Michigan Golf Journal November 2019

39 November 2019 ǁǁǁ͘ŵŝĐŚŝŐĂŶŐŽůłŽƵƌŶĂů͘ĐŽŵ Ben Cook DĂƌǀĞůƐ Ăƚ W' Cup DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ W' ƐĞĐƟŽŶ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ĞŶ ŽŽŬ ŽĨ ĂůĞĚŽŶŝĂ͕ DŝĐŚ͘ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚĂů ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ W' ůƵď WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůƐ ƌĞƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ W' ƵƉ͛Ɛ >ůĂŶĚƵĚŶŽ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů dƌŽƉŚLJ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ W' ĐŽƵŶƚĞƌƉĂƌƚƐ ŝŶ 'ƌĞĂƚ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ Θ /ƌĞůĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ĨĂůů͘ dŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŽŽŬ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ƵƐƟŶ͕ dĞdžĂƐ͕ ŝƐ Ă ZLJĚĞƌ ƵƉ ƚLJƉĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ĐůƵď ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůƐ͘ ZŽŽŬŝĞ ƚĞĂŵŵĂƚĞƐ ŽŽŬ ĂŶĚ ĞŶ <ĞƌŶ ŽĨ ZŽƵŶĚ ZŽĐŬ͕ dĞdžĂƐ͕ ƌĂůůŝĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ƚŚƌĞĞͲŚŽůĞ ĚĞĮĐŝƚ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŐĞ Ă ŵĞŵŽƌĂďůĞ ƟĞ ŝŶ ĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ ĨŽƵƌƐŽŵĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĚĂLJ͘ dŚĞ ƋƵĂůŝƚLJ h͘^͘ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ Ă ƉĂŝƌ ŽĨ ŇĂǁůĞƐƐ ǁŝŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ĚĂLJ ƐŝŶŐůĞƐ matches by Cook, and ZLJĂŶ sĞƌŵĞĞƌ ŽĨ KŵĂŚĂ͕ EĞďƌĂƐŬĂ͘ dŚĞLJ ǁŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ĚĂLJ͛Ɛ ƐĞǀĞŶƚŚ ĂŶĚ eight matches without dropping a single hole – the only players to accomplish that on either ƚĞĂŵ͘ ŽŽŬ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞĚ his 26th birthday by dispatching Jason >ĞǀĞƌŵŽƌĞ͕ ϰ ĂŶĚ ϯ͘ ŽŽŬ ŝƐ ĂŶ ƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ W' WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů Ăƚ zĂŶŬĞĞ ^ƉƌŝŶŐƐ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ŝŶ tĂLJůĂŶĚ͘ ͞:ƵƐƚ ƉůĂLJ ŚĂƌĚ͕ LJŽƵ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŬŶŽǁ͕͟ ƐĂŝĚ Cook about the Friday ĐŽŵĞďĂĐŬ͘ ͞ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJ ŝŶ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƚĞ ƐŚŽƚ͘ KŶĞ ďĂĚ tee shot or errant shot, ŵĂƚĐŚĞƐ ĐĂŶ ŇŝƉ͘͟ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ W' ^ĞĐƟŽŶ ŵĂũŽƌ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ ĂƉŝĞĐĞ͘ /Ŷ ůĂƚĞ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ͕ ,ĞďĞƌƚ made seven birdies in 14 ŚŽůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ ďĂĐŬ ĨĞůůŽǁ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ 'ŽůĨ ,Ăůů ŽĨ &ĂŵĞ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ƌŝĂŶ ĂŝƌŶƐ ŽĨ Fox Hills Learning Center in Plymouth, 6 and 4 in the ĮŶĂů ŵĂƚĐŚ ƚŽ ǁŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϵ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ W' DĂƚĐŚ WůĂLJ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ , at Country ůƵď ŽĨ >ĂŶƐŝŶŐ͘ ͞/͛ǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƚŽLJŝŶŐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ and toying around with ƚŚĞ ƉƵƩĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƐƟůů ƉƵƩĞĚ ŵŝƐĞƌĂďůĞ Ăůů LJĞĂƌ͕͟ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞/ ǁĂƐ ŽƵƚ ŝŶ Ă ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ ƌŽƵŶĚ ;ƌĞĐĞŶƚůLJͿ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƵī ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ͘ / ƐƚƵĐŬ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚ ĂŶĚ / ƉƌŽďĂďůLJ ƉƵƩĞĚ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ / ŚĂǀĞ ŝŶ LJĞĂƌƐ͘͟ Hebert, age 50, also wrapped up his eighth DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ W' WůĂLJĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ ǁĂƌĚ͘ Ben Cook