Michigan Golf Journal March 2019

^ĂŐĞ ZƵŶ ʹ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŐĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ ŽĨ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŽĨ ƚǁŽ ŶĞǁ ĚĞƐƟŶĂƟŽŶ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐƐ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϴ ʹ ǁĂƐ ĞŶǀŝƐŝŽŶĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ĂƐ Ă ƌŽƵŐŚ ĂŶĚ ƌƵŐŐĞĚ ŐŽůĨ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌ WĂƵů ůďĂŶĞƐĞ͛Ɛ ƉĞŶĐŝů ĞǀĞƌ ƚŽƵĐŚĞĚ ƉĂƉĞƌ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů LJĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ͘ Mission accomplished. And while that might not Įƚ ƚŚĞ ĞLJĞ ŽĨ ƐŽŵĞ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ǁŚŽ ƉƌĞĨĞƌ ĞǀĞƌLJ ŝŶĐŚ ŽĨ Ă ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƚŽ ƌĞƉůŝĐĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĞůLJͲŐƌŽŽŵĞĚ ƵŐƵƐƚĂ EĂƟŽŶĂů ƚŚĞLJ ƐĞĞ ŽŶ ds ʹ rough and rugged certainly ĮƚƐ ƚŚĞ ůŽŽŬ ĂŶĚ ĨĞĞů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞƌĂůů hƉƉĞƌ WĞŶŝŶƐƵůĂ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŽŬĂLJ͖ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ǁŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ŝƚ ŶĂƚƵƌĂů͘ dŚĞ /ƐůĂŶĚ ZĞƐŽƌƚ Θ ĂƐŝŶŽ͛Ɛ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ^Ă ŐĞ ZƵŶ͕ ŝƐ Ă ƉŽůĂƌͲŽƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ͛Ɛ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŶĞĂƌ ƐĐĂŶĂďĂ ʹ ^ǁĞĞƚŐƌĂƐƐ͘ Sweetgrass is an excellent ůĂLJŽƵƚ͕ Ă 'ŽůĨtĞĞŬ ƚŽƉͲϮϬ ŝŶ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͘ /ƚ ĐŽǀĞƌƐ ŐĞŶƚůLJ rolling land that is ŐƌŽŽŵĞĚ͕ ĐůĞĂŶͲĐƵƚ ŝĨ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů͘ /ƚ hosts the annual Symetra dŽƵƌ ĞǀĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĂǀŝŶŐ ƌĞǀŝĞǁƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ ƚƌLJŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĞůĞǀĂƚĞ ŽŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ >W' dŽƵƌ͘ ^ǁĞĞƚŐƌĂƐƐ has appropriately earned ĞǀĞƌLJ ĂǁĂƌĚ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĂŝƐĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ͘ WĂƌ ϯ͕ ,ŽůĞ ϱ ^ ' ZhE &/d^ h͘W͘ Zh'' & dhZ ^ By Tom Lang Michigan Golf Journal h͘W 'ŽůĨ Ăƚ ^ĂŐĞ ZƵŶ