Michigan Golf Journal November 2020

Michigan Golf Journal ichigan News and Notes Tom Gieselman, Scott Strickland Win GAM Senior/Mid- Am Team Championship Fellow Oakland Hills Country Club members Tom Gieselman of Commerce Township and Scott Strickland of Bloomfield Hills earned a par on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff with the father-son team of Dean/Dan Ellis to win the finals of the 11th GAM Senior/ Mid-Am Team Championship at Barton Hills Country Club. The 2017 champions came from 4 shots back before winning in sudden-death. “It’s always nice to win,” Gieselman said. “The alternate shot is a tough format. Somehow we stayed in it and it worked out.” The same two final teams met in a playoff in September at Travis Pointe Country Club to determine the site winner, and Ellis and Ellis won that one with a par on the first hole. 2020 Environmental Excellence Awards honorees announced by ASGCA The 2020 American Society of Golf Course Architects Environmental Excellence Awards honorees were named, and projects from six golf facilities have been cited for their work with ASGCA members in addressing unique environmental challenges. The International list includes Shenandoah Country Club, West Bloomfield. The Environmental Excellence Awards program was introduced in 2019 to recognize the innovative work being done at golf facilities to address the needs of the environment. Here is the submission from Michigan: Shenandoah Country Club, West Bloomfield, Michigan – Chris Wilczynski, ASGCA As part of a larger renovation, extensive improvements were made to holes 14 and 15. A cart path was moved and a dozen trees removed to improve turf quality and enhance play. Nearly 20,000 SF of new wetland was created on the holes, contiguous with the existing wetlands. New plantings included 33 native shrub species and 11 tree species within the area of holes 14 and 15. All tree, shrub, wetland and woodland vegetation replacement follow West Bloomfield’s Woodland Restoration standards.