Michigan Golf NewsAugust 6, 2010 Vol. 10, no. 32

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__/ September Issue of Golf Magazine Features 2010 Edition of the "Top-100Courses You Can Play"

__/ 19th Annual Boyne Tournament of Champions Video Coverage__/ Natalie Brehm Takes Women's Michigan Amateur- By Susan Smiley GAM__/ Ten Questions with Kevin Wright, Tournament Coordinator for the PGA

Championship__/ GLSP on Internet Advisor this Saturday__/ ASGCA Notes that Golf Courses Assist in StormWater Management__/ A Little Scientific Research for All Those 19th-Hole Debates: By Bill

Pennington- New York Times__/ Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, TomWatson and Johnny Miller Tee It Up at

Harbor Shores__/ Summer Heat Poses Challenges for Superintendents By Michael Caples__/ MG on the Road: with Sherlynn Everly__/ Michigan PGA Junior Tour - Mystic Creek GC-Results Powered by

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===========================================================================SEPTEMBER ISSUE OF GOLF MAGAZINE FEATURES 2010 EDITION OF THE “TOP-100COURSES YOU CAN PLAY”===========================================================================Tom Doak’s Pacific Dunes Again Edges out Pebble Beach Golf Links for, the top ranking - List De-buts August 5

(New York, Aug. 4, 2010) – Golf Magazine http://www.GOLF.com) celebrates public golf courses inits September issue with the release of the 2010 Top-100 Courses You Can Play – a highly antici-pated biennial ranking of the top courses across the country where membership is not a require-ment to play. Pacific Dunes, Tom Doak’s Links-style masterpiece in Bandon, Ore., again edged outPebble Beach Golf Links for the top spot on the list, which hits newsstands Aug. 5.

“The second course to open at Oregon's Bandon Dunes Resort, this 2001 Tom Doak design has runneck and neck for the past six years with the course it replaced, Pebble Beach,” said Joe Passov,Golf Magazine’s Course Rankings and Architecture Editor about No. 1 Pacific Dunes. “But evenafter Pebble took center stage this year by hosting the U.S. Open, it couldn't knock Pacific from thetop.”

The 2010 edition of Top 100 Courses You Can Play has hosted 14 PGA TOUR major champi-onships, including the last two U.S. Opens and the PGA Championship next week; 16 courses weredesigned by the Joneses – Robert Trent Jones Sr., Jr./II and Rees – 13 by Tom Fazio and 10 byPete Dye; 67 of the courses you can play for greens fees of $100 or less; and if you’re a travelinggolfer, California has to be on your list as 10 courses land on the list from The Golden State.

Seven courses were first-time selections to the list, including Old Macdonald, the newest Doak/Jim

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Urbina design at the ethereal plot of land known as Bandon, Ore., which was the highest debut ofthe bunch at No. 10. “The fourth championship course at Bandon Dunes Resort pays tribute to thedesign style of pioneering American architect Charles Blair Macdonald,” Passov said of Old Mac-donald. “Many already consider Old Macdonald to be the most fun Bandon course to play, thanks toits massive fairways and to its emphasis on strategy.” Thanks to Rees Jones redesigns, two old fa-vorites return to the list – Cog Hill Golf Club (No. 4) at No. 16 and Mauna Kea Golf Course at No.19.

The Top 100 Courses You Can Play was compiled through input from Golf Magazine’s WorldCourse Ranking Panel (which can be found at Golf.com), the Golf Magazine editorial staff, industryinsiders and the magazine’s network of “course spies” in the field.

Notes on Top 100 Courses You Can Play:Seven courses make their debut! The following courses have earned first-time recognition on theGolf Magazine list:#10 Old Macdonald, Bandon, Ore., a new Tom Doak/Jim Urbina design that joins its neighbors

Pacific Dunes, Bandon Dunes and Bandon Trails inside the top-15.#16 The highest “new” course on this year’s list, Cog Hill Golf Club (No. 4) in Lemont, Ill. is an

old favorite that earned its spot after a recent redesign by architect Rees Jones.#19 Mauna Kea Golf Course, Kamuela, Big Island, Hi. Like Cog Hill, Mauna Kea also benefited

from Jones’ hand in a redesign. Clearly, Jones' efforts paid off, as both courses claim top-20status.

#45 Forest Dunes Golf Club, Roscommon, Mich.#80 French Lick Resort, French Lick, Ind.#87 Southern Dunes Golf Club, Maricopa, Ariz.#97 Tobacco Road Golf Club, Sanford., N.C.

