Michigan Golf Journal November 2019

Michigan Golf Journal D/ , 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ dŚĂŶŬƐ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĂƟŽŶƐ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď members went through to ŚŽƐƚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚͲĞǀĞƌ W' dŽƵƌ event inside the city limits ŽĨ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ ŝŶ :ƵŶĞ͕ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞĚ with the picturesque and ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϭϴϵϵͲĨŽƵŶĚĞĚ ĐůƵď ŚĂǀŝŶŐ been well maintained over the decades – the Detroit 'ŽůĨ ůƵď ; ' Ϳ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůLJ was selected as the 2019 DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ ďLJ ƚŚĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ;D' Ϳ͘ ͞tŚĂƚ ďĞƩĞƌ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ to represent our industry ƚŚĂŶ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď͕͟ :ĂĚĂ WĂŝƐůĞLJ͕ ĞdžĞĐƵƟǀĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ D' ƐĂŝĚ ŝŶ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞŵĞŶƚ͘ ͞dŚĞ ƋƵĂůŝƚLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞdžĐĞůůĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ management team outshone ŽƚŚĞƌ ĐŽŶƚĞŶĚĞƌƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ͘͟ From modest beginnings as a six-hole course, the ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ϯϲͲŚŽůĞ ŽŶĂůĚ ZŽƐƐ ĨŽŽƚƉƌŝŶƚ ƐƚĂŶĚƐ ĂƐ Ă ƐLJŵďŽů ŽĨ ŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ͕ ƌĞŶŽǀĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƐƵƌŐĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝƚLJ ŽĨ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ͘ dŚĞ ϮϬϭϵ ŝŶĂƵŐƵƌĂů ZŽĐŬĞƚ DŽƌƚŐĂŐĞ ůĂƐƐŝĐ hosted there brought a W' dŽƵƌ ĞǀĞŶƚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď EĂŵĞĚ ϮϬϭϵ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ DĂũŽƌ ƌĞŶŽǀĂƟŽŶƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƌĞĂĚLJ ĨŽƌ ϮϬϮϬ ZŽĐŬĞƚ DŽƌƚŐĂŐĞ ůĂƐƐŝĐ LJ dŽŵ >ĂŶŐ