Michigan Golf Journal October 2018

ZĞǀŝƐŝƟŶŐ DĞŐ DĂůůŽŶ ŝƚ ŐĂǀĞ ŵĞ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ about my game.” ůŝƩůĞ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞŶƚ a very long way. dŚĞ ĨĂůů ŽĨ ͛ϴϯ DĂůůŽŶ ũƵŵƉĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ KŚŝŽ ^ƚĂƚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ůŝŶĞƵƉ͕ ƐŽŽŶ ĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ƚǁŽͲƟŵĞ ůůͲ ŝŐ Ten honors, and eventually ǁŽŶ ϭϴ ƟŵĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ >W' dŽƵƌ͘ /Ŷ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ ƐŚĞ ǁĂƐ inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame based on a career that include four major ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ͕ ƚǁŽ ŽĨ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĞƌĞ h͘^͘ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ KƉĞŶƐ ;ϭϵϵϭ ĂŶĚ ϮϬϬϰͿ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ͚ϵϭ >W' ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ͘ Many would say that winning ƚǁŽ h͘^͘ KƉĞŶ͛Ɛ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ Ă ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ƉŝŶŶĂĐůĞ͕ ďƵƚ DĂůůŽŶ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĞ >W' ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĞdžĐŝƟŶŐ͘ ͞dŚŽƐĞ KƉĞŶƐ ĂƌĞ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ǀĞƌLJ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů͕͟ ƐŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ͞ďƵƚ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŵĂũŽƌ ƚŚĂƚ / ǁŽŶ ǁĂƐ ƌĞĂůůLJ͕ ƌĞĂůůLJ ĐŽŽů͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƟŵĞƐ LJŽƵ ĚƌĞĂŵ of, where all three of you are ƟĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ŚŽůĞ ĂŶĚ LJŽƵ Ăůů ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƉƵƩ ƚŽ ǁŝŶ Ă ŵĂũŽƌ͘ / ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ŽŶĞ ƚŽ ƉƵƩ ĂŶĚ ŵĂĚĞ ŝƚ ;Ă ϭϱͲĨŽŽƚ ďŝƌĚŝĞͿ and won. So that was just ƐŽ ĞdžĐŝƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ǁŚĂƚ LJŽƵ dream about as a kid. So that ƐƚĂŶĚƐ ŽƵƚ ĂƐ ŵŽƐƚ ĞdžĐŝƟŶŐ͘ ͞dŚĞ KƉĞŶƐ ĂƌĞ ƚŽƵŐŚ ʹ they wear you out. You’re the last one to survive is basically ŚŽǁ LJŽƵ ĨĞĞů Ăƚ ĂŶ KƉĞŶ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ / ůŽǀĞ ʹ / ůŽǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ŐŽůĨ͘ dŚĞ KƉĞŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ defiantly gotten me the most attention. “But my favorite events to ƉůĂLJ ŝŶ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ^ŽůŚĞŝŵ ƵƉƐ͕ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ hŶŝƚĞĚ ^ƚĂƚĞƐ͕͟ DĂůůŽŶ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ͘ ͞dŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ always my goal, to be on the ƚĞĂŵ͕ ƐŽ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ϴ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ͕͟ ĨƌŽŵ ϭϵϵϮͲϮϬϬϱ͘ DĂůůŽŶ ůĂƚĞƌ ĐĂƉƚĂŝŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϯ h͘^͘ ^ŽůŚĞŝŵ ƵƉͲǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ team. ͞DĞŐ ŝƐ ĂǁĞƐŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ / am so glad we are friends,” >W' ƉůĂLJĞƌ ƌŝƩĂŶLJ >ĂŶŐ ƚŽůĚ D': . “She is so deserving of ƚŚĞ ,Ăůů ŽĨ &ĂŵĞ ŝŶĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŚŽŶŽƌ͘ ,Ğƌ ƉŽƐŝƟǀŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐŵ ŵĂĚĞ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϯ ^ŽůŚĞŝŵ ƵƉ Ă ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ŵĞŵŽƌLJ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ƚĞĂŵ͘͟ >W' ƉƌŽ ^ƚĂĐLJ >ĞǁŝƐ ĂĚĚĞĚ͗ “She has been a good friend and mentor of mine since my ƌŽŽŬŝĞ LJĞĂƌ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ ŚŽŶŽƌ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ ĨŽƌ DĞŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϯ ^ŽůŚĞŝŵ ƵƉ͘ ^ŚĞ ůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ grace and always had a smile on her face.” Growing up a Michigander: Mallon was born in Boston but the family moved to Michigan when she was an ŝŶĨĂŶƚ͘ dŚĞ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ũƵŶŝŽƌ year at Farmington Hills Mercy her and some friends asked ŶĞǁ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ sŝĐŬŝ <ŽǁĂůƐŬŝ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĐŚŽŽů ƐƉŽŶƐŽƌ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ a golf team. “Mercy wouldn’t let us be a team but we could be a club ĂŶĚ ĂƐ ůŽŶŐ ĂƐ ǁĞ ƉĂŝĚ ƚŚĞ ĨĞĞ to get into the state tournament ǁĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ƉůĂLJ ƐƚĂƚĞǁŝĚĞ͕ DĂůůŽŶ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞^Ž͕ ǁĞ ŐĂƚŚĞƌĞĚ ϱ Žƌ ϲ ŐŝƌůƐ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ ĂŶĚ ĚƌŽǀĞ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ ĨŽƌ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ŵĂƚĐŚĞƐ