Michigan Golf Journal June 2018

LPGA Symetra Tour For the 8 th ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚ LJĞĂƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ^LJŵĞƚƌĂ dŽƵƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽĸĐŝĂů ƋƵĂůŝĨLJŝŶŐ dŽƵƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ >W' ͕ ǁŝůů ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ^ǁĞĞƚŐƌĂƐƐ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ /ƐůĂŶĚ ZĞƐŽƌƚ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ͘ The tournament will be contested June 22 through June 24 and will be the ϵ th ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ dŽƵƌ͛Ɛ Ϯϭ ĞǀĞŶƚ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ ƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^LJŵĞƚƌĂ dŽƵƌ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ dŽƉ ϭϬ ŵŽŶĞLJ ĞĂƌŶĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ sŽůǀŝŬ ZĂĐĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĂƌĚ ǁŝůů ĞĂƌŶ >W' dŽƵƌ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐŚŝƉ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϵ season. ^ǁĞĞƚŐƌĂƐƐ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď ŝƐ considered one of the most challenging courses on Tour. The lowest winning score ŝƐ ϭϬͲƵŶĚĞƌ ;ϮϬϭϱͿ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ winning score has been as high ĂƐ ϭͲƵŶĚĞƌ ;ϮϬϭϰͿ͘ ^ǁĞĞƚŐƌĂƐƐ vision for the future of the Tour, and much of the success ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ƐĞĞŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ^LJŵĞƚƌĂ dŽƵƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ĨĞǁ LJĞĂƌƐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĂƩƌŝďƵƚĞĚ ƚŽ /ƐůĂŶĚ ZĞƐŽƌƚ raising the bar for us back in ϮϬϭϭ͘͟ dŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ĮĞůĚ ŽĨ ϭϰϰ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ hŶŝƚĞĚ ^ƚĂƚĞƐ and more than 30 countries ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŐůŽďĞ ǁŝůů ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ΨϭϱϬ͕ϬϬϬ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ƉƵƌƐĞ͘ dŚĞ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ ǁŝůů ĞĂƌŶ ΨϮϮ͕ϱϬϬ ĂŶĚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƉƌŽƉĞůůĞĚ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ sŽůǀŝŬ ZĂĐĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĂƌĚ DŽŶĞLJ >ŝƐƚ͘ &ŽƵƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ĮǀĞ ǁŝŶŶĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ /ƐůĂŶĚ ZĞƐŽƌƚ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ŚĂǀĞ ŐŽŶĞ ŽŶ ƚŽ ĞĂƌŶ ĂŶ >W' dŽƵƌ ĐĂƌĚ͗ <ŝŵ <ĂƵĨŵĂŶ ;ϮϬϭϯͿ͕ ĂŶŝ ,ŽůŵƋƵŝƐƚ ;ϮϬϭϱͿ ^ŚĞƌŵĂŶ ^ĂŶƟǁŝǁĂƩŚĂŶĂƉŚŽŶŐ ;ϮϬϭϲͿ ĂŶĚ ŵŵĂ dĂůůĞLJ ůĂƐƚ LJĞĂƌ͘ ĚĚŝƟŽŶĂůůLJ͕ ƚŚĞ /ƐůĂŶĚ ZĞƐŽƌƚ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ǁŝůů ŽŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ ďĞ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ WŽƚĂǁĂƚŽŵŝ ƵƉ͕ Ă ĨŽƵƌͲƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂǁĂƌĚƐ ΨϰϬ͕ϬϬϬ ŝŶ ƉƌŝnjĞ ŵŽŶĞLJ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƵƌ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ŚŽƐƚĞĚ ďLJ WŽƚĂǁĂƚŽŵŝ EĂƟŽŶƐ ĐĂƐŝŶŽƐ͘ ŝƐ Ă ƉĂƌͲϳϮ ĂŶĚ ǁŝůů ƉůĂLJ ϲ͕ϰϯϵ LJĂƌĚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ͘ ͞tŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ /ƐůĂŶĚ ZĞƐŽƌƚ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ũŽŝŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ^LJŵĞƚĂ dŽƵƌ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϭ͕ ŝƚ ƐĞƚ a new standard for course ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ƉůĂLJĞƌ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͕͟ ƐĂŝĚ DŝŬĞ EŝĐŚŽůƐ͕ ŚŝĞĨ ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ KĸĐĞƌ of the Tour. “This tournament ƌĞĂůůLJ ŐĂǀĞ ƵƐ Ă ŶĞǁ ĞůĞǀĂƚĞĚ ^LJŵĞƚƌĂ dŽƵƌ ƌĞƚƵƌŶƐ ƚŽ /ƐůĂŶĚ ZĞƐŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ^ǁĞĞƚŐƌĂƐƐ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď WƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ďLJ ^LJŵĞƚƌĂ dŽƵƌ ƐƚĂī ϮϬϭϳ ĐŚĂŵƉ ŵŵĂ dĂůůĞLJ ^ǁĞĞƚŐƌĂƐƐ