Michigan Golf Journal October 2018

PGA Tour News Joey Garber will soon live the golfers’ dream. LJ ĮŶŝƐŚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ Ϯϱ of the Web.com Tour season ƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐƐ͕ ƚŚĞ WĞƚŽƐŬĞLJ ŶĂƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ KzE ƌĞƉ ĞĂƌŶĞĚ ŚŝƐ ǁĂLJ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞŵŝĞƌ ůĞǀĞů ŽĨ worldwide golf – the PGA dŽƵƌ ʹ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƵƉĐŽŵŝŶŐ ϮϬϭϴͲ ϭϵ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ /Ŷ ϮϬϭϲ ŚĞ ŵĂĚĞ it into a few PGA Tour events ǀŝĂ DŽŶĚĂLJ ƋƵĂůŝĮĞƌƐ ďƵƚ ŶŽǁ ƌĞƚƵƌŶƐ ĨƵůů ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ one season. Garber joins fellow Michigander and Tour veteran Brian Stuard (Oakland Univ.) of Jackson, who recorded a PGA dŽƵƌ ǁŝŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϲ ƵƌŝĐŚ Classic in New Orleans. Ryan Brehm (Michigan State) of Mt. WůĞĂƐĂŶƚ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϲͲϭϳ season on Tour. ͞zŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ͕ / ŚĂĚ ŶŽ ƐƚĂƚƵƐ ĂŶLJǁŚĞƌĞ͕͟ 'ĂƌďĞƌ͕ ĂŐĞ Ϯϲ͕ ƚŽůĚ ƚŚĞ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ EĞǁƐ͘ ͞/ ŬŶĞǁ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ͘ / ŬŶĞǁ / ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ƚŽ get some status somewhere, get me a full season, and give ŵLJƐĞůĨ Ă ƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ ƚƌLJ Ăƚ ŝƚ͘ Ɛ ƐŽŽŶ ĂƐ / ŐŽƚ ŵLJ ƐƚĂƚƵƐ ƚŚŝƐ year (on the Web.com Tour), / ĨĞůƚ ŵŽƌĞ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚĂďůĞ͘ / ĨĞůƚ like everything would fall into ƉůĂĐĞ͘ “And, you know, it just so ŚĂƉƉĞŶĞĚ ƚŽ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ũƵƐƚ ǀĂůŝĚĂƟŶŐ ǁŚĂƚ / ĂůƌĞĂĚLJ ŬŶĞǁ Ͷ / believed in myself. Golf is all ĂďŽƵƚ ďĞůŝĞĨ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ͘͟ Garber grew up playing golf at Boyne Resorts when his ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ĚƌŽƉ Śŝŵ Žī Ăƚ the course for the day. That led to a stellar Junior career JOEY GARBER EARNS PGA TOUR CARD By Tom Lang