Michigan Golf Journal November 2019

D/ , 'ŽůĨ >ĞĂŐƵĞ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ dŚĞ ƉŝŶŶĂĐůĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ĞĂĐŚ ĨĂůů ĨŽƌ ůĞĂŐƵĞ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ Golf >ĞĂŐƵĞ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƚǇƉŝĐĂůůǇ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ŽĸĐŝĂů ŐŽůĨ tournament most league ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞ ŝŶ ĞĂĐŚ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ DŽƐƚ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ǁŚŽ ƉůĂǇ ĨŽƌ ĨƵŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĞŶ͛Ɛ or women’s buddy league each week – but don’t let the ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ĨŽŽů ǇŽƵ͘ ĂŐůĞ ǇĞ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ŝŶ ĂƐƚ >ĂŶƐŝŶŐ ŚĂƐ ŚŽƐƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŵĂŶǇ years, and the 2019 version did a double take because ƚŚĞ ŝŶŝƟĂů ĞǀĞŶƚ ŽŶ ^ĞƉƚ͘ Ϯϵ was washed out by heavy ƌĂŝŶ ĂŌĞƌ ĂďŽƵƚ ϴ ŚŽůĞƐ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂŐƵĞ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ŽŶ KĐƚ͘ ϲ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ at zero and duked it out while ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĨĂůů ŐŽůĨ ǁĞĂƚŚĞƌ͘ Bill Anderson and Chris >ŝŵ ŽĨ ŶŐĞůƐ ƌŽƐƐŝŶŐ outside Kalamazoo teamed ƵƉ ƚŽ ǁŝŶ ƚŚĞ KǀĞƌĂůů dĞĂŵ ƟƚůĞ͕ ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞĚ ďǇ ĂŶ intricate league/handicap point system developed by Handicomp that matches 2-person team scores ĐŽŵƉĞƟŶŐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ every other team in ƚŚĞ ĮĞůĚ ;ŽŶĞ ǀƐ͘ ĂůůͿ͘ ͞/ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ always matched up with a team you’ve never played with ďĞĨŽƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ an opportunity to meet the other people ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ǇŽƵ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶ and they might want to later come play our course or we go ƉůĂǇ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕͟ ŶĚĞƌƐŽŶ ƐĂŝĚ͘ :ĂĚĂ WĂŝƐůĞǇ͕ ĞǆĞĐƵƟǀĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ D' ĂĚĚĞĚ͗ ͞dŚĞ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĨƵŶ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ůŽǀĞ ĂŐůĞ ǇĞ and they really appreciate ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͘ &Žƌ ŵŽƐƚ ůĞĂŐƵĞ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟǀĞ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŝůů ĞŶƚĞƌ͘͟ dŚĞ DĞŶ͛Ɛ dĞĂŵ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ ǁĞƌĞ DŝŬĞ dŚŽƌƐĞŶ ĂŶĚ DŝĐŚĂĞů dŚŽƌƐŽŶ ŽĨ ƌŽŽŬƐŝĚĞ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ŝŶ 'ŽǁĞŶ͕ ĂŶĚ the Ladies team champions ǁĞƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ^ƚ͘ :ŽŚŶƐ͛ dŚĞ ŵĞƌĂůĚ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ͖ EŝĐŬŝ ŚĂƉŬŽ ĂŶĚ DĂƌǇ ^ŝŵŝƐŽŶ͘ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ 'ŽůĨ :ŽƵƌŶĂů ǁĂƐ ƉƌŽƵĚ ƚŽ ƐƉŽŶƐŽƌ ƚŚĞ WĂƌ ϯ ĐůŽƐĞƐƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚŽůĞ ƉƌŝǌĞƐ , ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ ŚĂƉŬŽ ĨŽƌ the ladies, and to Dave ƵŶŐĞǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŶ͕ ǁŚŽ ƉƵƚ ŚŝƐ ƐŚŽƚ Ϯ͘ϱ ŝŶĐŚĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƉ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ϭϮ th ŚŽůĞ͘ ϭϱ d, EEh > 'K>& > 'h , DW/KE^,/W d '> z Ǉ dŽŵ >ĂŶŐ Chris Lim and Bill Anderson