reasons that cell phone use on the course ǁŝůů ďĞ ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ D,^ ͛Ɛ ZĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ Council in May are: calling a coach or tournament ĂĚŵŝŶŝƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ Ă ŚĞĂůƚŚ Žƌ ƐĂĨĞƚLJ ŝƐƐƵĞ͖ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƟŶŐ Ă ƌƵůĞƐ ŽĸĐŝĂů͖ ĂŶĚ ƵƐĞ ĂƐ Ă ĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ ŵĞĂƐƵƌŝŶŐ ĚĞǀŝĐĞ ʹ Ăůů ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ ůĞŐĂů ďLJ ƚŚĞ h^' ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞ ZĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ Council agrees to the changes ƚŚĞLJ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŝŶƐƟƚƵƚĞĚ permanently beginning in the ĨĂůů ŽĨ ϮϬϭϵ͘
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WHAT COLLEGE GOLF BRINGS TO THE COMMUNITY :ĂŶ ŽǁůŝŶŐ͕ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ŽĨ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ 'ŽůĨ ŽĂĐŚ
dŚŝƐ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ǁĂƐ ƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĞ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĚĂLJ͖ ǁŚĂƚ ĞdžĂĐƚůLJ does collegiate golf bring to a community? It’s an important ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ƚŽ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ direct and indirect impact a collegiate golf program has ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ͘ There are almost 300 men’s ĂŶĚ ϮϳϬ ǁŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ĐŽůůĞŐŝĂƚĞ ŐŽůĨ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ hŶŝƚĞĚ ^ƚĂƚĞƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ / ůĞǀĞů͕ ĂůŽŶĞ͘ tŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ ƌŽƐƚĞƌ ŽĨ ϭϬ ĂƚŚůĞƚĞƐ ƉĞƌ ƚĞĂŵ͕ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ĂƉƉƌŽdžŝŵĂƚĞůLJ ϱ͕ϳϬϬ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůLJ ĐŽŵƉĞƟŶŐ around the country for their ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͘
dŽ ďĞŐŝŶ͕ ŵĂŶLJ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ĂĸůŝĂƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͘ ĞƐŝĚĞƐ being a great training ground ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŐŽůĨ ƚĞĂŵƐ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ĂŶ ĂƐƐŽƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ďĞŶĞĮƚƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘ tĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƚǁŽ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ŽĨ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ŽƉĞŶ ƚŽ ĨĂĐƵůƚLJ͕ ƐƚĂī͕ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ƉƵďůŝĐ͘ dŚĞ hͲD 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ĂŶĚ ZĂĚƌŝĐŬ &ĂƌŵƐ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ďLJ ǁŽƌůĚ ƌĞŶŽǁŶĞĚ ĂƌĐŚŝƚĞĐƚƐ ʹ ůŝƐƚĞƌ DĂĐ<ĞŶnjŝĞ ĂŶĚ WĞƚĞ LJĞ͕ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƞƵůůLJ ʹ ĂĚĚŝŶŐ Ă ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐĂů ƌĞůĞǀĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ͘ Our golf courses provide ĐŽƐƚ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ
hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ĂƐƐŝƐƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŐƌŽǁƚŚ ŽĨ Ă ůŝĨĞůŽŶŐ ƐƉŽƌƚ͘ ĚĚŝƟŽŶĂůůLJ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ ŝƐ ƵƟůŝnjĞĚ ĨŽƌ environmental research and ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ŝŶ ĚŝǀĞƌƐĞ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ƚŚĞ ZŽƐƐ ^ĐŚŽŽů ŽĨ ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͕ School of Environment and ^ƵƐƚĂŝŶĂďŝůŝƚLJ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ^ĐŚŽŽů ŽĨ <ŝŶĞƐŝŽůŽŐLJ͕ ƚŽ ŶĂŵĞ Ă ĨĞǁ͘ >ĂƐƚůLJ͕ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ŽŌĞŶ ŚŝƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵƵƐĞ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŝŶƚĞŶĂŶĐĞ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ŇĞdžŝďůĞ ŚĂŶĚƐͲ ŽŶ ǁŽƌŬ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͘ Another instance of community impact is ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ ĂŶĚ
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hͲD tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ƚĞĂŵ ĐŽŶĚƵĐƟŶŐ Ă ŐŝƌůƐ :ƵŶŝŽƌ ĐĂŵƉ͘
ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŐŽůĨ ƚŽ ũƵŶŝŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĂĚƵůƚƐ͘ dŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ LJĞĂƌ͕ ŽƵƌ ĐŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƐƚĂī ĂŶĚ student athletes conduct camps and clinics that ƉƌŽŵŽƚĞ ůĂƐƟŶŐ ƚĞĐŚŶŝƋƵĞ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞůƉ ǁŝƚŚ ůŽŶŐ ƚĞƌŵ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞƐĞ camps and clinics vary from ŽŶĞͲ Žƌ ƚǁŽͲŚŽƵƌ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ͕ ŚĂůĨ ĚĂLJ ĐůŝŶŝĐƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ŵƵůƟƉůĞ ĚĂLJƐ ŽĨ ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ͘ &Žƌ ĂŶLJŽŶĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ŝŵƉƌŽǀŝŶŐ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂƌĞ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ĂǀĞŶƵĞƐ to learn about the game of golf from high level players ĂŶĚ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞĂďůĞ ĐŽĂĐŚĞƐ ĐŽŵƉĞƟŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚ ůĞǀĞů ŝŶ ĂŵĂƚĞƵƌ ŐŽůĨ͘ Giving back to the community in a more direct ǁĂLJ ŝƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚͲ ĂƚŚůĞƚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂƚŚůĞƟĐ ĚĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ƐƉĞŶĚ Ă ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ŽŶ͘ ǀĞŶƚƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ <ŝĚ^ƉŽƌƚ͕ ZŽŶĂůĚ
DĐ ŽŶĂůĚ ,ŽƵƐĞ͕ ůƐ ĨŽƌ ƵƟƐŵ͕ DĂŐŝĐ ŽĨ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ĂŶĚ ǀŝƐŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ͘^͘ DŽƩ ŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛Ɛ ,ŽƐƉŝƚĂů ĂƌĞ ũƵƐƚ Ă ĨĞǁ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁĂLJƐ ŽƵƌ ƚĞĂŵ ŚĞůƉƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘ 'ŝǀŝŶŐ back to people in need is a ŐƌĞĂƚ ǁĂLJ ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁ ŐƌĂƟƚƵĚĞ͕ ĚĞĮŶĞ ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞ ĂŶĚ ŬĞĞƉ ůŝĨĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƚŚůĞƟĐƐ ŝŶ ƉĞƌƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ͘ Another avenue our collegiate players inspire is throughout our home ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ĞīŽƌƚ to seek out local collegiate ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ƌĞǁĂƌĚƐ LJŽƵ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĨƌŽŶƚ ƌŽǁ ƐĞĂƚ ƚŽ ĂŶ ĞdžƚƌĞŵĞůLJ high level of golf and the future of the professional ŐĂŵĞ͘ DŽƐƚ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ ŚŽƐƚ Ăƚ least one home tournament ĂŶŶƵĂůůLJ Žƌ ďŝĂŶŶƵĂůůLJ͕ ǁŝƚŚ rosters of players’ impressive ƌĞƐƵŵĞƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ůĞǀĞů͘ DĂŶLJ athletes have represented their home countries in the tŽƌůĚ ŵĂƚĞƵƌ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ͕
ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞĚ ŝŶ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ h^' ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ͕ ǁŽŶ ƐƚĂƚĞ championships and other ĐŽůůĞŐŝĂƚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ůĞǀĞů ŽĨ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĞdžƚƌĞŵĞůLJ ŚŝŐŚ and seeing teams compete together in a historically ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ƐƉŽƌƚ ŝƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ŝŶƐƉŝƌŝŶŐ͘ College golf provides ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĨŽƌ LJŽƵŶŐ people to compete at a high ůĞǀĞů ǁŚŝůĞ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͘ 'ŽůĨ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƐ ĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĞ͕ ƌĞƐŝůŝĞŶĐĞ͕ ŚĂƌĚ ǁŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ ŐŝǀĞƐ LJŽƵŶŐ ĂĚƵůƚƐ a purpose that is much ďŝŐŐĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͘ While engrossing themselves ŝŶ Ă ƐƉŽƌƚ ƚŚĞLJ ůŽǀĞ͕ ƚŚĞ students and coaches give ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂƐƐŝƐƚ ŝŶ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ Ă ƉƌŽƐƉĞƌŽƵƐ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘ dŚĞ ŝŶƚĞŶĚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƵŶŝŶƚĞŶĚĞĚ ĐŽŶƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞ of collegiate programs in ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĂƌĞ ǁŽƌƚŚLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞīŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ͘
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PLYMOUTH HIGH GOLF COACH DAN YOUNG
She took my hand and ƐƋƵĞĞnjĞĚ ŝƚ͘ ͞zŽƵ ƐŽůĚ LJŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ƐŚŽƌƚ͘ zŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚ͛ǀĞ been more than a teacher and Ă ĐŽĂĐŚ͘͟ / ƌĞƚƵƌŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƋƵĞĞnjĞ ĂŶĚ ƐĂŝĚ ͞>ŝƐƚĞŶ ƚŽ ŵĞ͕ ^ĂǀĂŶŶĂŚ͘ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŶŽ ǁŽƌĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ language I revere more than ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ͘ EŽŶĞ͘ DLJ ŚĞĂƌƚ ƐŝŶŐƐ ǁŚĞŶ Ă ŬŝĚ ƌĞĨĞƌƐ ƚŽ ŵĞ ĂƐ ŚŝƐ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ĂůǁĂLJƐ ŚĂƐ͘ /͛ǀĞ ŚŽŶŽƌĞĚ ŵLJƐĞůĨ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ŽĨ ŵĂŶ ďLJ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ͘͟ ;Ɖ͘ ϱϱϳͿ͘ Pat Conroy The Prince of Tides My father gave me this ƋƵŽƚĞ ǁŚĞŶ / ŐŽƚ ŵLJ ĮƌƐƚ
ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ũŽď Ăƚ WŝŽŶĞĞƌ Middle School in Plymouth ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƌůLJ ϵϬ͛Ɛ͘ ,Ğ ĨƌĂŵĞĚ ŝƚ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŶŽǁ ŚĂŶŐƐ ŝŶ ŵLJ ŽĸĐĞ ĂƐ / ƐƚĂƌƚ ŵLJ ŶĞǁ ũŽď ĂƐ džĞĐƵƟǀĞ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ D ; ĂƐŬĞƚďĂůů ŽĂĐŚĞƐ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶͿ͘ ǀĞƌLJ ƟŵĞ / ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ŝƚ / ƌĞĂůŝnjĞ ŚŽǁ ůƵĐŬLJ /͛ǀĞ ďĞĞŶ͘ / ŽŌĞŶ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŽĨ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ
I’ve had the opportunity to meet and learn from in this ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶ͘ &Žƌ ŵĞ͕ ďĞŝŶŐ involved in basketball and golf has turned out to be a ďůĞƐƐŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŵLJ ůŝĨĞ͘ ĂƐŬĞƚďĂůů ŚĂƐ ĂůǁĂLJƐ ďĞĞŶ ŵLJ ƉĂƐƐŝŽŶ͕ but coaching golf these past years at Plymouth High School has been equally rewarding͘ /Ĩ
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LJŽƵ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽůĚ ŵĞ ǁŚĞŶ / ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ͕ ĨŽĐƵƐŝŶŐ ŵLJ ǁŚŽůĞ ůŝĨĞ ŽŶ ďĂƐŬĞƚďĂůů͕ ƚŚĂƚ / ǁŽƵůĚ have been involved in 2 girls’ ƐƚĂƚĞ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ͕ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƚĂƚĞ ƌƵŶŶĞƌͲƵƉ ĂŶĚ Ă ďŽLJƐ͛ 3rd ƉůĂĐĞ ĮŶŝƐŚ ĐŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ 'K>&͕ / ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƐĂŝĚ LJŽƵ ǁĞƌĞ ĐƌĂnjLJ͊͊ / ǁĂƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƟůů ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌ ŵLJƐĞůĨ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ďĂƐŬĞƚďĂůů ŐƵLJ͕ but golf has impacted my life ŝŶ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ǁĂLJ ƚŚĂƚ / never would have imagined. I took up the game in my late ϮϬ͛Ɛ͕ ůĞĂƌŶĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ
ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ͕ ŝĐŬ 'ƌĂLJ͕ ĂŶĚ ĨĞůů ŝŶ ůŽǀĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ͘ / ŚĂǀĞ ǁŝƚŶĞƐƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ its made on so many young ƉĞŽƉůĞ͘ I see an increased ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ͕ Ă ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ͕ ŵŽƌĞ ƉĂƟĞŶĐĞ and humility in many young ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ͘ ^Ž ŽŌĞŶ / ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĞĂƌ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŵ ŚŽǁ ŵƵĐŚ ƚŚĞLJ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ ŐŽůĨ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞLJ ĮƌƐƚ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ͖ ŚŽǁ ŚĂƌĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ͘ EŽǁ / ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚůLJ ŚĞĂƌ ͞/ ǁŝůů ƉůĂLJ ŐŽůĨ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ŵLJ
ůŝĨĞ͘͟ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ǁĂLJ ǁŝƚŚ ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ͘ ƚ ĮƌƐƚ ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ŽǀĞƌǁŚĞůŵŝŶŐ and you hear about all the ŶĞŐĂƟǀĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŽŶĐĞ LJŽƵ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƚŽ ƌĞĂůŝnjĞ ǁŚĂƚ ĂŶ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ LJŽƵ can make in someone else’s ůŝĨĞ͕ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů ƌĞĂůŝnjĞ ʹ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ăůů ǁŽƌƚŚ ŝƚ͘ dŽ LJŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ considering entering the ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐͬĐŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶ͖ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ůŽƚ ůŝŬĞ LJŽƵƌ ĮƌƐƚ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ŽĨ ŐŽůĨ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ĐŚĂŶŐĞ LJŽƵƌ ůŝĨĞ ĨŽƌĞǀĞƌ͊