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==================================================================NATALIE BREHM TAKES WOMEN'S MICHIGAN AMATEUR- By Susan Smiley GAM==================================================================ST. CLAIR -- It was an all green and white final at the 94th Michigan Women’s Amateur at St. ClairRiver Country Club Friday afternoon. Incoming Michigan State University freshman Christine Meier

(Rochester Hills) was pitted against her senior teammate Natalie Brehm (Mount Pleasant). It wasBrehm who hoisted the championship trophy after defeating Meier 4&3.

Brehm was the 2009 runner-up and was driven to win this year.“I was really hoping I wouldn’t end up getting the second-place trophy again,” said Brehm. “It wasfun to play against Christine. She played really well and I can tell you from what I saw today we aregoing to have a great team at MSU this year!”

The only thing that could have made the day more perfect for Brehm was if her brother Ryan couldhave been in attendance. He was runner-up in the Men’s Amateur in 2006 and won the champi-onship in 2007. That makes the Brehms the first brother-sister tandem to win the state amateur.

“He’s playing in Alabama this week but I talked to him on the phone last night and he said he reallywished he could be here,” Brehm said. “It is really cool that we both were amateur champions. Iguess its kind of historic.”

Both Brehm and Meier struggled with putting through the first seven holes of the championshipround. Brehm had back-to-back birdies on the par-5 8th hole and par-4 9th and kept pulling steadilyahead after making the turn. Her birdie putt on 15 clinched the match.

“It was great because I didn’t have to play that par 3 on 16 again,” said Brehm. “I really struggledwith that hole this morning and it gave me some problems earlier this week. But I felt like I played alot better overall this afternoon.”

Both semifinal matches went to 18 holes with Brehm defeating Lindsey Lammers (Milan/Universityof Detroit) and Meier defeating her sister Amy Meier (Ohio State University).

“It was just a battle this morning,” said Brehm. “I didn’t feel like either one of us was playing our bestgolf and it came down to the last hole.”Meier said it was fun to play two familiar foes in one day; her sister and her teammate.

“It was just a lot of fun and Natalie is such a sweet girl,” said Meier. “It was a great tournament andits exciting just to make it to the final. And my coach was on my bag yesterday so feel like I got a lit-tle taste of what its going to be like playing for the Spartans.”

There were may Spartan supporters in the gallery which Meier and Brehm both appreciated.

“It was great to hear ‘Go green! Go white!’,” said Brehm. “So many people from the club and thecommunity came out to watch us and support us. It really means a lot and the atmosphere at thetournament was just wonderful.”

===========================================================================TEN QUESTIONS WITH KEVIN WRIGHT, TOURNAMENT COORDINATOR FOR THE PGACHAMPIONSHIP===========================================================================To many graduating college students with an interest in sports and especially in golf, Grand Rapidsnative Kevin Wright, 24, has a dream job. For the past five months, Wright has been serving as oneof the Tournament Coordinators for the 92nd PGA Championship to be held Aug.12-15 at WhistlingStraits. In April 2008, Wright graduated with a BA degree and a major in History from the University

of Michigan where he alsospent four years as asportswriter for the Michi-gan Daily. Wright landed in-ternship positions with thePGA of America at theRyder Cup Matches at Val-halla in September 2008, atthe PGA Senior Champi-onship in Cleveland in May2009 and at the PGAChampionship at Hazeltinelast summer. Now a keystaff member of the opera-tions team for the 2010PGA Championship, Wrightslowed down enough in thehectic weeks leading up tothe season’s “last major” tospeak with Terry Moore whocoincidentally graduated from Michigan and also majored in History, ominous precursors for a golfcareer. Here are excerpts of their “historical” conversation.

How did your first internship come about and what was your first task? Actually, I learned about itonline during my senior year through the University of Michigan’s Career Office. I saw the listing foran internship with the 2008 Ryder Cup at Valhalla, applied for it in February and was selected be-fore I graduated in April. I was selected to be one of 25 interns assisting the tournament coordina-tors. My first task along with another intern was to paint and touch up a white picket fencesurrounding the Championship Office. I must admit we had to re-paint it the next day. It was an in-credible experience to be part of the Ryder Cup. After that I applied for another internship in Cleve-land for the Senior PGA Championship at Canterbury. I was one of only six interns there and thelearning curve and the “to do” list were greatly accelerated. From there, I went on to Hazeltine forthe PGA Championship. It usually takes three or four internships or assistants positions to be con-sidered for a coordinator’s position so I’ve been very fortunate.

