Michigan Golf Journal October 2018

PGA Tour Champions dŚĞ W' dŽƵƌ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ brought so much more than a nostalgic return to Warwick ,ŝůůƐ͕ ŽŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƵĚ ŚŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƵŝĐŬ KƉĞŶ ĨŽƌ ŵĂŶLJ decades. Great golf was contested in Grand Blanc the ƚŚŝƌĚ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ ŽĨ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ ďLJ many of the great names who ƉůĂLJĞĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĨŽƌ ƐŽ ŵĂŶLJ LJĞĂƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ LJŽƵŶŐĞƌ ƉƌŝŵĞ͘ Yet even with age there was ŶŽ ĚƌŽƉ Žī ŝŶ ŐŽůĨ ƐŬŝůůƐ͕ Žƌ ƉŽǁĞƌ͕ Žƌ ƚŚƌŝůůƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŶƐ͘ Paul Broadhurst won for the ƚŚŝƌĚ ƟŵĞ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϴ (he took the Senior PGA crown at Benton Harbor in May) with Ă ƚŚƌĞĞͲƌŽƵŶĚ ϭϱͲƵŶĚĞƌ ƉĂƌ ϮϬϭ ƚŽ ǁŝŶ ΨϯϬϬ͕ϬϬϬ͘ &ŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ close behind were Brandt Jobe Ăƚ ϮϬϯ͕ DĂƌŬ K͛DĞĂƌĂ ĂŶĚ dŽŵ >ĞŚŵĂŶ Ăƚ ϮϬϰ͖ ƉůƵƐ ĂǀŝĚ Toms, Rocco Mediate and Gene ^ĂƵĞƌƐ Ăƚ ϮϬϱ͘ ͞WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ŐŽůĨ ŝƐ ŽĸĐŝĂůůLJ back in Michigan,” Tournament ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŚƌŝƐ ŽīŵĂŶ ƐĂŝĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ down the back stretch. “The PGA Tour has bene gone for nine years but this has been a successful week and the Tour ŝƐ ǀĞƌLJ ŚĂƉƉLJ ƚŽ ďĞ ďĂĐŬ ŚĞƌĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ dŽƵƌ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ͕ ůůLJ ŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ďLJ McLaren. ͞/ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŶƐ ĂƌĞ ŚĂƉƉLJ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝƚ͘ dŚĞ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůLJ ĞdžĐŝƚĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝƚ͘ ǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ ŝƐ ƉůĞĂƐĞĚ͘ ŶLJƟŵĞ you can have an event ƚŚĂƚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƐ ŚƵŶĚƌĞĚƐ ŽĨ thousands of dollars for charity, ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ƚŚŝŶŐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƚŽ see so many smiles. ͞&ƌĞĚ ŽƵƉůĞƐ ƚŽůĚ ƵƐ ƚŚŝƐ week that he’s thrilled to be here and can’t wait to come back and that we’re on the right track, and that this will ďĞ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ tournaments on this Tour in a ƐŚŽƌƚ ƟŵĞ͕͟ ŽīŵĂŶ ĂĚĚĞĚ͘ ͞tĞ͛ůů ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƌĞĂůůLJ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ƌĞĂů treat for this community. “Grand Blanc is right again, right with the world again, on the correct axis again, now that ALLY CHALLENGE BRINGS ENERGY BACK TO WARWICK HILLS By Tom Lang ŝůůLJ DĂLJĨĂŝƌ ǁĂƌŵƐ ƵƉ