Michigan Golf Journal August 2018

'ƌŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ 'ĂŵĞ ͞/ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ͕ ĂŶĚ /͛ŵ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ƚŽ grandkids coming out here to ƉůĂLJ ĂŶĚ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ŵĂŶLJ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ members who have grown ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ďƵƚ ǁŝƚŚ ůŝƩůĞ ŽŶĞƐ coming along, will use these,” she said. A goal is for tees to be a very ƐƵďƚůĞ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ for mowing right along with the fairway cuts but elevated ĂŶLJǁŚĞƌĞ ƵƉ ƚŽ ϵ ŝŶĐŚĞƐ ƚŽ ƐĞƚ ƚŚĞŵ ĂƉĂƌƚ ĨƌŽŵ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ͛ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ŽĨ ƐŝŵƉůLJ ƉůĂĐŝŶŐ Ă ƚĞĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƌ ŝŶ Ă ƌĂŶĚŽŵ ŇĂƚ ƐƉŽƚ on the fairway. ͞tĞ͛ƌĞ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ŝƚ Ă ƐƚĞƉ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ by making it a golf course for ŬŝĚƐ͕ ĨŽƌ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ͕ for us to use for all of our ƉůĂLJ ʹ ŵĂLJďĞ Ă ƉĂƌ ϯ ĞǀĞŶƚ͕ Žƌ ĨŽƌ ĐŽƵƉůĞƐ͕ Žƌ Ă ĨƵŶ ŵĞŵďĞƌͲ guest event. This gives us so ŵƵĐŚ ŇĞdžŝďŝůŝƚLJ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƚŚĂƚ͕͟ Koats said, and adding that the ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚ ŽĨ Ă ϲͲŚŽůĞ ůŽŽƉ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ŝŶ ƵŶĚĞƌ ĂŶ ŚŽƵƌ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ŽƉƟŽŶƐ͘ ͞tĞ ĨĞĞů ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƚĞĞƐ ĂƌĞ Ă ǁĂLJ ƚŽ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ ŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŽƉƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ the area.” DĂƩŚĞǁƐ ƐƚĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ũƵƐƚ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƚŽ make inroads into such Grow ƚŚĞ 'ĂŵĞ ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚƐ͘ ͞ZĂŝůƐŝĚĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ / ŬŶŽǁ ŽĨ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƚĞƐ Ă ƐĞƚ ŽĨ ƚĞĞƐ ĨŽƌ Ă ƉĂƌ ϯ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϴͲ ŚŽůĞ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕͟ DĂƩŚĞǁƐ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞dŚŝƐ ǁŝůů ǁŽƌŬ ĨŽƌ ũƵŶŝŽƌƐ͕ ďĞŐŝŶŶĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ young families. Or maybe even taking the father-in-law out for Ă ŐĂŵĞ ŚĞ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ͘ KŶĞ ŽĨ the reasons it will work is that ŝƚ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ĨƵŶ͘ EŽ ŚĂŶĚŝĐĂƉƐ ƚŽ worry about. Less tedious golf. EŽ ĚƌŝǀĞƌ͕ ϯͲǁŽŽĚ͕ ϯͲǁŽŽĚ͕ ϱͲŝƌŽŶ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĞŶ͘͟ Noah Jackson, age 8 and brother Luke, age 9, are ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵď͛Ɛ W' Junior League. Luke recently won his overall age division ;ĂŶĚ ƉƵƫŶŐͿ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƌŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ƌŝǀĞ͕ ŚŝƉ ĂŶĚ WƵƩ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ŝŶ 'ƌĂŶĚ ,ĂǀĞŶ͘ ͞/ƚ͛Ɛ ĨƵŶ ŚŝƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďĂůů ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĨƵŶ ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ŚŽǁ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ the game,” said Luke, whose dream is making the PGA Tour. ͞/ƚ͛Ɛ ĨƵŶ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ ĂƐ Ă ĨĂŵŝůLJ͕ ĂŶĚ we can do a scramble.”