Michigan Golf Journal August 2018

^ƵŵŵĞƌ ZŽĂĚ dƌŝƉ Brad Dean – a former three- time Michigan PGA Teacher of ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ ʹ ŵĂĚĞ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌĞĞƌͲ ĚĞĨŝŶŝŶŐ ũƵŵƉ ĨƌŽŵ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ for others to owning his ŽǁŶ ƉůĂĐĞ Ă ůŝƚƚůĞ ůĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ ƚǁŽ LJĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ͘ ŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĐůĞĂƌ that the quaint, northern DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͕ /ŶƚĞƌůŽĐŚĞŶ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ŝƐ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ďĞƚƚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ŝƚ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ŝŶ ϭϵϲϱ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ŽŶĐĞ Ă ƐƚŽŵƉŝŶŐ ŐƌŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ,ĂůůͲŽĨͲ&ĂŵĞƌ tĂůƚĞƌ Hagen in his later years of life as a resident on nearby South Long Lake. KǀĞƌ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ƌĞĐĞƐƐŝŽŶ ƚŚĞ /ŶƚĞƌůŽĐŚĞŶ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶĞĚ as it should be – but Dean has revived it with the guidance ŽĨ ƐƵƉĞƌŝŶƚĞŶĚĞŶƚ ŚƌŝƐ ĂŶďƌŽŽŬ͘ dŚĞ ƚŽƚĂů ŐƵƫŶŐ and remodel of the clubhouse ŵĂŬĞƐ ŝƚ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĞƌ ƉůĂĐĞƐ ƚŽ ĞĂƚ ĂůŽŶŐ h^Ͳϯϭ ǁĞƐƚ ŽĨ dƌĂǀĞƌƐĞ ŝƚLJ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĂƉƚůLJ ŶĂŵĞĚ Bradley’s Pub and Grille . Dean honed his list of ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĂƐ Ă ŐŽůĨ ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƚŽƌ͕ ŐŽůĨ ĂĐĂĚĞŵLJ ĨŽƵŶĚĞƌ͕ ƉƌŽ ƐŚŽƉ ŵĞƌĐŚĂŶĚŝƐĞƌ͕ ŐŽůĨ ŽƉĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ manager, snow removal, and a ůŝƩůĞ ďŝƚ ŽĨ ĨŽŽĚ ĂŶĚ ďĞǀĞƌĂŐĞ ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ ʹ ĨŽƌ Ϯϯ LJĞĂƌƐ Ăƚ ƌLJƐƚĂů DŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ ZĞƐŽƌƚ ŝŶ ŶĞĂƌďLJ dŚŽŵƉƐŽŶǀŝůůĞ͘ ,Ğ ĞǀĞŶ ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϵϬƚŚ W' ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ Ăƚ KĂŬůĂŶĚ Hills 10 years ago, but now-a- ĚĂLJƐ ŽŶůLJ ƉůĂLJƐ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟǀĞůLJ ŝŶ /ŶƚĞƌůŽĐŚĞŶ͛Ɛ tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂLJ ŶŝŐŚƚ ůĞĂŐƵĞ͖ ŝƌŽŶŝĐĂůůLJ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂĐĞ ŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĞŶǀŝƐŝŽŶĞĚ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ an owner. ĞĂŶ ƐĂŝĚ ŚĞ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ to change anything in his life ďƵƚ ǁŚŝůĞ ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϲ ǁŝƚŚ some locals and the owner, ǁŚŽ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĞĂŶ ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͞/ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ĚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ĂŶLJŵŽƌĞ͘ /͛ǀĞ ƌƵŶ ŝƚ ĨŽƌ ϯϲ LJĞĂƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĚŽ LJŽƵ know anyone that might be ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ͍ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ũƵƐƚ turn it over to anyone who will come in and turn it into a subdivision.” Dean said later said he “crunched the numbers, looked ZĞďŝƌƚŚ ŽĨ /ŶƚĞƌůŽĐŚĞŶ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ By Tom Lang /ŶƚĞƌůŽĐŚĞŶ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ϴ ƚĞĞ