Michigan Golf Journal November 2019

dŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶƐ ĂƌĞ ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ ǁŝƚŚ &ŽůĚƐ ŽĨ ,ŽŶŽƌ ;&K,Ϳ͕ ĂŶ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů ƐĐŚŽůĂƌƐŚŝƉƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ ŽĨ h͘^͘ ĂƌŵĞĚ ĨŽƌĐĞƐ ŵĞŶ ĂŶĚ ǁŽŵĞŶ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ĨĂůůĞŶ Žƌ ďĞĞŶ ĚŝƐĂďůĞĚ ǁŚŝůĞ ŽŶ ĂĐƟǀĞ ĚƵƚLJ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŵĂŶLJ ĂƌĞŶ͛ƚ ĂǁĂƌĞ ŝƚ ďĞŐĂŶ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŚĞƌĞ ŝŶ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͘ ŽŶĂƟŽŶƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ grow in the state each LJĞĂƌ͕ ƐƚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ŽĨ &ŽƵŶĚĞƌ͕ >ŝĞƵƚĞŶĂŶƚ ŽůŽŶĞů ĂŶ ZŽŽŶĞLJ͕ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ 'ŽůĨ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ;' DͿ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŝůů tƌŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ƚĞĂŵ͘ ŐŽůĨ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ďĞŶĞĮƫŶŐ &K, ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŚĞůĚ ĂŶŶƵĂůůLJ and next year’s event is on July 20, 2020 at Prestwick sŝůůĂŐĞ ' ŝŶ ,ŝŐŚůĂŶĚ͕ D/͘ Wright also resurrected the ϴϱͲLJĞĂƌͲŽůĚ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ EĞǁƐ ,ŽůĞͲŝŶͲKŶĞ ŽŶƚĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ' D ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ă ĨƵŶĚƌĂŝƐĞƌ ĨŽƌ &K,͘ dŚĞ ĂŶŶƵĂů WĂƚƌŝŽƚ 'ŽůĨ ĂLJ ŚĞůĚ ŶĂƟŽŶĂůůLJ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ŵƵůƟƉůĞ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ĂůƐŽ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚƐ ƚŚŝƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĐĂƵƐĞ͘ dŚĞ ƐƚŽƌLJ ŽĨ ŚŽǁ ŝƚ Ăůů began is a tale in opposites: ĚŝƐƚƌĞƐƐŝŶŐ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ƌĞŇĞĐƚƐ ƚŚĞ ͚ŵĞ ĮƌƐƚ͛ ĂƫƚƵĚĞ so prevalent today, but ĂŵĂnjŝŶŐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ ŚĂƉƉĞŶĞĚ ŶĞdžƚ͘ ZĞƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ŚŽŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŝƐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƚŽƵƌ ŽĨ ĚƵƚLJ ŝŶ /ƌĂƋ͕ >ƚ͘ Žů͘ ĂŶ ZŽŽŶĞLJ͕ an F-16 Fighter Pilot in the KŬůĂŚŽŵĂ ŝƌ EĂƟŽŶĂů 'ƵĂƌĚ͕ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ƉĂŝŶĨƵůůLJ ĂǁĂƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂůŝƚLJ ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ ĨĂĐĞ ǁŚĞŶ Ă ůŽǀĞĚ ŽŶĞ ŝŶ ƵŶŝĨŽƌŵ ŚĂƐ ĨĂůůĞŶ Žƌ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ ĚŝƐĂďůĞĚ͘ Ɛ ŚŝƐ ŇŝŐŚƚ ůĂŶĚĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉŝůŽƚ announced they carried the ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ ŽĨ ŽƌƉŽƌĂů ƌŽĐŬ Bucklin on board, asking all ƉĂƐƐĞŶŐĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƞƵůůLJ remain seated while his ĐĂƐŬĞƚ ĚĞďŽĂƌĚĞĚ͘ >ƚ Žů ,ŽŶŽƌŝŶŐ sĞƚĞƌĂŶƐ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ EĂƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ŝƌ EĂƟŽŶĂů 'ƵĂƌĚ &Ͳϭϲ WŝůŽƚ >ƚ͘ Žů͘ ĂŶ ZŽŽŶĞLJ DĂŬĞƐ Ă ŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ LJ dŽŶLJ ŝĂƚĂ͕ sŝĐĞͲWƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ W' ͬ'ŽůĨ ZĞůĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ :ĂŶŝŶĂ :ĂĐŽďƐ͕ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ͕ DĞƚƌŽ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ ŽƵŶĐŝů͕ E>h^