Michigan Golf Journal July 2018

Michigan Golf News Chris Lutzke Becomes Member of America’s Society of Golf Course Architects ŚƌŝƐ >ƵƚnjŬĞ͕ Ă ůŽŶŐͲƟŵĞ WĞƚĞ LJĞ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ƌŝŐŚƚͲŚĂŶĚ ŵĂŶ ĨŽƌ ŽǀĞƌ ϮϬ LJĞĂƌƐ͕ has been accepted into the America’s Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA). The ASGCA is ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞŵŝĞƌ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐŽůĨ ĂƌĐŚŝƚĞĐƚƵƌĞ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐŚŝƉ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĂƌĐŚŝƚĞĐƚ͛Ɛ ǁŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ Ă place in golf history. ͞/ƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ůŽŶŐͲƚĞƌŵ ŐŽĂů ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƚŽ WĞƚĞ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ LJĞĂƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ / ĂƉƉůLJ͕͟ >ƵƚnjŬĞ ƐĂŝĚ in a release. “But it was Alice Dye who kept ŽŶ ŵĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĂĚ ŵĞ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ͕ ĚŽ interviews and go in front of the board. Pete and Alice were the driving force and it has been Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ůŽŶŐ ũŽƵƌŶĞLJ͘͟ ƉƌŽƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŐŽĞƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ Ă ƚǁŽͲLJĞĂƌ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚĞƐƚƐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶĂƟŽŶĂůůLJ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝnjĞĚ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƚŽƌƐ who have developed a variety of programs for juniors, adults, and ladies of all skill levels, since ϭϵϴϲ͘ EĞǁ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽLJŶĞ 'ŽůĨ ĐĂĚĞŵLJ in 2018 includ e Boyne’s Get Golf ZĞĂĚLJ Program and the ϱͲϱͲϱ Clinic ǁ ŚĞƌĞ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ůĞĂƌŶ ĮǀĞ ƐŚŽƚƐ ŝŶ ĮǀĞ ǁĞĞŬƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŐŽĂů ŽĨ ůŽǁĞƌŝŶŐ ƐĐŽƌĞƐ ďLJ ĮǀĞ ƐŚŽƚƐ͘ The Boyne Golf Academy covers every aspect ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ƵƟůŝnjŝŶŐ dƌĂĐŬŵĂŶ ĂŶĚ ' Z^ Club and Body Tracking System ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂĐĂĚĞŵLJ ŝƐ Ă ůĞĂĚĞƌ ŝŶ ũƵŶŝŽƌ ŐŽůĨ ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂůůLJ ĂĐĐůĂŝŵĞĚ EŝŬĞ :ƵŶŝŽƌ 'ŽůĨ ĂŵƉƐ͘ More info at: www.boyne.com . knowledge of golf course architecture, training, experience and architectural vision. Lutzke started his career in golf course ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ŝŶ ϭϵϴϲ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŽŶ WĞƚĞ LJĞ͛Ɛ ŵĂƐƚĞƌƉŝĞĐĞ ůĂĐŬǁŽůĨ ZƵŶ ŝŶ <ŽŚůĞƌ͕ tŝƐ͘ ,ŝƐ passion for design and building along with his ĐƌĞĂƟǀŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƌŬ ĞƚŚŝĐ ĐĂƵŐŚƚ ƚŚĞ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ŽĨ LJĞ͕ ǁŚŽ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ƐŚŽƌƚ ƟŵĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ŽīĞƌ Śŝŵ Ă ůŽŶŐͲƚĞƌŵ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ŽŶ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ůŝŬĞ Old Marsh and Grand Harbor in Florida. During Chris’ tenure with Dye he studied and earned two degrees from Michigan State University in Agronomy and Landscape ƌĐŚŝƚĞĐƚƵƌĞ͘ >ƵƚnjŬĞ ǁĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ŽŶͲƐŝƚĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚͲĨĂŵŽƵƐ tŚŝƐƚůŝŶŐ ^ƚƌĂŝƚƐ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ͕ dŚĞ ,ŽŶŽƌƐ ŽƵƌƐĞ ŝŶ dĞŶŶĞƐƐĞĞ͕ DLJƐƟĐ ZŽĐŬ Ăƚ EĞŵĂĐŽůŝŶ tŽŽĚůĂŶĚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽůůĞƚŽŶ ZŝǀĞƌ WůĂŶƚĂƟŽŶ ŽŶ ,ŝůƚŽŶ ,ĞĂĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ project architect at the Pete Dye Course at &ƌĞŶĐŚ >ŝĐŬ ZĞƐŽƌƚ͘ Chris Lutzke and Pete Dye