Michigan Golf Journal November 2019

ϳ November 2019 ǁǁǁ͘ŵŝĐŚŝŐĂŶŐŽůłŽƵƌŶĂů͘ĐŽŵ 'ŽůĨ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚͲŬŶŽǁŶ ƐƉŽƌƚ ĨŽƌ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ ĐŚĂƌŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ worthy causes, locally and ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ŐůŽďĞ͘ tŚĞŶ ŐŽůĨ is blended with doing good and giving back, the scorecard ŚĂƌĚůLJ ŵĂƩĞƌƐ͘ tŚĞƚŚĞƌ LJŽƵƌ team posts a birdie or a bogie on the 18 th ͕ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ƐƟůů ƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ ĨƵŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ĂǁĂƌĞŶĞƐƐ ĨŽƌ worthy causes such as Fisher ,ŽƵƐĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͘ &ŝƐŚĞƌ ,ŽƵƐĞ ŝƐ ůŝŬĞ Ă ZŽŶĂůĚ DĐ ŽŶĂůĚ ,ŽƵƐĞ ĨŽƌ ŽƵƌ DŝůŝƚĂƌLJ ĂŶĚ sĞƚĞƌĂŶ ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ͘ tŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ϴϱ ĂĐƟǀĞ &ŝƐŚĞƌ ,ŽƵƐĞƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ none ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚ ŚŽŵĞƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ ŽƵƌ sĞƚĞƌĂŶ ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ ŝŶ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ͘ &ŝƐŚĞƌ ,ŽƵƐĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ around the state are aiming to change that! Each year, countless ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ŚŽƐƚ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƐƉĂŐŚĞƫ ĚŝŶŶĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƐŝůĞŶƚ ĂƵĐƟŽŶƐ͕ ŐĂƌĚĞŶ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ ƚŽ ŐŽůĨ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚƐ͘ /Ŷ ĨĂĐƚ͕ in 2019, Fisher House Proud ^ƵƉƉŽƌƚĞƌ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ŚŽƐƚĞĚ ŵŽƌĞ ŐŽůĨ tournaments in DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ƚŚĂŶ ĞǀĞƌ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͘ ŽůůĞĐƟǀĞůLJ͕ these tournaments raised over $200,000 ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ &ŝƐŚĞƌ ,ŽƵƐĞƐ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƚŽ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͘ Featured tournaments include: x dŚŽŵƐŽŶ ZĞƵƚĞƌƐ sĞƚĞƌĂŶƐ EĞƚǁŽƌŬ dŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ Ăƚ >ĂŬĞ &ŽƌĞƐƚ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď ŝŶ ŶŶ ƌďŽƌ x h t >ŽĐĂů ϵϬϬ 'ŽůĨ dŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ Ăƚ &ĞůůŽǁƐ ƌĞĞŬ ' ŝŶ ĂŶƚŽŶ x ZŽŶ Θ ^ĐŽƩ DĞŵŽƌŝĂů 'ŽůĨ dŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ Ăƚ tŝŶĚŝŶŐ ƌĞĞŬ ' ŝŶ ,ŽůůĂŶĚ x ^ŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ >ĞŐŝŽŶ KƵƟŶŐ Ăƚ ZĂŝƐŝŶ sĂůůĞLJ ' ŝŶ dĞĐƵŵƐĞŚ x ŝůůLJ ĂƐƉĞƌ 'ŽůĨ͗ tŽƌůĚ͛Ɛ >ĂƌŐĞƐƚ 'ŽůĨ KƵƟŶŐ Ăƚ ^ĂŶĐƚƵĂƌLJ >ĂŬĞ ' ŝŶ dƌŽLJ x ŝůůLJ ĂƐƉĞƌ 'ŽůĨ͗ tŽƌůĚ͛Ɛ >ĂƌŐĞƐƚ 'ŽůĨ KƵƟŶŐ Ăƚ &ĞůůŽǁƐ ƌĞĞŬ ' ŝŶ ĂŶƚŽŶ x tŽƵŶĚĞĚ tŝŶŐ 'ŽůĨ KƵƟŶŐ Ăƚ ^ĞůĨƌŝĚŐĞ ŝƌ EĂƟŽŶĂů 'ƵĂƌĚ ĂƐĞ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ^ƚĂLJ ĂďƌĞĂƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚƐ coming to your area by ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ Λ&ŝƐŚĞƌ,ŽƵƐĞDŝĐŚ on Facebook and Instagram, ĂŶĚ ĐŚĞĐŬŝŶŐ ŽƵƌ ŶĞǁƐĨĞĞĚ on www ͘ĮƐŚĞƌŚŽƵƐĞŵŝĐŚŐĂŶ͘ org ͘ For more ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ about the Fisher Houses coming to Ann Arbor and Detroit, how to get involved, or when the next tee ƟŵĞ is, contact us at ŝŶĨŽ @ ĮƐŚĞƌŚŽƵƐĞŵŝĐŚŐĂŶ͘ org or 518-481-0552 ͘ Editor’s note: Melcher ĂƩĞŶĚĞĚ ŽĸĐĞƌ ƐĐŚŽŽů ĂŶĚ ŇŝŐŚƚ ƐĐŚŽŽů ĂŶĚ ǁĞŶƚ ŽŶ ƚŽ ŇLJ ƉĂĐŚĞ ŚĞůŝĐŽƉƚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƩĂŝŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƌĂŶŬ ŽĨ ĂƉƚĂŝŶ͘ ^ŚĞ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ƌĞƟƌĞĚ͘ &ŝƐŚĞƌ ,ŽƵƐĞƐ ƌƌŝǀŝŶŐ ŝŶ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ dŽ ^ĞƌǀĞ &ĂŵŝůŝĞƐ ŽĨ sĞƚƐ LJ <ĂƚĞ DĞůĐŚĞƌ͕ džĞĐƵƟǀĞ ŝƌĞĐƚŽ ƌ͕ &ŝƐŚĞƌ ,ŽƵƐĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