Michigan Golf Journal March 2018

Michigan Golf Journal On February 20 th , the temperature in southeast Michigan peaked at over 60 degrees. What a tease. The temperatures quickly returned to normal for this ƟŵĞ ŽĨ LJĞĂƌ ďƵƚ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ǁĞ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ Ă ŐůŝŵƉƐĞ Ăƚ ǁŚĂƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ƐŽŽŶ ďĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ǁĂƌŵĞƌ ĚĂLJƐ ĂŶĚ Ă ƐƚĂƌƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ŐŽůĮŶŐ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĂŶƟŵĞ͕ ĐŚĞĐŬ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŽŶƚŚ͛Ɛ ĞĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ 'ŽůĨ :ŽƵƌŶĂů͕ ŽƵƌ ƐƚĂƚĞ͛Ɛ ŽŶůLJ ŵŽŶƚŚůLJ ŐŽůĨ ŶĞǁƐ ŵĂŐĂnjŝŶĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ĞĚŝƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ĞŵƉŚĂƐŝƐ ŽŶ youth golf , through ' D͛Ɛ zŽƵƚŚ ŽŶ ŽƵƌƐĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǀĂŶƐ ^ĐŚŽůĂƌƐ ǁŝŶŶĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƵƌ ƉĂŐĞƐ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚ͕ ŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŽŶ LJŽƵƚŚ ŐŽůĨ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ͘ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŚĞĂƌƚǁĂƌŵŝŶŐ ƐƚŽƌLJ is the Eagles for Children program implemented by several SE Michigan private clubs. dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ Ă ůĞŶŐƚŚLJ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ŽŶ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͛Ɛ Mike DeVries , a laid- ďĂĐŬ ŶŽƌƚŚĞƌŶ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ŶĂƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ǁŚŽ ŚĂƐ ƚƌĂǀĞůĞĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ĚĞƐŝŐŶŝŶŐ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůĞ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƵƐ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŶĞǀĞƌ see, but there are plenty of his masterpieces right here in Michigan to explore. ŌĞƌ Ă ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ƚƌŝƉ ƚŽ &ůŽƌŝĚĂ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ PGA Merchandise Show , / ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ĨĞǁ ǀĞŶĚŽƌƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ĂŶĚ Ă couple courses to try – Streamsong and Eaglebrooke – especially ŝĨ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ŚĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƐŽƵƚŚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ >ĂŬĞůĂŶĚ ĂƌĞĂ ĨŽƌ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ dŝŐĞƌƐ͛ spring training. Ladies also need to check out an event designed especially for you ŽŶ DĂLJ ϮϬ ŶĞĂƌ ^ƚ͘ :ŽŚŶƐ Ăƚ dŚĞ ŵĞƌĂůĚ͘ Keep persevering Michiganders – golf season is almost here. GOLF SEASON IS SOON UPON US ǁǁǁ . ŵŝĐŚŝŐĂŶŐŽůłŽƵƌŶĂů .com ŵŝĐŚŝŐĂŶŐŽůłŽƵƌŶĂů @gmail.com ΛD/ŐŽůłŽƵƌŶĂů Tom Lang DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ 'ŽůĨ :ŽƵƌŶĂů