Michigan Golf Journal June 2018

More Fun in Your Foursome Have More Fun in Your Foursome LJ dŽŵ >ĂŶŐ ^ƚŝĐŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌƵůĞƐ ŽĨ ŐŽůĨ ŝƐ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůLJ ĨĂŝƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĚŽ ʹ LJĞƚ ŬŶŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚŝŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝƐ ĞƋƵĂůůLJ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ͘ dŚĂƚ ƚŝŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂĐĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƌĞŵĂŝŶ ŝŶ ĐŽŵƉĞƚŝƚŝǀĞ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚƐ Žƌ ŚĂŶĚŝĐĂƉͲŵĞĂƐƵƌĞĚ ƌŽƵŶĚƐ͘ KƚŚĞƌǁŝƐĞ͕ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌ ůŽŽƐĞŶŝŶŐ ƵƉ ĂŶĚ have some freaking fun now ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ͘ ŶĚ ŝĨ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŐƵŝůƚLJ ŽĨ ďĞŝŶŐ ŽǀĞƌůLJͲĐŽŵƉĞƚŝƚŝǀĞ͕ ŝĨ LJŽƵ do relax, some friends might ĞǀĞŶ ŝŶǀŝƚĞ LJŽƵ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ ǁŝƚŚ them again. Scramble it up : tŚĞƚŚĞƌ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ĨŽƵƌƐŽŵĞ Žƌ ƚǁŽ ƚĞĂŵĞĚͲ ƵƉ ƉĂŝƌƐ ďĂƩůŝŶŐ ŝƚ Žī͕ ƉůĂLJ Ă ƐĐƌĂŵďůĞ ĨŽƌŵĂƚ ŝŶ LJŽƵƌ ĨŽƵƌƐŽŵĞ͘ /ƚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ƚŚĞ fun of second chances, lower scores, favored lies and so ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ͘ /ƚ ĐĂŶ ĂůƐŽ ŐŝǀĞ ŚŝŐŚ ŚĂŶĚŝĐĂƉƉĞƌƐ Ă ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ƐŚŽƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƉůĂĐĞƐ ƚŚĞLJ ŚĂǀĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ Śŝƚ ĨƌŽŵ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŝĨ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ƉĂŝƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ůŽŶŐĞƌ ŚŝƩĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ǀŝĐĞͲǀĞƌƐĂ͘ Mix up the tees : ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĨƵŶ ŽƉƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƚĞĞƐ͘ DĂLJďĞ Śŝƚ ĨƌŽŵ the back, then the next hole the middle tees, then the next ŚŽůĞ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ƚĞĞƐ͘ zŽƵ͛ůů ďĞ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞĚ ďLJ ŚŽǁ ŵƵĐŚ ĨƵŶ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ŽĨ ƚƌLJŝŶŐ ůĞƐƐĞƌͲƵƐĞĚ ĐůƵďƐ͕ Ăůů ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ same round. Pick up the pace : Nothing takes more fun out ŽĨ ŐŽůĨ ƚŚĂŶ ƐůŽǁ ƉůĂLJ͘ zŽƵ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ ĂŚĞĂĚ ŽĨ LJŽƵ ďƵƚ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƚĂŬĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ǁŝƚŚŝŶ LJŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ĨŽƵƌƐŽŵĞ͘ ĚĚƌĞƐƐ ƐůŽǁ ƉůĂLJ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚĞĞ ďLJ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐŝŶŐ ĞǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƉůĂLJ ͚ƌĞĂĚLJ ŐŽůĨ͛͘ dŚĞ ŶŽƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ĂǁĂLJ ŵƵƐƚ ĂůǁĂLJƐ Śŝƚ ĮƌƐƚ ŝƐ Ă ƟŵĞ ŬŝůůĞƌ͘ Lighten your load : One idea shared in Golf Digest magazine is to leave ŵŽƌĞ ĐůƵďƐ ŝŶ LJŽƵƌ ƚƌƵŶŬ͘ Throw some fun into the mix ďLJ ĂĚũƵƐƟŶŐ ĞĂĐŚ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ ƐĐŽƌĞ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐůLJ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ͗ ƉůĂLJ ǁŝƚŚ WŚŽƚŽ ĐƌĞĚŝƚ͗ W' ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