GAM Players of the Year
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DĞŶ͛Ɛ͗ ůĞdž ^ĐŽƩ
Women’s: Kerri Parks
ůĞdž ^ĐŽƩ ŽĨ dƌĂǀĞƌƐĞ ŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ <Ğƌƌŝ WĂƌŬƐ ŽĨ Flushing earned GAM’s top player of the year ŚŽŶŽƌƐ ĨŽƌ ŵĞŶ ĂŶĚ ǁŽŵĞŶ͕ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƟǀĞůLJ͘
ũƵƐƚ ƚŚĞ ϲƚŚ ĂŵĂƚĞƵƌ ƚŽ ǁŝŶ ƚŚĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ KƉĞŶ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ϭϬϭ LJĞĂƌƐ͕ ůĂƐƚ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͘ ZŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ĮǀĞ ǁĞƌĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ŵĂƚĞƵƌ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ ĞĂƵ ƌĞĂƵůƚ ; DhͿ ŽĨ ,ĂƌƚůĂŶĚ͕ ' D ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ :ĂŵĞƐ WŝŽƚ ;D^hͿ ŽĨ ĂŶƚŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŽŶŶŝĞ dƌŽƐƉĞƌ ;D^hͿ ŽĨ ĂŶƚŽŶ͘
^ĐŽƩ ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ h͘^͘ ŵĂƚĞƵƌ Ăƚ WĞďďůĞ ĞĂĐŚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐĞĐŽŶĚͲƌŽƵŶĚ ϲͲƵŶĚĞƌ ϲϲ ƚŽ ƟĞ ĨŽƌ ŵĞĚĂůŝƐƚ ŚŽŶŽƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐƟŽŶĂů Ăƚ ƵƌƌŝĞ DƵŶŝĐŝƉĂů 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ŝŶ DŝĚůĂŶĚ͘ KŶĐĞ Ăƚ WĞďďůĞ ĞĂĐŚ ŚĞ ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŵĂƚĐŚ ƉůĂLJ ǁŝƚŚ Ă dϭϬ ŝŶ ƐƚƌŽŬĞ ƉůĂLJ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ĨĞůů ϭͲƵƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƌŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ŵĂƚĐŚ ƉůĂLJ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉͲƌĂŶŬĞĚ ũƵŶŝŽƌ ĂŵĂƚĞƵƌ ŐŽůĨĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͕ tŝůůŝĂŵ DŽƵǁ ŽĨ ĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂ͘ :ƵƐƚ Ă ĨĞǁ ǁĞĞŬƐ ƉƌŝŽƌ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h͘^͘ ŵĂƚĞƵƌ͕ ^ĐŽƩ ƐŚŽƚ Ă ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ϭϭͲƵŶĚĞƌ ϲϭ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ƌŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ W' ͛Ɛ dŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ Ăƚ ŽLJŶĞ DŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ ZĞƐŽƌƚ͘ ,ŝƐ ϲϭ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ůƉŝŶĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƉƵƚ Śŝŵ ŝŶ Ă ƉůĂLJŽī ǁŝƚŚ ^Ăŵ tĞĂƚŚĞƌŚĞĂĚ͕ Ă ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ĨƌŽŵ 'ƌĂŶĚ ZĂƉŝĚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ^ĐŽƩ ĞŵĞƌŐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ͘ ^ĐŽƩ͕ Ă ' D ŵĞŵďĞƌ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ dƌĂǀĞƌƐĞ ŝƚLJ 'ŽůĨ Θ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď͕ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĂŵĂƚĞƵƌ ƚŽ ǁŝŶ ƚŚĞ dK ŝŶ ŝƚƐ Ϯϳ LJĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ ĞdžŝƐƚĞŶĐĞ͘ His Honor Roll total of 805 points topped :ĂŬĞ <ŶĞĞŶ ŽĨ tŚŝƚĞ >ĂŬĞ͕ ǁŚŽ ďĞĐĂŵĞ
WĂƌŬƐ ;DĂƌƐŚĂůů hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJͿ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ŚĞƌ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ŐŽůĨ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞ ďLJ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ Women’s Amateur Championship at Western 'ŽůĨ Θ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď ŝŶ ZĞĚĨŽƌĚ͘ ͞/ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƐƵŵŵĞƌƐ ĐĂŶ ĞŶĚ ďĞƩĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĂƚ͕͟ ƐŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞dŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĂĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚŵĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ͘ /͛ŵ ƉƌŽƵĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁĂLJ / ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ LJĞĂƌ͘ / ĞŶĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ďĂŶŐ͘͟ ůĂLJŶĂ ŽǁƐĞƌ ;>ŽLJŽůĂͿ ŽĨ ĞĂƌďŽƌŶ ǁĂƐ second to Parks in the Women’s Amateur ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ,ŽŶŽƌ ZŽůů͘ EĞdžƚ ĐĂŵĞ ůůLJƐŽŶ 'ĞĞƌ ;D^hͿ ŽĨ ĂƐƚ >ĂŶƐŝŶŐ͕ LJĂ :ŽŚŶƐŽŶ ŽĨ DƵƐŬĞŐŽŶ ;hŶŝǀ͘ ŽĨ tŝƐĐ͘Ϳ ĂŶĚ ^ĂƌĂŚ ^ŚŝƉůĞLJ ŽĨ ,ĂƐƟŶŐƐ ;hŶŝǀ͘ ŽĨ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬLJͿ͘ GAM Players of the Year are determined by ƚŚĞ ' D ,ŽŶŽƌ ZŽůů ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ͘
GAM Players of the Year
GAM SENIOR PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
Men’s: Mitch Wilson Super Senior: Mike Fedewa DŝƚĐŚ tŝůƐŽŶ ŽĨ WŽƌƚĂŐĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ϲϭͲLJĞĂƌͲŽůĚ <ĂůĂŵĂnjŽŽ ŽůůĞŐĞ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽĂĐŚ͕ ŚĂƐ ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ h͘^͘ ^ĞŶŝŽƌ ŵĂƚĞƵƌ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ĮĞůĚ ĨŽƵƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ĮǀĞ LJĞĂƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϴ ŚĞ made it through to match play at Eugene Country ůƵď ŝŶ ƵŐĞŶĞ͕ KƌĞ͘ “That tournament has become my top goal of ĞĂĐŚ LJĞĂƌ͕͟ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞/ƚ͛Ɛ ũƵƐƚ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ƚƌĞĂƚ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ ŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ͘͟ Wilson totaled 295 Honor Roll points keyed by ŚŝƐ h͘^͘ ^ĞŶŝŽƌ ŵĂƚĞƵƌ ƐŚŽǁŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŽŵ ďĞŝŶŐ ƌƵŶŶĞƌͲƵƉ ƚŽ ŝůů LJůƐƚƌĂ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ' D ^ĞŶŝŽƌ DĂƚĐŚ WůĂLJ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ͘ LJůƐƚƌĂ ŽĨ ĞĂƌďŽƌŶ ,ĞŝŐŚƚƐ ǁĂƐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ϯϳϱ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ͘ EĞdžƚ ǁĞƌĞ ' D ^ĞŶŝŽƌ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ ĂǀŝĚ ĂƌƚŶŝĐŬ ŽĨ >ŝǀŽŶŝĂ͕ DĂƩ tŝůĞLJ ŽĨ tĞƐƚůĂŶĚ ĂŶĚ ZĂŶĚLJ >ĞǁŝƐ ŽĨ ůŵĂ͘ >ĞǁŝƐ ǁĂƐ Ă ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ƚĞĂŵŵĂƚĞ ŽĨ tŝůƐŽŶ Ăƚ Dh͘ tŝůƐŽŶ ƐĂŝĚ ŚĞ ƚƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ƐƚĂLJ Įƚ ĂŶĚ ŚŽƉĞƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ Ăƚ Ă ŚŝŐŚ ůĞǀĞů͘ “Every year it seems somebody else really good ƚƵƌŶƐ ϱϱ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ũƵƐƚ ŐĞƚƐ ƚŽƵŐŚĞƌ͕͟ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞/ ƐƟůů ĮŶĚ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐĂƟƐĨĂĐƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ ǁĞůů͘ ǀĞƌLJďŽĚLJ ŚĂƐ Ă ďĞƩĞƌ ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞLJ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ĞŶũŽLJ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ŵŽƌĞ͘ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ Ăůů ŐƌĂƚĞĨƵů ƚŽ ďĞ ŽƵƚ ŚĞƌĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƟŶŐ͘͟
