June saw a lot of golf action in Michigan. The LPGA was in Grand Rapids for the Meijer Classic, the Epson Tour held the inaugural Ann Arbor’s Road to the LPGA Powered by the A2 Sports Commission and the Michigan Women’s Amateur saw sisters competing for the title in the final match. The Men’s Amateur is being held at the end of June, too late to get the results in this issue. The Epson Tour’s Island Resort Championship is also being contested in the U.P; we will have the results of both next month, as well as on our Facebook page. Looking ahead to July, The Rocket Mortgage Classic will be held at the end of the month and the LPGA’s Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational will be in Midland, July 13-16. All the golf courses and resorts we talk to from around the state are still seeing near record levels of play and tee sheets are staying full. Summer has finally brought warm sunny skies and the golfing in the Mitten State is near perfection. Golf Tip: If you want to play golf in Michigan make your tee times early! In this issue we try to inform our readers about the upheaval that is happening right now in professional golf. The PGA Tour is experiencing some unwanted competition from Greg Norman’s Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series. LIV is spending huge amounts of money to steal away several of the PGA Tour’s biggest names. The ramification for professional golfers has everyone scratching their heads and wondering what will become of the professional game going forward. Right the now the golfers are fattening their banking accounts, and this will be a big story in golf for a long time. We hope you enjoy this issue, but please excuse me, the sun is shining in Michigan, and I have a tee time. I hope I see you on the Back 9. Lots of Golf Action in Michigan in June and July FRED ALTVATER PUBLISHER Back 9 Media Group Also Publishes: Ohio Golf Journal Indiana Golf Journal Back 9 Report Michigan Golf Journal
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