Michigan Golf Journal May 2021

Michigan Golf Journal High School Golf According to Cody Inglis of the MHSAA, an athlete is ineligible once they sign a pro contract, which the OHL is deemed to be by rule. But an athlete can apply for reinstatement, through their school after a year has elapsed since playing. Since it was not in the sport in which they were paid, and it has been more than a year since they last played, the Executive Committee followed the rule and granted him eligibility in golf. “He’s still dedicated to the Saginaw team and he’s still dedicated to the Brighton High School golf program,” Dewling said. “That’s a lot to manage for a kid that’s 17 years old to be at the top in two sports. We’ve had the conversations about as you become an elite athlete at both sports it becomes harder and harder to stay competitive and at the top of your game in both because you’re pulled in two different directions – yet somehow as dedicated as he is to both programs and both sports, he’s finding a way. “He’s very composed on the golf course,” Dewling continued. “That’s likely because he’s been in so many competitive situations in his young life. The pressure situations just don’t phase him. Whether he is on the ice and making split-second decisions – and if bad things happen he has to overcome them – or getting a double-bogey and having to turn things around, he’s had so many of those experiences he just doesn’t get rattled like the average high school golfer.” Codd said he fell in love with golf first at an early age, but hockey followed a few years later and that’s become the sport he sees a professional future. Well, sort of. “I looked at that decision to sign with Saginaw as a pathway to the NHL because that’s where I want to be,” Codd said. “My dream is to be the first NHL’er to play on the