Michigan Golf Journal July 2018

PGA Tour in Detroit Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ĚŽǁŶͲƚƌŽĚĚĞŶ ĂƌĞĂ ŽĨ ĂƐƚ >ĂŬĞ͕ outside Atlanta, GA. ͞dƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂůůLJ͕ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ W' dŽƵƌ ŚĂƐ ůŝŬĞĚ is helping revitalize downtown areas, places that have been hard pressed, kind of like East >ĂŬĞ ǁĂƐ͕͟ 'ŝůůŝƐ ƐĂŝĚ ŝŶ Ɖƌŝů͕ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ dŽƵƌ͛Ɛ announcement. “That area they have completely built schools and churches and housing. (East >ĂŬĞ ŝƐͿ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƉůĂĐĞ ŶŽǁ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞĚ ƚŽ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ dKhZ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ŐŽƚ ŐŽŝŶŐ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ͘͟ The opportunity straddling the narrow road ƐĞƉĂƌĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď and the public Palmer Park could become one ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞͬƉƵďůŝĐ ĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ region if the people in leadership are willing to work together for the good of the game, rather ƚŚĂŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŐŽŽĚ ŽĨ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ͘ KŶůLJ ƟŵĞ ǁŝůů ƚĞůů͘