Michigan Golf Journal March 2018

:ƵŶŝŽƌ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ŝŶ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ looking for fun events Žƌ ŚŝŐŚůLJͲĐŽŵƉĞƟƟǀĞ tournaments – or both – ŚĂǀĞ Ă ŚƵŐĞ ƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ĐŚŽƐĞ ĨƌŽŵ͘ dŚĂƚ ƌĞĂůůLJ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐĞ ǁŚĞŶ ZŽůůĂ &ƌŝƐŝŶŐĞƌ ĮƌƐƚ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ '͘K͘>͘&͘ ʹ Žƌ 'ĂŵĞ KĨ LJŽƵƌ >ŝĨĞ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ʹ ŶŽǁ heading into its 25 th season. ͞dŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ Ă ŚƵŐĞ ǀŽŝĚ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϰ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝůĞ ǁĞ had some of the best juniors in the state playing in our ĂƌĞĂ ; ŽůĚǁĂƚĞƌͿ ƚŚĞLJ ŚĂĚ ŶŽ ƌĞĂů ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁ ƚŚĞŝƌ talents or an avenue to play ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͕͟ &ƌŝƐŝŶŐĞƌ ƐĂŝĚ about launching the current DĞŝũĞƌ :ƵŶŝŽƌ WůĂLJĞƌƐ dŽƵƌ ĨŽƌ ĂŐĞƐ ϳͲϭϱ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĂůůĂǁĂLJ :ƵŶŝŽƌ dŽƵƌ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ďLJ DĞŝũĞƌ͕ ĨŽƌ ĂŐĞƐ ϭϱͲϭϵ͘ ͞ ƚ ŽŶĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ǁĞ ŚĂĚ ŽǀĞƌ Ϯ͕ϬϬϬ ŬŝĚƐ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŶŐ ;ϮϬϬϯͿ ďĞĨŽƌĞ Ă ďĂĚ ĞĐŽŶŽŵLJ Śŝƚ͘͟ ǀĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ of junior events and tours that have popped up this 21 st ĐĞŶƚƵƌLJ ĂŶĚ ƐƉůŝƚ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ youth players have available, '͘K͘>͘&͘ ƐƟůů ŚĂĚ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ϴϬϬ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϳ͘ “Our mission is to professionally run golf tournaments to give the kids an opportunity to play ƚŽƉͲŶŽƚĐŚ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ͕ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ courses, private courses too ʹ ǁŝƚŚ ƉůĂLJĞƌ ĮĞůĚƐ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ DŝĚǁĞƐƚ͕͟ Frisinger added. “In my ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ͕ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ makes or breaks you, as it does JUNIOR GOLF TOURNAMENTS ABOUND By Tom Lang Junior Golf