Michigan Golf Journal March 2019

ĐŽŵĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĂƚŚůĞƚĞ͘ ŽĂĐŚĞƐ ĐĂŶ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ ƚĞůĞƉŚŽŶĞ ĐĂůůƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚŝƐ ĚĂƚĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĂƚŚůĞƚĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂǀĞĂƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽĂĐŚ ŵƵƐƚ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĐĂůů ĂŶĚ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ͕ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƌƵůĞƐ͕ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞƐ͘ WůĞĂƐĞ ŬĞĞƉ ĐĂůůŝŶŐ ƵŶƟů LJŽƵ ƌĞĂĐŚ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ďĞŐŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƐĂƟŽŶ͘ While coaches can read ĞŵĂŝůƐ͕ ƚĞdžƚƐ Žƌ ƚǁĞĞƚƐ͕ it is almost impossible to ƌĞƐƉŽŶĚ ƚŽ ĞǀĞƌLJ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ͘ Ğ ƉĞƌƐŝƐƚĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĚŽ not let an electronic dialogue ďĞ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͘ ηϮ ʹ ƌĞĂƚĞ zŽƵƌ >ŝƐƚ ŽĨ WŽƚĞŶƟĂů ^ĐŚŽŽůƐ ĂŶĚ sŝƐŝƚ /ƚ ŝƐ ŚŝŐŚůLJ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƚĂŬĞ ƵŶŽĸĐŝĂů ĂŶĚ ŽĸĐŝĂů ǀŝƐŝƚƐ ǁŚĞŶĞǀĞƌ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͘ tŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ǀŝƐŝƚƐ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ŚĂƉƉĞŶ ƵŶƟů September 1 st ŽĨ ũƵŶŝŽƌ LJĞĂƌ͕ ǀŝƐŝƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĂŶ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͘ ŽŶƚĂĐƟŶŐ coaches and asking to come ǀŝƐŝƚ ǁŝůů ƉĂLJ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĚŝǀŝĚĞŶĚƐ͘ /ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ŐĂƚŚĞƌĞĚ ŽŶ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐƐ͕ ĂƚŚůĞƟĐƐ͕ ĂŶĚ what each coach is looking ĨŽƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͘ WŝĐŬ ϱͲϭϬ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĞĐƚƌƵŵ ǁŚĞƌĞ Ă Įƚ ŵĂLJ ďĞ possible and be persistent on ǀŝƐŝƟŶŐ ŝŶ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ͘ ηϯ ʹ hŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ EƵŵďĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ Ğ 'ƌĂƚĞĨƵů ĨŽƌ ǀĞƌLJ KƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ƚŽ ^Ğůů Yourself dŚĞ ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ WŽǁĞƌ ϱ ŐŽůĨ program in America has approximately 9-10 players ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚĞĂŵ͘ dŚĂƚ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ĂĐĐĞƉƟŶŐ ϮͲϯ ŶĞǁ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ Ă LJĞĂƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ŝƐ ŝŶƚĞŶƐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ǀĞƌLJ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ĨŽƌ ĐŽĂĐŚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĂƚŚůĞƚĞƐ͘ Do all you can to separate LJŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƌŬ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ă ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ǁŚĞƌĞ Ă ĐŽĂĐŚ ŚĂƐ ƚŽ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ LJŽƵƌ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͘ ǀĞŶ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ ŝƐ ŶŽ͕ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ă ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŶ ŚĞůƉ ŝŶ ŵŽƐƚ ĐĂƐĞƐ͘ /Ŷ ƐƵŵŵĂƌLJ͕ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐƌƵŝƟŶŐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ŝƐ ĐŽŵƉůŝĐĂƚĞĚ͘ ƐŬ ĂƐ ŵĂŶLJ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ĂƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĞĂƚ ĞǀĞƌLJ opportunity as special to interact and create a ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚŝƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ŐĂŵĞ͘ 'ŽŽĚ ůƵĐŬ͊ ŶĚƌĞǁ tĂůŬĞƌ͕ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ƚŚƌĞĞͲƟŵĞ Dƌ͘ 'ŽůĨ ϭϱ March 2019 ǁǁǁ͘ŵŝĐŚŝŐĂŶŐŽůłŽƵƌŶĂů͘ĐŽŵ