Women’s: Julie Massa &ĞĚĞǁĂ͕ ĂŐĞ ϲϵ͕ ǁĂƐ ŽůĚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Super Seniors division of GAM championships ĨŽƵƌ ƐĞĂƐŽŶƐ ĂŐŽ͕ ďƵƚ ŚĞ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ĞŵďƌĂĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŝĚĞĂ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ŽĨ ϮϬϭϴ͘ &ĞĚĞǁĂ͛Ɛ ĂǁĂƌĚ ǁĂƐ ŬĞLJĞĚ ďLJ ĨŽƵƌ ƐĞĐŽŶĚͲ ƉůĂĐĞ ĮŶŝƐŚĞƐ ŝŶ ƐĞŶŝŽƌ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͘ ,Ğ ǁĂƐ ƌƵŶŶĞƌͲƵƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ' D ^ĞŶŝŽƌ Match Play Super Senior bracket to Pete Saputo ŽĨ ůŽŽŵĮĞůĚ ,ŝůůƐ͕ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƚŽ ZŝĐŬ ,ĞƌƉŝĐŚ ŽĨ Orchard Lake in the GAM Senior Championship ^ƵƉĞƌ ^ĞŶŝŽƌ ĚŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ͕ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƚŽ dŽŵ ZĞdž :ƌ͘ ŽĨ ŚĂƌůĞǀŽŝdž ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ' D DŝĚͲ ŵ ^ƵƉĞƌ ^ĞŶŝŽƌ division and second in the Michigan PGA’s Senior KƉĞŶ ƚŽ DŝŬĞ ^ĞƋƵŝƚĞ ŽĨ DĂƌƐŚĂůů͘ DĂƐƐĂ ĐůŽƐĞĚ ŚĞƌ ŐŽůĨ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǁŝŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ GAM Senior Tournament of Champions and a ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŝŶ Ă ƉůĂLJŽī ƚŽ D^h ĐŽĂĐŚ ^ƚĂĐLJ ^ůŽďŽĚŶŝŬͲ ^ƚŽůů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ' D dŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ͘ DĂƐƐĂ͕ ĂŐĞ ϱϱ ĂŶĚ Ă ŵŽƚŚĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚƌĞĞ ĚĂƵŐŚƚĞƌƐ͕ ĞĂƌŶĞĚ ^ĞŶŝŽƌ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ WůĂLJĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ ĨŽƌ Ă ĨŽƵƌƚŚ ĐŽŶƐĞĐƵƟǀĞ LJĞĂƌ͘ ^ŚĞůůLJ tĞŝƐƐ ŽĨ ^ŽƵƚŚĮĞůĚ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ͖ ƚŚŝƌĚ ǁĂƐ ƵĚƌĞLJ ŬŝŶƐ ŽĨ >Ă^ĂůůĞ͕ ƚŚĞŶ :ŽĂŶ 'ĂƌĞƚLJ ŽĨ ĚĂ ĂŶĚ :ŽĂŶŶĞ ĚĂŵƐ ŽĨ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ͘
GAM Players of the Year
GAM JUNIOR PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
Girls: Mikaela Schulz 15 and Under: Jolie Brochu
Boys:Bradley Smithson 15 and under: Landon Wanless
DŝŬĂĞůĂ ^ĐŚƵůnj ŽĨ tĞƐƚ ůŽŽŵĮĞůĚ ǁŽŶ ƚŚĞ ' D 'ŝƌů͛Ɛ :ƵŶŝŽƌ WŽz ĨŽƌ Ă ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĐŽŶƐĞĐƵƟǀĞ LJĞĂƌ͘ ^ĐŚƵůnj͕ Ă ůŽŽŵĮĞůĚ ,ŝůůƐ ,ŝŐŚ ^ĐŚŽŽů ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͕ ŝƐ ŚĞĂĚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ŽĨ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ŽŶ Ă ŐŽůĨ ƐĐŚŽůĂƌƐŚŝƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂůů͘
ƌĂĚůĞLJ ^ŵŝƚŚƐŽŶ͕ Ă ' D ŵĞŵďĞƌ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ YƵĂŝů ZŝĚŐĞ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď ŝŶ 'ƌĂŶĚ ZĂƉŝĚƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŚŝƐ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ 'ĂƌLJ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂĚ ŐŽůĨ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů͕ ƚŽƉƉĞĚ ƚŚĞ ,ŽŶŽƌ ZŽůů ďLJ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ' D :ƵŶŝŽƌ /ŶǀŝƚĂƟŽŶĂů͕ ƚŚĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ W' :ƵŶŝŽƌ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ^ƚĂƚĞ WƌŽͲ ŵ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ͘ ,Ğ ǁĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌŽŬĞ ƉůĂLJ ƉŽƌƟŽŶ medalist at the Michigan Junior State Amateur ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ͘ ^ŵŝƚŚƐŽŶ ŝƐ ŚĞĂĚĞĚ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ŐŽůĨ Ăƚ D^h͘
͞^ŝŶĐĞ / ǁĂƐ ůŝƩůĞ͕ / ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƚĂƵŐŚƚ ƚŽ ďůĞĞĚ ďůƵĞ͕͟ ƐŚĞ ŐƵƐŚĞĚ͘ ͞dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ůŽŶŐ ůŝƐƚ ŽĨ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ĂůƵŵƐ ;ŵŽƚŚĞƌ ZĂĐŚĞů ƉůĂLJĞĚ ŐŽůĨ ĨŽƌ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶͿ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ Ăůů DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ĨĂŶƐ͘͟ Winning the Michigan Junior State Amateur ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ďĞŝŶŐ ŵĞĚĂůŝƐƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌŽŬĞ ƉůĂLJ ƋƵĂůŝĨLJŝŶŐ ƉŽƌƟŽŶ͕ ŬĞLJĞĚ ŚĞƌ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂůƐŽ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ƋƵĂůŝĨLJŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ h͘^͘ :ƵŶŝŽƌ 'ŝƌůƐ͘ ŶŝŬĂ LJ ŽĨ dƌĂǀĞƌƐĞ ŝƚLJ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ͕ ŝƌŵŝŶŐŚĂŵ DĂƌŝŽŶ ŚŝŐŚ ƐŽƉŚŽŵŽƌĞ ^ŚĂŶŶŽŶ <ĞŶŶĞĚLJ ǁĂƐ ƚŚŝƌĚ͘ ĂŶŝĞůůĞ ^ƚĂƐŬŽǁƐŬŝ ŽĨ ůĂƌŬƐƚŽŶ ĂŶĚ <ĂLJ ƵďŬƵƐ ŽĨ ĚĂ ƌŽƵŶĚĞĚ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ĮǀĞ͘ :ŽůŝĞ ƌŽĐŚƵ ŽĨ 'ŽŽĚƌŝĐŚ ĂŶĚ Ă ƐŽƉŚŽŵŽƌĞ Ăƚ &ůŝŶƚ WŽǁĞƌƐ ĂƚŚŽůŝĐ͕ ĞĂƌŶĞĚ ϭϱͲĂŶĚͲƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŽƉ ŚŽŶŽƌƐ͕ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƚ ďLJ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ' D ϭϰͲĂŶĚͲ ƵŶĚĞƌ DĂƚĐŚ WůĂLJ͘ ƵƌŝŶŐ ŚŝŐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽů ŚĞƌ ƚĞĂŵ ǁŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŝǀ͘ ϯ ƐƚĂƚĞ ƟƚůĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŚĞ ǁĂƐ ƌƵŶŶĞƌͲƵƉ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůůLJ ĂŌĞƌ ĨĂůůŝŶŐ ŝŶ Ă ƉůĂLJŽī ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶŝĞůůĞ ^ƚĂƐŬŽǁƐŬŝ ŽĨ EŽƚƌĞ ĂŵĞ WƌĞƉ͘
EŝĐŬ <ƌƵĞŐĞƌ ŽĨ ^ƉƌŝŶŐ >ĂŬĞ ǁĂƐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ͕ ŽůŝŶ ^ŝŬŬĞŶŐĂ ŽĨ <ĂůĂŵĂnjŽŽ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ƚŚŝƌĚ͕ WĂƚƌŝĐŬ ^ƵůůŝǀĂŶ ŽĨ 'ƌŽƐƐĞ WŽŝŶƚĞ͕ ƚŚĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ :ƵŶŝŽƌ ^ƚĂƚĞ ŵĂƚĞƵƌ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ͕ ƚŽŽŬ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƌůĞƐ Ğ>ŽŶŐ ŽĨ ĞtŝƩ ƌŽƵŶĚĞĚ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ĮǀĞ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ϭϱͲĂŶĚͲƵŶĚĞƌ ĐĂƚĞŐŽƌLJ͕ ĂůĞĚŽŶŝĂ ,ŝŐŚ ĨƌĞƐŚŵĂŶ >ĂŶĚŽŶ tĂŶůĞƐƐ ǁŽŶ ƚŽƉ ƉůĂLJĞƌ͘ ,Ğ ǁĂƐ the stroke play medalist and top seed at the GAM ϭϰͲĂŶĚͲƵŶĚĞƌ DĂƚĐŚ WůĂLJ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĂŌĞƌ ůŽƐŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ďƌĂĐŬĞƚ͕ ŚĞ ǁĞŶƚ ŽŶ ƚŽ ǁŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƐŽůĂƟŽŶ ďƌĂĐŬĞƚ͘ ,Ğ ĂůƐŽ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ second to Ieuan Jones of Ann Arbor in the GAM :ƵŶŝŽƌ /ŶǀŝƚĂƟŽŶĂů ϭϱͲĂŶĚͲƵŶĚĞƌ ĚŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ͘
