Michigan Golf Journal November 2019

DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ 'ŽůĨ :ŽƵƌŶĂů 'ŽůĨ dƌĂǀĞů ʹ >ŽƵŝƐŝĂŶĂ &Žƌ DĂƌĐŚ DĂĚŶĞƐƐ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ďĂƐŬĞƚďĂůů ĨĂŶƐ ůŝŬĞ ŵĞ͕ ĞǀĞƌLJ ĨĞǁ LJĞĂƌƐ ŵŝĚͲŵĂũŽƌ DĐEĞĞƐĞ ^ƚĂƚĞ earns a bid and tries to ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă ƐƉŽŝůĞƌ͘ Ɛ ŵƵĐŚ as I like an underdog, I never looked up where the DƵƐƚĂŶŐƐ ĐŽŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ͕ ĂŶĚ as it turns out the college ŝƐ ďĂƐĞĚ ŶĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ 'ƵůĨ ŽĨ DĞdžŝĐŽ ĐŽĂƐƚůŝŶĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŇŽƵƌŝƐŚŝŶŐ >ŽƵŝƐŝĂŶĂ ƉŽƌƚ ĐŝƚLJ ŽĨ >ĂŬĞ ŚĂƌůĞƐ͘ ĚŵŝƩĞĚůLJ / ŶĞǀĞƌ ŚĞĂƌĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂĐĞ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͘ zĞƚ ŝĨ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ Ă ŐŽůĨĞƌ ǁŚŽ ĂůƐŽ likes casino gaming and ŶŽƐƚĂůŐŝĐ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶĞƌƐ ŽŌĞŶ ĨŽƵŶĚ Ăƚ ĐĂƐŝŶŽ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ͕ and you want to try the ŵŝdžƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ŽĐĞĂŶͲŐŽŝŶŐ ships in port and lakeshore ecosystems as a backdrop ƚŽ LJŽƵƌ ƚĞĞ ƐŚŽƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƵƩƐ͕ >ĂŬĞ ŚĂƌůĞƐ ŝƐ ĨŽƌ LJŽƵ͘ Located between Houston ĂŶĚ EĞǁ KƌůĞĂŶƐ ĂůŽŶŐ I-10, its massive seaport is protected inland to the north ŽĨ ƚŚĞ 'ƵůĨ ĐŽĂƐƚůŝŶĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĨƵůů ƐŚŝƉƉŝŶŐ ĐŚĂŶŶĞů ĂĐĐĞƐƐ͘ dŚĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĂůŝnjĞĚ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚƌĂǀĞůĞƌƐ ŝƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ >͛ĂƵďĞƌŐĞ ĂƐŝŶŽ ZĞƐŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ 'ŽůĚĞŶ EƵŐŐĞƚ set up next door to each other with 2,200 combined hotel rooms and all the gaming and entertainment ŽƉƟŽŶƐ Ă ƚƌĂǀĞůŝŶŐ ŐŽůĨĞƌ ĐŽƵůĚ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞ͘ Ɛ ŽŶĞ ƐŝŐŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ƌĞŐŝŽŶ ĂƐ Ă ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ĚĞƐƟŶĂƟŽŶ͕ h^ Boxing chose Lake Charles ƚŽ ŚŽƐƚ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϮϬ KůLJŵƉŝĐ dƌŝĂůƐ ŝŶ ŽdžŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ EĂƟŽŶĂů Championships, December ϳͲϭϱ͕ ϮϬϭϵ͘ dŚĞ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď Ăƚ 'ŽůĚĞŶ EƵŐŐĞƚ yW>KZ >Kh/^/ E ͛^ ͚, > K& d, KKd͛ LJ dŽŵ >ĂŶŐ