Michigan Golf Journal June 2018

^ƵƉĞƌŝŶƚĞŶĚĞŶƚ͛Ɛ WĞƌƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ ^ŝƫŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĚŽĐƚŽƌƐ͛ ŽĸĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĚĂLJ ƚŚĞ ƐŵĂůů ƚĂůŬ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƐĂƟŽŶ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ ƚŽ ŐŽůĨ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĂƚ / ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ Ă ďĂĐŬLJĂƌĚ ƉƵƫŶŐ ŐƌĞĞŶ͘ / ƵƐƵĂůůLJ ƌĞƐƉŽŶĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŝŶƋƵŝƌŝĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƚŚŽƵŐŚƞƵů ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ͕ ͚ŝƚ͛Ě ƐƵƌĞ ďĞ ĨƵŶ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ŽŶĞ ďƵƚ ĂƌĞ LJŽƵ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĞĚ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ĐĂƌĞ ŽĨ ŝƚ͍͛ tŚĂƚ ŐŽůĨĞƌ ŚĂƐŶ͛ƚ ĚƌĞĂŵĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ƚŽƵƌ ƋƵĂůŝƚLJ ƉƵƫŶŐ ŐƌĞĞŶ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ back door to hone their short game skills like Phil Mickelson? ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ĚƌĞĂŵŝŶŐ ŽĨ ŚŽŶŝŶŐ LJŽƵƌ ƐŚŽƌƚ ŐĂŵĞ͕ LJŽƵ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƉƌŽďĂďůLJ ďĞ dreaming about being a ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƐƵƉĞƌŝŶƚĞŶĚĞŶƚ ŝĨ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƉƌŽƉĞƌůLJ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶ Ă ďĂĐŬLJĂƌĚ ƉƵƫŶŐ green. >Ğƚ͛Ɛ ƐƚĂƌƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽǁĞƌ͘ zŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞ Ă ƌĞĞů ŵŽǁĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŶ ŵŽǁ Ăƚ ĂƉƉƌŽdžŝŵĂƚĞůLJ ϭͬϴ ŝŶĐŚ ĐƵƫŶŐ ŚĞŝŐŚƚ͘ WƌŽďĂďůLJ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ΨϭϬ͕ϬϬϬ ĨŽƌ Ă ŶĞǁ ƵŶŝƚ͖ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƌĞ͕ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĮŶĚ Ă ƵƐĞĚ ŽŶĞ ĐŚĞĂƉĞƌ ďƵƚ ũƵƐƚ ůŝŬĞ ďƵLJŝŶŐ Ă ƵƐĞĚ ĐĂƌ͕ ďƵLJĞƌƐ ďĞǁĂƌĞ ĂƐ ƵƐĞĚ ŵŽǁĞƌƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůLJ been around the green more than once. / ŚŽƉĞ LJŽƵ ůŝŬĞ ŵŽǁŝŶŐ͕ ƚŽ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶ Ă ŐƌĞĞŶ ůŝŬĞ LJŽƵ ƉůĂLJ Ăƚ LJŽƵƌ ĨĂǀŽƌŝƚĞ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ŵŽǁ Ăƚ Ă ŵŝŶŝŵƵŵ ĞǀĞƌLJ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĚĂLJ͘ /Ĩ LJŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ŝƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƌĞĂůůLJ ŐŽŽĚ͕ ũƵƐƚ ŐĞƚ ƵƉ ĞĂƌůLJ ďĞĨŽƌĞ work and mow the green ĞǀĞƌLJ ĚĂLJ͘ KŚ͕ ĂŶĚ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ĨŽƌŐĞƚ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ƚŽ ƐŚĂƌƉĞŶ ƚŚŽƐĞ reels on a regular basis in order Backyard WƵƫŶŐ 'ƌĞĞŶƐ Not what the doctor ordered LJ ƌ͘ <ĞǀŝŶ t͘ &ƌĂŶŬ D^h dƵƌĨŐƌĂƐƐ džƚĞŶƐŝŽŶ ^ƉĞĐŝĂůŝƐƚ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ Ă ƉŽŽƌůLJ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶĞĚ ďĂĐŬLJĂƌĚ ŐƌĞĞŶ will look like.