Michigan Golf Journal October 2018

ƐŚŽƚ ϳϬ ĂŶĚ / ŚĂĚ Ă ϳϯ͘ ŐĂŝŶ͕ / ĚŽƵďƚĞĚ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ Žƌ ŶŽƚ / belonged there. “But Eric, a friend of my college coach Gary Bissell and ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ / ĂůƐŽ ƌĞĂůůLJ ĂĚŵŝƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚ͕ ƚŽůĚ ŵĞ͗ ͚>ŽŽŬ͕ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ ŝŶ ŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ // ŐŽůĨ͕ ŝĨ ŶŽƚ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ country, so believe in yourself ĂŶĚ ƚĂŬĞ ƵƉ LJŽƵƌ ƐƉĂĐĞ͕ ŐŽ ƉůĂLJ ǁĞůů ĂŶĚ ƚƌLJ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ĂƐ many birdies as you can.’” Taking the words to heart ĂŶĚ ƉĂŝƌĞĚ ĂŐĂŝŶ ǁŝƚŚ >ŝůůĞďŽĞ ĂŶĚ DĂĐŬ͕ ^ĐŽƩ ĮƌĞĚ Ă ϲϳ ŽŶ the Monument course during the second round. ͞ Ɛ ŐŽŽĚ ĂƐ / ƉůĂLJĞĚ͕ ƌŝĐ ƐƟůů ďĞĂƚ ŵĞ ďLJ Ă ƐŚŽƚ ĂŶĚ / ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ƌŽƵŶĚ ĞŝŐŚƚ shots behind him as the leader.” ^ĐŽƩ ĞdžƉůĂŝŶĞĚ ŚŝƐ ƐĞŶƐĂƟŽŶĂů ĮŶĂů ƌŽƵŶĚ ϲϭ ĂƐ Ă ͞ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ storm” of elements and circumstances. Like a NASCAR ĚƌŝǀĞƌ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĞĐŬĞƌĞĚ ŇĂŐ͕ ^ĐŽƩ ŵĂĚĞ ŚŝƐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĞĂŐůĞ ŽĨ the day on the back side along with three more birdies to card Ă ϲϭ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ Śŝŵ ůĞĂĚĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵƵƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ϭϱͲƵŶĚĞƌ ϮϬϭ ƚŽƚĂů͘ ^ĐŽƩ ƚŚĞŶ ƉƌĞǀĂŝůĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂLJŽī ŽǀĞƌ DĂĐŬĞŶnjŝĞ dŽƵƌ W' Ͳ ĂŶĂĚĂ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ^Ăŵ tĞĂƚŚĞƌŚĞĂĚ ŽĨ 'ƌĂŶĚ ZĂƉŝĚƐ͘ ͞dŽ ƐŚŽŽƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĮŶĂů ƐĐŽƌĞ gives you the belief you can do it again – as unlikely as it may ƐŽƵŶĚ͕͟ ^ĐŽƩ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞zŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŵĞŶƚĂůůLJ ŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŽ ƐŚŽŽƚ Ă ϲϭ͘͟ dŚĂƚ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ŽǁŶŝŶŐ LJŽƵƌ ƐƉĂĐĞ͘ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ 'ŽůĨ ,Ăůů ŽĨ &ĂŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ 'ŽůĨ tƌŝƚĞƌƐ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ͕ dĞƌƌLJ DŽŽƌĞ ůŝǀĞƐ ŝŶ 'ƌĂŶĚ ZĂƉŝĚƐ͘ College Corner