Michigan Golf Journal January 2019

Top Stories from 2018 >W' ůĂƐƐŝĐ ĚŽŶĂƚĞĚ Ψϭ million – for the second ĐŽŶƐĞĐƵƟǀĞ LJĞĂƌ ʹ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ Simply Give ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ ƚŽ ĮŐŚƚ ŚƵŶŐĞƌ ŝŶ ůŽĐĂů ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ͘ DŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽ͗ ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬ ŵĞŝũĞƌĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘ĐŽŵͬ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJͲŶĞĞĚƐͬŚƵŶŐĞƌͲ ƌĞůŝĞĨͬƐŝŵƉůLJͲŐŝǀĞͬ Two girls win third ĐŽŶƐĞĐƵƟǀĞ ŚŝŐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽů ƐƚĂƚĞ ƟƚůĞƐ͗ ŶŝŬĂ LJ ;hͲD ĐŽŵŵŝƚͿ ŝŶ ŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ ϭ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂŶŝĞůůĞ ^ƚĂƐŬŽǁƐŬŝ ; Dh ĐŽŵŵŝƚͿ ŽĨ WŽŶƚŝĂĐ EŽƚƌĞ ĂŵĞ WƌĞƉ ; ŝǀ͘ ϯͿ ŵĂĚĞ ŝƚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ ŬƐ ďLJ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ their third consecutive ƐƚĂƚĞ ƚŝƚůĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂůů͘ dŚĞ ƉĂŝƌ ũŽŝŶĞĚ DĂƉůĞ ŝƚLJ 'ůĞŶ >ĂŬĞ͛Ɛ EŝĐŚŽůĞ Ždž ;ϮϬϭϰͲ ϭϲͿ͕ KŬĞŵŽƐ͛ ůůĞ EŝĐŚŽůƐ ;ϮϬϭϭͲϭϯͿ ĂŶĚ ŶŶ ƌďŽƌ WŝŽŶĞĞƌ͛Ɛ <ĂƚĞ >ŽLJ ;ϭϵϵϯͲ ϵϱͿ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ D,^ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ďŽŽŬ͘ Three boys’ teams launch controversy: Perhaps the darkest days of high school golf came ŝŶ ůĂƚĞ DĂLJ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŝǀ͘ ϭ regionals hosted by Lake Orion as potential cheating ŵĂĚĞ ŶĂƚŝŽŶĂů ŶĞǁƐ͘ Macomb County schools ŶĐŚŽƌ ĂLJ͕ >͛ ŶƐĞ ƌĞƵƐĞ and Fraser all played as a group and each team turned in attested scores ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞƌĞ ϰϱ ƐƚƌŽŬĞƐ Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ďĞůŽǁ ĞĂĐŚ teams’ respective season ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞƐ͘ /Ŷ ŶĐŚŽƌ ĂLJ͛Ɛ ĐĂƐĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐƚĞĚ ƚĞĂŵ score of 284 became the ŶĞǁ ĂůůͲƚŝŵĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ĨŽƌ ƌĞŐŝŽŶĂůƐ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ team had never even come close to a baseline 300 plateau of greatness all ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ ƵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌƵůĞƐ ŽĨ ƉůĂLJĞƌ ƐĞůĨͲŐŽǀĞƌŶĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŶŽ ŽŶĞ ƐƚĞƉƉŝŶŐ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƌLJ͕ ŶĐŚŽƌ ĂLJ͛Ɛ ĂŶĚ >͛ ŶƐĞ Creuse’s posted scores ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ƌĞĂĐŚ the State Finals – instead of Rochester Adams and ůŽŽŵĨŝĞůĚ ʹ ǁŚĞƌĞ ďŽƚŚ Macomb County teams ƚŚĞŶ ƉůĂĐĞĚ ůĂƐƚ͕ ϭϰϬ ƐƚƌŽŬĞƐ Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ;ƚǁŽ ƌŽƵŶĚƐͿ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ 'ƌŽƐƐĞ WŽŝŶƚĞ ^ŽƵƚŚ͘ The controversy has launched additional claims of cheating examples rolling in at multiple levels ŽĨ ŐŽůĨ͖ ƌĂŶŐŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƉŽŽƌ interpretations of the rules to outright deception for ŵĂŶLJ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ Ƶƚ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚƐ Ăƚ the high school level are coming (see related ƐƚŽƌLJ ŽŶ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƉĂŐĞƐͿ͘ ůƐŽ͕ ŐŽ ƚŽ http ͗ͬͬǁǁǁ͘ ĨŽƌĞŐŽůĨĞƌƐŶĞƚǁŽƌŬ͘ com ͬ fgn Ͳ ep ͲϳϯͲ busting Ͳ high Ͳ school Ͳ cheating Ͳ scandal ͬ to ŚĞĂƌ Ă ƉŽĚĐĂƐƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉŝĐ͕ led by Michigan Golf Live ƌĂĚŝŽ ŚŽƐƚ ŝůů ,ŽďƐŽŶ͘ ĂŶŝĞůůĞ ^ƚĂƐŬŽǁƐŬŝ