Michigan Golf Journal October 2019

Michigan Golf Journal Rocket Man Nate Lashley, the unheralded winner of the inaugural Rocket Mortgage Classic, said the thoughts ĮƌƐƚ ĐƌĞƉƚ ŝŶƚŽ ŚŝƐ ŵŝŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚǁŽ ŚŽůĞƐ ůĞŌ to play in June – thoughts that as long as his 5-shot lead held up, he’d be going ƚŚĞ ƵŐƵƐƚĂ EĂƟŽŶĂů ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϮϬ DĂƐƚĞƌƐ͘ That lead more than ŚĞůĚ ƵƉ ĂƐ >ĂƐŚůĞLJ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ϮϱͲƵŶĚĞƌ ƉĂƌ ʹ Ɛŝdž ƐƚƌŽŬĞƐ ahead of runner up Doc Redman – and eight strokes ahead of Michigan’s Brian Stuard, Brandt Snedeker and Patrick Reed. “Probably on 17 or 18, ǁŚĞŶ / ŚĂĚ Ă ĮǀĞͲƐŚŽƚ ůĞĂĚ it kind of started to sink in Ă ůŝƩůĞ ďŝƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͕ ďĂƌŝŶŐ Ă collapse I would be going to Augusta,” Lashley told MGJ in late September on a return visit to Detroit Golf Club. “I’m really looking forward to it. It’s going to be an honor and I’m thrilled and I’m really going to cherish that week. And hopefully I’ll have many more Masters’ weeks and keep this rolling. “If I had the chance to win one major, it would be the Masters, without a doubt. The U.S. Open is right there, especially for Rocket Man: Nate Lashley Makes Return Visit to Detroit By Tom Lang