Joy Sarver and Len Ziehm travel the country to share stories and pictures documenting their golf experiences. COVID slowed them down considerably, in 2020 and 2021, but Joy was able to capture several beautiful images that Michigan Golf Journal is glad to share with our readers.
On Wednesday, March 12, 2020, the day before Covid shut down the PGA TOUR, fans were leisurely enjoying the final practice round for THE PLAYERS Championship, around the famed 17th tee at TPC Sawgrass. The next morning, Hideki Matsuyama shot a 63 and later that day PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan announced the tournament was cancelled. The Tour did not resume full field events for nearly four months and fans were not allowed at tournament sites until much later in the year.
Brasstown Valley Resort & Spa, a stop on the Georgia Golf Trail, located in the college town of Young Harris, Georgia, provided spectacular elevation changes. We love this view of the stair-step effect of the multiple tees up the hill covered with the early morning dew. 
The spire on the PGA Golf Club Clubhouse in Port St. Lucie, Florida, looms over the Ryder Course and provides an excellent aiming point. One of three championship courses at PGA Village, the Ryder Course underwent a complete renovation a couple of years ago and is a real treat to play.
During the summer in 2021, the couple headed north and stopped at Michigan’s Forest Dunes Resort for the unveiling of its new 10-hole short course. Its name, Bootleggers, refers to the role this area played during prohibition, moving illegal booze from Canada to the rest of the country.
LochenHeath is a beautiful Michigan course with an inspirational survival story. Providing magnificent views of East Traverse Bay, it has been a public course for several years. The membership recently returned it to a fully private facility.
As COVID concerns continued to ease, their final stop in 2021 was at Whistling Straits for the Ryder Cup. The fans were ecstatic and turned out in great numbers to root for Team USA, who handed the Europeans a 19-9 shellacking. This Picture captures the fans on both sides of the deep chasm that separates the 18th fairway on the Straits Course.
