Michigan Golf Journal July 2018

Michigan Golf News Jack Nicklaus looked up to Hope College golfer Josh Gibson as he presented him the NCAA ŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ /// WůĂLJĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ ǁĂƌĚ Ͳ ƉƌŽŵƉƟŶŐ a quick quip about the weather up there. dŚĞ ƉůĂLJĨƵů ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ Ͷ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ĐŽŵƉůŝŵĞŶƚƐ Ͷ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŐŽůĮŶŐ ůĞŐĞŶĚ ĂĚĚĞĚ Ă ĨĞǁ ŵŽƌĞ ƵŶĨŽƌŐĞƩĂďůĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ ƚŽ ĐŚĞƌŝƐŚ ŝŶ ĞĂƌůLJ :ƵŶĞ ǁŚĞŶ 'ŝďƐŽŶ ǁĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ĮǀĞ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŚŽŶŽƌ ĨƌŽŵ EŝĐŬůĂƵƐ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ W' dŽƵƌ͛Ɛ DĞŵŽƌŝĂů Ăƚ DƵŝƌĮĞůĚ Village Golf Club. The collegiate award was created in 1988. ͞/ƚ͛Ɛ ŶĞĂƚ ĞǀĞƌLJ LJĞĂƌ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ LJŽƵŶŐ ŵĞŶ ŚĞƌĞ͕͟ ƐĂŝĚ EŝĐŬůĂƵƐ͕ ƌĞĨĞƌƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ 'ŝďƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ fellow honorees. “We’re seeing the stars of the future, the golfers we’re going to see here at the Memorial tournament for years to come, ƉƌŽďĂďůLJ ƋƵŝĐŬĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ / ƚŚŝŶŬ͘ ŽŶŐƌĂƚƵůĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ͘ / ǁŝƐŚ ƚŚĞŵ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ůƵĐŬ͘͟ 'ŝďƐŽŶ ŝƐ ,ŽƉĞ ŽůůĞŐĞ͛Ɛ ĮƌƐƚ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŐŽůĨĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ LJĞĂƌ ;ϮϬϭϴͿ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ϮϬϭϳ E ŝǀ͘ /// ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ͘ ͞'ĞƫŶŐ ƚŽ ŵĞĞƚ Dƌ͘ EŝĐŬůĂƵƐ ŝƐ Ă ŽŶĐĞͲŝŶͲĂͲ ůŝĨĞƟŵĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ͕͟ 'ŝďƐŽŶ ƐĂŝĚ ŽĨ EŝĐŬůĂƵƐ͘ ͞/ ŚĞĂƌĚ Ă ůŽƚ ĂďŽƵƚ Śŝŵ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĐŽŽů ƚŽ ĮŶĂůůLJ meet him. ͞/ƚ͛Ɛ ĐŽŽů ƚŽ ƐĞĞ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŚĂƌĚ ǁŽƌŬ ƉĂLJ Žī͕͟ 'ŝďƐŽŶ ĂĚĚĞĚ͕ ƌĞŇĞĐƟŶŐ ŽŶ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ Ă ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƟƚůĞ ŝŶ Ă ƉůĂLJŽī ĂƐ Ă ƐŽƉŚŽŵŽƌĞ͕ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ ƐĐŚŽŽůͲƌĞĐŽƌĚ ƌŽƵŶĚƐ ŽĨ ϲϭ ĂŶĚ ϲϰ ůĂƐƚ ĨĂůů ĂŶĚ ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƚĞĂŵ ƉŽƐƚ ŝƚƐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĐŽŶƐĞĐƵƟǀĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚ ĮŶŝƐŚ Ăƚ ŶĂƟŽŶĂůƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ϲ th ͲƉůĂĐĞ ĞīŽƌƚ͘ ,Ğ ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞĚ ϳϬ͘ϱ ƐƚƌŽŬĞƐ ƉĞƌ ƌŽƵŶĚ ĂƐ Ă ũƵŶŝŽƌ͘ ͞/ƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘͟ Another Award from Jack dŚĞ W' ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ ĂŶĚ tŚŝƌůƉŽŽů ŽƌƉŽƌĂƟŽŶ honored the commitment and legacy of golf’s ŐƌĞĂƚĞƐƚ ŝĐŽŶ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Jack and Barbara Nicklaus KitchenAid Senior PGA Champions for Change Scholarship Program . Ŷ ĂŶŶƵĂů ƐĐŚŽůĂƌƐŚŝƉ ŽĨ ΨϮϱ͕ϬϬϬ ǁŝůů ďĞ granted each year through 2024 to one member of the Benton Harbor community who has graduated with an Associate’s Degree from the Lake Michigan Community College “Start to &ŝŶŝƐŚ WƌŽŐƌĂŵ͟ ĂŶĚ ƐĞĞŬƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ŚŝƐͬŚĞƌ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͘ ZĞĐŝƉŝĞŶƚƐ ŵĂLJ ƵƐĞ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ scholarship to pursue a Bachelor’s Degree or to further advance a technical degree. Grandville’s Josh Gibson Earns Jack Nicklaus Award ^ƵďŵŝƩĞĚ ďLJ ůĂŶ ĂďďŝƩ Photo credit: Hope College