Michigan Golf Journal March 2019

> /KE ʹ 'ŽůĨ ĐůƵď ĮƫŶŐƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĂŐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ industry the past decade or ŵŽƌĞ͘ Ɛ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ĂƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂĚǀĂŶĐĞŵĞŶƚ ŝƐ ĨŽƌ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ , ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ Ă ƐŚŽƌƚĂŐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ ŽĨ ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŽ ďƵŝůĚ ŶĞǁ ĐƵƐƚŽŵ ĐůƵďƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĮƫŶŐ ƐƉĞĐƐ͖ Žƌ ĂĚũƵƐƚ Žƌ ƌĞƉĂŝƌ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƚ LJŽƵ already love. dŽ ŚĞůƉ ĞůĞǀĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŬŝůů ƐĞƚ ŽĨ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ďƵŝůĚĞƌƐ͕ or start new careers in ƚŚĞ ŐŽůĨ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ͕ DŝƚĐŚĞůů 'ŽůĨ ƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ ŽŵƉĂŶLJ has recently launched a ŶĞǁ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĐůĂƐƐĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƉĞŽƉůĞ to gain specialized skills in golf club building, repair ĂŶĚ ĂůƚĞƌĂƟŽŶ at its new ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ƐƚƵĚŝŽ ŝŶ ĚŽǁŶƚŽǁŶ ůďŝŽŶ͘ hƉĐŽŵŝŶŐ classes will be held March ϮϱͲϮϴ ĂŶĚ Ɖƌŝů ϮϯͲϮϲ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŵŽƌĞ ϰͲĚĂLJ ƌƵŶƐ ŝŶ DĂLJ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ;ĞdžĐĞƉƚ :ƵůLJͿ͘ Mitchell is an American- ŵĂĚĞ ŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌĞƌ ŚĞƌĞ ŝŶ Michigan that is well-known ďLJ ĐůƵď ďƵŝůĚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĮƩĞƌƐ as the industry leader in building machines that bend ĐůƵďƐ͕ ĂĚũƵƐƚ ůŽŌ͕ ĐƵƚ ƚŽ ůĞŶŐƚŚ͕ ƌĞͲŐƌŝƉ ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ ʹ ĨŽƌ ƵƐĞ ŝŶ ĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ ƚƌĂŝůĞƌƐ ŽŶ Ăůů ŵĂũŽƌ ŐŽůĨ dŽƵƌƐ͕ ďLJ W' dŽƵƌ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůƐ͕ W' ĐůƵď ƉƌŽƐ͕ ŵĂũŽƌ ĐůƵď ŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌĞƌƐ and retail shops around the ǁŽƌůĚ͘ DŝƚĐŚĞůů 'ŽůĨ ŵŽǀĞĚ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůLJ ĨƌŽŵ ĂLJƚŽŶ͕ KŚŝŽ͕ ƚŽ ůďŝŽŶ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞĚ ďLJ ĂƐƚĞƌ ŽŶĐĞƉƚƐ͘ dŚĞ KƚŚĞƌ ^ŝĚĞ ŽĨ 'ŽůĨ dĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJ͗ Club Building and Repair DŝƚĐŚĞůů 'ŽůĨ ůĂƵŶĐŚĞƐ ŶĞǁ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĐĞŶƚĞƌ By Tom Lang Trainer Larry Baldbridge leads club ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƉĂŝƌ ĐůĂƐƐ͘ Michigan Golf Journal Club Building and Repair