Michigan Golf Journal November 2019

25 November 2019 ǁǁǁ͘ŵŝĐŚŝŐĂŶŐŽůłŽƵƌŶĂů͘ĐŽŵ stroke margin over ĚĞĨĞŶĚŝŶŐ ĐŚĂŵƉ &ůŝŶƚ WŽǁĞƌƐ ĂƚŚŽůŝĐ͘ Division 4 was won ďLJ ũƵŶŝŽƌ ^ĂďƌŝŶĂ Langerak as she led ŚĞƌ ƚĞĂŵ͕ 'ƌĂŶĚ ZĂƉŝĚƐ EŽƌƚŚWŽŝŶƚĞ ŚƌŝƐƟĂŶ͕ ƚŽ ŝƚƐ ĮƌƐƚ ƚĞĂŵ ƟƚůĞ ĂƐ ǁĞůů Ăƚ ĞĚĨŽƌĚ sĂůůĞLJ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ŶĞĂƌ ĂƩůĞ Creek – meaning all ĨŽƵƌ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ƐƚĂƚĞ champs will be able ƚŽ ĚĞĨĞŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƟƚůĞƐ ŶĞdžƚ LJĞĂƌ͘ But they will have several young players nipping at their heels, trying to emulate what they’ve ĂĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ͘ ͞/͛ŵ ũƵƐƚ ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞůLJ ĞĐƐƚĂƟĐ͕͟ Ƶŝ ƐĂŝĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚĞƌ ϭ ǁŝŶ͘ ͞/ ŶĞǀĞƌ thought that I’d be able ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŚŝƐ͘ / ŬŶĞǁ / ŚĂĚ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ƚŽ͕ ďƵƚ ĨŽƌ ŝƚ ũƵƐƚ to all come together and have it work out in the end ŝƐ ĂŵĂnjŝŶŐ͘ ^Ž͕ ƚŽ ǁŝŶ ŝƚ ƚŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌ ŵĞĂŶƐ Ă ůŽƚ ƚŽ ŵĞ͘͟ >ĂƐƚ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ KŬĞŵŽƐ played in Division 2 and Ƶŝ ƟĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĮƌƐƚ ƉůĂĐĞ ĂƐ Ă ĨƌĞƐŚŵĂŶ but succumbed ŝŶ Ă ƉůĂLJŽī ƚŽ ƚŚĞŶͲƐĞŶŝŽƌ Kay Zubkus, who is now ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ ŐŽůĨ Ăƚ KĂŬůĂŶĚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͘ Ƶŝ ǁĂƐ Ă ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚ ŝŶ ƵŐƵƐƚĂ EĂƟŽŶĂů͛Ɛ ƌŝǀĞ ŚŝƉ ĂŶĚ WƵƩ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĮŶĂůƐ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϳ͕ ĂŶĚ ƌŽĚLJ ŝƐ ŚĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ 'ĞŽƌŐŝĂ ŝŶ Ɖƌŝů ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ W ZĞŐŝŽŶĂů ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚĞĚ Ăƚ KĂŬůĂŶĚ ,ŝůůƐ Country Club (see details ŽŶ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ƉĂŐĞƐͿ͘ When comparing her experience at Augusta EĂƟŽŶĂů ǁŝƚŚ ǁĞĂƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ ƟƚůĞ ŵĞĚĂů ĂƌŽƵŶĚ her neck, Cui replied: ͞,ŽŶĞƐƚůLJ͕ ƚŚĞLJ͛ƌĞ ďŽƚŚ ƐƵĐŚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐ͕ but this win and doing ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ͘͟ EŽƌƚŚǀŝůůĞ ǁŽŶ ŝƚƐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĐŽŶƐĞĐƵƟǀĞ ƚĞĂŵ ƟƚůĞ ŝŶ ϭ͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ DƵƐƚĂŶŐƐ ƉƵůůĞĚ ĂǁĂLJ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĮĞůĚ ďLJ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ ϯϮϮͲϯϮϰͲϲϰϲ͘ dĂŬŝŶŐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ǁĂƐ 'ƌŽƐƐĞ WŽŝŶƚĞ ^ŽƵƚŚ ;ϲϳϴͿ͕ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďLJ Plymouth (690) in third, ĂŶĚ 'ƌĂŶĚ ůĂŶĐ ĂŶĚ KŬĞŵŽƐ ĞĂĐŚ ƚŽƚĂůŝŶŐ ϲϵϮ͘ 'ƌĂŶĚ ZĂƉŝĚƐ &ŽƌĞƐƚ ,ŝůůƐ EŽƌƚŚĞƌŶ ǁŽŶ ŝƚƐ ƚŚŝƌĚ ĐŽŶƐĞĐƵƟǀĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ ƟƚůĞ ;ƐĐŽƌŝŶŐ ϯϯϳͲϯϭϭͲ ϲϰϴͿ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ĐůŽƐĞ ĐĂůů ǁŝƚŚ ^ŽƵƚŚ >LJŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƌŽƵŶĚ͘ EŽƌƚŚĞƌŶ ůĞĚ ^ŽƵƚŚ Lyon by only two strokes ŐŽŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ƌŽƵŶĚ ;ϯϯϳͲϯϯϵͿ͕ ĂŶ ŝŶƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ŵĂƌŐŝŶ ŝŶ ƚĞĂŵ ŐŽůĨ ƚŚĂƚ ƚĂďƵůĂƚĞƐ ĨŽƵƌ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů͛Ɛ ƐĐŽƌĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ƚǁŽ LJĞĂƌƐ EŽƌƚŚĞƌŶ ŚĂĚ ŵƵĐŚ ůĂƌŐĞƌ ĮƌƐƚͲƌŽƵŶĚ ĐƵƐŚŝŽŶƐ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ͘ ͞/ ũƵƐƚ ůŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ ŬŝĚƐ͕ /͛ŵ ũƵƐƚ ƐŽ ƉƌŽƵĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ͘ EŽƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ ǁŽŶ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŝŶ Ă ƌŽǁ͕ ďƵƚ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚĂƚ grit that they had coming ďĂĐŬ ͘͘͘ ƚŽ ĨŽĐƵƐ ĂŶĚ ĐƌƵƐŚ ŝƚ͕͟ ĐŽĂĐŚ <ĞŶƚ 'ƌĂǀĞƐ ƐĂŝĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ŶŽ ƌŽŽŵ ĨŽƌ ĞƌƌŽƌ͘ Allison Cui