Michigan Golf Journal December 2020

Michigan Golf Journal 3 rd Oldest Club in Michigan Raymond Hearn Golf Course Designs of Holland, Mich., has completed a long-range Master Plan and is moving ahead on renovation and restoration at Washtenaw Golf Club, one of the oldest courses in Michigan with roots to 1899. It’s the second time the duo of Hearn and Dave Kendall, operating partner of the now-public Washtenaw property, and Michigan Golf Hall of Fame inductee (2015), has corroborated on a renovation. In the late 1990s, Hearn was well-established as a golf course architect who needed some renovation of his own – the golf swing. “He had a reputation as one of the best teachers in Michigan so I booked a lesson,” Hearn said about Kendall, who had set up shop with the Kendall Golf Academy at Miles of Golf in nearby Ypsilanti Twsp. and went on to win many teaching awards and tournaments, including two Michigan Senior Opens. “That led to more lessons because he helped my golf game greatly and we became friends. I think at the root of our friendship Historic Washtenaw Golf Club Calls on Award-Winning Architect Ray Hearn for Master Plan By Greg Johnson