Michigan Golf Journal January 2019

High School Golf /Ŷ Ă ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞ ƚŽ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ concern over high school golfers occasionally not recording accurate scores ʹ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ŶŽƚ ƉƌŽƉĞƌůLJ ŝŶƚĞƌƉƌĞƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌƵůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ǁŚĂƚ has the appearance of scoring ĚĞĐĞƉƟŽŶ ʹ Ă ŶĞǁ pilot ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ĞĂƌůLJ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ďLJ ƚŚĞ D,^ 'ŽůĨ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ǁŝůů ďĞŐŝŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϵ ďŽLJƐ͛ golf spring season to test if it ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĂĚŽƉƚĞĚ ĨƵůůͲƟŵĞ͘ dŚĞ ƉŽǁĞƌ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶ ŝŶƚĞŐƌŝƚLJ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ǁŝůů ƐƟůů be in the players’ hands – ůŝƚĞƌĂůůLJ͘ Ɛ Ă ŶŽƌŵĂů ƌƵůĞ͕ ĐĞůů ƉŚŽŶĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ĨŽƌ use on the course during D,^ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶƐ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞ ƉŝůŽƚ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌͲƐĞĂƐŽŶ tournaments can try in spring ϮϬϭϵ͕ ǁŽƵůĚ ĂůůŽǁ ĐĞůů ƉŚŽŶĞ ƵƐĞ ŝŶ ĨŽƵƌ ŝŶƐƚĂŶĐĞƐ͖ ƚŚĞ most prominent one being use of a cell phone app ĐĂůůĞĚ ŝtĂŶĂŵĂŬĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ĂƉƉ ĂůůŽǁƐ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĞĂĐŚ ƉŽƐƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĐŽƌĞƐ ŝŶ ƌĞĂů ƟŵĞ ĂƐ ƚŚĞLJ ƉůĂLJ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞŶ ĂůůŽǁƐ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ŽĸĐŝĂůƐ ĂŶĚ the general public see the ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ǁĞůů ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŽǀĞƌ͘ “Making scores public makes it available for all to ƐĞĞ͕ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ƚŽ ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŚĂƚ is being put in the system ĂĐƚƵĂůůLJ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŬŝĚƐ ĂƌĞ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ͕͟ ƐĂŝĚ ŽĚLJ /ŶŐůŝƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ D,^ ͘ ͞/Ĩ Ă ŬŝĚ ŝƐ ƐĐŽƌŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ŵŝŶĚ͕ ƚŚĞŶ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ďĞƚ ƚŚĞ ƚŚĞLJ ǁŝůů ĂƩƌĂĐƚ ŵŽƌĞ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĞLJĞďĂůůƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŵ͘͟ /Ŷ ŵŽƐƚ ĐĂƐĞƐ͕ ŚŝŐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽů tournament and league scores are not available ĚƵƌŝŶŐ Ă ŶŽƌŵĂů ƌŽƵŶĚ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƚLJƉŝĐĂůůLJ ŶŽƚ ƵŶƟů ƌĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ ĮŶĂůƐ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĂĚƵůƚ ŵĂƌŬĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ŝŶ ƉůĂĐĞ͕ ƚŚĂƚ volunteers collect and post Internet scores once every ƚŚƌĞĞ ŚŽůĞƐ͘ The Division 1 boys regional in late May, 2018, which is outlined on page 17 and ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ PILOT PROGRAM WILL TEST NEW HIGH SCHOOL SCORING RULES ĐĂƌůŽƐ ƐĂŶƟĂŐŽ