Michigan Golf Journal June 2018

Meijer LPGA Classic &ŝǀĞ LJĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ͕ ŶŽ ŵĂũŽƌ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ŐŽůĨ ƚŽƵƌ ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ďĞ found in Michigan. Fans were at a loss. dŚĂƚ Ăůů ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ǁŚĞŶ DĞŝũĞƌ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ŐŽůĨ͛Ɛ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐƚĂŐĞ back to the state with the DĞŝũĞƌ >W' ůĂƐƐŝĐ ĨŽƌ Simply Give . :ƵŶĞ ϭϰͲϭϳ th ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚĞ ĮŌŚ ĞĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ŚĞůĚ Ăƚ ůLJƚŚĞĮĞůĚ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď ũƵƐƚ ŶŽƌƚŚ ŽĨ 'ƌĂŶĚ ZĂƉŝĚƐ͘ ^ƵƉƉŽƌƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ has been huge, and if nothing ĞůƐĞ͕ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƉŽŶƐŽƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ Michigan golf fans would come ǁĂƚĐŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨĂǀŽƌŝƚĞ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ ůŝǀĞ ĂŶĚ ds ǁŽƵůĚ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞůLJ ƉƌŽŵŽƚĞ ŽƵƌ 'ƌĞĂƚ >ĂŬĞƐ ^ƚĂƚĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƟŵĞ͕ ƚŚĞ >W' dŽƵƌ ĂĚĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŶŶ ƌďŽƌ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůLJ announced a third event ĨŽƌ DŝĚůĂŶĚ͘ dŚĞ W' dŽƵƌ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ƌĞƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ 'ƌĂŶĚ ůĂŶĐ ŝŶ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ ĂŶĚ Ăůů ƐŝŐŶƐ ƉŽŝŶƚ ƚŽ Ă W' dŽƵƌ ĞǀĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ ŶĞdžƚ LJĞĂƌ͘ zĞƚ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ŐŽůĨ ŐŽĞƐ ǁĂLJ ďĞLJŽŶĚ ũƵƐƚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ĨƵŶ Žƌ ĐŚĞĞƌŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ͘ The economic boost and ĐŚĂƌŝƚLJ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƐƚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ ŝƐ ŽŌĞŶ ŽǀĞƌůŽŽŬĞĚ ďƵƚ ŝƐ ƚƌƵůLJ ĐƌŝƟĐĂů all the same. Feeding those in need through Simply Give: ƌŝƩĂŶLJ >ĂŶŐ͕ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϲ h͘^͘ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ KƉĞŶ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ͕ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůLJ ǀŝƐŝƚĞĚ 'ƌĂŶĚ ZĂƉŝĚƐ ahead of the tournament. Part of the tour included North <ĞŶƚ ŽŶŶĞĐƚ͕ Ă ĨŽŽĚ ĂŶĚ ĐůŽƚŚŝŶŐ ƉĂŶƚƌLJ ĨŽƌ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ŶĞĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƌƚŚĞƌŶ Meijer LPGA Classic Started Trend &/&d, z Z &KZ >W' dKhZ /E t ^d D/ ,/' E LJ dŽŵ >ĂŶŐ ϮϬϭϲ h^ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ KƉĞŶ ĐŚĂŵƉ ƌŝƩĂŶLJ >ĂŶŐ