Michigan Golf Journal January 2019

Each February the West DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ 'ŽůĨ ^ŚŽǁ ŬŝĐŬƐ ƚŚĞ ďƵƩ ŽĨ ĐĂďŝŶ ĨĞǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŐĞƚƐ golfers psyched up for the ŶŽƚͲƚŽŽͲĚŝƐƚĂŶƚ ŐŽůĨ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ĂŚĞĂĚ ŝŶ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͘ dŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚĞ ϯϭ st ĂŶŶƵĂů ƐŚŽǁ͕ &Ğď͘ ϴͲϭϬ͘ ĞsŽƐ WůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ĚŽǁŶƚŽǁŶ Grand Rapids houses the ƐŚŽǁ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂƐ ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐĂůůLJ brought in the top teaching talent across the country ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ƐĞŵŝŶĂƌƐ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ϭϮ ĂĐƟǀĞ Žƌ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ W' dŽƵƌ͕ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ Tour and LPGA Tour players ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ ŚƌŝƐ K͛ ŽŶŶĞůů͕ teacher ĨŽƌ W' dŽƵƌ ƐƚĂƌ DĂƩ Kuchar ͕ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŽƵƚƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞƌƐ͘ K͛ ŽŶŶĞůů ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽͲĨŽƵŶĚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ /ŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ WůĂŶĞ dƌƵƚŚ 'ŽůĨ /ŶƐƟƚƵƚĞ ŝŶ ĂůůĂƐ͕ dy͘ ŵŽŶŐ ŚŝƐ ŵĂŶLJ ŚŽŶŽƌƐ͕ Golf Magazine includes him in its Top 100 Teachers in ŵĞƌŝĐĂ͘ Golf Show Season West Michigan Golf Show ůǁĂLJƐ Ă ĮƌƐƚ ƐŝŐŶ ŽĨ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ ŝŶ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ Instructor Chris O’Connell