Michigan Golf Journal November 2019

19 November 2019 ǁǁǁ͘ŵŝĐŚŝŐĂŶŐŽůłŽƵƌŶĂů͘ĐŽŵ dŚĞ ' D ŚĂĚ ƵŶƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵůůLJ ƉƵƌƐƵĞĚ Ă ƉůĂŶ ƚŽ ďƵŝůĚ 'ŽůĨ ,ŽƵƐĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ĂŶĚ ĂĚŽƉƚ Ă ŶĞǁ ŐŽůĨ ŚĂŶĚŝĐĂƉ ĐŽŵƉƵƚĂƟŽŶ ƉůĂƞŽƌŵ͘ ^ĞǀĞƌĂů ĐůƵďƐ ĂŶĚ courses reacted by dropping ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐŚŝƉ ƌŽůůƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ǁĂƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďƌŝŶŬ ŽĨ ďĂŶŬƌƵƉƚĐLJ͘ dŚĞ ' D ŽĂƌĚ ŚŝƌĞĚ ĂǀŝĚ 'ƌĂŚĂŵ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ Śŝŵ never having worked in the ŐŽůĨ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͘ &ŝƌƐƚ͕ he tackled the bankruptcy ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ůŽĂŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ h^' ͕ Ă ďĂŶŬ ůŝŶĞ ŽĨ ĐƌĞĚŝƚ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ƟŵĞůLJ ĚƵĞƐ ƉĂLJŵĞŶƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ͘ /Ŷ ĂŶ ĞīŽƌƚ ƚŽ ƌƵŶ ' D more like a business and treat members more like customers with value- ĂĚĚĞĚ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ͕ 'ƌĂŚĂŵ ƚĂĐŬůĞĚ ŵĂŶLJ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐƌĞĂƟŽŶĂů ŐŽůĨĞƌ to compete and try new ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ͘ ' D 'ŽůĨ ĂLJƐ ǁĞƌĞ adopted where any ' D ŵĞŵďĞƌ ĐĂŶ ĞŶƚĞƌ Ă ' D 'ŽůĨ ĂLJ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂLJ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ŽĨ the state’s many elite courses, including notable private clubs, ĨŽƌ ĂƐ ůŝƩůĞ ĂƐ ΨϲϬ͘ 'ƌĂŚĂŵ ĂůƐŽ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ' D ^ĐƌĂŵďůĞ ;ŽŌĞŶ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ďLJ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ handicappers) which includes several events around the state leading to a championship event late in the summer – and more recently he helped establish ƚŚĞ ' D &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ͕ ƚŽ ƌĂŝƐĞ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ zŽƵƚŚ ŽŶ ŽƵƌƐĞ͘ dŚĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ͞^ǁŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ^ĂǀĞ͟ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ ǁĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶƐ ƵŶĚĞƌ 'ƌĂŚĂŵ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ^ƵůůŝǀĂŶ 'ŽůĨ dƌĂǀĞů ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ ŽǀĞƌƐĞĂƐ ŐŽůĨ ƚƌĂǀĞů͘ 'ƌĂŚĂŵ ƌĞƟƌĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌ ĂŌĞƌ ϭϴ LJĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ service and now consults ǁŝƚŚ ^ƵůůŝǀĂŶ͘ #GAM History – Did you know? Meg Mallon in 1980 ǁĂƐ ϭϳ͕ Ă ũƵŶŝŽƌ Ăƚ &ĂƌŵŝŶŐƚŽŶ ,ŝůůƐ DĞƌĐLJ ,ŝŐŚ ^ĐŚŽŽů ĂŶĚ ĂƐŬĞĚ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ sŝĐŬLJ <ŽǁĂůƐŬŝ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ƐƚĂƌƚ Ă ǁŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ŐŽůĨ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ ;ǁŚŝĐŚ <ŽǁĂůƐŬŝ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ĐŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŽĚĂLJͿ͘ tŝƚŚ DĂůůŽŶ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǁĂLJ ƚŚĂƚ ĮƌƐƚ DĞƌĐLJ ƚĞĂŵ ǁŽŶ Ă ƌĞŐŝŽŶĂů ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ĂŶĚ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ƚŚŝƌĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ͘ DĂůůŽŶ ůĂƚĞƌ ǁŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϴϯ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ŵĂƚĞƵƌ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŽŶ ĞŵďĂƌŬĞĚ ŽŶ Ă ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ĨŽƵƌ ŵĂũŽƌ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ǁŝŶƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚǁŽ h͘^͘ KƉĞŶ ƟƚůĞƐ͕ ϭϴ >W' ǁŝŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĞŝŐŚƚ ^ŽůŚĞŝŵ ƵƉ ƚĞĂŵƐ͘ ^ŚĞ ŝƐ Ă ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ tŽƌůĚ 'ŽůĨ ,Ăůů ŽĨ &ĂŵĞ͘ In 2011, Willie Mack III ŽĨ 'ƌĂŶĚ ůĂŶĐ ǁŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐ ϭϬϬƚŚ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ŵĂƚĞƵƌ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ͕ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ŽŶ dŚĞ ,ĞĂƚŚĞƌ Ăƚ ŽLJŶĞ ,ŝŐŚůĂŶĚƐ͘ ,Ğ ďĞĂƚ :ŽĞLJ 'ĂƌďĞƌ ŽĨ WĞƚŽƐŬĞLJ ϰ ĂŶĚ ϯ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů͕ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĨƌŝĐĂŶͲ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ƚŽ ǁŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌŝĞĚ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ;ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞĚ ŝŶ ^ƉŽƌƚƐ /ůůƵƐƚƌĂƚĞĚͿ͘ DĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ 'ĂƌďĞƌ ŚĂǀĞ ŐŽŶĞ ŽŶ ƚŽ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ŐŽůĨ ƚŽƵƌ ĐĂƌĞĞƌƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ 'ĂƌďĞƌ ƌĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ W' dŽƵƌ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϴͲϭϵ͘ ĂǀŝĚ 'ƌĂŚĂŵ