What are you major duties as a tournament coordinator? First, I’m in charge of the interns involvedwith operations. I oversee their daily tasks and make sure they get their jobs done. Secondly, I’m incharge of several different spreadsheets involving local vendors and how they interface with thetournament. For example, I make sure our local furniture vendor for tables and chairs has someonelike me to work with and provide direction. It’s the same with our vendors making product deliveries,say Pepsi, or setting up trailers by Mobile Mini. The PGA has architects that carefully design andplan out our various sites and our team makes sure that space is accurately used.

Have there been surprises as a tournament coordinator moving up from an internship position? Nosurprises really. It’s been exciting to see the Championship from an office perspective. As an intern, Iwould be hired a month or so before the tournament but here I was hired in March, well before tourna-ment week. As an operational assistant or as an intern, I didn’t have ultimate responsibility for an over-all task. If you made a mistake you could learn from it and shake it off. Here I don’t go home at nightunless that task is done. But I like that sense of responsibility and have grown from the experience.

Scott Hebert (left) with Jack Berry is Michigan's only representative inPGA Championship.

What’s the most stressful part of your job? It’s not as stressful as it’s motivating. You see the fencinggoing up and it motivates you to get the wind screen installed in the right way where it’s clean-look-ing with no wrinkles. We take pride in attention to details. Also, this year we have ten interns as op-posed to 15 last summer at Hazeltine. So it’s been especially motivating to me to get the job donewith fewer assistants. It’s made me more focused.

With only a short time left until tournament week, can you describe your task list? In our office, wehave a big board that lists 30 different tasks each day that need to be completed by the interns. Somaking sure the interns complete all those tasks each day is part of my job. And then I have my own“to do” list that I manage and carry out.

And how do you manage and keep track of all your tasks? My “must have” tool is my reporter’snotebook where I keep track of my daily jobs. Although I rely on spreadsheets on my computer forthe major stuff I still like to use the pen and paper method for staying on top of my day. I guess it allgoes back to when I worked as a reporter for the Michigan Daily at U-M.

Speaking of U-M and education in general, what classes or skills have been particularly useful foryou here at the PGA? Growing up, I was always taught by my parents to be organized and that’scarried with me throughout high school and college. But in addition to organizational skills, it’s im-portant to know how to work well with people. Being from a large and diverse school like Michiganand interacting in classes with lots of people from different backgrounds was very beneficial. Also,the ability to speak effectively in small group and public settings is important. Communication skillsare vital.

Could you have taken any different classes or experiences to better prepare you for your work withthe PGA? No, not really; because part of the PGA experience is learning it and there’s no substitutefor that. It’s almost better not to go in with preconceived notions. You can’t always assume thatevery event is the same and is set in stone. I was lucky to intern at three different events and everyone was its own living and breathing animal. You have to adapt and learn at each one.

What’s your golf background? I play golf but not very well and not too often. The other week, I hit aball so far left it went right into Lake Michigan. In high school, I played basketball and baseball, sothose were my major sports. So I didn’t start following golf until after high school. But my passion forthe game is growing. The Ryder Cup at Valhalla was amazing and exciting and it really gave me anew appreciation for golf. My motto is that I’ll never be a very good golfer but I always enjoy playingand the course.

Okay, about this golf course. What are some suggested bleacher spots at Whistling Straits? Steersomeone in the “Wright” direction. The clubhouse is gorgeous and there are huge bleachers aroundthe 18th green so that’s one ideal location especially toward the end of the day. In terms of the frontnine, it’s hard to beat the grandstands behind the first tee where you can also see some of the ninthgreen. There’s something special about hearing the golfers’ names being announced and watchingtheir first drives of the day. And on the back nine, there are bleachers around the greens of the 12th,15th and 16th holes that are perfect and also offer wonderful views of Lake Michigan.

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====================================================================ASGCA NOTES THAT GOLF COURSES ASSIST IN STORM WATER MANAGEMENT====================================================================BROOKFIELD, Wis. – Recent record rains throughout the United States demonstrate how manycommunities rely upon golf courses to help handle torrential rain and subsequent flooding. A prop-erly designed course provides a home for storm water, allowing for water filtration while keepinggroundwater clean. The American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) puts course owners incontact with golf course architects who can help maximize the storm water management capabilitiesof golf courses.

