Michigan Golf Journal July 2018

Michigan Golf News Fi re Destroys Western G&CC Clubhouse, but Doesn’t Dampen Spirits KǀĞƌŶŝŐŚƚ ŽŶ :ƵŶĞ ϭ Ă ĚĞǀĂƐƚĂƟŶŐ ĮƌĞ Ăůů ďƵƚ ŐƵƩĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ǁŽŽĚĞŶ ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ the Western Golf & Country Club clubhouse ŝŶ ZĞĚĨŽƌĚ dŽǁŶƐŚŝƉ ʹ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂŶŶĞĚ ƐŝƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ŵĂƚĞƵƌ ŝŶ ŵŝĚͲ ƵŐƵƐƚ͘ ůƵď ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ 'ŽůĨ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ Michigan (GAM) say the tournament will go on. Ɛ ŽŶĞ ƐŝŐŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĂƚ ĞdžƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶ͕ ĐůƵď ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ were playing golf on the course the same ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌĞ͘ /Ŷ ůĂƚĞ :ƵŶĞ ƚŚĞ ǁĂůůƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ϵϬͲLJĞĂƌͲ ŽůĚ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ͚ǁŝŶŐƐ͛ ǁĞƌĞ ƐƟůů ŵŽƐƚůLJ standing but the roofs were gone or caved in. dŚĞ ĨŽƵƌͲĂůĂƌŵ ĮƌĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ƚŽƚĂů ůŽƐƐ͘ Temporary structures are going up and will accommodate the tournament and other club ĨƵŶĐƟŽŶƐ ĂƐ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ͘ ZĞƟƌŝŶŐ ĞdžĞĐƵƟǀĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ ' D͕ ĂǀŝĚ 'ƌĂŚĂŵ͕ ƐĂŝĚ ŚĞ ŚĂĚ ĨƵůů ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ the club was going to be ready to host the Women’s Amateur. dŚĞ ƉƌŽ ƐŚŽƉ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐƐ ŶĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚĞĞ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĞĞƚ ǁĞƌĞ ŶŽƚ ĂīĞĐƚĞĚ Ăƚ Ăůů ďLJ ƚŚĞ ĮƌĞ͘ Golf Digest Names Boyne Golf Academy among Best Golf Schools & Academies The Boyne Golf Academy received an Editor’s Choice Award by Golf Digest as one of the Best Golf Schools & Academies ͘ dŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ĂŶŶƵĂů ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ŽĨ ͞dŚĞ ĞƐƚ dŚŝŶŐƐ ŝŶ 'ŽůĨ͟ ďLJ ŝƚƐ editors appears in the May 2018 issue and online Ăƚ 'ŽůĨĚŝŐĞƐƚ͘ĐŽŵ͘ dŚĞ ůŝƐƟŶŐ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝnjĞƐ ƚŽƉ ŐŽůĨ schools and academies throughout the country. ͞KƵƌ ůŝƐƚ ŽīĞƌƐ Ă ŵŝdž ŝŶ ŐĞŽŐƌĂƉŚLJ ĂŶĚ ƚLJƉĞ ŽĨ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͕ ďƵƚ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽƉͲŽĨͲ ƚŚĞͲůŝŶĞ ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ Ăƚ Ă ǀĂƌŝĞƚLJ ŽĨ ƉƌŝĐĞ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ͕͟ Golf Digest editors said in a release. “The best academies give you anything from three or four days of full immersion to shorter day sessions ŝŶƚĞƌƐƉĞƌƐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĨƌĞĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ ;Žƌ ĞdžƉůŽƌĞͿ ŽŶ LJŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ͘͟ Based at both Boyne Mountain and Boyne Highlands, the Boyne Golf Academy features Photo credit: Courtesy of Observer Newspapers