Michigan Golf Journal March 2019

,ĂŐĞŶ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ŚŽƐƚĞĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŐŽůĨ ŐƌĞĂƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƟĞƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ 'ĞŶĞ ^ĂƌĂnjĞŶ͕ ŚŝĐŬ ǀĂŶƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝŶŐ ƌŽƐďLJ͘ >ŽĐĂůƐ also are proud that 1979 Masters winner Fuzzy Zoeller ůŝǀĞƐ ŶŽƚ ĨĂƌ ĂǁĂLJ ĂŶĚ ŽŌĞŶ proclaimed he would play the ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƚŽ ƉƌĞƉ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ƚƌŝƉƐ ƚŽ ƵŐƵƐƚĂ EĂƟŽŶĂů͘ dŚĞ ZŽƐƐ ŽƵƌƐĞ ŝƐ Ă ƉĂƌŬůĂŶĚ gem that meanders up and ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŽůůŝŶŐ ŚŝůůƐ Ă ĨĞǁ ŵŝůĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ƌĞƐŽƌƚ͘ dŚĞ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ƌŽƵƟŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚŽůĞƐ ƚĂŬĞƐ ĨƵůů ĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶLJ ĞůĞǀĂƟŽŶ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ĨŽƌ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ZŽƐƐ ŐƌĞĞŶ ƐŝƚĞƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ ƐůŽƉĞĚ ĚƌĂŵĂƟĐĂůůLJ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ĨŽƌŵ ʹ ĨƌŽŵ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ĨƌŽŶƚ͘ French Lick is the only resort in the world that combines ƚŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐ ǁŽƌŬ ŽĨ Ross with the extraordinary ŵŽĚĞƌŶͲĚĂLJ ǁŽƌŬ ŽĨ LJĞ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ Ă ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ĨŽƌ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ƚǁŽ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌƐ ŝŶ ŐŽůĨ ŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ ŽŶ ŽŶĞ ƚƌŝƉ͘ ƚƌŝƉ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĐŽƌĞƐ Ă ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ϰ ĨŽƌ ďƵĚĚŝĞƐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ďĞƐƚ experienced through French >ŝĐŬ ZĞƐŽƌƚ͛Ɛ ,Ăůů ŽĨ &ĂŵĞ 'ŽůĨ WĂĐŬĂŐĞ͘ /ƚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ ďŽƚŚ the Ross and Dye courses all ĚĂLJ ŽǀĞƌ Ă ƚǁŽͲĚĂLJ ƉĞƌŝŽĚ͘ 'ŽůĨĞƌƐ ĐĂŶ ŽƉƚ ƚŽ ƐƚĂLJ Ăƚ either the French Lick Springs ,ŽƚĞů͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ϱϭ͕ϬϬϬͲƐƋƵĂƌĞ ĨŽŽƚ ĐĂƐŝŶŽ͕ Žƌ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞŐĂŶƚ tĞƐƚ ĂĚĞŶ ^ƉƌŝŶŐƐ ,ŽƚĞů͘ ŽƚŚ hotels underwent a $600 ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐ ƌĞƐƚŽƌĂƟŽŶ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŝĚͲϮ͕ϬϬϬ͛Ɛ bringing the resort back to ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƉƌŽŵŝŶĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ďŽƚŚ hotels back to their original ƐŽƉŚŝƐƟĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ůƵdžƵƌLJ͘ Whether the group opts to ƉůĂLJ Ϯϳ Žƌ ϯϲ ŚŽůĞƐ Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶ ŽŶĞ ĚĂLJ͕ ƚŚĞ ǀĂůƵĞ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ďĞĂƚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĂůůͲĚĂLJ͕ ŽŶĞͲƉƌŝĐĞ ŽƉƟŽŶ͘ KŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƌŝǀĂů ĚĂLJ͕ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ĂůƐŽ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ Ă ϵͲŚŽůĞ welcome warmup round on ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚĞůŽǁ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ Ă ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ͕ ĨƵŶ ƉĂƌŬůĂŶĚ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ͘ /Ĩ ĂůůͲĚĂLJ ŐŽůĨ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĞǀĞƌLJďŽĚLJ͛Ɛ ŽƉƟŽŶ͕ ďĞĐŬŽŶŝŶŐ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĂ͕ ƉŽŽů ĂƌĞĂ Žƌ ŽƵƚĚŽŽƌ ĂƌĞĂ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ĮƐŚŝŶŐ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ ƌĂŶŐĞ ʹ Žƌ ƚĞƐƟŶŐ LJŽƵƌ ůƵĐŬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐŝŶŽ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐƐ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ ĐĂŶ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ Ă ǀĂƌŝĞƚLJ ŽĨ ĮŶĞ ĚŝŶŝŶŐ ŽƉƟŽŶƐ Ăƚ ĞĂĐŚ ŚŽƚĞů͕ Žƌ ŚĞĂĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŽǁŶ ŽĨ &ƌĞŶĐŚ >ŝĐŬ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĞĐŬ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ůŝŬĞƐ ŽĨ ƌŝĐŬ ϯϯ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ŶĂŵĞĚ ĂŌĞƌ ŝƚƐ ďĞůŽǀĞĚ ďĂƐŬĞƚďĂůů ƐŽŶ͕ >ĂƌƌLJ ŝƌĚ͘ tƌŝƚĞ ƵƐ ĚŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ Ă ϰ͗ ůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂďŽǀĞ͘ Visit www ͘ĨƌĞŶĐŚůŝĐŬ͘ com ͘ 9 March 2019 ǁǁǁ͘ŵŝĐŚŝŐĂŶŐŽůłŽƵƌŶĂů͘ĐŽŵ WĞƚĞ LJĞ ŽƵƌƐĞ͕ EŽ͘ ϵ ƚƌŝƵŵ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ tĞƐƚ ĂĚĞŶ ^ƉƌŝŶŐƐ ,ŽƚĞů