Michigan Golf Journal July 2018

Tournament News d,KDW^KEs/>> ʹ /ƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ůŽŶŐ ƟŵĞ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ʹ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ŝƚ seemed that way. ĞtŝƩ ŶĂƟǀĞ >ŝnj EĂŐĞů came from behind to win ƚŚĞ Ϯϱ th Michigan Women’s Open, Wednesday, at Crystal DŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ ZĞƐŽƌƚ͘ ^ŚĞ ůĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƌŽƵŶĚ ǁŚĞŶ ƐŚĞ ƐŚŽƚ ϱͲƵŶĚĞƌ ƉĂƌ͕ ďƵƚ ĂŶ ĞǀĞŶͲƉĂƌ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ in the second round forced the comeback – and what a comeback it was. Nagel, a former Spartan who has played on the LPGA dŽƵƌ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ĨƵůůͲƟŵĞ ŽŶ the Symetra Tour, started the day six strokes behind and ǁĂƐ ƚǁŽͲŽǀĞƌ ƉĂƌ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ϲ holes for the last round. But Ă ďůĂnjŝŶŐ ĮŶŝƐŚ͕ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐŚĞ ŵĂĚĞ Ɛŝdž ďŝƌĚŝĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ϭϭ ŚŽůĞƐ ƚŽ ĮŶŝƐŚ Ăƚ ϵͲƵŶĚĞƌ ĨŽƌ the tournament, gave her a ϯͲƐŚŽƚ ĞĚŐĞ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ ƟĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ Ăƚ ϲͲƵŶĚĞƌ͖ Sarah Burnham (Maple Grove, DŝŶŶ͕͘ ďƵƚ Ă ^ƉĂƌƚĂŶͿ͕ ƐĞĐŽŶĚͲ round leader Alexandra Harkins ; ƌLJƐƚĂů >ĂŬĞ͕ /ůů͘Ϳ͕ ĂŶĚ DĂƌŝƐƐĂ Chow (Honolulu, Ha.). ͞/ƚ͛Ɛ ŵLJ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ LJĞĂƌ ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůůLJ ďƵƚ LJŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ /͛ǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŚĞƌĞ ƐŝŶĐĞ / ǁĂƐ Ă ŬŝĚ ;Ăƚ ĞtŝƩ ,ŝŐŚͿ͕ ƐŽ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ in general, yes, but winning here ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ /͛ǀĞ ĂůǁĂLJƐ ĞŶǀŝƐŝŽŶĞĚ͕͟ EĂŐĞů ƐĂŝĚ ǁŚŝůĞ ŚŽůĚŝŶŐ ƟŐŚƚ the crystal cup trophy. ͞/ƚ ǁĂƐ ŐŽŽĚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ even (par) right around the ŵŝĚĚůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŽƵŶĚ͕͟ EĂŐĞů ƐĂŝĚ ǁŚŝůĞ ƌĞǀŝĞǁŝŶŐ ŚĞƌ ĮŶĂů ĚĂLJ͘ ͞ ŶĚ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ / ŬŶĞǁ / ĐŽƵůĚ ĚŽ ŝƚ͕ / ŬŶĞǁ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŝŶ ŵĞ͕ / ũƵƐƚ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ĨŽĐƵƐ on myself. Focusing on winning doesn’t always work out. Focusing on yourself and just ŽŶĞ ƐŚŽƚ Ăƚ Ă ƟŵĞ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ďĞƐƚ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ͘͟ MSU’s Burnham, who turned pro in May, was hoping for ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ǁŝŶ ĂŌĞƌ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽŶŶĞĐƟĐƵƚ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ KƉĞŶ ƟƚůĞ ŽŶ ŚĞƌ ĮƌƐƚ ƚƌLJ͘ Ƶƚ ƐŚĞ conceded it’s been a great summer so far with this runner up check and a chance earlier to play in the Meijer LPGA Classic. ͞/ƚ͛Ɛ ďĞĞŶ Ă ĨƵŶ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͕͟ ƵƌŶŚĂŵ ƐĂŝĚ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ƌŽƵŶĚ͘ ͞/ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ǁĞůů ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ two days and today wasn’t my best day out there but it’s just ŐĞƫŶŐ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶĞƌǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ŵŽŶĞLJ͘ / ůŽŽŬ ƵƉ ƚŽ how (Liz) played this week and ŚĞƌ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͘ 'ŽŽĚ ĨŽƌ ŚĞƌ͘͟ Full results ͗ ŚƩƉƐ͗ͬͬŵŝƉŐĂ͘ bluegolf.com/bluegolf/ mipga18/event/mipga1818/ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚͬϱͬůĞĂĚĞƌďŽĂƌĚ͘Śƚŵ Ex-Spartan Nagel Wins Michigan Women’s Open By Tom Lang