Michigan Golf Journal January 2019

Guest Column ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŐŽůĨ ƚŽ ũƵŶŝŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĂĚƵůƚƐ͘ dŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ LJĞĂƌ͕ ŽƵƌ ĐŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƐƚĂī ĂŶĚ student athletes conduct camps and clinics that ƉƌŽŵŽƚĞ ůĂƐƟŶŐ ƚĞĐŚŶŝƋƵĞ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞůƉ ǁŝƚŚ ůŽŶŐ ƚĞƌŵ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞƐĞ camps and clinics vary from ŽŶĞͲ Žƌ ƚǁŽͲŚŽƵƌ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ͕ ŚĂůĨ ĚĂLJ ĐůŝŶŝĐƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ŵƵůƟƉůĞ ĚĂLJƐ ŽĨ ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ͘ &Žƌ ĂŶLJŽŶĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ŝŵƉƌŽǀŝŶŐ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂƌĞ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ĂǀĞŶƵĞƐ to learn about the game of golf from high level players ĂŶĚ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞĂďůĞ ĐŽĂĐŚĞƐ ĐŽŵƉĞƟŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚ ůĞǀĞů ŝŶ ĂŵĂƚĞƵƌ ŐŽůĨ͘ Giving back to the community in a more direct ǁĂLJ ŝƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚͲ ĂƚŚůĞƚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂƚŚůĞƟĐ ĚĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ƐƉĞŶĚ Ă ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ŽŶ͘ ǀĞŶƚƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ <ŝĚ^ƉŽƌƚ͕ ZŽŶĂůĚ DĐ ŽŶĂůĚ ,ŽƵƐĞ͕ ůƐ ĨŽƌ ƵƟƐŵ͕ DĂŐŝĐ ŽĨ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ĂŶĚ ǀŝƐŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ͘^͘ DŽƩ ŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛Ɛ ,ŽƐƉŝƚĂů ĂƌĞ ũƵƐƚ Ă ĨĞǁ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁĂLJƐ ŽƵƌ ƚĞĂŵ ŚĞůƉƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘ 'ŝǀŝŶŐ back to people in need is a ŐƌĞĂƚ ǁĂLJ ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁ ŐƌĂƟƚƵĚĞ͕ ĚĞĮŶĞ ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞ ĂŶĚ ŬĞĞƉ ůŝĨĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƚŚůĞƟĐƐ ŝŶ ƉĞƌƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ͘ Another avenue our collegiate players inspire is throughout our home ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ĞīŽƌƚ to seek out local collegiate ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ƌĞǁĂƌĚƐ LJŽƵ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĨƌŽŶƚ ƌŽǁ ƐĞĂƚ ƚŽ ĂŶ ĞdžƚƌĞŵĞůLJ high level of golf and the future of the professional ŐĂŵĞ͘ DŽƐƚ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ ŚŽƐƚ Ăƚ least one home tournament ĂŶŶƵĂůůLJ Žƌ ďŝĂŶŶƵĂůůLJ͕ ǁŝƚŚ rosters of players’ impressive ƌĞƐƵŵĞƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ůĞǀĞů͘ DĂŶLJ athletes have represented their home countries in the tŽƌůĚ ŵĂƚĞƵƌ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ͕ ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞĚ ŝŶ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ h^' ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ͕ ǁŽŶ ƐƚĂƚĞ championships and other ĐŽůůĞŐŝĂƚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ůĞǀĞů ŽĨ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĞdžƚƌĞŵĞůLJ ŚŝŐŚ and seeing teams compete together in a historically ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ƐƉŽƌƚ ŝƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ŝŶƐƉŝƌŝŶŐ͘ College golf provides ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĨŽƌ LJŽƵŶŐ people to compete at a high ůĞǀĞů ǁŚŝůĞ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͘ 'ŽůĨ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƐ ĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĞ͕ ƌĞƐŝůŝĞŶĐĞ͕ ŚĂƌĚ ǁŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ ŐŝǀĞƐ LJŽƵŶŐ ĂĚƵůƚƐ a purpose that is much ďŝŐŐĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͘ While engrossing themselves ŝŶ Ă ƐƉŽƌƚ ƚŚĞLJ ůŽǀĞ͕ ƚŚĞ students and coaches give ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂƐƐŝƐƚ ŝŶ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ Ă ƉƌŽƐƉĞƌŽƵƐ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘ dŚĞ ŝŶƚĞŶĚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƵŶŝŶƚĞŶĚĞĚ ĐŽŶƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞ of collegiate programs in ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĂƌĞ ǁŽƌƚŚLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞīŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ͘ hͲD tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ƚĞĂŵ ĐŽŶĚƵĐƟŶŐ Ă ŐŝƌůƐ :ƵŶŝŽƌ ĐĂŵƉ͘