Michigan Golf Journal February 2019

A new golf tour in Michigan is designed for golfers who ůŝŬĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ LJĞƚ ǁĂŶƚ to play in a fun, two-person ƚĞĂŵ ƐĞƫŶŐ͕ ƵƐŝŶŐ Ă ǀĂƌŝĞƚLJ of scoring formats. ͞/ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĞ ďĞŶĞĮƚ ŽĨ Ă two-person tournament is that they are more ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟǀĞ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ĨŽƵƌͲ person corporate scramble and a lot more fun than ĐŽŵƉĞƟŶŐ ŽŶ LJŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ͕͟ said founder and Grand Rapids resident David Sukenik. “Most people who tried us out in 2018 have had ǀĞƌLJ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ƚŽ ƐĂLJ͘͟ The tour had three events ŝŶ ůĂƐƚ LJĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ĮƌƐƚ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ dĞŶ teams came to the inaugural tournament in August in west Michigan, and that ŐƌĞǁ ƚŽ ϯϬ ƚĞĂŵƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ĞǀĞŶƚ Ăƚ ^ŚĞƉŚĞƌĚ͛Ɛ Hollow in Oakland Co. A typical tournament will go 27 holes. Golfers play 18, then break for lunch when ŇŝŐŚƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ϵ ŚŽůĞƐ͘ Ŷ ĂŐŐƌĞŐĂƚĞ score of the 27 holes ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞƐ ŇŝŐŚƚ ǁŝŶŶĞƌƐ͘ Formats per nine holes of play range from ‘shamble,’ to scramble to best-ball. The average cost in 2019 should be $125-150 per player for 27 holes; which covers greens fees, cart, range, prize ŵŽŶĞLJ͕ ĚŽŶĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ &ŝƌƐƚ dĞĞ ʹ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ƐŽŵĞ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ͕ food. There is no annual fee and no handicap required. “I don’t think our Tour is for the really low handicapper DŝƩĞŶ 'ŽůĨ dŽƵƌ dǁŽͲWĞƌƐŽŶ dŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚƐ KƉĞŶ ƚŽ ůů By Tom Lang / ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĞ ďĞŶĞĮƚ ŽĨ Ă ƚǁŽͲƉĞƌƐŽŶ tournament is that they are more ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟǀĞ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ĨŽƵƌͲƉĞƌƐŽŶ ĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƚĞ scramble and a lot more fun than ĐŽŵƉĞƟŶŐ ŽŶ LJŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ͘͟ DŝƩŽŶ 'ŽůĨ dŽƵƌ