“ASGCAmembers are committed to the design and renovation of golf courses that work with MotherNature and provide a wide range of benefits,” said ASGCA Vice President Rick Phelps. “A well-de-signed course provides a positive environmental benefit to homes and businesses near the course,and the entire community.”

Examples exist from the United States and around the world of communities that reap the benefitsafforded by a course that has planned in advance to make the most of water – whether that waterwas wanted or unwanted.

Groesbeck Municipal Golf Course in Lansing, Mich., is a vital community partner in assisting the cityand township’s handling of storm water flow, thanks to a project designed by Jerry Matthews,ASGCA. Nine holes of the course were re-designed, in part, to include seven acres of storageponds used for excess water flow during heavy storms. Today the 30-acre wetland system, includingthe golf course, can handle 10 million gallons of water per day, the equivalent of two “25-yearstorms” back-to-back.

Deerpath Golf Course in Lake Forest, Ill., was routinely flooded by runoff from a nearby hospitalcampus until former ASGCA President Bob Lohmann and Lohmann Golf Designs (LGD) renovatedthe course. LGD constructed a one-acre retention pond and several acres of man-made wetlands toserve as an attractive, effective overflow network. Ducks, heron and egrets have since found ahome at Deerpath, and the wetland system is working effectively to filter the polluted off-site waterbefore it re-enters the nearby Skokie River. LGD also rebuilt 59 bunkers which serve as a mainte-nance upgrade and improve the visual quality and playability of the course.Taken and edtied from an Eileen Smith release

===========================================================================A LITTLE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FOR ALL THOSE 19TH-HOLE DEBATES: By Bill Pennington-New York Times==========================================================================="Ever wonder if you play better golf riding in a cart or walking? Ever wonder how many calories youburn in a typical round? Or if you would play better if you were in better shape? Ever wonder if golfis truly a sport?Neil Wolkodoff wondered all those things, too. And as the director of the Center for Health and SportScience at the Rose Medical Center in Denver, he knew how to find the answers. Two years ago, hebought $27,000 worth of equipment to conduct a painstaking set of tests on amateur golfers. Whenhe was done, he had some findings that could settle a lot of barroom arguments."

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===========================================================================JACK NICKLAUS, ARNOLD PALMER, TOM WATSON AND JOHNNY MILLER TEE IT UP ATHARBOR SHORES===========================================================================Harbor Shores Champions for Change will feature course designer Jack Nicklaus along with fellow

greats Johnny Miller, Arnold Palmer, and Tom Watson onAug. 10, 2010, to celebrate the grand opening of The GolfClub at Harbor Shores, a new 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Sig-nature Golf Course that opened all 18 holes on July 1. TheChampions for Change event will feature the foursomecompeting in an 18-hole skins format with rotating two-man teams. With almost 200 PGA tournament wins amongthem, this event marks the first time in history that thesefour players will be paired together for 18 holes.

About Harbor ShoresHarbor Shores is Lake Michigan’s first beach and golf re-sort community, just 100 miles east of Chicago in BentonHarbor/ St. Joseph, MI. The community’s central amenityis an 18-hole, public Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Coursethat offers stunning views of Lake Michigan. The 530 acremaster-planned community plans to feature a full calendarof events and world-class amenities, including a marinavillage and riverwalk, restaurants and shops, deep-watermarinas, a boutique hotel and spa, miles of recreationaltrails and rivers, and acres of parks and green space. Har-bor Shores will be home to nearly 800 residences, includingcharming cottages, custom homes, town homes and con-dominiums.

HistoryIn the mid-80's, the cities of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, Mich., once thriving manufacturing com-munities, were devastated by the closing of several factories, including Whirlpool Corporation clos-ing the largest washer and dryer manufacturing facility in the world. More than 5,000 jobs were lost.

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Since that time, St. Joseph has evolved into a thriving Midwest tourist destination as it is conve-niently located just 90 minutes east of Chicago. Benton Harbor, adjacent to St. Joseph to the north-east, has struggled to find a new identity and a new source of economic stability. Over the past fewdecades, Benton Harbor has become one of the most poverty-stricken cities in the state of Michigan– and the country.

