Michigan Golf Journal July 2018

Women’s Pro Golf commercial saying they have a championship for everyone and we were all screaming at the TV, ‘what about us?’ ͞dŚĞ ĨŝƌƐƚ ŽŶĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĨƵŶ͘ / don’t know if it will happen again for me but it’s great the USGA is doing this, and it can ŽŶůLJ ŚĞůƉ ƚŚĞ >ĞŐĞŶĚƐ dŽƵƌ͘͟ Crosby has run a Legends Tour event in Jackson for many years – the Wendy’s Charity Challenge. The Legend’s is considered the LPGA’s senior tour with many ŽůĚĞƌͲƐĞƚ ƉƌŽƐ ƐƟůů ĐŽŵƉĞƟŶŐ͘ The Tour plays at and has a ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ &ƌĞŶĐŚ >ŝĐŬ ZĞƐŽƌƚ ŝŶ /ŶĚŝĂŶĂ ǁŚŝĐŚ ůĂƐƚ LJĞĂƌ ŚŽƐƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚͲĞǀĞƌ Senior LPGA Championship (won by Englishwomen Trish Johnson), which many believe prompted the USGA to add its senior tournament. 'ƌĞĞŶͲZŽĞďƵĐŬ͕ ĂůƐŽ Ă former LPGA Tour player, had to qualify at Pine Needles, ǁŚĞƌĞ ƐŚĞ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϵϲ Women’s Open (won by Annika Sorenstam). ͞/ƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ Ă ůŽŶŐ ƟŵĞ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ͖ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƉƚŚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŶŽǁ͕͟ ƐŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ ĂďŽƵƚ Ă ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟǀĞ ^ĞŶŝŽƌ KƉĞŶ͘ ͞ ůŽƚ ŽĨ ůĂĚŝĞƐ ƉůĂLJ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂLJ Įƚ͕ stay ready to play. ͞/͛ŵ ƉƌĞƩLJ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚ͖ ŝĨ / ŵĂŬĞ ƐŽŵĞ ƉƵƩƐ / ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŝŶ there. The older you get you realize what you can and cannot ĚŽ ĂŶĚ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƚƌLJ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ /͛ŵ ŶŽƚ ĐĂƉĂďůĞ ŽĨ ĂŶLJŵŽƌĞ͘ / ŬŶŽǁŵLJ ŵŝƐƐĞƐ͘ ^Ž͕ ŝĨ /͛ŵ ƌĞƐƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĨĞĞů ŐŽŽĚ / ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƉůĂLJ ŽŬĂLJ͘͟ ĮƌƐƚ KƉĞŶ ĞǀĞƌ͕ ďƵƚ / ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĞŬ ĂŌĞƌ /͛ůů ďĞ ŐĞƫŶŐ acupuncture, massages and ĐŚŝƌŽƉƌĂĐƟĐ ĐĂƌĞ ƚŽ ĨƵŶĐƟŽŶ͕͟ she added with a chuckle. /ǀĞƌƐŽŶ ŶŽǁ ƐĞƌǀĞƐ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ who play the game in her ‘day job’ at The Bridges in Madison, Wis., a role she said she cherishes. /ǀĞƌƐŽŶ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϴϳ Michigan Women’s Amateur ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĮƌƐƚ ďĞŐĂŶ ŽŶ the LPGA Tour in 1994, before hanging it up in 2007 with a foot injury. Arguably her best ƐƚƌĞƚĐŚ ŽŶ dŽƵƌ ǁĂƐ ϭϵϵϵͲϮϬϬϬ͗ ƐŚĞ ŚĂĚ ϭϭ ƚŽƉͲϭϬ ĮŶŝƐŚĞƐ͕ Ă ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƉůĂĐĞ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ϰͲŚŽůĞ ƉůĂLJŽī ŝŶ ƚŚĞ &ŝƌƐƚĂƌ >W' ůĂƐƐŝĐ ;͛ϵϵͿ ĂŶĚ ƟĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ƌŝƟƐŚ KƉĞŶ͕ then became a member of the 2000 Solheim Cup team and ǁĞŶƚ ϮͲϮͲϬ͘ Crosby, who had a lengthy LPGA Tour career, was playing in the Michigan Women’s Open at Crystal Mt. when she said she has been working on her game this summer to qualify for the Open, and successfully ĚŝĚ ƐŽ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ϭͲŽǀĞƌ ƉĂƌ͘ “The USGA definitely took ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚŝŵĞ ƚŽ ĚŽ ŝƚ ďƵƚ /͛ŵ ŐůĂĚ ƚŚĞLJ ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ĚŽ ŝƚ͕͟ Crosby said of adding the Senior event to the USGA lineup. “They used to run a ^ƵnjLJ 'ƌĞĞŶͲZŽĞďƵĐŬ