Michigan Golf Journal July 2018

DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ which was then named in their ŚŽŶŽƌ͘ :ŝŵ ^ĐŽƩ ǁĂƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ board of directors of the MGCA ĂŶĚ ŚĂƌůŝĞ ^ĐŽƩ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŝƌŵĂŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ͘ Both served our industry ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚǁŽ ĚĞĐĂĚĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĐĂƉĂĐŝƟĞƐ͘ On Wednesday, July 18 the D' ǁŝůů ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ Ϯϱ th ŶŶƵĂů 'ŽůĨ KƵƟŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ^ĐŽƩ ĨĂŵŝůLJ͛Ɛ ŶĞǁĞƐƚ ĨĂĐŝůŝƚLJ͕ ^ƚŽĂƟŶ ƌĂĞ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ͘ 'ŽůĨ course owners, operators and suppliers will come together for a great day of golf and ĐŽŵƌĂĚĞƌLJ Ăƚ ƚŚŝƐ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů new facility. ^ƚŽĂƟŶ ƌĂĞ ŝƐ ůŝƐƚĞĚ ďLJ 'ŽůĨ Digest as one of 9 Michigan courses you should play at least once. ͞tĞ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ ŐŽůĨ ĂƐ Ă ƉĂƐƟŵĞ ƚŽ ĞǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ͕ not just the guy who can hit the ďĂůů Ϯϳϱ LJĂƌĚƐ͕͟ ƐĂLJƐ ŝůů :ŽŚŶƐŽŶ͕ Vice President of Gull Lake View. “This is too good of a site to keep for just a select group. We want everyone to come out and enjoy the experience that this ground ŚĂƐ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ͘͟ dŚĞ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ for the annual Michigan Golf Business Conference. The ^ĐŽƩ &ĂŵŝůLJ ^& ŝƐ Ă ĐƌŝƟĐĂů component for a successful ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͘ dŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌ͛Ɛ conference keynote speakers ĂƌĞ DĂũŽƌ ĂŶ ZŽŽŶĞLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ &ŽůĚƐ ŽĨ ,ŽŶŽƌ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ and Steve Mona, CEO of the tŽƌůĚ 'ŽůĨ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ conference will be held the last week of November. :ŝŵ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƌůŝĞ ^ĐŽƩ ŚĂĚ Ă vision for the Michigan Golf ŽƵƌƐĞ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ;D' Ϳ back in 1994. Along with the general work of a trade ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ƐĂǁ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞ D' ĐŽƵ ůĚ ĨƵůĮůů Ă ŶŝĐŚĞ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͘ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂů ƚŽ sustaining and furthering the ŐŽůĨ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ ĂŶĚ ŝƚƐ ϲϬ͕ϬϬϬ employees here in Michigan. dŚĞ ^ĐŽƩ &ĂŵŝůLJ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů ^ƵƉƉŽƌƚ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ; ^&Ϳ of the Michigan Golf Course ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ĮƌƐƚ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌĞŵŽƐƚ ensures that every golf course operator in the state of Michigan has access to ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ŽƵƚƌĞĂĐŚ ĂŶĚ resources to that end. The 1 st ŶŶƵĂů 'ŽůĨ KƵƟŶŐ and Supplier Field Day was held at Gull Lake View Golf Course as a fundraiser for this purpose. The next year, together with their parents ĂƌƌĞů ĂŶĚ >ĞƚŚĂ ^ĐŽƩ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ĨŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ D' Ͳ ^& 25 YEARS OF GIVING BACK TO GOLF By Kate Moore