Michigan Golf Journal January 2019

Guest Column LJŽƵ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽůĚ ŵĞ ǁŚĞŶ / ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ͕ ĨŽĐƵƐŝŶŐ ŵLJ ǁŚŽůĞ ůŝĨĞ ŽŶ ďĂƐŬĞƚďĂůů͕ ƚŚĂƚ / ǁŽƵůĚ have been involved in 2 girls’ ƐƚĂƚĞ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ͕ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƚĂƚĞ ƌƵŶŶĞƌͲƵƉ ĂŶĚ Ă ďŽLJƐ͛ 3 rd ƉůĂĐĞ ĮŶŝƐŚ ĐŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ 'K>&͕ / ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƐĂŝĚ LJŽƵ ǁĞƌĞ ĐƌĂnjLJ͊͊ / ǁĂƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƟůů ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌ ŵLJƐĞůĨ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ďĂƐŬĞƚďĂůů ŐƵLJ͕ but golf has impacted my life ŝŶ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ǁĂLJ ƚŚĂƚ / never would have imagined. I took up the game in my late ϮϬ͛Ɛ͕ ůĞĂƌŶĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ͕ ŝĐŬ 'ƌĂLJ͕ ĂŶĚ ĨĞůů ŝŶ ůŽǀĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ͘ / ŚĂǀĞ ǁŝƚŶĞƐƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ its made on so many young ƉĞŽƉůĞ͘ I see an increased ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ͕ Ă ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ͕ ŵŽƌĞ ƉĂƟĞŶĐĞ and humility in many young ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ͘ ^Ž ŽŌĞŶ / ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĞĂƌ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŵ ŚŽǁ ŵƵĐŚ ƚŚĞLJ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ ŐŽůĨ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞLJ ĮƌƐƚ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ͖ ŚŽǁ ŚĂƌĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ͘ EŽǁ / ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚůLJ ŚĞĂƌ ͞/ ǁŝůů ƉůĂLJ ŐŽůĨ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ŵLJ ůŝĨĞ͘͟ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ǁĂLJ ǁŝƚŚ ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ͘ ƚ ĮƌƐƚ ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ŽǀĞƌǁŚĞůŵŝŶŐ and you hear about all the ŶĞŐĂƟǀĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŽŶĐĞ LJŽƵ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƚŽ ƌĞĂůŝnjĞ ǁŚĂƚ ĂŶ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ LJŽƵ can make in someone else’s ůŝĨĞ͕ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů ƌĞĂůŝnjĞ ʹ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ăůů ǁŽƌƚŚ ŝƚ͘ dŽ LJŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ considering entering the ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐͬĐŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶ͖ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ůŽƚ ůŝŬĞ LJŽƵƌ ĮƌƐƚ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ŽĨ ŐŽůĨ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ĐŚĂŶŐĞ LJŽƵƌ ůŝĨĞ ĨŽƌĞǀĞƌ͊