With the vision to revitalize Benton Harbor, local non-profits, Whirlpool Foundation, Cornerstone Al-liance and the Consortium for Community Development, came together to work towards broadbased community revitalization efforts that include virtually every other non-profit organization in thearea. Organizations like Harbor Habitat for Humanity, The Boys & Girls Club of Benton Harbor, TheFirst Tee, Michigan Works and many others are in partnership to drive revitalization in both eco-nomic development as well as a human capacity building, designed to address the needs of citizensof all ages and stages of life. The signature component of years of redevelopment work is HarborShores, a 530-acre beach and golf resort community that will serve as a major economic enabler forBenton Harbor’s transformation. With a unique non-profit ownership structure and a true public/pri-vate partnership, Harbor Shores will continue revitalization efforts by creating new jobs, increasingthe tax base, stimulating new consumer spending and focusing on creating new opportunities for thelocal citizens.

The cornerstone and central amenity of Harbor Shores is The Golf Club at Harbor Shores, a JackNicklaus Signature Golf Course along the shores of Lake Michigan. It is widely considered one ofthe most anticipated golf course openings in 2010 and a true testament to how golf is being used asan enabler for social and economic change.

The Golf Club at Harbor Shores was also recently selected to host the 2012 and 2014 Senior PGAChampionship.

=======================================================================SUMMER HEAT POSES CHALLENGES FOR SUPERINTENDENTS" By Michael Caples=======================================================================While the summer heat wave that overtook Michigan may have helped the water park industry, golfcourse superintendents across the state had a difficult month.

High temperatures combined with little rainfall in areas made golf-course maintenance a challengeas superintendents tried to keep their land saturated and free of fungi that thrives in those condi-tions.

Ron Dahlin, president of the Michigan Golf Course Superintendents Association and superintendentat The Meadows at Grand Valley State in Allendale, said that to make matters worse, golfers had tomake a choice between high-90s degrees temperatures or staying close to their air-conditioningunits.

“The worst thing about it is that you have the temperature where it almost becomes uncomfortableto golf,” Dahlin said. “People would much rather be on the beach or doing things like that, so youfind out that your play has a tendency to drop a little bit, and traditionally you see kind of a slump inJuly anyways.”

The MiGCSA president said that his colleagues have been comparing the scorching July weather tothe summer of 1988, which featured many record-setting highs.

This was borne out by a recent media advisory by the Golf Course Superintendents Association ofAmerica saying the high heat and humidity levels have affected major parts of the country.

"The simple fact is the cool-season turfgrasses such as bentgrass, fescue, bluegrass, annual blue-grass (Poa annua) and others are stressed when temperatures climb and humidity is high," saidClark Throssell, Ph.D., director of research for the Golf Course Superintendents Association ofAmerica. "Golf courses in many parts of the country experience this every year, however whatmakes the situation so dire this year are the high levels of extended heat and humidity, and the size-able part of the country affected (Midwest, Mideast, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic)."

Courses have been forced to implement changes that included raising the mowing heights of play-ing areas, alternating daily practices of mowing and rolling putting greens, forgoing double mowing,and hand-watering as much as crews could handle.Douglas Ware, the division golf course superintendent for the Livonia public golf courses, said thatthe July heat wave dried out his courses.

“By the middle of the month, we had greens turning brown, some fairways turning brown, a lot ofbrowning,” Ware said. “The course gets hard and firm, but some golfers actually like that, becauseyou get a lot of rolls. They can hit a ball and it only goes 150 yards, but they’ll get 50 yards of roll ifit’s a little dried out.”

Ware pointed out that constant watering can actually add to the problems superintendents face.“The irrigation we have to use, it’s off the Rouge River, with a lot of salt in it,” he said. “We’re usingthat water all the time, and it causes us to dry out even more because of all the salt in the water, sowe can actually get more brown spots on the greens.”

In a month like July, where there is high temperatures along with high humidity rates, golf coursesare forced to fight fungal diseases with expensive chemicals.

“To really combat them, you end up spraying a lot of fungicides, which are expensive,” Dahlin said.“Right now, a lot of people are working with reduced budgets, and they’re trying to make that call,can I really afford to do this? They don’t want to lose the turf, so they end up trying to rob other partsof their budget to finance the fungicides.”

