Michigan Golf Journal August 2018

'ƵĞƐƚ ĚŝƚŽƌŝĂů ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƵŐƵƐƚ before school starts. ŶLJŽŶĞ ĐůĂŝŵŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĐĂƌĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ďŽLJƐ ĐŽŵƉĞƟŶŐ ŝŶ ŐŽůĨ ŬŶŽǁƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞ ĐŽŵƉƌŽŵŝƐĞƐ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞLJ ŵŽƐƚ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ĨŽĐƵƐ ŽŶ ƐĐŚŽŽů͘ WĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ĞĐůŝŶĞ ʹ No ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƉŽƌƚ ŚĂƐ ƐĞĞŶ ĂƐ ƌĂƉŝĚ Ă ĚĞĐůŝŶĞ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ĂƐ ŽLJƐ Golf. These young men are the future of the game and yet we require them to fall in love with ŝƚ ǁŚŝůĞ ƉƌĂĐƟĐŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŚĂůůǁĂLJƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ďƵŶĚůŝŶŐ ƵƉ ŝŶ ƐĞǀĞŶ layers to head outside to ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞ ŝŶ ƐŶŽǁ ŇƵƌƌŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƵďͲϰϬ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶƐ͘ /Ɛ ŝƚ ĂŶLJ ǁŽŶĚĞƌ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ ĨĞǁĞƌ and fewer boys come out to ŐŽůĨ͍ dŚŝƐ ƚƌĞŶĚ ƉŽƌƚĞŶĚƐ ǀĞƌLJ ŶĞŐĂƟǀĞůLJ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ďŽƚŚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽů ůĞǀĞů ĂŶĚ ďĞLJŽŶĚ͘ dŚĞ ƐŽůƵƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ͘ ŽƚŚ ŽLJƐ ĂŶĚ 'ŝƌůƐ 'ŽůĨ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ĐĂŶ ʹ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ʹ ďĞ ŚĞůĚ ĐŽŶĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůLJ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂůů͘ Matches could be held ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƵŐƵƐƚ ĂŶĚ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ without interference from ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ůĞĂŐƵĞƐ͘ džƚĞŶĚĞĚ ĚĂLJůŝŐŚƚ ŵĞĂŶƐ ĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵ ƟŵĞ would be valued instead of ƐŬŝƉƉĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ ʹ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ State Finals. /ƚ͛Ɛ ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ legal mechanics that currently limit the changing of any MHSAA ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƐĂŶŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ fairness to be restored.