Michigan Golf Journal June 2018

Web.com Tour Ă ĨĞǁ ŵŽƌĞ ƉƵƩƐ ĂŶĚ / ƚŚŝŶŬ /͛ůů ďĞ ŝŶ ŐŽŽĚ ƐŚĂƉĞ͘͟ Q /Ĩ LJŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚ ďŽƩůĞ ƵƉ things about the Petoskey area to take on the road with you, what would it be? ͞:ƵƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͘ / ŵĞĂŶ /͛ǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƐŽ ĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞ ƚŽ ŐƌŽǁ ƵƉ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂŶĚ ďĞ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ǁŚĂƚ / think can be an overlooked ŐŽůĨ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘ tŝƚŚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ great golf courses we have ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ ƚŽ ŐƌŽǁ ƵƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ůŽǀĞ ŐŽůĨ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ͕ ƌĞĂůůLJ ĨƵĞůƐ ŵĞ ĂŶĚ / ƚĂŬĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĞ ĞǀĞƌLJǁŚĞƌĞ / ŐŽ͘͟ Q What are your favorite tournament memories in Michigan as a junior player? “That would be winning the DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ŵĂƚĞƵƌ͕ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůLJ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚ͕ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĂŌĞƌ ŚŝŐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽů ŐƌĂĚƵĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞŶ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ ǁĞĞŬƐ ůĂƚĞƌ / ǁŽŶ ƚŚĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ :ƵŶŝŽƌ ŵ ĂŶĚ / ƚŚŝŶŬ /͛ŵ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůLJ ŐŽůĨĞƌ ƚŽ ĞǀĞƌ win both of those in the same LJĞĂƌ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ƉƌĞƩLJ ĐŽŽů ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ŵLJ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ŵLJ ƐĞŶĚ Žī ŵŽŵĞŶƚ of Michigan Junior golf and ŚĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐƚĂŐĞ͘͟ Q Did your move to Georgia (transferring from University of DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶͿ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚůLJ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ your golf game? ͞/ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŝƚ ĚŝĚ͘ &Žƌ ŵĞ ƚŚĞ environment down there ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽǀŝŶŐ ŐƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ 'ĞŽƌŐŝĂ ŚĂƐ ŝŶ ƉƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞůLJ ŐŽ ĂŶĚ ǁŝŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ W' dŽƵƌ ʹ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶƐƟůůƐ Ă ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ LJŽƵ ĂŶĚ / ƚŚŝŶŬ success breads success and we ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ Ă ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽ ŵĂŶLJ ŐŽŽĚ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞĚ ĚĂLJ ŝŶ ĂŶĚ ĚĂLJ ŽƵƚ͘ dŚĂƚ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ŝƚ ŵĂĚĞ ŵĞ Ă ďĞƩĞƌ ƉůĂLJĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŵĂĚĞ ŵĞ ƌĞĂůŝnjĞ ŚŽǁ ŐŽŽĚ ĞǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ ŝƐ Ăƚ ŐŽůĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĚĂLJƐ͘ dŚĞ ƚĂůĞŶƚ ŐŽĞƐ ƐŽ ĚĞĞƉ͘ dŽ ďĞ ĞdžƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĂƚ and start to understand and ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ŝŶ ŚŽǁ ŐŽŽĚ ŽĨ Ă ƉůĂLJĞƌ / ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ŚƵŐĞ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ͘͟ Q There are several other Michigan guys out on the ŵŝŶŝ ƚŽƵƌƐ ;ůŝŬĞ DĂƩ ,ĂƌŵŽŶ and Ryan Brehm) … Do you feel support between each ŽƚŚĞƌ Žƌ ŝƐ ŐŽůĨ ƐƟůů ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ rivalries ? ͞EŽ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ Ă ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĨŽƌ ƐƵƌĞ͘ / ŚĂǀĞ ĂůǁĂLJƐ ůŽŽŬĞĚ ƵƉ ƚŽ ZLJĂŶ ĂŶĚ DĂƩ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ĮŶĂů ƌŽƵŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ DĂƩ ;ŵŝĚͲDĂLJͿ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ŚĂĚ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ƟŵĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŶŝĐĞ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ ŐƵLJ͕ Ă DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ŐƵLJ͘ dŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ around and to have that, we all root for each other. We want as ŵĂŶLJ ŐƵLJƐ ĨƌŽŵ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ ŐĞƚ͘ tĞ͛ƌĞ ƉƌŽƵĚ ŽĨ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĂŶĚ we think of golf in Michigan as ƐƵƉĞƌŝŽƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŚĞůƉĞĚ ƵƐ ŐĞƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǁĞ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ďĞ͘͟