Michigan Golf Journal October 2018

DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ CONFERENCE KEYNOTES SHOULDN’T BE MISSED LJ <ĂƚĞ DŽŽƌĞ Michigan’s annual golf business conference is the largest gathering of owners ĂŶĚ ŽƉĞƌĂƚŽƌƐ͕ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŽ ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ ŐĞƚ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ the work we do. dŚŝƐ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ϮϲͲϮϴ ƚŚĞ ŬĞLJŶŽƚĞ ƐƉĞĂŬĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞ ƵƐ to give back and get going. &ŝƌƐƚ ƵƉ͕ Major Dan Rooney , founder of the Folds of Honor &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ƌĂŝƐĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ ΨϭϬϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ĂǁĂƌĚĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ ϭϯ͕ϬϬϬ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů ƐĐŚŽůĂƌƐŚŝƉƐ ƚŽ the family members of soldiers killed or disabled in combat. Rooney is the author of A WĂƚƌŝŽƚ͛Ɛ ĂůůŝŶŐ͗ >ŝǀŝŶŐ >ŝĨĞ ĞƚǁĞĞŶ &ĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ &ĂŝƚŚ͘ An American hero, Major Dan “Noonan” Rooney is a ĮŐŚƚĞƌ ƉŝůŽƚ ǁŝƚŚ ϯ ĐŽŵďĂƚ ƚŽƵƌƐ ŝŶ /ƌĂƋ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ Ă W' 'ŽůĨ Professional. He has served as ƚŚĞ ŵŽƟǀĂƟŽŶĂů ƐƉĞĂŬĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚǁŽ h͘^ ZLJĚĞƌ ƵƉ ƚĞĂŵƐ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ Ă frequent guest with FOX News. A decorated military aviator, Major Rooney is currently ƐƚĂƟŽŶĞĚ Ăƚ dLJŶĚĂůů & &ůŽƌŝĚĂ ĂƐ Ă ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ϯϬϭ st Fighter ^ƋƵĂĚƌŽŶ͘ ,Ğ ǁŝůů ŽƉĞŶ ƚŚĞ conference at the Tuesday morning session. DĂũŽƌ ZŽŽŶĞLJ ŝƐ Ă ůŽŶŐͲ standing member of the Michigan Golf Course ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ;D' Ϳ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƐ the Michigan Golf Business Conference and is excited to ŬŝĐŬ Žī ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ͘ Steve Mona ͕ ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ and CEO of the World Golf &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚĞ ĐůŽƐŝŶŐ keynote on Wednesday. &ŽƌŵĞƌůLJ ĐŚŝĞĨ ĞdžĞĐƵƟǀĞ ŽĸĐĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ^ƵƉĞƌŝŶƚĞŶĚĞŶƚƐ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĞ ŚĞůĚ ƵŶƟů DĂƌĐŚ ϮϬϬϴ͕ ŚŝƐ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƟĞƐ include overall management ŽĨ ƚŚĞ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŽǀĞƌƐĞĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ ĂŶĚ ongoing global focus. The mission of the World 'ŽůĨ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƚŽ ƵŶŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ŐŽůĨ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ ŝŶ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ŽĨ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĞŶŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽǁƚŚ ŽĨ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ to the game of golf worldwide, ǁŚŝůĞ ƉƌĞƐĞƌǀŝŶŐ ŐŽůĨ͛Ɛ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ǀĂůƵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƐƐŝŶŐ them on to others. dŚĞƐĞ ƐƉĞĂŬĞƌƐ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ many more will be featured at the conference, being held Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ^ŽŵĞƌƐĞƚ /ŶŶ ŝŶ dƌŽLJ͘ &Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĞǀĞŶƚ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ ƚŚĞ D' Ăƚ ϴϬϬͲϴϲϬͲϴϱϳϱ ƚŽ ƌĞŐŝƐƚĞƌ or exhibit. Or log on to www. michignagca.org .