Michigan Golf Journal August 2018

'ƌŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ 'ĂŵĞ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĞĂƐLJ ƚŽ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ of golf is in good hands if ǁĞ ĞdžĂŵŝŶĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐ ŽĨ zŽƵƚŚ ŽŶ ŽƵƌƐĞ͕ the PGA Jr. League – and locally ŝŶ tĞƐƚ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ƚŚĞ ĞdžƉůŽƐŝǀĞ ŐƌŽǁƚŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ :ƵŶŝŽƌ ĂŵƉ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ Ăƚ DĂƉůĞ ,ŝůů 'ŽůĨ ŝŶ Grandville. DĂƉůĞ ,ŝůů ŝƐ ĂŶ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ϭϴͲ ŚŽůĞ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĞdžƉĂŶĚĞĚ to include a wholesale and retail golf center now ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŶŐ ϰϬ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ Ƶƚ ŽŶĞ of its biggest successes is the :ƵŶŝŽƌ 'ŽůĨ ĂŵƉ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ŐƌŽǁŶ ŶĞĂƌůLJ ϰϬ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚ ŽǀĞƌ last year alone. Three sessions run during the summer, one week each in :ƵŶĞ͕ :ƵůLJ ĂŶĚ ƵŐƵƐƚ͕ ĨŽƌ ϯͲƚŽͲ ϰ ĚĂLJƐ Ăƚ Ă ƟŵĞ ĚĞƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ĂŐĞ͘ ŽLJƐ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƵƉ ϵϬ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ ďƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚĂŐĞ ŝƐ ϳϱ ĨŽƌ ďŽLJƐ ĂŶĚ Ϯϱ ĨŽƌ ŐŝƌůƐ͘ “And the market for kids we ĐĂůů ƚŚĞ ƉĞĞǁĞĞƐ͕ ĂŐĞ ϳ ĂŶĚ under, is through the roof,” said DĂƉůĞ ,ŝůů ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ŵĂŶĂŐĞƌ Jason Sanchez, who has led the :ƵŶŝŽƌ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ ĨŽƌ ĂďŽƵƚ ϭϮ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ ͞/ ƌĞĂůŝnjĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ŬŝĚƐ ƚŚĂƚ are reaching these younger ages graduated from high school or college in that era ǁŚĞƌĞ dŝŐĞƌ tŽŽĚƐ ĐĂŵĞ ŽŶ dŽƵƌ͕ ƐŽ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ůŝƩůĞ to do with it.” DĂƉůĞ ,ŝůů :ƵŶŝŽƌ WƌŽŐƌĂŵ ,ŝƚƐ EĞǁ ,ĞŝŐŚƚƐ