Michigan Golf Journal November 2019

29 November 2019 ǁǁǁ͘ŵŝĐŚŝŐĂŶŐŽůłŽƵƌŶĂů͘ĐŽŵ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ϭϬͲLJĞĂƌ ůĂƉƐĞ͘ KǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ͕ ' ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐŝnjĞĚ on how to make the course W' ƌĞĂĚLJ͕ ƌĞƐƵůƟŶŐ ŝŶ ĂŶ excellent tournament that ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞůLJ ƐŚŽǁĞĚ Žī ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƚƌŽ ƌĞŐŝŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶ͘ ͞tĞ ĂƌĞ ďŽƚŚ ƉƌŽƵĚ ĂŶĚ humbled to have been ƐĞůĞĐƚĞĚ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ͕͟ ƐĂŝĚ ĞƌĞŬ :ĂĐƋƵĞƐ͕ KK ĨŽƌ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď͘ ͞dŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƚǁŽ ŵĂũŽƌ ǁŝŶƐ ĨŽƌ ' ĂŶĚ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ ŝŶ ŽŶĞ LJĞĂƌ͘͟ ĂĐŚ D' ŽƵƌƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ ǁĂƌĚ ŚŽŶŽƌƐ Ă member course that meets ĨŽƵƌ ĐƌŝƚĞƌŝĂ͗ ĞdžĐĞƉƟŽŶĂů ƋƵĂůŝƚLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͖ ĞdžĐĞƉƟŽŶĂů ƋƵĂůŝƚLJ ŽĨ ŽǁŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ͖ ŽƵƚƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶ ƚŽ ŝƚƐ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͖ ĂŶĚ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ͘ >ĂƐƚ LJĞĂƌ ŽLJŶĞ ZĞƐŽƌƚƐ ǁŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŚŽŶŽƌ and went on to be named ƚŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ͘ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ĞůŝŐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ǀŽƚĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ͘ ' ŚĂƐ ůŽŶŐ ďĞĞŶ ŬŶŽǁŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŐŝŽŶ ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ most inclusive clubs in the country with a membership role that mirrors the wide ĚŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ŽĨ ŵĞƚƌŽ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ ŝŶŚĂďŝƚĂŶƚƐ͘ tŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚ ǀŝƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ W' dŽƵƌ returning each year, the ' ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ĨƌŽŵ Detroit’s Palmer Park and ŶĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ŽůĚ ^ƚĂƚĞ &Ăŝƌ 'ƌŽƵŶĚƐ ĐŽƵůĚ ŝĚĞĂůůLJ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂĐŽŶ ĨŽƌ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ƌĞŶŽǀĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞŶĞǁĂů ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ŶĞŝŐŚďŽƌŚŽŽĚƐ͘ ͞ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď ƉƵƚ ƵƐ ďĂĐŬ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƉ͕͟ ƐĂŝĚ D' ŽĂƌĚ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ZŽďĞƌƚ <ŽƵƚŶŝŬ ŽĨ &Ždž ZƵŶ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď ŝŶ 'ƌĂLJůŝŶŐ͘ ͞,ƵŶĚƌĞĚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŐŽůĨ ĨĂŶƐ ŐŽƚ Ă ŐůŝŵƉƐĞ Ăƚ ŽƵƌ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐƚĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŝƚLJ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď͘ tĞ͛ƌĞ ďĂĐŬ͊͟ ' ďĞŐĂŶ ŝƚƐ ŽǁŶ Ψϰ͘ϱ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ƌĞŶŽǀĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůďĞƌƚ Kahn-designed clubhouse ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ďƵŝůƚ ŝŶ ϭϵϭϴ͘ ƉƉƌŽǀĞĚ ĮƌƐƚ ƉŚĂƐĞ ƌĞŶŽǀĂƟŽŶƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ Ă ŶĞǁ pro shop, dining room, ƉĂƟŽ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĨĂĕĂĚĞ improvements – including ϭϮ͕ϲϬϬ ƐƋƵĂƌĞ ĨĞĞƚ ŽĨ exterior improvements ĂŶĚ ŶĞĂƌůLJ ŽŶĞͲƚŚŝƌĚ ŽĨ the interior, which overall measures 36,500 square ĨĞĞƚ͘ ǀĞŶ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ZŽĐŬĞƚ DŽƌƚŐĂŐĞ ůĂƐƐŝĐ ƐŝŐŶĞĚ on with the club, 2014 and ϮϬϭϲ ƌĞƐƚŽƌĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ďŽƚŚ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ͛ ďƵŶŬĞƌƐ ǁĞƌĞ completed to bring the ůĂLJŽƵƚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ŽŶĂůĚ ZŽƐƐ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĂƟŽŶƐ͘ ͞KƵƌ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ůďĞƌƚ <ĂŚŶ ĐůƵƵƐĞ ŝƐ ĮŶĂůůLJ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŶŽǀĂƟŽŶ ŝƚ ƐŽ ƉƌŽƵĚůLJ ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞƐ͕͟ ƐĂŝĚ DĂƌŬ ŽƵŐůĂƐ͕ ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵď͘ ͞tŚĞŶ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ďůĞŶĚ ŽĨ Ă ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŵŽĚĞƌŶ͕ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌLJ ĨĞĞů͘ Dƌ͘ <ĂŚŶ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƉƌŽƵĚ͘͟ ƌƟƐƚ͛Ɛ ZĞŶĚĞƌŝŶŐ