Michigan Golf Journal March 2019

dŚĞ ŐŽůĨ ĐůƵď ůŝŵŝƚ ŝŶ ĂŶLJ ďĂŐ ŝƐ ϭϰ ĐůƵďƐ ʹ ĐŽŝŶĐŝĚĞŶƚĂů ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ϭϰ 'ŽůĨ ůƵďƐ ũŽŝŶĞĚ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ĂƐ ĨŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ 'ŽůĨ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ϭϬϬ LJĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ ŝŶ ϭϵϭϵ͘ >ŝƩůĞ ĚŝĚ they know that the GAM ǁŽƵůĚ ĞǀŽůǀĞ ƚŽ ĞŶĐŽŵƉĂƐƐ ŚƵŶĚƌĞĚƐ ŽĨ ĐůƵďƐ ĂŶĚ ƚĞŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚŝƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐƚĂƚĞ͘ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď͕ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ With membership roots ĚĂƟŶŐ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ϭϴϵϵ͕ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď ŚĂƐ ƉƌŽƵĚůLJ ƐƚŽŽĚ at its current property near Woodward and Six Mile ŝŶ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ϭϵϭϲ͘ dŚĞ ' ŚŽƐƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ that created the GAM three LJĞĂƌƐ ůĂƚĞƌ͘ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŽĨ ƉƌŝĚĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵď͛Ɛ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐŚŝƉ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂƌŐƵĂďůLJ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĞƚŚŶŝĐĂůůLJ ĚŝǀĞƌƐĞ ĐůƵďƐ ŝŶ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ͘ ,ŽƌƚŽŶ ^ŵŝƚŚ͕ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ŚĞĂĚ ƉƌŽ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ϯϲͲ ŚŽůĞ ŽŶĂůĚ ZŽƐƐ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ͕ ǁŽŶ ďŽƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƌĚ Masters Tournaments and ǁĞŶƚ ƵŶĚĞĨĞĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ ĮǀĞ ZLJĚĞƌ ƵƉƐ͘ tŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ W' dŽƵƌ ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞƐ Ăƚ ' ƚŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌ͕ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ŵĂƌŬ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ ŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ ƚŚĂƚ Ă W' dŽƵƌ contest will be held inside the ĐŝƚLJ ŽĨ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ͘ ƵƚŽŵŽďŝůĞ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď ;ŶŽǁ WŝŶĞ >ĂŬĞ Ϳ͕ tĞƐƚ ůŽŽŵĮĞůĚ dŽǁŶƐŚŝƉ /Ŷ ϭϵϬϮ͕ ĂƵƚŽŵŽƟǀĞ ŝĐŽŶƐ ,ĞŶƌLJ &ŽƌĚ͕ ZĂŶƐŽŵ KůĚƐ ĂŶĚ :ŽŚŶ ŽĚŐĞ ĨŽƌŵĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƵƚŽŵŽďŝůĞ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶŬƐ ŽĨ WŝŶĞ >ĂŬĞ ŝŶ KĂŬůĂŶĚ ŽƵŶƚLJ͘ Although they were business ĐŽŵƉĞƟƚŽƌƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƚƌŝŽ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ĞŶũŽLJĞĚ ĐĂŵƉŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ ŽĨ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ ĂŶĚ ŐŶĞƐ ,ŽĚŐĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ůĂƚĞƌ purchased the parcel where ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ĐůƵƵƐĞ ŽĨ WŝŶĞ >ĂŬĞ ƐƚĂŶĚƐ͘ /Ŷ ϭϵϭϳ͕ ƐĞǀĞŶ ŐŽůĨ ŚŽůĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ďƵŝůƚ͕ with two more added in ϭϵϭϵ͘ /Ŷ ϭϵϮϭ͕ ƚŚĞ ŶĂŵĞ ǁĂƐ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŽŶ ĂŌĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ course expanded to 18 holes designed by the legendary tŝůůŝĞ WĂƌŬ :ƌ͘ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď ϭϰ >h ^͗ ' D ϭϬϬ z Z^ By Tom Lang Michigan Golf Journal #GAM100