2018 Club Champions
2018 CLUB CHAMPIONS ACROSS MICHIGAN WOMEN: Conlin Crain Cunningha ŽƵŐĂŶ Ernst Ferguson Fry :ĞƌŵĂůŽǁŝĐ Lauer Lectka Leone
^ƵnjĂŶŶĞΎ Ashley ůŝnjĂďĞƚŚ ĞĂŶŶĂ Helga Julie Ruth Victoria Ann Tracy ŝĂŶĞ
Radrick Farms Oakland Hills Country Club ĞƚƌŽŝƚ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď Century Oaks Public Golf ŝƌŵŝŶŐŚĂŵ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď Country Club of Lansing ůLJƚŚĞĮĞůĚ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď Lincoln Hills Golf Course 'ŽǁĂŶŝĞ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď KǁŽƐƐŽ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď ĚŐĞǁŽŽĚ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď
Liberty Massa Mate McIntosh Obermeyer Purdie Rogers ^ĐŚǁLJŶ ^ůŽďŽĚŶŝŬͲ Stocker Veit
<ĂƚŚůĞĞŶ Ύ :ƵůŝĞΎ :ĞĂŶΎ Lynn ŝŶĚLJΎ DĂƌŐŽΎ ĞďΎ Janet Stacy ĂƌĐŝ Monica
Port Huron Elks Golf Club Forest Akers Golf Course ŶŶ ƌďŽƌ 'ŽůĨ Θ KƵƟŶŐ KĂŬŚƵƌƐƚ 'ŽůĨ Θ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď Michigan Women's Golf ƐƐĞdž 'ŽůĨ Θ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď ůLJƚŚĞĮĞůĚ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď 'ƌŽƐƐĞ /ůĞ 'ŽůĨ Θ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď Country Club of Lansing ĂǀŝƐŽŶ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď Clio Country Club
MEN: Anderson Anderson Anderson ĂƐƟŽŶ ŽŐŚŝŬŝĂŶ ƌĞŚŵĞƌ ƌŽŽŬƐ ƌŽǁŶďĂĐŬ ƵŶĐŚ Carmody Chapman Chestnut ĂǀŝĞƐ ŽŶŽŚŽĞ ƵĚĞŬ ǁLJĞƌ Eberts Ehrke Fair Gouin Haller Hoppe :ĂŶŬŽǁƐŬŝ Johnson Jones Jue Kestenberg Kieronski Klimek Kreger
Steve Charles tŝůůŝĂŵΎ ƌĂĚ ZĂnjŵŝŐ Nicholas Christophe ĂǀŝĚ William Patrick Alex Jimmy Greg ƌŝĂŶ Joe ƌĂĚLJ Eric Mark Maxmillion ƌĞŶĚŽŶ Ryan ŽƵŐ DĂƩ ŝůů Connor Christophe Joel Jacob ĞƌƌĞŬ ƵƐƟŶ
DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ WƵďůŝŶdž 'ŽůĨ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ Cascade Hills Country Club Angels Crossing Golf Club KĂŬůĂŶĚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ 'ŽůĨ Θ >ĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ĞŶƚĞƌ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ WƵďůŝŶdž ^ĞŶŝŽƌƐ 'ŽůĨ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ Thornapple Pointe Golf Club ŽƵůĚĞƌ WŽŝŶƚĞ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď Country Club of Lansing Michigan Hackers 'ŽǁĂŶŝĞ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď ŝƌŵŝŶŐŚĂŵ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď ĞƚƌŽŝƚ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď Orchard Lake Country Club Wyndgate ,ĞĂƚŚĞƌƐ ůƵď ŽĨ ůŽŽŵĮĞůĚ ,ŝůůƐ KĂŬŚƵƌƐƚ 'ŽůĨ Θ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď ŽůĚǁĂƚĞƌ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ Sugar Springs Golf Club Rolling In Golf Club Gaylord Golf Club >ĂŬĞůĂŶĚƐ 'ŽůĨ Θ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď ƐƐĞdž 'ŽůĨ Θ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď Lochmoor Club ĂƩůĞ ƌĞĞŬ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď Katke Golf Course Midland Country Club Wabeek Country Club DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ WƵďůŝŶdž 'ŽůĨ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ Egypt Valley Country Club DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ WƵďůŝŶdž 'ŽůĨ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ
Levick ƌĂĚůĞLJ Lyall Alexander Maddalena ^ƚĞǀĞΎ DĂƌƟŶ ĂǀŝĚ DĂƌƟŶ Ian DĂƚŚĞǁƐ AJ DĐ ƌŝĚĞ ƌĞƩ Mcinerney Kyle Mitchell Joseph Mitroka :ŽŚŶΎ Murphy Robert Nelson Kevin Phipps Tim Praet ĂǀŝĚ Ripperger Jon Robinson Marcus Schnapp Andre ^ĐŚƵůnj ŝĞƚĞƌ Skiba Tyler Smith Joshua Stokes Antonio Strickland ^ĐŽƩ ^ǁŝŶƚ Jon Thompson Mike hůŵĞƌ Eric Vaclav ĂǀŝĚ Vrana Tony Weidner John ŽĞƌŚŽī Michael ĞŶŽƚĞƐ ^ĞŶŝŽƌ Ύ
Salem Hills Golf Club Red Run Golf Club Country Club of Jackson DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ WƵďůŝŶdž 'ŽůĨ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ WƵďůŝŶdž 'ŽůĨ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ĚŐĞǁŽŽĚ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď Verona Hills Golf Club YƵĞƐƚ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď ĞĞƌ ZƵŶ Λ >ĂŬĞƐ KĨ dŚĞ EŽƌƚŚ ZŝǀĞƌǀŝĞǁ ,ŝŐŚůĂŶĚƐ dǁŝŶ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď Travis Pointe Country Club Port Huron Elks Golf Club /ŶĚŝĂŶǁŽŽĚ 'ŽůĨ Θ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď Radrick Farms KĂŬůĂŶĚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ 'ŽůĨ Θ >ĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ĞŶƚĞƌ ĂŚůĞ &ĂƌŵƐ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď Port Huron Golf Club River's Edge Golf Club dǁŝŶ >ĂŬĞƐ 'ŽůĨ Θ ^ǁŝŵ ůƵď Michigan Golf Tour Oakland Hills Country Club Lakes of Taylor Golf Club WŝŶĞ sŝĞǁ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ Lincoln Hills Golf Course 'ƌŽƐƐĞ /ůĞ 'ŽůĨ Θ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď Orchards Golf Club Heather Hills Golf Club Sunnybrook Country Club
Michigan News and Notes
Michigan News & Notes Gordon LaFontaine, Bernie Friedrich of Boyne Honored by MGCA 'ŽƌĚŽŶ >Ă&ŽŶƚĂŝŶĞ͕ a Houghton Lake Golf ŽƵƌƐĞ ŽǁŶĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ executive director of the Michigan Turfgrass &ŽƵŶĚĂƚŝŽŶ͕ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ƚŚĞ t͘ ƌƵĐĞ DĂƚƚŚĞǁƐ >ŝĨĞƚŝŵĞ ĐŚŝĞǀĞŵĞŶƚ ǁĂƌĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ĞƌŶŝĞ &ƌŝĞĚƌŝĐŚ͕ ǀŝĐĞͲ president of golf and resort ƐĂůĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŽLJŶĞ ZĞƐŽƌƚƐ͕ received the Lyle Leeke ŝƐƚŝŶŐƵŝƐŚĞĚ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞ ǁĂƌĚ given by the Michigan Golf ŽƵƌƐĞ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƚŝŽŶ͘ >Ă&ŽŶƚĂŝŶĞ͕ ǁŚŽ ŽǁŶƐ WŝŶĞ sŝĞǁ ,ŝŐŚůĂŶĚƐ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ and retired last year after ϯϳ LJĞĂƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ Turfgrass Foundation ;Dd&Ϳ͕ ĐĂůůĞĚ ƚŚĞ Dd& ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ŬŝŶĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ ͞/͛ŵ Ă ŐƵLJ ǁŚŽ ǁĂƐ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĚŽ ǁŚĂƚ / ůŽǀĞ ƚŽ ĚŽ͕ ĂŶĚ /͛ŵ ƉƌŽƵĚ / ǁĂƐ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ŽĨ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ƚŽ LJŽƵ͕͟ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͘ Friedrich is a PGA ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ǁŚŽ ŚĂƐ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ĨŽƌ ϰϯ LJĞĂƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŽLJŶĞ͘ ͞/͛ŵ ĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƚŝŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ not only lets us go out and ǁŽƌŬ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƚŝŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ associations like this in the
ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͕ ďƵƚ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞƐ ƵƐ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƚŚĂƚ͕͟ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞dŚĂƚ ŵĞĂŶƐ Ă ůŽƚ ƚŽ ƵƐ͘ KƵƌ ŐŽůĨ staff and agronomy staff have a passion for our business ĂŶĚ ŽƵƌ ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ͘ tŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞŵ / ĐŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ĚŽ ĂŶLJƚŚŝŶŐ͘͟ ŽLJŶĞ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ^ƚĞǀĞŶ <ŝƌĐŚĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶ ŽĨ ŽLJŶĞ ĨŽƵŶĚĞƌ ǀĞƌĞƚƚ <ŝƌĐŚĞƌ͕ ĂůƐŽ accepted the previously announced Golf Course of ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ ǁĂƌĚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ dŚĞ ,ĞĂƚŚĞƌ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ Ăƚ ŽLJŶĞ Highlands Resort in Harbor ^ƉƌŝŶŐƐ͘ DŽƌĞ ĚĞƚĂŝůƐ Ăƚ͗ https͗ͬͬŵŝĐŚŝŐĂŶŐŽůĨũŽƵƌŶĂů͘ comͬtheͲheatherͲnamedͲ
2018ͲmichiganͲgolfͲcourseͲofͲ theͲyearͲ2ͬ &ŽůĚƐ ŽĨ ,ŽŶŽƌ ĐƌĞĂƚŽƌ͕ Major Dan Rooney͕ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ĂŶ ŽǁŶĞƌ ŽĨ 'ƌĂŶĚ ,ĂǀĞŶ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď͕ ǁĂƐ ŚŽŶŽƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƌĚ ŽĨ DĞƌŝƚ͘ Joe Charles of Treetops Resort and Kelly Plaisier of Thousand KĂŬƐ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď ǁĞƌĞ ǁŝŶŶĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϴ Ƶů &ĂŵŝůLJ WůĂLJĞƌ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ >ĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ ǁĂƌĚ͘ Mark Runchey͕ ƚŚĞ director of golf at Fox Hills Golf Θ ĂŶƋƵĞƚ ĞŶƚĞƌ ŝŶ WůLJŵŽƵƚŚ͕ ǁĂƐ ŚŽŶŽƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϴ :ŽŚŶ ŽĚŐĞ ĂƌƉĞ ŝĞŵ ǁĂƌĚ͘
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ůůLJ ŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ ŽŶĂƚĞƐ ΨϴϬϬ͕ϬϬϬ ƚŽ ŚĂƌŝƟĞƐ The Ally Challenge presented ďLJ DĐ>ĂƌĞŶ͕ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ the inaugural tournament in ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ ƌĂŝƐĞĚ ΨϴϬϭ͕ϬϲϬ͘ϰϭ ĨŽƌ ĐŚĂƌŝƚĂďůĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ƐŽƵƚŚĞĂƐƚĞƌŶ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͘ dŚĞ ƚŽƚĂů ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ Ψϯϲϱ͕ϬϬϬ ĨŽƌ ĞĂĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ͛Ɛ ƉƌŝŵĂƌLJ ďĞŶĞĮĐŝĂƌŝĞƐ͕ :ƵŶŝŽƌ Achievement of Southeastern Michigan and ŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ 'ƌĞĂƚĞƌ &ůŝŶƚ͘ “This tournament is special in many ǁĂLJƐ͕ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉĂĐƚĨƵů ŝƐ dŚĞ
Ally Challenge’s dedication to the local community and ĐŚĂƌŝƚLJ͕͟ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŚƌŝƐ ŽĨĨŵĂŶ͘ ͞tĞ are excited to continue to ŐƌŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ ƉŚŝůĂŶƚŚƌŽƉŝĐ ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ĂƐ ǁĞ ůŽŽŬ ƚŽ ŶĞdžƚ LJĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ͘͟ dŝĐŬĞƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ŶŽǁ ŽŶ ƐĂůĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϵ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ͕ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ ϵͲϭϱ Ăƚ tĂƌǁŝĐŬ ,ŝůůƐ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď ŝŶ 'ƌĂŶĚ ůĂŶĐ͘ sŝƐŝƚ ǁǁǁ͘theallychallenge͘com͘
Raymond Hearn Golf Course Designs Wins ASGCA Design Excellence Award Raymond Hearn Golf Course ĞƐŝŐŶ͛Ɛ ƌĞŶŽǀĂƟŽŶ ǁŽƌŬ Ăƚ Water’s Edge Golf Club in &ƌĞŵŽŶƚ͕ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝnjĞĚ by the American Society of 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ƌĐŚŝƚĞĐƚƐ ; ^' Ϳ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ϮϬϭϴ ĞƐŝŐŶ džĐĞůůĞŶĐĞ ZĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ ǁĂƌĚ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ ^' ĞƐŝŐŶ džĐĞůůĞŶĐĞ ǁĂƌĚ ǁŽŶ ďLJ ,ĞĂƌŶ͛Ɛ ,ŽůůĂŶĚ͕ DŝĐŚ͘ͲďĂƐĞĚ Įƌŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ Ɛŝdž LJĞĂƌƐ͘ ,ĞĂƌŶ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ Ă ŶĞǁ ƉĂƌ ϰ ĂŶĚ Ă ŶĞǁ ƉĂƌ ϯ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ϲϯͲLJĞĂƌͲ ŽůĚ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ƚŽŽŬ ƚǁŽ ŽĨ the former 18 holes out of play ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ Ă ŶĞǁ ƐƚĂƚĞͲŽĨͲ ƚŚĞͲĂƌƚ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĨĂĐŝůŝƚLJ ǁŝƚŚ a range that includes target ŐƌĞĞŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂŝƌǁĂLJƐ͕ ĐŚŝƉƉŝŶŐ͕ ƉƵƫŶŐ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ ĂƌĞĂƐ ĂŶĚ bunkers for both greenside and
ĨĂŝƌǁĂLJ ďƵŶŬĞƌ ƐŚŽƚ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ͘ ͞/Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ can take place on all aspects of ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ;ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞͿ tee is closed it can be played ĂŶLJǁŚĞƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƚŽ Ɛŝdž ŚŽůĞƐ ĂƐ Ă ƐŵĂůů ƉĂƌ ϯ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕͟ ,ĞĂƌŶ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞/ƚ͛Ɛ ŵĂĚĞ ƐŽ ƚŚĞ
course can use the facility in ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ǁĂLJƐ ĨŽƌ ŝƚƐ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌ ďĂƐĞ͘͟ dŚĞ ŶĞǁ ŚŽůĞƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŽƉĞŶ ŝŶ DĂLJ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ ĐĞŶƚĞƌ ŝƐ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůLJ ƵŶĚĞƌ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ Ă ůĂƚĞ ĨĂůů ϮϬϭϵ ƐŽŌ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ŝƐ ƚĞŶƚĂƟǀĞůLJ ƉůĂŶŶĞĚ͘
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A CLUB FITTING CAN HELP YOU ENJOY GOLF MORE LJ <ĞǀŝŶ &ƌŝƐĐŚ
/Ŷ ϮϬϭϳ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ƐŽŵĞ LJĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ ƐƚƌƵŐŐůŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ consistency and distance ǁŝƚŚ ŵLJ ŝƌŽŶƐ͕ / ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ĐƵƐƚŽŵ ĮƩĞĚ ĂŶĚ ǁĞŶƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ůƵď ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ͛ ĮƫŶŐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůLJ ŶĞdžƚ ůĞǀĞů͕ ĂĚĚŝŶŐ ϭϬͲϭϱ LJĂƌĚƐ ƚŽ ŵLJ ŝƌŽŶƐ ʹ ŽǀĞƌ Ă ĐůƵď ůŽŶŐĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚ ƐŚŽƚͲ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ͘ &Žƌ Ă ŐƵLJ ǁŚŽ ũƵƐƚ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ ϱϬ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ůŝĨĞͲ ĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ͘
