Michigan Golf Journal February 2019

Eagles for Children, a ĐŚĂƌŝƚĂďůĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ made up of nine private golf clubs in metro Detroit, raised $415,000 last year for ϯϬ ůŽĐĂů ĐŚĂƌŝƟĞƐ ʹ bringing ƚŚĞ ƚŽƚĂů ƐŝŶĐĞ ŝŶĐĞƉƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƌŽƵŐŚůLJ Ψϭ͘ϲ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ͘ In a nutshell, club members commit to pledge money for every eagle that is scored by anyone at their club during the golf season. Generally, members make a $2 pledge for each eagle; many give more. Oakland Hills, Walnut Creek and Pine Lake Country Clubs ǁĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŝŶŝƟĂů ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ clubs to start in 2012. Since then they have been joined by Western Golf and Country Club, Red Run, CC of Detroit, Meadowbrook, Birmingham and Orchard Lake Country Clubs. Eagles for Children: 2018 update >ĞŽŶ ƌĂŝƐƚĞĚ /// ĂƌŶƐ EĂƟŽŶĂů ŽĂĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ ůŽŽŵĮĞůĚ ,ŝůůƐ DĂƌŝĂŶ ĂŶĚ Birmingham Brother Rice head coach Leon Braisted III was ǀŽƚĞĚ EĂƟŽŶĂů 'ŽůĨ ŽĂĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ ďLJ ƚŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů &ĞĚĞƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ^ƚĂƚĞ ,ŝŐŚ ^ĐŚŽŽů ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ŽĂĐŚĞƐ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͘ Marian was state runner up in the fall 2017 and Rice ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ϳ th last spring. Braisted coached prior at Birmingham Seaholm (both boys and girls) ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁŽŶ ĮǀĞ ŝǀ͘ Ϯ ŐŝƌůƐ͛ state championships and the boys had a runner up in 1999. “I do not turn any students away from being on the team whether they know how to play golf or not,” he said. “There is much one can learn from being a teammate and facing the challenge of self- improvement, along with ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ŶĞǁ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͘͟ ,ĂǁŬ ,ŽůůŽǁ WƌŽƉĞƌƟĞƐ ƵLJƐ dŝŵďĞƌ ZŝĚŐĞ ,ĂǁŬ ,ŽůůŽǁ WƌŽƉĞƌƟĞƐ͕ ǁĞůů known for its 18 holes by the same name in Bath – and to some by its more well-known golf course Eagle Eye – recently announced it purchased Timber Ridge in East Lansing. dŚĞ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ Ă ƚĞƌƌŝĮĐ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ like Timber Ridge now gives the ownership group arguably the ďĞƐƚ ƉŽƌƞŽůŝŽ ŽĨ ŐŽůĨ ŝŶ ŵŝĚͲ Michigan. The list is long with Eagle Eye (always a top 20 in the state), the original tree-lined Hawk Hollow 27-hole course, Timber Ridge, 12-holeWoodside, ƚŚĞ &ĂůĐŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ >ŝƩůĞ ,ĂǁŬ ;ƉƵƩͲ ƉƵƩ ƌĞĂů ŐƌĂƐƐ ůĂLJŽƵƚͿ͘ Michigan News and Notes