Michigan Golf Journal October 2018

Michigan News and Notes Michigan News & Notes dd> Z < ʹ ŽůƐƚĞƌĞĚ ďLJ Ă ŚŽůĞͲŝŶͲŽŶĞ͕ David Bartnick of Livonia came from behind ƚŽ ǁŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϯϮŶĚ ' D ^ĞŶŝŽƌ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ Ăƚ ĂƩůĞ ƌĞĞŬ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď͘ ,Ğ ǁĂƐ ƌƵŶŶĞƌ ƵƉ in last year’s tournament. ĂƌƚŶŝĐŬ͕ ĂŐĞ ϱϵ͕ ƐŚŽƚ Ă ĐůŽƐŝŶŐ ϭͲƵŶĚĞƌ ϳϭ ƚŚĂƚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞĚ Ă ŚŽůĞͲŝŶͲŽŶĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌ ϯ EŽ͘ ϰ ŚŽůĞ͘ ,Ğ ƵƐĞĚ Ă ϳͲŝƌŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ϭϱϳͲLJĂƌĚ ƐŚŽƚ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ŚŝƐ ƚŚŝƌĚ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ĂĐĞ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŝŶ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ͘ ͞WĞƌĨĞĐƚ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŝƚ͕͟ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞/ƚ ǁĂƐ absolutely great to see it go in.” ,ŝƐ ϳϭ ůĞŌ Śŝŵ Ă ϭͲŽǀĞƌ ϭϰϱ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ͕ ŽŶĞ ƐŚŽƚ ďĞƩĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ DŝŬĞ >Ğ ĂƌƌĞ͕ Ă ĂƩůĞ ƌĞĞŬ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ǁŚŽ ƐŚŽƚ ϳϰ ĨŽƌ ϭϰϲ͘ DĂƩ tŝůĞLJ ŽĨ tĞƐƚůĂŶĚ͕ ǁŚŽ ƐŚŽƚ ϳϰ͕ ĂŶĚ :ĂŵĞƐ >ĂŶĚŝ ŽĨ ŶŶ ƌďŽƌ͕ ǁŚŽ ƐŚŽƚ ϳϱ͕ ƟĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƌĚ Ăƚ ϭϰϳ͘ ZŝĐŬ ,ĞƌƉŝĐŚ ŽĨ KƌĐŚĂƌĚ >ĂŬĞ ƐŚŽƚ Ă ϱͲƵŶĚĞƌ ϲϳ ĂŶĚ ĂĚĚĞĚ Ă ϳϯ ĨŽƌ Ă ϭϰϬ ƚŽƚĂů ƚŽ ǁŝŶ ƚŚĞ ^ƵƉĞƌ ^ĞŶŝŽƌ ŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ͘ DŝŬĞ &ĞĚĞǁĂ ŽĨ ĂŶƚŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ͚Ϭϳ ^ĞŶŝŽƌ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ͕ ǁĂƐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ͕ followed by David Gordon of Ann Arbor and Mike Sequite of Marshall. Hole-in-One Powers David Bartnick to GAM Senior Championship The Gaylord Golf Mecca made a quiet announcement in ŵŝĚͲ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ threw a curveball at golfers by announcing The Tribute at the Otsego Resort has ƌĞŽƉĞŶĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞƉŽƌƚ ĂĚĚĞĚ͗ ŌĞƌ ĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ ŽǁŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ earlier this year, The Classic and The Tribute at the Otsego Resort were unfortunately not ƌĞŽƉĞŶĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ͘ ŽƵƌƐĞ ŵĂŝŶƚĞŶĂŶĐĞ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ĂŶĚ dŚĞ dƌŝďƵƚĞ ŝƐ ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŝŶ ĞdžĐĞůůĞŶƚ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶ͘ The Tribute is a wonderful northern Michigan ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŝĐŽŶŝĐ ĞůĞǀĂƟŽŶ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ ĂŶĚ incredible views of the Sturgeon River Valley. /ƚ ŚĂƐ ŚĂĚ Ă ƌŽƵŐŚ ĨĞǁ LJĞĂƌƐ ůĂƚĞůLJ ĂƐ ĚĞůĂLJƐ ŝŶ ŽǁŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ ƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌ ĐĂƵƐĞĚ Ă ŚƵŐĞ ŵĞƐƐ͘ >Ğƚ͛Ɛ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ŶĞǁ ĞƌĂ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŐŽƌŐĞŽƵƐ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ ĨŽƵŶĚ ũƵƐƚ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ downtown Gaylord. Can it Be? The Tribute Reopens