Michigan Golf Journal November 2020

Michigan Golf Journal Course Raters The Golf Association of Michigan golf course rating team likes it when couples join as volunteers to help serve the game. “We welcome any and all golfers, and we like getting two for one in a way, not to mention they have someone to learn, travel around the state and golf with and they bring two different handicaps and perspectives,” said Mark Bultema of Grand Rapids, chairman of the course rating committee for the GAM. “We can always use more raters, and typically the best raters are between 10 and 30 handicaps. They see all the places where they might hit golf balls. The elite player, for instance, might miss some things that he or she would usually play over or past because they hit the ball well consistently.” Melissa Middleton of Oxford was playing in a Michigan Women’s Golf Association event and heard Consider a Volunteer Project Like Course Rating By Greg Johnson