Michigan Golf Journal October 2018

͞KǁŶ ĂŶĚ ƚĂŬĞ ƵƉ LJŽƵƌ ƐƉĂĐĞ͘͟ This is not a realtor’s slogan but rather the ĂĚŽƉƚĞĚ ĐƌĞĚŽ ŽĨ ůĞdž ^ĐŽƩ͕ ƚŚĞ ŚĞƌĂůĚĞĚ ƐĞŶŝŽƌ golfer at Grand Valley State hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ǁŚŽ ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƌĞŵĂƌŬĂďůĞ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϴ͘ dŚĞ '>/ 'ŽůĨĞƌ ŽĨ zĞĂƌ͕ ^ĐŽƩ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĂŵĂƚĞƵƌ ŝŶ Ϯϳ LJĞĂƌƐ to win the Tournament of ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ ŝŶ ƵŐƵƐƚ Ăƚ Boyne Mountain closing ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ϭϭͲƵŶĚĞƌ ƉĂƌ ϲϭ and eventually earning the ƟƚůĞ ŝŶ Ă ƉůĂLJŽī͘ Two weeks later, the dƌĂǀĞƌƐĞ ŝƚLJ ŶĂƟǀĞ ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ϭϮƚŚ ƐĞĞĚͶ ĂŌĞƌ ƌŽƵŶĚƐ ŽĨ ϳϬ ĂŶĚ ϳϮͶĨŽƌ ŵĂƚĐŚ ƉůĂLJ Ăƚ the U.S. Amateur at storied Pebble Beach . Although he ůŽƐƚ ŚŝƐ ĮƌƐƚ ŵĂƚĐŚ ϭͲƵƉ͕ ^ĐŽƩ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ coverage and added accolades ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ƐƚĞůůĂƌ ƉůĂLJ͘ ͞ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ /͛ŵ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ / ůŽƐƚ ŵLJ ŵĂƚĐŚ͕ / ǁĂƐ ŚĂƉƉLJ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŽǁ / ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ͕͟ ƐĂŝĚ ^ĐŽƩ͕ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ŶĞdžƚ Ɖƌŝů with a business degree in ^ƵƉƉůLJ ŚĂŝŶ DĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ͘ ͞/ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĞĚ ƚŽ ǁŝŶ ʹ Ăůů ŵLJ ƌŽƵŶĚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŝŶ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ win the U.S. Amateur. When / ǁĂƐ ǁĂƌŵŝŶŐ ƵƉ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĂŶŐĞ͕ / ďĞůŝĞǀĞĚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ / belonged.” Which leads us back to the ĐƌĞĚŽ͘ ^ĐŽƩ ĐƌĞĚŝƚƐ ^ĐŽƩ ,ĞďĞƌƚ͕ ŚŝƐ ůŽŶŐƟŵĞ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ͕ Traverse City G & CC head PGA ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ĂŶĚ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ Golf Hall of Fame member, ĨŽƌ ŝŶƐƟůůŝŶŐ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ in his game and mental outlook. “He told me to understand that whatever ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ /͛ŵ ŝŶ͕ /͛ŵ there for a reason,” ƌĞĐĂůůĞĚ ^ĐŽƩ͘ ͞,Ğ ƐĂŝĚ͗ ‘You made it there for a ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞ ƐŽ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ as good as anyone in this ĮĞůĚ Žƌ ƚŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ͛͘͟ And then Hebert added ƚŚĞ ŬŝĐŬĞƌ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ƉƌŽƚĞŐĞ͗ ͞KǁŶ ĂŶĚ ƚĂŬĞ ƵƉ LJŽƵƌ ƐƉĂĐĞ͘͟ ŽŝŶĐŝĚĞŶƚĂůůLJ͕ ^ĐŽƩ͕ ĂŐĞ Ϯϭ͕ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ƉŽƐƚͲ ƌŽƵŶĚ ĂĚǀŝĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŵŝŶŝͲ ƚŽƵƌ ƉƌŽ ƌŝĐ >ŝůůĞďŽĞ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĚƵŽ ǁĞƌĞ ƉĂŝƌĞĚ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ along with the equally ĂĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ tŝůůŝĞ DĂĐŬ /// ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƌŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ dŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ͘ “As we were taking that long cart ride back to the ĐůƵƵƐĞ͕ / ĂĚŵŝƩĞĚ ƚŽ ƌŝĐ / ǁĂƐ ŶĞƌǀŽƵƐ ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƵĐŚ ƚĂůĞŶƚĞĚ ŵŝŶŝͲƚŽƵƌ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ͕͟ ^ĐŽƩ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞ ƌŝĐ ƐŚŽƚ ϲϲ͕ tŝůůŝĞ College Corner GET TO KNOW GRAND VALLEY STATE’S ALEX SCOTT By Terry Moore