Michigan Golf Journal August 2018

ĚĂƉƟǀĞ 'ŽůĨ ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ŵĞ get awareness out there for D^͛͘͟ Dowsett also has his ĨŝŶŐĞƌƉƌŝŶƚƐ Ăůů ŽǀĞƌ ĂŶ ĂĚĂƉƚŝǀĞ ŐŽůĨ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ƚĂŬĞ ƉůĂĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ Aug. 20-24 at The Fortress in Frankenmuth (see details ŽŶ ƉĂŐĞ ϯϵͿ͘ The five-day event ;ƐĞĞ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽ ŽŶ ƉĂŐĞƐ Ϯϵ ĂŶĚ ϯϵͿ ŚŽƐƚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ h͘^͘ ĚĂƉƚŝǀĞ 'ŽůĨ Alliance will feature the EĂƚŝŽŶĂů ŵƉƵƚĞĞ 'ŽůĨ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ , the Senior EĂƚŝŽŶĂů ŵƉƵƚĞĞ KƉĞŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ h^ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƚŝŽŶĂů WĂƌĂͲ'ŽůĨ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ Ăůů on the same course. The event will also have a feature that Dowsett invented and the USAGA ĞŶĚŽƌƐĞĚ͘ /Ŷ ĂŶ ĞĨĨŽƌƚ to make golf more fun ĂŶĚ ĨĂƐƚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ĂĚĂƉƚŝǀĞ ƉĂƌƚŝĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ͕ ŽǁƐĞƚƚ ĐĂŵĞ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ ǁŚĂƚ ŚĞ ĐĂůůĞĚ the “Everybody Tee” for ĐŽŵƉĞƚŝƚŽƌƐ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ͘ The Everybody Tee is where everyone tees off from 200 yards away from ƚŚĞ ŚŽůĞ ŽŶ ƉĂƌͲϰƐ ĂŶĚ ϮϱϬ yards away from the hole ŽŶ ƉĂƌͲϱƐ͘ ͞/ƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ ĐĂƌĞ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ things,” Dowsett said. “This ƐƉĞĞĚƐ ƵƉ ƉůĂLJ͘ WĞŽƉůĞ ŚĂǀĞ more fun and they shoot ůŽǁĞƌ ƐĐŽƌĞƐ͘ /ƚ ƌĞĂůůLJ ĚŽĞƐ all three things in a big way. /ƚ͛Ɛ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ĨƵŶ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ ŐŽůĨ with the Everybody tee.” Dowsett said another feature of the tournament will be that each ĐŽŵƉĞƚŝƚŽƌ ǁŝůů ƐĂLJ ďĞĨŽƌĞ the tournament that their scoring goal is, and the ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ĐůŽƐĞƐƚ ƚŽ ĂĐŚŝĞǀŝŶŐ that goal will win. ͞/ƚ͛Ɛ ĨƵŶ ƚŽ ŐŽ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ that,” Dowsett said. Going forward, Dowsett also has another initiative ŚĞ ŝƐ ƉƵƐŚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ͘ tŚŝůĞ ŐŽůĨ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ Ă ƐƉŽƌƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ^ƵŵŵĞƌ KůLJŵƉŝĐƐ͕ ŝƚ ŚĂƐŶ͛ƚ ďĞĞŶ ŝŶƐƟƚƵƚĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ƐƉŽƌƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ WĂƌĂůLJŵƉŝĐƐ͘ hƐŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ :ĂƉĂŶ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŝƐ ĚĂLJƐ ĂƐ Ă ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů golfer there, and the fact ŚĞ ƐƉĞĂŬƐ ŇƵĞŶƚ :ĂƉĂŶĞƐĞ͕ ŽǁƐĞƩ ƐĂŝĚ ŚĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ USAGA are trying to organize Ă ƉĂƌĂͲŐŽůĨ ĞǀĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ WĂƌĂůLJŵƉŝĐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŚĞůĚ two years from now in Tokyo. Just like it has been with all his endeavors since being diagnosed with MS, ŽǁƐĞƩ͛Ɛ ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŝŶ ƉƵƌƐƵŝŶŐ ŐŽůĨ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă WĂƌĂůLJŵƉŝĐ ƐƉŽƌƚ͘ ͞/ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ƚŽ get back on the golf course,” he said.