Michigan Golf Journal February 2018

Michigan News ĂďŽƵƚ ƉƵƫŶŐ͕ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƐĐŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ͖ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ŐŽůĨ LJŽƵ ŵĂŬĞ ĐĂŶ ŵĂŬĞ ƵƉ ŵŽƌĞ ŐƌŽƵŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŐŽŽĚ ƉƵƫŶŐ͕͟ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ 8 th ͲŐƌĂĚĞƌ ǁŚŽ ƉůĂŶƐ ƚŽ ĂƩĞŶĚ ůŬ ZĂƉŝĚƐ ,ŝŐŚ ŶĞdžƚ ƐĐŚŽŽů LJĞĂƌ͘ ƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŐŽůĨ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ :ŽƐŚ ƉůĂLJƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ĮǀĞ ƌŽƵŶĚƐ ƉĞƌ ǁĞĞŬ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ƐĐŽƌĞĚ Ă ůŽǁ ϭϴͲŚŽůĞ round of 71. His dream foursome ŝƐ dŝŐĞƌ tŽŽĚƐ͕ >Ğ ƌŽŶ :ĂŵĞƐ ĂŶĚ :ĂƐŽŶ ĂLJ͘ ͞dŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ŵLJ ĨĂǀŽƌŝƚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕͟ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞/ ĨŽůůŽǁ ƚŚĞŵ on social media and I like to hear about them.” W: DĂLJďĂŶŬ͕ ŚĞďŽLJŐĂŶ͕ ĂŐĞ ϭϮ͗ W: ;WĞƚĞƌ :ĂŵĞƐͿ ŝƐ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƚƌŝƉ ƚŽ ƵŐƵƐƚĂ ĂŌĞƌ ƋƵĂůŝĨLJŝŶŐ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϱ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƟŵĞ͕ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ƐƚƵĚŝĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ of golf more intently and has read books by Arnold Palmer and Phil DŝĐŬĞůƐŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ůĂƩĞƌ ƉůƵƐ ZŝĐŬŝĞ Fowler and his father, Pete, would ŵĂŬĞ ƵƉ W:͛Ɛ ĚƌĞĂŵ ĨŽƵƌƐŽŵĞ͘ ͞W: ŝƐ Ă ǀĞƌLJ ĚƌŝǀĞŶ ŬŝĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŽů ƉĂƌƚ ŝƐ /͛ǀĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ĂƐŬ Śŝŵ ƚŽ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ Žƌ ŐŽ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐŽůĨ course,” father Pete Maybank said. ͞,Ğ͛Ɛ ƉƵƐŚĞĚ ƵƐ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ Śŝŵ͕ ĂŶĚ ůůŝƐŽŶ Ƶŝ͕ KŬĞŵŽƐ͕ ĂŐĞ ϭϯ͗ Allison has already made the most of a young career by ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŐŝƌůƐ ϭϯͲϭϱ ĂŐĞ ĚŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ' D :ƵŶŝŽƌ ^ƚƌŽŬĞ WůĂLJ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ůĂƐƚ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ and the 12 & under division in ϮϬϭϱ͘ ^ŚĞ ƐĂLJƐ ^ƚĂĐLJ >ĞǁŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŽůĞƐƚ ƉůĂLJĞƌ ŝŶ ŐŽůĨ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ͕ “she works hard and has a great ĂƫƚƵĚĞ͕͟ ĂĚĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ͞ƐŚĞ͛Ɛ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ŽŶ ĂŶĚ Žī ƚŚĞ course.” ůůŝƐŽŶ ƉůĂLJƐ ŶŽ ůĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ ĮǀĞ ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ʹ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ǀŽůůĞLJďĂůů͕ ƚƌĂĐŬ͕ ƚĞŶŶŝƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽĐĐĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ĮƌƐƚ tried golf at age 6 when her father ƚĂƵŐŚƚ ŚĞƌ ŚŽǁ ƚŽ ƉƵƩ͘ KƵƚƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ ŐŽůĨ ĂŶĚ ĂƚŚůĞƟĐƐ ƐŚĞ ĞŶũŽLJƐ ĚƌĂǁŝŶŐ͕ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉŝĂŶŽ ĂŶĚ ǀŝŽůŝŶ͘ ^ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ ĚƌŝǀŝŶŐ is her strongest golf skill. :ŽƐŚ >ĂǀĞůLJ͕ <ĞǁĂĚŝŶ͕ ĂŐĞ ϭϰ͗ :ŽƐŚ ƐĂŝĚ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ŶĞǀĞƌ ǁĂƚĐŚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƌŝǀĞ͕ ŚŝƉ ĂŶĚ WƵƩ ŽŶ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ ŚĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĨƌŽŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĐĞŶƚĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ĮƌƐƚͲĞǀĞƌ ƚƌŝƉ ƚŽ ƵŐƵƐƚĂ͘ ͞/Ŷ ƌŝǀĞ͕ ŚŝƉ ĂŶĚ WƵƩ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ăůů one of his goals was to get back to ƵŐƵƐƚĂ ĂŌĞƌ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƐŚŽƌƚ ůĂƐƚ ƟŵĞ͘ ^ĞĞŝŶŐ Śŝŵ ƐĞƚ Ă ŐŽĂů ŽŶ ŚŝƐ ŽǁŶ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŬĞ ŝƚ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ĨƌƵŝƟŽŶ ǁĂƐ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ͘͟ ZĞŐŝƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƌŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ Ă ϮϬϭϵ ƚƌŝƉ ƚŽ ƵŐƵƐƚĂ ŚĂƐ ďĞŐƵŶ Ăƚ ǁǁǁ͘ĚƌŝǀĞĐŚŝƉĂŶĚƉƵƩ͘ĐŽŵ͘ >ŽĐĂů ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŚĞůĚ͗ :ƵŶĞ ϮϮ tŚŝƐƉĞƌŝŶŐ tŝůůŽǁƐ͕ Livonia :ƵŶĞ Ϯϱ DŝĚůĂŶĚ ͕ DŝĚůĂŶĚ :ƵůLJ ϵ ĂLJ DĞĂĚŽǁƐ͕ Traverse City :ƵůLJ ϭϯ ŽƵůĚĞƌ ƌĞĞŬ͕ ĞůŵŽŶƚ :ƵůLJ ϭϲ WŚĞĂƐĂŶƚ ZƵŶ͕ ĂŶƚŽŶ :ƵůLJ Ϯϭ &Ždž ,ŝůůƐ >ĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ĞŶƚĞƌ͕ Plymouth :ƵůLJ Ϯϰ KĂŬ WŽŝŶƚĞ ͕ ƌŝŐŚƚŽŶ :ƵůLJ Ϯϲ 'ƌĂŶĚ ,ĂǀĞŶ ' ͕ Grand Haven :ƵůLJ ϯϭ ,ĂǁŬ ,ŽůůŽǁ͕ ĂƚŚ August 7 'Ƶůů >ĂŬĞ sŝĞǁ ZĞƐŽƌƚ͕ ĂƩůĞ ƌĞĞŬ