Club Champion’s ĂĚǀĂŶĐĞĚ ĮƫŶŐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ added a measure of ƉƌĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ ǁŽƌƚŚLJ ŽĨ Ă ƚŽƵƌ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů͘ EĞĞĚůĞƐƐ ƚŽ ƐĂLJ͕ ŵLJ ĞŶũŽLJŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ĞdžƉŽŶĞŶƟĂůůLJ͘ / ǁĂƐ ƐŽ ŚĂƉƉLJ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝƌŽŶ ĮƫŶŐ͕ that at the beginning of ϮϬϭϴ͕ / ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ŐŽ ďĂĐŬ ĨŽƌ Ă ĚƌŝǀĞƌ ĮƫŶŐ͘ KŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ
immediately evident to ŵLJ ĨŝƚƚĞƌ͕ EŝĐŬ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ŵLJ ƐƚĞĞƉ ƐǁŝŶŐ ǁĂƐ ĐƌĞĂƚŝŶŐ ƚŽŽ ŵƵĐŚ ƐƉŝŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŵLJ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ĚƌŝǀĞƌ͘ ĨƚĞƌ testing a variety of shafts ĂŶĚ ŚĞĂĚƐ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝŶǀĞŶƚŽƌLJ ŽĨ ŽǀĞƌ ϯϱ͕ϬϬϬ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƚŝŽŶƐ͕ ŚĞ ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĞĚ Ă dŝƚůĞŝƐƚ ϯ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ϴ͘ϱ ĚĞŐƌĞĞƐ ŽĨ ůŽĨƚ ĂŶĚ Ă ϲϱͲŐƌĂŵ s ^ůĂLJ ^ŚĂĨƚ͘ ĨƚĞƌ ĂŶĂůLJnjŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ additional shots and the
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ŶƵŵďĞƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ dƌĂĐŬŵĂŶ͕ EŝĐŬ ǁĂƐ Ɛƚŝůů ŶŽƚ ĨƵůůLJ ƐĂƚŝƐĨŝĞĚ͘ ,Ğ ĨĞůƚ ŚĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ŐĂŝŶ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ďLJ ĂĚũƵƐƚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚƌŝǀĞƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ϭ ƐĞƚƚŝŶŐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĚĞĐƌĞĂƐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ůŽĨƚ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŽ ϳ͘ϳϱ ĚĞŐƌĞĞƐ͘ / ǁĂƐ ƐŬĞƉƚŝĐĂů ĂďŽƵƚ ĚĞĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐ ůŽĨƚ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŽƐƚ ŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌĞƌƐ ƉƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞƐ ŽĨ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ůŽĨƚ͘ The phenomenal results I had received ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŝŽƌ ŝƌŽŶ ĨŝƚƚŝŶŐ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ŵĞ ƚŽ believe and trust EŝĐŬ͛Ɛ ĂŶĂůLJƐŝƐ͘ The result: my driver distance increased ĨƌŽŵ Ă ďĂƐĞůŝŶĞ ŽĨ Ϯϱϭ LJĂƌĚƐ ƚŽ Ϯϲϴ LJĂƌĚƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ůŽǁĞƌ ůĂƵŶĐŚ ĂŶĚ ďĂůů ĨůŝŐŚƚ͘ dŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŝŶ ŽǀĞƌ ϭϱͲLJĞĂƌƐ ďLJ ƐŝŵƉůLJ ƵƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƌƌĞĐƚ ĐůƵď ĂŶĚ ƐŚĂĨƚ ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƚŝŽŶ͘ These phenomenal results prompted me ƚŽ ĂƐŬ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ ƋƵĞƐƚŝŽŶƐ͘ / ĐĂƵŐŚƚ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ EŝĐŬ͕ ůƵď ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ͛Ɛ ĐŽͲĨŽƵŶĚĞƌ EŝĐŬ ^ŚĞƌďƵƌŶĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƐŬĞĚ Śŝŵ ĂďŽƵƚ ǁŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ůƵď ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů͘ ĂŶ LJŽƵ ƚĂůŬ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ LJŽƵƌ ĐůƵďͲĨŝƚƚĞƌƐ ŐŽ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĨŽƌ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ƐƉĞĐŝĨŝĐƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ͍ ͞tĞ ĐĂůů ŝƚ ůƵď ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͘ dŚĞ ĨŝƌƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ ŝƐ ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ŚŽǁ ǁĞ ĚŽ ĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ǁĞĞŬ ƚŚĞLJ ǁŽƌŬ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ƐƚŽƌĞ ŝŶ tŝůůŽǁďƌŽŽŬ ;/ůů͘Ϳ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƵƌ ƚĞĂŵ ŽĨ ƐĞĂƐŽŶĞĚ ǀĞƚĞƌĂŶƐ͘ tĞ ĂĚĚ ŵŽƌĞ ĞĂĐŚ ǁĞĞŬ͕ ĂŶĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ƚŝŵĞ ƚŚĞLJ ůĞĂǀĞ ƚŚĞLJ ŬŶŽǁ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ĨŽƌ ůƵď ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ͘ dŚĞLJ ŬŶŽǁ ŚŽǁ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ǁŝƚŚ ƐǁŝŶŐ ǁĞŝŐŚƚƐ͕ ďĞŶĚ ĐůƵďƐ͕ ƐŚĂĨƚƐ͕ ĞǀĞƌLJ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĚŽ͘ KƵƌ ŐƵLJƐ ůĞĂƌŶ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ ŽĨ ĨŝƚƚŝŶŐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂďŝůŝƚLJ ƚŽ Ĩŝƚ Ăůů ďƌĂŶĚƐ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽƚƐ͘͟
tŚĞƌĞ ĚŽ LJŽƵ ƐĞĞ ĐůƵďͲĮƫŶŐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ͍ ͞/ ƚŚŝŶŬ ĐůƵď ĮƫŶŐ ǁŝůů ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ŐƌŽǁ͘ WĞŽƉůĞ ĂƌĞ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ŝƚ ŶŽǁ͘ zŽƵ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ŚĞĂƌ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŽŽ ĞdžƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ͕ Žƌ /͛ŵ ŶŽƚ ŐŽŽĚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͘ / ŚĞĂƌĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĨŽƌ ϮϬ LJĞĂƌƐ ĂŶĚ / ǁŽƵůĚ ůĂƵŐŚ͘ tŚLJ ůŝŵŝƚ ŚŽǁ ŐŽŽĚ you can be? It’s a couple bucks across the ďĂŐ ƚŽ ĞŶũŽLJ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ďĞƩĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ LJŽƵ ƐƉĞŶĚ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ƟŵĞ ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ͘ / ƚĞůů ďĞŐŝŶŶĞƌƐ͕ LJĞƐ ƚŚĞLJ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŐĞƚ ĮƩĞĚ͘ 'Ğƚ ĮƩĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŐĞƫŶŐ ďĞƩĞƌ͘͟ Everyone at Club Champion is driven by the single goal to help every single golfer have the right club in their hand for every ƐŚŽƚ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ƚǁŽ ůƵď ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ ĮƫŶŐƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚƐ / ŚĂǀĞ ŵĂĚĞ ƚŽ ŵLJ ŐŽůĨ ŐĂŵĞ ŝŶ LJĞĂƌƐ͘
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&ůŽƌŝĚĂ͛Ɛ YƵŝĐŬ ƐĐĂƉĞ ĞƐƟŶĂƟŽŶ LJ :ŽŚŶ DŽŽƐŚŝĞ
