Michigan Golf Journal November 2019

D^h sŝƐŝƚƐ ,ŽŵĞ ŽĨ 'ŽůĨ Ăŝŵ ĨŽƌ Ă ƐĐŚŽŽůͲƌĞĐŽƌĚ ĮǀĞ ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚ E ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ͘ >ƵďĂŚŶ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ƚĞĂŵ ŝƐ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƵŶĚƵĞ ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ ƚŽ ƋƵĂůŝĨLJ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ZĞŐŝŽŶĂů Ăƚ ŚŽŵĞ͕ ďƵƚ ŚĞ͛Ɛ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƚ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ǁŝůů ǁŽƌŬ ŽƵƚ͘ ͞ ĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ŐƵLJƐ ǁĞ were with and our coaches, / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŬŶŽǁ ŝĨ / ĐŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ŐŽŶĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ďĞƩĞƌ ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕͟ ƐĂŝĚ ũƵŶŝŽƌ ĞǀŝŶ ĞŽŐƵŶ ; ůŽŽŵĮĞůĚ ,ŝůůƐͿ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ũŽƵƌŶĞLJ ƚŽ ^ĐŽƚůĂŶĚ͘ ͞:ƵƐƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĂŵĂnjŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŽ ƐŚĂƌĞ that with everybody on the team and coaches was truly Ă ŵĞŵŽƌĂďůĞ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͘͟ ^ĞŶŝŽƌ ŶĚƌĞǁ tĂůŬĞƌ ; ĂƩůĞ ƌĞĞŬͿ ŝƐ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ŶĞǀĞƌ short on words, but he said walking onto the grounds Ăƚ ^ƚ͘ ŶĚƌĞǁƐ KůĚ ŽƵƌƐĞ ŵĂĚĞ Śŝŵ ƐƉĞĞĐŚůĞƐƐ͘ ͞tĞ ǁĂůŬĞĚ ƵƉ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ 18 th green and visions and ŵĞŵŽƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ŚĂĚ ǁŽŶ ƚŚĞ KƉĞŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ͙ ũƵƐƚ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ĮůůĞĚ ŵLJ ŵŝŶĚ͘ ŶĚ ĂƐ ƟƌĞĚ ĂƐ / ǁĂƐ ;ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ůŽŶŐ ƚƌĂǀĞůͿ͕ / ǁĂƐ ũƵƐƚ completely in awe and ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůLJ ƐƉĞĞĐŚůĞƐƐ͘ /ƚ was a really cool experience, and really, really cool to be at ƚŚĞ ŚŽŵĞ ŽĨ ŐŽůĨ͘͟ ͞/ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŝƚ ĂĐƚƐ ĂƐ Ă ĐĂƚĂůLJƐƚ ƚŽ ŐŽ ŽƵƚ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽǀĞ and show people why we get ƚŽ ŐŽ ŽŶ ƚƌŝƉƐ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĂƚ͘͟ /Ŷ ^ĐŽƚůĂŶĚ͕ D^h ƉůĂLJĞĚ >ƵŶĚŝŶ >ŝŶŬƐ͕ ƉůƵƐ ĨŽƵƌ ^ƚ͘ ŶĚƌĞǁƐ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ͗ dŚĞ KůĚ Course, Jubilee, Castle and ĚĞŶ ŽƵƌƐĞƐ͘ ^ƚ͘ ŶĚƌĞǁƐ also set up a match against ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ŽĨ ^ƚ͘ ŶĚƌĞǁƐ͘ ͞dŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ǀĞƌLJ ĐůŽƐĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ͕ maybe the closest group I ever remember having – and certainly they are very ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƟǀĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ they have and what I love the most is how they tell the story everywhere they go about being able to go ƚŽ ^ĐŽƚůĂŶĚ͕͟ >ƵďĂŚŶ ƐĂŝĚ recently at the conclusion ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĂůů ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ ͞/ƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ like it’s something that was ĐŽŽů͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞLJ ŵŽǀĞĚ ŽŶ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ clearly something that will ƐƚĂLJ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ their lives, and that’s really ƐƉĞĐŝĂů͘͟ ͞dŚĞ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ƐƟůů resonates with them and ƚŚĞLJ ƚĂůŬ Ă ůŽƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ďůĞƐƐĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚĞƌĞ ;Ăƚ D^hͿ͕ and as long as they keep that ƉĞƌƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ͕ /͛ŵ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ǀĞƌLJ ƉƌŽƵĚ ĐŽĂĐŚ͘͟ D^h ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ ƌĂĚ ^ŵŝƚŚƐŽŶ͕ WŝĞƌĐĞ DŽƌƌŝƐƐĞLJ͕ :ĂŵĞƐ WŝŽƚ ĂŶĚ ĂƐƐƚ͘ ĐŽĂĐŚ ĂŶ ůůŝƐ Ăƚ ^ƚ͘ ŶĚƌĞǁƐ