Michigan Golf Journal January 2019

High School Golf ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŶĞǁƐ͕ ĐůĞĂƌůLJ ƉƵƐŚĞĚ this measure – in some minds as the most glaring example ŽĨ ĂŶ ŽǀĞƌĚƵĞ͕ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ĐŽƌƌĞĐƟŽŶ͘ ͞dŚĞ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ŶŽǁ ďĞ monitored by using their phones ƚŽ ŝŶƉƵƚ ƐĐŽƌĞƐ ŝŶ ƌĞĂů ƟŵĞ͕͟ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĞĚ ZŽďĞƌƚ DĐ/ŶƚLJƌĞ͕ head coach at 2018 state ĐŚĂŵƉ 'ƌŽƐƐĞ WŽŝŶƚĞ ^ŽƵƚŚ͘ ͞ ŶLJ ĐŽĂĐŚ ŶŽǁ ŚĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĂďŝůŝƚLJ tomove to a hole and start ĐŽƵŶƟŶŐ ƐƚƌŽŬĞƐ ŝĨ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƐĞĞŵƐ ͚ĮƐŚLJ͛͘ /Ɛ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞĂůůLJ ƚŚĞ plan? Is this the message that ǁĞ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƚĞĂĐŚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ͍ Ž ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƌŝŐŚƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝŐ ƌŽƚŚĞƌ ŝƐ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ͍ ͞'ŽůĨ ŝƐ Ă ŐĂŵĞ ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞŐƌŝƚLJ͕͟ ŚĞ ĂĚĚĞĚ͘ ͞/ƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ͛ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ ƚŽ ŽĸĐŝĂƚĞ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂLJĞƌ that is put to the decision to ƵƐĞ ƚŚĞ ͚ĨŽŽƚ ǁĞĚŐĞ͛ ǁŚĞŶ ŶŽďŽĚLJ ŝƐ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ͕ Žƌ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŐĞƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĞdžƚƌĂ ƐƚƌŽŬĞ͘ /ƚ is choices made at these moments that demonstrate ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞŐƌŝƚLJ͘͟ According to the Minutes ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞĐ͘ ϱ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ D,^ 'ŽůĨ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ͕ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ͛Ɛ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐŝŽŶ ǁĂƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚĞŶŝŶŐ ĐŽĂĐŚĞƐ͛ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ their players as the key factor in helping solve this ŝƐƐƵĞ͘ ^ƚƌŽŶŐĞƌ ǁŽƌĚŝŶŐ ŝŶ tournament manuals and ƉƌĞͲƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ĐŽĂĐŚĞƐ͛ ŵĞĞƟŶŐƐ ǁŝůů ƉůĂĐĞ Ă ƐƚƵƌĚŝĞƌ emphasis on each coach’s role ĂŶĚ ĚƵƟĞƐ ŝŶ ĂĐĐƵƌĂƚĞ ƐĐŽƌŝŶŐ͘ The Minutes report also says that a new scorecard ǁŝůů ďĞ ƵƟůŝnjĞĚ Ăƚ Ăůů ZĞŐŝŽŶĂůƐ ĂŶĚ &ŝŶĂůƐ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĞǀĞƌLJ ƉůĂLJĞƌ ŵƵƐƚ ͚ŵĂƌŬ͛ ĞǀĞƌLJ other player in their playing ŐƌŽƵƉ ʹ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ŽŶĞ ƉůĂLJĞƌ ƚƌĂĐŬŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƉůĂLJĞƌ͘ The other three reasons that cell phone use on the course ǁŝůů ďĞ ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ D,^ ͛Ɛ ZĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ Council in May are: calling a coach or tournament ĂĚŵŝŶŝƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ Ă ŚĞĂůƚŚ Žƌ ƐĂĨĞƚLJ ŝƐƐƵĞ͖ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƟŶŐ Ă ƌƵůĞƐ ŽĸĐŝĂů͖ ĂŶĚ ƵƐĞ ĂƐ Ă ĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ ŵĞĂƐƵƌŝŶŐ ĚĞǀŝĐĞ ʹ Ăůů ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ ůĞŐĂů ďLJ ƚŚĞ h^' ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞ ZĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ Council agrees to the changes ƚŚĞLJ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŝŶƐƟƚƵƚĞĚ permanently beginning in the ĨĂůů ŽĨ ϮϬϭϵ͘