Innisbrook Golf and Spa ZĞƐŽƌƚ ŝŶ WĂůŵ ,ĂƌďŽƌ͕ &ůŽƌŝĚĂ ŝƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ŐĞƚĂǁĂLJ ĨŽƌ ŐŽůĨ͕ ƚĞŶŶŝƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐƉĂ Žƌ ũƵƐƚ ƚŽ ƌĞůĂdž ĂŶĚ ƌĞŐĞŶĞƌĂƚĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ĂǁĂƌĚͲ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ ŝƐ Ă ŵĞƌĞ ƚǁŽ miles from the Gulf of Mexico and 20 miles from Tampa /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŝƌƉŽƌƚ͘ ;YƵŽƚĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĐŽŶƐƵŵĞƌƐ ƉŽƐƟŶŐ ƚŽ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ƚƌĂǀĞů ƐŝƚĞƐ͘Ϳ Let’s Start with Golf “If you love golf, this is the place to be… We would recommend and yes, we’ll return!!” The Copperhead course is ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐŽƌƚ͛Ɛ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ͕ ƐŝŐŶĂƚƵƌĞ course that hosts the PGA dŽƵƌ͘ ŽŵƉůĞƚĞůLJ ƌĞƐƚŽƌĞĚ͕ ŝƚ ƌĞŽƉĞŶĞĚ ŝŶ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ͕ ϮϬϭϱ͕ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƟŵƵůĂƚĞ
ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚͲƉƌŽǀŽŬŝŶŐ ƉůĂLJƐ͘ Ƶƚ their other three courses are ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐ͘ dŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ƐĂLJ ƚŚĞLJ Ăůů ĂƌĞŶ͛ƚ ĨĂŝƌ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ simply important to choose ƚŚĞ ƚĞĞƐ ƚŽ Įƚ LJŽƵƌ ŐĂŵĞ͘ EŽŶͲ ƚLJƉŝĐĂů ŽĨ &ůŽƌŝĚĂ ƐƚLJůĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ͕ these golf venues route you along hilly terrain framed by ƚŽǁĞƌŝŶŐ ƉŝŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ƐŽŵĞ ϳϬ ĨĞĞƚ ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ĞůĞǀĂƟŽŶ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ͘ dĂŬĞ ŶŽƚĞ ŽĨ their Innisbrook Golf Academy ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƟŵĞ ƐƉĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂǁŶ DĞƌĐĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ 'ŽůĨ /ŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͕ ǁŝůů ǀĂƐƚůLJ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ LJŽƵƌ ƐŚŽƌƚ ŐĂŵĞ͘ Home Away From Home “/ ƐƚĂLJĞĚ ŝŶ ŝŶ ƚǁŽ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƌŽŽŵƐ ŝŶ ƚǁŽ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐƐ due to needing to extend my stay. Extremely clean and well
appointed, plenty of room to relax”. sĂƌLJŝŶŐ ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƟŽŶ ƐƚLJůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ǀŝĞǁƐ ĞƋƵĂƚĞƐ ƚŽ Ă ϱͲƐƚĂƌ ŚŽƚĞů͘ dǁŽͲƐƚŽƌLJ ůŽĚŐĞƐ feature spacious and luxurious ƌŽŽŵƐ͕ ƐƵƉĞƌď ŚŽƵƐĞŬĞĞƉŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶͲƌŽŽŵ ĚŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŝƌƌŽƌƐ Ă ŚŽŵĞ ĂǁĂLJ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŽŵĞ͘ ŚŽŽƐŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƐŽŵĞ ϱϱϬ ĚĞůƵdžĞ ŐƵĞƐƚ ƌŽŽŵƐ͕ ĞdžĞĐƵƟǀĞ ƐƵŝƚĞƐ͕ Žƌ ŽŶĞ ĂŶĚ ƚǁŽ ďĞĚƌŽŽŵ ƐƵŝƚĞƐ͕ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŐƵĂƌĂŶƚĞĞĚ ƵŶĐŽŵŵŽŶ ůƵdžƵƌLJ͘ &ĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ͕ 'ƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ EĞŝŐŚďŽƌŝŶŐ ƩƌĂĐƟŽŶƐ “The grounds are vast with ůŽƚƐ ŽĨ ŐƌĞĞŶ ĂŶĚ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů birds. The landscaping alone takes you to a place of peace ĂŶĚ ƌĞůĂdžĂƟŽŶ͘͟
Golf Travel, Florida
While golf is the primary ĂĐƟǀŝƚLJ͕ /ŶŶŝƐďƌŽŽŬ ĂůƐŽ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ϭϭ ĐůĂLJ ƚĞŶŶŝƐ ĐŽƵƌƚƐ͕ Ă ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ĮƚŶĞƐƐ ĐĞŶƚĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ Ɛŝdž ƐǁŝŵŵŝŶŐ ƉŽŽůƐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŚĞƌĞ LJŽƵ͛ůů ĮŶĚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŬŝĚƐ͛ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ͕ ĚĂLJ ĐĂŵƉƐ ĂŶĚ ƉůĞŶƚLJ ŽĨ ĨƵŶ͕ ƚŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĞƌƐůŝĚĞƐ͕ ƌĂŌƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŝĚĚĞŶ ůĂŐŽŽŶƐ͘ Their Nature Walk is a ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŵĞĂŶĚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚƌĂŝůƐ featuring an array of Florida’s ǁŝůĚůŝĨĞ ĂŶĚ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ƐƉĞĐŝĞƐ ŽĨ ŝŶĚŝŐĞŶŽƵƐ ƉůĂŶƚ ůŝĨĞ͘ >ĂŬĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂŝůƐ ŽīĞƌ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĨŽƌ ĮƐŚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ďŝƌĚͲǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ͘ The resort is also a comfortable base for exploring nearby ,ŽŶĞLJŵŽŽŶ /ƐůĂŶĚ͕ ĂůĂĚĞƐŝ /ƐůĂŶĚ ^ƚĂƚĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŝƚĞ sand beaches of Florida’s Gulf ŽĂƐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ůŝĞ ŽŶůLJ Ă ĨĞǁ ŵŝůĞƐ ĂǁĂLJ͘ Eateries and Drinkeries “The menu is full of great
ŽƉƟŽŶƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ǁĂƐ world class. The food is at ůĞĂƐƚ ĂƐ ŐŽŽĚ Žƌ ďĞƩĞƌ ĂƐ ĂŶLJ ‘steakhouse’ I’ve been to. We look forward to coming back on our next trip”. Innisbrook’s restaurants and lounges serve up diverse ĐƵŝƐŝŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽĐŬƚĂŝůƐ͘ zŽƵ͛ůů relish the outstanding Chefs de Cuisines presented at their Packard’s Steakhouse ĂŶĚ DĂƌŬĞƚ ^ĂůĂŵĂŶĚĞƌ 'ƌŝůů͘ WĂĐŬĂƌĚ͛Ɛ ƐĞƌǀĞƐ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ĐƵŝƐŝŶĞ ǁŚŝůĞ Market Salamander tends ƚŽ ĨĂǀŽƌ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƚLJ ĨŽŽĚƐ͘ Every dining establishment ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ͕ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĂƟǀĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŽƉŚŝƐƟĐĂƚĞĚ ŵĞŶƵƐ ƐŚŽǁĐĂƐŝŶŐ ƐĞĂƐŽŶĂů ingredients from the Tampa ĂLJ ĂƌĞĂ͘ tŚĞŶ ĚŝŶŝŶŐ Ăƚ WĂĐŬĂƌĚ͛Ɛ͕ ŶŽƚĞ ŚĞĨ
sĞƐĞůŝŶŽǀŝĐ͛Ɛ ĚĞƐĐƌŝƉƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŚŽǁ ŚĞ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĞĚ LJŽƵƌ ĞŶƚƌĠĞ͘ ƚ ƚŚĞ DĂƌŬĞƚ 'ƌŝůů͕ ĂƐŬ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĞĨ ǁŚLJ ŝƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ ϯ ĚĂLJƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ŚŝƐ ŽŶŝŽŶ ƌŝŶŐƐ͘ /Ĩ ĐĂƐƵĂů is your preference the Osprey ^ƉŽƌƚƐ Ăƌ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ Ă ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ƐĞƫŶŐ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƐĂƟŽŶ͕ ĐŽĐŬƚĂŝůƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ůŝǀĞ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͘ Personal Service “Very impressed with all of ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂī͙ ;ƚŚĞLJͿ ŵĂĚĞ ŵLJ ƐƚĂLJ amazing”. The heart and soul of the ƌĞƐŽƌƚ ŝƐ ŝƚƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͘ īĂďůĞ bellhops greet you at check ŝŶ͘ 'ƌĞŐĂƌŝŽƵƐ ƚƌĂŵ ĚƌŝǀĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ Ăƚ LJŽƵƌ ďĞĐŬ ĂŶĚ ĐĂůů͘ Housekeepers smile and ĚĞůŝŐŚƚ͘ dŚĞ ǁĂŝƚ ƐƚĂī ŬŶŽǁƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ͘ ƐŬ ĨŽƌ ĂŶLJƚŚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ LJŽƵ ƐŚĂůů ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ͘
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