Michigan Golf Journal February 2018

&ĞĂƚƵƌĞ ^ƚŽƌLJ Many would say that winning ƚǁŽ h͘^͘ KƉĞŶ͛Ɛ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ Ă ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ƉŝŶŶĂĐůĞ͕ ďƵƚ DĂůůŽŶ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĞ >W' ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĞdžĐŝƟŶŐ͘ ͞dŚŽƐĞ KƉĞŶƐ ĂƌĞ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ǀĞƌLJ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů͕͟ ƐŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ͞ďƵƚ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŵĂũŽƌ ƚŚĂƚ / ǁŽŶ ǁĂƐ ƌĞĂůůLJ͕ really cool. It was one of those ƟŵĞƐ LJŽƵ ĚƌĞĂŵ ŽĨ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ Ăůů ƚŚƌĞĞ ŽĨ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ƟĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ŚŽůĞ ĂŶĚ LJŽƵ Ăůů ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƉƵƩ ƚŽ win a major. I was the last one to ƉƵƩ ĂŶĚ ŵĂĚĞ ŝƚ ;Ă ϭϱͲĨŽŽƚ ďŝƌĚŝĞͿ and won. So that was just so ĞdžĐŝƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ǁŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ĚƌĞĂŵ about as a kid. So that stands out ĂƐ ŵŽƐƚ ĞdžĐŝƟŶŐ͘͟ ͞dŚĞ KƉĞŶƐ ĂƌĞ ƚŽƵŐŚ ʹ ƚŚĞLJ wear you out. You’re the last one to survive is basically how you ĨĞĞů Ăƚ ĂŶ KƉĞŶ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ / ůŽǀĞ ʹ / ůŽǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ŐŽůĨ͘ dŚĞ KƉĞŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůLJ ŐŽƩĞŶ ŵĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ͘ ͞ Ƶƚ ŵLJ ĨĂǀŽƌŝƚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ ŝŶ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ^ŽůŚĞŝŵ ƵƉƐ͕ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ hŶŝƚĞĚ ^ƚĂƚĞƐ͕͟ DĂůůŽŶ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ͘ ͞dŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ always my goal, to be on the team, so it was great to make 8 ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ͕͟ ĨƌŽŵ ϭϵϵϮͲϮϬϬϱ͘ DĂůůŽŶ ůĂƚĞƌ ĐĂƉƚĂŝŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϯ h͘^͘ ^ŽůŚĞŝŵ ƵƉͲǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ƚĞĂŵ͘ “Meg is awesome and I am so ŐůĂĚ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͕͟ >W' ƉůĂLJĞƌ ƌŝƩĂŶLJ >ĂŶŐ ƚŽůĚ MGJ . “She is so deserving of the Hall of Fame ŝŶĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŚŽŶŽƌ͘ ,Ğƌ ƉŽƐŝƟǀŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐŵ ŵĂĚĞ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϯ ^ŽůŚĞŝŵ ƵƉ Ă ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ŵĞŵŽƌLJ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ƚĞĂŵ͘͟ >W' ƉƌŽ ^ƚĂĐLJ >ĞǁŝƐ ĂĚĚĞĚ͗ “She has been a good friend and mentor of mine since my rookie LJĞĂƌ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ ŚŽŶŽƌ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ ĨŽƌ DĞŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϯ ^ŽůŚĞŝŵ ƵƉ͘ ^ŚĞ ůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŐƌĂĐĞ ĂŶĚ always had a smile on her face.” 'ƌŽǁŝŶŐ ƵƉ Ă DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶĚĞƌ͗ DĂůůŽŶ ǁĂƐ ďŽƌŶ ŝŶ ŽƐƚŽŶ ďƵƚ the family moved to Michigan ǁŚĞŶ ƐŚĞ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ ŝŶĨĂŶƚ͘ dŚĞ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ of her junior year at Farmington Hills Mercy, her and some friends ĂƐŬĞĚ ŶĞǁ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ sŝĐŬŝ <ŽǁĂůƐŬŝ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĐŚŽŽů ƐƉŽŶƐŽƌ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ a golf team. “Mercy wouldn’t let us be a team but we could be a club and ĂƐ ůŽŶŐ ĂƐ ǁĞ ƉĂŝĚ ƚŚĞ ĨĞĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ into the state tournament we ĐŽƵůĚ ƉůĂLJ ƐƚĂƚĞǁŝĚĞ͕͟ DĂůůŽŶ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞^Ž͕ ǁĞ ŐĂƚŚĞƌĞĚ ϱ Žƌ ϲ ŐŝƌůƐ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ ĂŶĚ ĚƌŽǀĞ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ ĨŽƌ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ŵĂƚĐŚĞƐ Ăƚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ high schools. It was really fun in the beginning to do that and now DĞƌĐLJ ŚĂƐ Ă ĨƵůů ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƌĞĂůůLJ ŶĞĂƚ ŚŽǁ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŐƌŽǁŶ ;Ϯ ƐƚĂƚĞ ƟƚůĞƐ ĂŶĚ Ϯ ƌƵŶŶĞƌƐ ƵƉͿ͘͟ “It was a great four years ;ĂƩĞŶĚŝŶŐ DĞƌĐLJͿ ĂŶĚ /͛ŵ ƐƟůů best friends with my school friends.”