Michigan Golf Journal August 2018

'ƌŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ 'ĂŵĞ Growing the game of golf and making it more fun, more ƌĞůĞǀĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ƚŽ ŵŽƌĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŬŝĐŬĞĚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ĂŶĚ ĂĚŽƉƚĞĚ ŝŶ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ǁĂLJƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ Žƌ ƐŽ͕ ĂƐ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ŐŽůĨĞƌ ĚĞŵŽŐƌĂƉŚŝĐƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ĂŐĞ͘ ZĂŝůƐŝĚĞ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď͕ Ă ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ ŝŶ ǁĞƐƚ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͕ ŝƐ ĚŽŝŶŐ ŝƚƐ ƉĂƌƚ ďLJ ŝŶĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƟŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ŝƚƐ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ϮϬϮϬ ŵĂƐƚĞƌ ƉůĂŶ ʹ ǁŝƚŚ ƌƵĐĞ DĂƩŚĞǁƐ /// ĂƐ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌ ʹ Ă ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ĨŽƌ ŶŽǁ ĐĂůůĞĚ “Family Tees” (a contest to ĐŽŵĞ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƉĞƌŵĂŶĞŶƚ ŶĂŵĞ ŝƐ LJĞƚ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞͿ͘ &ƌĂŶŬůLJ ƚŚĞLJ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŬĞĞƉ it, as Family Tees seems ƚŽ ŝĚĞŶƟĨLJ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞdžŝƐƚĞŶĐĞ ʹ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞ ŵƵůƟƉůĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ŐŽůĨ͕ from elementary school to ƌĞƟƌĞŵĞŶƚ͘ ,ĞĂĚ ƉƌŽ DĂƩ <ŽĂƚƐ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƚĂů ĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ƵŶĚĞƌ ϯ͕ϬϬϬ LJĂƌĚƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽƌƚĞƐƚ tee at 80 yards, and the ůŽŶŐĞƐƚ ŝƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ϮϮϱ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌ ĮǀĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ϭϴ ƚĞĞƐ͛ ĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŐƌĞĞŶƐ ĂƌĞ ƐĞƚ ƵƉ ƚŽ ƉƌŽƉŽƌƟŽŶĂůůLJ ŵĂƚĐŚ ĞĂĐŚ ŚŽůĞ͛Ɛ ĨƵůů ůĞŶŐƚŚ͘ Member Terri DeBoer, who ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞƌ ŚƵƐďĂŶĚ ŚĞůƉĞĚ get three of her now-adult children into golf (including ĚĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ :ĂƋƵĞůŝŶĞ ǁŚŽ ƉůĂLJĞĚ at Ferris State and son Jacob ǁŚŽ ƉůĂLJĞĚ Ăƚ ĂůǀŝŶ ŽůůĞŐĞͿ͕ would generally start them at ƚŚĞ ϭϱϬͲŵĂƌŬĞƌ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚLJƉŝĐĂůůLJ ŵĞĂŶƚ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ club on every hole. The new variety of tee distances gives ůĞĂƌŶĞƌƐ ŵĂŶLJ ĐůƵď ŽƉƟŽŶƐ͘ Z />^/ 'K>& >h ͵ >> /E d, & D/>z Έd ^Ή By Tom Lang