Michigan Golf Journal March 2018

Youth on Course For 13-year-old Isaac Haley, having a golf club in his hands has become much more fun ƚŚĂŶ ŚŝƐ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ƉĂƐƟŵĞ Ͷ thanks to the numerous extra rounds of golf he played in ϮϬϭϳ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ zŽƵƚŚ ŽŶ ŽƵƌƐĞ ;zŽ Ϳ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͘ “I used to sit around and play ǁŝƚŚ ZƵďŝŬ͛Ɛ ƵďĞ Ă ůŽƚ͕ ďƵƚ ŶŽǁ /͛ŵ ƌĞĂůůLJ ŐĞƫŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ŐŽůĨ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŵLJ ZƵďŝŬ͛Ɛ ƵďĞ Ă ůŽƚ ůĞƐƐ͕͟ ƚŚĞ LJŽƵŶŐ Williamston teen said, adding that his nine-hole scores dropped from a 55 average into the 40s. zŽƵƚŚ ŽŶ ŽƵƌƐĞ ǁĂƐ ĮƌƐƚ developed more than a decade ĂŐŽ ďLJ ƚŚĞ EŽƌƚŚĞƌŶ ĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂ 'ŽůĨ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ƐŝŶĐĞ expanded to several other states, including Michigan. dŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĚŽŶĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ' D &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ͕ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŶŐ ŐŽůĨ courses get reimbursed for ƚŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ĐŽƐƚ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ normal youth greens fees and Ψϱ ŬŝĚƐ ƉĂLJ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ ǁŝƚŚ zŽƵƚŚ ŽŶ ŽƵƌƐĞ͘ WĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŶŐ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ ǁŝŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŶĚƉŽŝŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƐĂĐƌŝĮĐĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ďŽƩŽŵ ůŝŶĞ ƚŽŽ ŵƵĐŚ ǁŚŝůĞ ĮůůŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ŽƉĞŶ ƚĞĞ ƟŵĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌ ďĂƐĞ͘ dŚĞ ' D &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ǁĂƐ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ ƚŽ pursue programming that helps YOUTH ON COURSE GETS KIDS OFF THE COUCH By Tom Lang WŚŽƚŽ ƌĞĚŝƚ͗ ,KhZ DĞĚŝĂ