Michigan Golf Journal April 2018

Michigan Golf Journal Tom Lang Publisher/Editor It’s an old saying in Michigan that if the Masters tournament has arrived, so has a new golf season for the 'ƌĞĂƚ >ĂŬĞƐ͘ tŚŝůĞ ǁĞ ƐƟůů ǁŝůů ƐƵīĞƌ ƐŽŵĞ ĐŽůĚ ĚĂLJƐ ŚĞƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ ŐŽůĨ͘ Our cover photo – thanks to Melanie Lewis of Alma – ƌĞŵŝŶĚƐ ƵƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂƵƚLJ ŽĨ ƵŐƵƐƚĂ EĂƟŽŶĂů ƵƐŚĞƌŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ ŐŽůĨ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ W' dŽƵƌ ŽĸĐŝĂůůLJ began its season in October, for us amateurs now is our ƟŵĞ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĂŶƟŵĞ͕ ŐŽ ƚŽ ƉĂŐĞƐ ϭϬͲϭϱ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ǁŚĂƚ Michigan golfers Dan Pohl and Randy Lewis have to say about their Masters’ memories. Many experts have declared that the state of golf is very ƐŽůŝĚ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŶŽǁ͕ ƌĂŶŐŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ĞdžƉĂŶĚŝŶŐ LJŽƵƚŚ ŽƉƟŽŶƐ and interest, all the way up the TV ladder to the fact Tiger Woods is making a comeback – again. I never really liked Tiger in his heyday, not so much for his personal choices but more for the fact that on the course he used bad language, threw clubs and acted very distant towards fans. I will admit the newer version of Tiger seems to be more relaxed, more in touch with the average person and he seems to be having fun. Those are all good things for him, and that makes it good for golf overall. Also displaying promise for the game is a new study showing that younger people – millennials – are looking at joining clubs. The ƐƵƌǀĞLJ ŽĨ Ϯ͕Ϯϳϱ ĂĐƟǀĞ͕ ĂǀŝĚ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ĂŐĞĚ ƉƌŝŵĂƌŝůLJ ϭϴͲϮϱ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ United States found that nearly half (48%) would consider joining a ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ĐůƵď ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ ϯͲϭϬ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ Don’t miss out on so many other stories in this month’s issue, like: ͻ Two college players making their mark ͻ ^ƵƉĞƌ^ƚƌŽŬĞ͛Ɛ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ŐŽůĨ ͻ Will the City of Detroit save or kill golf? ͻ The LPGA Tour coming to Michigan Thank you for reading about these and other Michigan golf stories ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ͛Ɛ ŽŶůLJ ŵŽŶƚŚůLJ ŐŽůĨ ŶĞǁƐ ƉƵďůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ʹ ƚŚĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ Golf Journal.Golf Journal. SPRING HAS SPRUNG www. ŵŝĐŚŝŐĂŶŐŽůłŽƵƌŶĂů .com ŵŝĐŚŝŐĂŶŐŽůłŽƵƌŶĂů @gmail.com ΛD/ŐŽůłŽƵƌŶĂů