Michigan Golf Journal January 2019

Top Stories from 2018 Two new pro Tour events announced : The PGA Tour announced in the spring that it’s returning to Michigan in :ƵŶĞ͕ ϮϬϭϵ͕ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď͕ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ƐŝŶĐĞ ǁĞ ůŽƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƵŝĐŬ Open a decade ago – and the LPGA Tour announced ĂĚĚŝŶŐ ŝƚƐ ĮƌƐƚ ƚĞĂŵͲƐĐŽƌŝŶŐ ĞǀĞŶƚ͕ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉůĂǇĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ Midland Country Club in :ƵůǇ͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ďŽƚŚ ƚŽƵƌƐ ĞǆƉĂŶĚ ŝŶƚŽ ŽƵƌ ŐŽůĨͲƌŝĐŚ state is a huge economic and ĐŚĂƌŝƚĂďůĞ ĚŽŶĂƟŽŶƐ ďŽŽƐƚ ƚŽ ďŽƚŚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƵƚƐ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ƐƋƵĂƌĞůǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŽƚůŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ looking at all our great resources – both natural and ŵĂŶͲŵĂĚĞ͘ The 2018 Ally Challenge : dŚĞ W' dŽƵƌ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ĐĂůů ƚŚĞ W' dŽƵƌ ƌĞƟƌĞĞƐ͕ ƌĞƚƵƌŶĞĚ ŝŶ September to their beloved ŚŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƐŽ ŵĂŶǇ ƉĂƐƚ͕ ƚĞƌƌŝĮĐ ƵŝĐŬ KƉĞŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ Ally Challenge presented by DĐ>ĂƌĞŶ͘ tĂƌǁŝĐŬ ,ŝůůƐ ǁĂƐ a great host once again and ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƐ ƐĂŝĚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĂƩĞŶĚĞĚ ƐƚŽƉƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŝƌĐƵŝƚ Ăůů ǇĞĂƌ͘ KŶĐĞ again proof Michigan is a ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐƚĂƚĞ Ăƚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ ŐŽůĨ͘ Michigan Seniors: ^ƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞƌͲϱϬ ĐƌŽǁĚ ƌĞƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͕ ƚǁŽ ŶĂƟǀĞƐ ŵĂĚĞ ǁĂǀĞƐ ŽŶ the PGA Tour Champions circuit – Tom Werkmeister and Tom Gillis ͘ 'ŝůůŝƐ͕ ŽĨ >ĂŬĞ KƌŝŽŶ͕ ǁŝƚŚ one PGA Tour runner up ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ͕ ŵĂĚĞ Ă ŚƵŐĞ splash once he turned 50 ŝŶ :ƵůǇ͕ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƌĚ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ďŽƚŚ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ĮƌƐƚ ƚǁŽ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚǁŽ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŽƉ ϭϬƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ƚŚƌĞĞ͘ tĞƌŬŵĞŝƐƚĞƌ͕ Ă ŶĂƟǀĞ ŽĨ tĂƌƌĞŶ ĂŶĚ ŶŽǁ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŽĨ 'ƌĂŶĚ ZĂƉŝĚƐ͕ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ Ă stunning amateur career into ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶĂů ƐƚĂƚƵƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ dŽƵƌ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϴ͘ ,Ğ ŵĂĚĞ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƚ ŝŶ Ăůů ĨŽƵƌ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ͘ Sarah Burnham Earns LPGA Tour Card: ƵƌŶŚĂŵ ǁĂƐ ƚǁŽͲƟŵĞ ŝŐ dĞŶ WůĂǇĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ D^h ƉůĂǇĞƌ ǁŚŽ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ ƉƌŽ ŝŶ :ƵŶĞ͘ ^ŚĞ ƉƌŽŵƉƚůǇ ǁŽŶ ŚĞƌ ĮƌƐƚ ĞǀĞŶƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽŶŶĞĐƟĐƵƚ KƉĞŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵŝƐƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƚ ďǇ ũƵƐƚ ŽŶĞ ƐƚƌŽŬĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ DĞŝũĞƌ >W' Classic in Grand Rapids right ĂŌĞƌǁĂƌĚƐ͘ ^ŚĞ ƚŚĞŶ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ dϮϳ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ >W' YͲ^ĞƌŝĞƐ in the fall to earn her 2019 ĐĂƌĚ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϳ ŝŐ dĞŶ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ͕ ƵƌŶŚĂŵ͕ TOP STORIES OF 2018 Ǉ dŽŵ >ĂŶŐ Fred Couples at Ally Challenge Tom Gillis