Yet some courses aren’t feeling the heat strain like others. Jay Eccleton, superintendent at TheEmerald in St. Johns and secretary/treasurer of the MiGCSA, said that no rain is better than a lot ofrain.“It hasn’t been too bad,” Eccleton said. “We’ve been kind of dry, but our employees are hanging inthere and we’re working as many hours as we can to make it work, trying to keep people happy. Butit hasn’t been that stressful to have the rain stay away, it’s when the rain’s around that we have aproblem because then there’s no golf.”

Dahlin said golfers who play at courses that do face budget problems could expect to see well-groomed courses – for those who keep the ball in play.

“You see a lot of people who are taking their maintenance focus and kind of go with the term ‘downthe middle’ – tees, fairways, greens. They’re really not worrying about any misses that aren’t nor-mally in play. They’re letting those go and worrying about the more important areas.

“The guy has a slice or a hook may find out that instead of mowing the rough twice this week, theyonly did it once because they needed somebody to work on a green or a fairway.”

======================================MG ON THE ROAD: WITH SHERLYNN EVERLY======================================Jim and I just returned from golfing the Big Three in the UP - TimberStone, Sweetgrass and Grey-walls. We did a stay and play package at the Island Resort and Casino which was a very good deal- 3 nights and two courses cost us $428.00 (not counting our casino losses!). We golfed Timber-Stone for free as it is one of the many great golf courses in the MGCOAGolden Passbook.

TimberStone in Iron Mountain was our first course. Staff were apologetic that we had to play cartpaths only, but the course got 2 1/2 inches of rain the night before. (We had been roused during thenight from our room due to a tornado warning!) You could hardly tell! We never saw any standingwater, and staff had already cleaned up any evidence of wind damage.

Everything about this course was nice - the people, the scenery, the layout - it even smelled nice!Ladies tees were level and occasionally had convenient ball washers.

Located on the side of a ski mountain, the course had lots of elevation changes, especially on thelast two holes. There were plenty of trees but you'd really have to screw up your shot to be in seri-ous trouble. We will definitely play there again!

Our second day of play was spent at Sweetgrass, adjacent to the casino in Harris, just west of Es-canaba. We were paired with two local guys who work at the resort so having their local knowledgewas a plus. The layout here is fairly open with lots of bunkers, tall grasses and plenty of water. Aunique feature is the re-use of steel bridges that once serviced local highways.

We had a very enjoyable 18 holes. The course was fair and the greens were large and fast. I shotpar on the island green so that made me smile!

Finally, there was Greywalls! I'm not sure what to say. The second of two courses at the MarquetteGolf Club, Greywalls is dramatic, breathtaking, awesome - and one SOB to play! The front nine wasthe worst - can't see the green on most holes, nowhere to land safely, and no reward for good shots.Having five sets of tees to play from didn't help much. The greens were crowned and so fast thatputts that didn't go in the hole ended up further away than when you started.

The second nine wasn't nearly as mean. More open landing areas, and greens that would hold aputt. I guess someone figured out that if you don't have at least a couple of good holes in a round,there isn't much reason to return.

I'd recommend everyone play Greywalls at least once. Because of its setting and unique layout, ithas to be played to be believed. But I believe I won't be playing there again anytime soon!

Reporting from the great golf courses of Michigan, this is your lady on the links, Sherlynn Everly.

NOTE: Sherlynn Everly plays to a 29 handicap and plays 3-4 times per week. She is the Treasurerof the Genesee County Chapter of the Executive Women's Golf Association and former Executive

Director of IMA Recreation Association/.IMA Brookwood Golf & Banquet Center.

==========================================================================MICHIGAN PGA JUNIOR TOUR - MYSTIC CREEK GC- RESULTS POWERED BY BLUEGOLF===========================================================================Results for contest Girls 16-18:

1 Kristen Areddy Saline, MI 44-42--86 +142 Emily Hysong Saline, MI 44-47--91 +19T3 Brandi Studer Essexville, MI 46-48--94 +22T3 Esther Durling Perry, MI 46-48--94 +225 Leah Carlson Wixom, MI 53-42--95 +23

Results for contest Boys 13-15:1 Justin Nowak Richmond, MI 35-40--75 +32 Alexander Dombrowski Gaylord 42-36--78 +63 Kyle Gaines Oxford, MI 41-40--81 +94 Reese Lassila Calumet, MI 44-40--84 +125 Spencer Haupert Clarkston, MI 46-45--91 +196 Kyle Rybicki White Lake, MI 50-42--92 +20T7 Bradley Minniear Northville, MI 50-43--93 +21T7 Justin Webster Adrian, MI 53-40--93 +219 Tyler Masters Olivet, MI 48-48--96 +2410 Austin Terris Saline, MI 50-50--100 +28T11 Avery Swain Grosse Ile 47-55--102 +30T11 Nick Sanscrainte Allen Park, MI 52-50--102 +30

