Michigan Golf Journal February 2018

&ĞĂƚƵƌĞ ^ƚŽƌLJ dŚĞ ϭϵϴϯ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ŵĂƚĞƵƌ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ŚĞůƉĞĚ launch an incredible World Golf Hall of Fame career no one really saw coming, not even the winner ŚĞƌƐĞůĨ ʹ DĞŐ DĂůůŽŶ͘ “Probably no one was more ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞĚ ƚŚĂŶ / ǁĂƐ͕͟ DĂůůŽŶ ƐĂŝĚ about that amateur victory during ŚĞƌ ĞĂƌůLJ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ ͞ Ƶƚ / ŬĞƉƚ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ ŵĂƚĐŚ ĂŌĞƌ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ and it was really fun. “Even though I learned golf at a young age with lessons when I was 7 or 8 years old, golf was ůŝŬĞ ŵLJ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ ƐƉŽƌƚ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ƵƉ in Michigan,” Mallon added in ƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ ďĂƐŬĞƚďĂůů͕ ƐŽŌďĂůů ĂŶĚ ƚĞŶŶŝƐ͘ ͞dŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƌĞĂů thing I ever won, so it gave me a ůŝƩůĞ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ŵLJ ŐĂŵĞ͘͟ ůŝƩůĞ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞŶƚ Ă very long way. dŚĞ ĨĂůů ŽĨ ͛ϴϯ DĂůůŽŶ ũƵŵƉĞĚ into the Ohio State University ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ůŝŶĞƵƉ͕ ƐŽŽŶ ĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ƚǁŽͲƟŵĞ ůůͲ ŝŐ dĞŶ ŚŽŶŽƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůLJ ǁŽŶ ϭϴ ƟŵĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ >W' dŽƵƌ͘ /Ŷ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ she was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame based on a career that include four major ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ͕ ƚǁŽ ŽĨ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĞƌĞ h͘^͘ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ KƉĞŶƐ ;ϭϵϵϭ ĂŶĚ ϮϬϬϰͿ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ͚ϵϭ >W' ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ͘ MICHIGAN’S MEG D >>KE͗ tKZ> 'K>& HALL OF FAMER KE ͳKEͳKE d >< t/d, D/ ,/' E 'K>& :KhZE > LJ dŽŵ >ĂŶŐ