Michigan Golf Journal December 2019

Michigan Golf Journal ichigan News and Notes Girls High School All-State Awards Miss Golf 2019: Allison Cui, Okemos The sophomore won the Division 1 state championship this fall, played at Forest Askers West. She also tied for first place as a freshman last year in Div. 2 before bowing out in a playoff. Cui reached the finals of Drive, Chip and Putt in 2017 at Augusta National. 2019 All-State Super Team (in alpha order): Bridget Boczar So. Plymouth Jolie Brochu Jr. Flint Powers Catholic Kate Brody Fr. Grand Blanc Ariel Chang Jr. Utica Eisenhower Anci Dy Jr. Traverse City West Lilia Henkel Jr. GR Forest Hills Northern Shannon Kennedy Jr. Birmingham Marian Also, congratulations to Jim Snow (Girls, Powers Catholic) and Erik Fahlen (Boys, Northpointe Christian) on being selected as the 2019 MHSCA Golf Coaches of the Year . A complete list of Girls Divisional All-State teams can found at: http://www.migca. org/?Awards&view=2019+Girls+All-State Larry Koning, aMichigan golfer and second-generation tool maker from the city of Holland, has developed a new product that should reduce golf ball cup damage and improve pace of play – but also help golfers who have trouble bending down to retrieve their ball from the cup. The new Golf Ball Tender is a pliable plastic disk that attaches to the flagstick stem and rests at the bottom of the cup. Golfers can lift the flagstick to retrieve the ball instead of using a putter to try to pop the ball out or squeezing their hands into the cup with the flagstick still in – as both actions can damage the cup. “It’s just hard to get your ball out of that cup without impacting the edges,” Koning said in a news release. “ The more you talk to superintendents, the more you hear about cups fraying as a result of players retrieving their ball with the flag still in.” Golf Ball Tender is currently available at www. golfballtender.com New Golf Cup Design by Michigan Inventor