Michigan Golf Journal March 2018

Michigan News It had a humble beginning, but once Hal ĂŝŵĂ ŽĸĐŝĂůůLJ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ Eagles for Children and ŐŽƚ ĨĞůůŽǁ KĂŬůĂŶĚ ,ŝůůƐ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽŶ <ĞŐůĞLJ involved, the pair launched a local program that recently surpassed $1.19 million in giving to ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛Ɛ ĐŚĂƌŝƟĞƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ^ŽƵƚŚĞĂƐƚ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͘ ͞dŚĞ ŝĚĞĂ ŝƐ ƐŽ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ŝŵƉĂĐƞƵů ĂŶĚ ƐŽ much fun, that once a person understands the ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ / ŵŽƐƚ ŽŌĞŶ ŐĞƚ ĂƐŬĞĚ ŝƐ ͚ǁŚLJ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ĞǀĞƌLJ ĐůƵď ĚŽ ƚŚŝƐ͍͛͟ <ĞŐůĞLJ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞dŚĂƚ ŐŝǀĞƐ ƵƐ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƉĂƚŚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ŝĚĞĂů ǁŽƌůĚ ĞǀĞƌLJ ĐůƵď ǁŽƵůĚ ĚŽ ŝƚ͘͟ KŬĂLJ͕ ĚŽ ǁŚĂƚ ĞdžĂĐƚůLJ͍ dŚĞ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ ŝƐ ĐůƵď ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ĐŽŵŵŝƫŶŐ ƚŽ pledge money for every eagle that is scored by anyone at their club during the golf season. Each ĐůƵď ƚŚĞŶ ĚĞĐŝĚĞƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛Ɛ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ƚŚĞLJ ǁŝƐŚ ƚŽ ĨƵŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚŽŶĂƟŽŶƐ͘ 'ĞŶĞƌĂůůLJ͕ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ŵŝŶŝŵƵŵ ΨϮ pledge for each eagle, and in 2017 alone, Eagles for Children at eight Detroit-area private clubs combined to give $362,147 of grant money to 56 ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛Ɛ ĐŚĂƌŝƟĞƐ ʹ ďƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƚĂů ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͛Ɛ ŝŶĐĞƉƟŽŶ ƚŽ ũƵƐƚ ƐŚLJ ŽĨ Ψϭ͘Ϯ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ͘ KĂŬůĂŶĚ ,ŝůůƐ͕ tĂůŶƵƚ ƌĞĞŬ ĂŶĚ WŝŶĞ >ĂŬĞ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵďƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŝŶŝƟĂů ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ clubs to start in 2012. Since then they have ďĞĞŶ ũŽŝŶĞĚ ďLJ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ 'ŽůĨ ĂŶĚ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď͕ ZĞĚ ZƵŶ͕ ŽĨ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ͕ DĞĂĚŽǁďƌŽŽŬ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƌŵŝŶŐŚĂŵ ʹ ǁŝƚŚ KƌĐŚĂƌĚ >ĂŬĞ ĂŶĚ WůƵŵ ,ŽůůŽǁ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵďƐ ĂĚĚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϴ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ͗ ĂŝŵĂ ƐĂŝĚ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ĮƌƐƚ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ ďLJ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ W' dŽƵƌ ƐƚŽƉ ŝŶ DĞŵƉŚŝƐ͕ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ ^ƚ͘ :ƵĚĞ͛Ɛ ZĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ,ŽƐƉŝƚĂů͘ ds ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞƌƐ ŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ŚŽǁ ĂƉƉƌŽdžŝŵĂƚĞůLJ ϮϬ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ƉƌŽƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ W' ĂŶĚ >W' dŽƵƌƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ĚŽŶĂƚĞ Ψϭ͕ϬϬϬ ĨŽƌ ĂŶLJ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĞLJ ŵĂĚĞ ĂŶ ĞĂŐůĞ͘ EAGLES FOR CHILDREN NEARS $1.2 MILLION MARK By Tom Lang