Michigan Golf Journal August 2018

ĚĂƉƟǀĞ 'ŽůĨ Seemingly invincible, having been a veteran of the United States Air Force and a member of the Asian Golf Tour back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Jimmy Dee ŽǁƐĞƩ͛Ɛ ǁŽƌůĚ ĂŶĚ ůŝĨĞ ĂŵďŝƟŽŶƐ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ƌŽƵŐŚůLJ 17 years ago. ŽǁƐĞƩ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ůĂƌŬƐƚŽŶ͕ came home to the United ^ƚĂƚĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ dŚĂŝůĂŶĚ ĂŌĞƌ ĮŶĚŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŚŝƐ ƐŝƐƚĞƌ ǁĂƐ diagnosed with breast cancer, but then suddenly another health scare came his way. ͞dŚƌĞĞ ĚĂLJƐ ĂŌĞƌ / ŚĂĚ ŐŽƩĞŶ Žī ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂŶĞ ĨƌŽŵ dŚĂŝůĂŶĚ͕ / ĐŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ƐĞĞ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ŵLJ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĞLJĞ͕͟ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞/ went into an eye doctor, who diagnosed me with MS.” D^ ŝƐ ƐŚŽƌƚ ĨŽƌ DƵůƟƉůĞ Sclerosis, a disease that disables the central nervous system, which the brain and ƐƉŝŶĂů ĐŽƌĚ ĂƌĞ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ͘ &ƌŽŵ ƚŚĂƚ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŽŶ͕ ŽǁƐĞƩ͛Ɛ ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ďĞĐĂŵĞ less about his golf career and more about the golf career ŽĨ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ďĂƩůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ disease as him. ŽǁƐĞƩ ĨŽƌŵĞĚ ͞DŽǀŝŶŐ ĂLJ ĨŽƌ D^͕͟ ĂŶ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞ where golfers at Tours around the world who have ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶƐ ǁĞĂƌ ŽƌĂŶŐĞ on “Moving Day,” either Saturday or Sunday, to ƉƌŽŵŽƚĞ D^͘ KƌĂŶŐĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŽĸĐŝĂů ĐŽůŽƌ of MS awareness. ŽǁƐĞƚƚ ƐĂŝĚ ŽŶĞ ƉůĂLJĞƌ who recently wore orange on a moving day was Barry Henson, an Asian Tour ƉůĂLJĞƌ ǁŚŽ ǁŽƌĞ ŽƌĂŶŐĞ during a Saturday at the /ŶĚŽŶĞƐŝĂŶ KƉĞŶ͘ “Many of my friends still ƉůĂLJ ŐŽůĨ ŽŶ ƚŽƵƌƐ Ăůů ĂƌŽƵŶĚ the world,” said Dowsett, who qualified for the Asian Tour in the late 90s while serving for the Air Force in :ĂƉĂŶ͘ ͞tŽŵĞŶ ĂŶĚ ŵĞŶ͘ / ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ͚,Žǁ ĐĂŶ / ŐĞƚ Wd/s 'K>& ' d^ s ZzKE /EsK>s LJ <ĞŝƚŚ ƵŶůĂƉ &ƌŽŵ ŵƉƵƚĞĞƐ ƚŽ KƚŚĞƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ DĂũŽƌ ,ĞĂůƚŚ ŚĂůůĞŶŐĞƐ