Michigan Golf Journal February 2018

Michigan News 4 MICHIGAN zKhd, , /E' dK THE MASTERS LJ dŽŵ >ĂŶŐ E d/KE > Z/s ͕ ,/W E Whdd &/E >^ EŽ ĨŽŽůŝŶ͛ ʹ ŽŶ Ɖƌŝů ϭ͕ ƚǁŽ ďŽLJƐ and two girls from Michigan will ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝǀĞ͕ ŚŝƉ ĂŶĚ WƵƩ EĂƟŽŶĂů ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ Ăƚ ƵŐƵƐƚĂ EĂƟŽŶĂů 'ŽůĨ ůƵď ƚŽ ŬŝĐ Ŭ Žī DĂƐƚĞƌƐ ǁĞĞŬ͘ ůů ĨŽƵƌ ǁŽŶ their age and gender divisions at ƚŚĞ ƌĞŐŝŽŶĂůƐ Ăƚ DƵŝƌĮĞůĚ sŝůůĂŐĞ ŝŶ KŚŝŽ ŝŶ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ŐƌŽǁŶ ŝŶ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ĂŶ ĂŶŶƵĂů ƐƚĂƉůĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ 'ŽůĨ ŚĂŶŶĞů͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂŶLJ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ʹ ůŝŬĞ ƵďďĂ tĂƚƐŽŶ͕ ĚĂŵ ^ĐŽƩ ĂŶĚ :ŽƌĚĂŶ ^ƉŝĞƚŚ ʹ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ďLJ ƚŽ ĐŚĞĞƌ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ LJŽƵƚŚ ĂŶĚ ŚĂŶĚ ŽƵƚ ƚƌŽƉŚŝĞƐ͘ ƵŐƵƐƚĂ EĂƟŽŶĂů ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϯ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ PGA of America and the USGA ƚŽ ƚƌLJ ƐƉƵƌƌŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ŝŶ golf among youth using the three fundamental skills in golf. DŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ Ăƚ͗ ǁǁǁ͘ĚƌŝǀĞĐŚŝƉĂŶĚƉƵƩ͘ĐŽŵ Georgia Bosart, Clarkston, age 11 : 'ĞŽƌŐŝĂ ŝƐ Ă ďĂƐŬĞƚďĂůů ƉŽŝŶƚ ŐƵĂƌĚ ŽŶ Ă ƚƌĂǀĞůŝŶŐ ƚĞĂŵ ʹ ƚŚĞ EŽƌƚŚ KĂŬůĂŶĚ tŽůĨƉĂĐŬ ʹ ďƵƚ ƚŽŽŬ ƵƉ ŐŽůĨ ĂƐ Ă ĨĂŵŝůLJ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ĂĐƟǀŝƚLJ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞLJ ůŝǀĞ Ăƚ Oakhurst Golf and CC. She won Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƐƚƌŝĐƚ ůĞǀĞů ŝŶ ŚĞƌ ĮƌƐƚ ƚƌLJ Ăƚ ĂŐĞ ϵ ĂŌĞƌ ƚĂŐŐŝŶŐ ĂůŽŶŐ to DCP with her dad and older brother. She likes watching Fixer Upper ŽŶ ds͕ ƐĂLJƐ :ŽƌĚĂŶ ^ƉŝĞƚŚ is her favorite golfer and she has already broken 90 for 18 holes. ͞tŚĞŶ ƐŚĞ Śŝƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŐŝŽŶĂů ĮŶĂů ;Ăƚ DƵŝƌĮĞůĚͿ͕ ƐŚĞ ǁĂƐ ŇĂƚ ŽƵƚ ŝŶ the zone, like I have never seen. It was so much fun to watch,” said her father, Robert. “It was such an ĞdžĐŝƟŶŐ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŚĞƌ ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞ ĂŶĚ ǁŝŶ ͙ tĞ ǁĂŶƚ ŚĞƌ ƚŽ ĚŽ ǁĞůů at Augusta, but we don’t need anything more than for her to just ƐŚŽǁ ƵƉ͖ ũƵƐƚ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ awesome.”