Results for contest Boys 16-18:1 Tyler Polulak DeWitt, MI 40-34--74 +2T2 Evan Bowser Dearborn 37-37--74 +2T2 Shawn Carmody Harrison Twp., MI 36-38--74 +24 Joe Parker Commerce Twp, MI 37-39--76 +4T5 David Thompson Davison, MI 39-38--77 +5T5 Mark DeWitt Rockford, MI 40-37--77 +5T7 Nick Robeson Clarkston, MI 39-40--79 +7T7 Austin Bremer East Grand Rapids, MI 43-36--79 +7T7 Collin Breit Muskegon, MI 42-37--79 +710 Gregory Bussell Farmington, MI 40-40--80 +8T11 Brian Pierson Ypsilanti, MI 42-39--81 +9T11 Eric Hepker St Ignace, MI 40-41--81 +913 Colton Matteson Prudenville, MI 45-37--82 +1014 Kyle King Sterling Heights, MI 45-38--83 +11T15 Nolan Chapman Oxford, MI 46-38--84 +12T15 Charles Perry Detroit, MI 43-41--84 +12T17 Aaron Wheeler Chesterfield, MI 41-44--85 +13T17 Eric Perry Detroit, MI 43-42--85 +13T17 David Arnold Walled Lake, MI 44-41--85 +1320 Trevor Neelis Harbor Springs, MI 43-43--86 +14T21 Andrew Wallace Waterford, MI 44-43--87 +15

T21 Tyler Jackson Clyde, MI 45-42--87 +1523 Justin Haase Macomb, MI 45-43--88 +16T24 Jamison Webster Adrian, MI 43-46--89 +17T24 Andrew Wegert Beverly Hills, MI 46-43--89 +1726 Mark Thompson Canton, MI 53-40--93 +2127 Alexander Davis Novi, MI 51-46--97 +25Results for contest Girls 13-15:1 Sarah Thompson Canton, MI 50-47--97 +25

==================MINZEY'S MUSINGS==================A husband and wife are on the 9th green when suddenly she collapses from a heart attack! "Helpme dear," she groans to her husband. The husband calls 911 on his cell phone, talks for a few min-utes, picks up his putter and lines up his putt. His wife raises her head off the green and stares athim. "I'm dying here and you're putting?" "Don't worry dear," says the husband calmly, "they found adoctor on the second hole and he's coming to help you."Well, how long will it take for him to gethere?" she asks feebly. "No time at all," says her husband. "Everybody's already agreed to let himplay through."

A gushy reporter told Phil Mickelson, "You are spectacular; your name is synonymous with thegame of golf. You really know your way around the course. What's your secret?" Mickelsonreplied, "The holes are numbered."

A young man and a priest are playing together. At a short par-3 the priest asks, "What are you goingto use on this hole, my son? " The young man says, "An 8-iron, father. How about you?"The priestsays, "I'm going to hit a soft seven and pray." The young man hits his 8-iron and puts the ball on thegreen. The priest tops his 7-iron and dribbles the ball out a few yards. The young man says, "I don'tknow about you, father, but in my church, when we pray, we keep our head down."

Police are called to an apartment and find a woman holding a bloody 5-iron standing over a lifelessman. The detective asks, "Ma'am, is that your husband?" "Yes "says the woman. "Did you hit himwith that golf club?" " Yes, yes, I did." The woman begins to sob, drops the club, and puts her,hands on her face. "How many times did you hit him?" "I don't know, five, six, maybe seventimes.....just put me down for a five."

A golfer teed up his ball on the first tee, took a mighty swing and hit his ball into a clump of trees.He found his ball and saw an opening between two trees he thought he could hit through. Taking outhis 3-wood, he took a mighty swing. The ball hit a tree, bounced back, hit him in the forehead andkilled him. As he approached the gates of Heaven, St. Peter asked, "Are you a good golfer?" Theman replied: "Got here in two, didn't I?"

The bride was escorted down the aisle and when she reached the altar, the groom was standingthere with his golf bag and clubs at his side. She said: "What are your golf clubs doing here?" Helooked her right in the eye and said, "This isn't going to take all day, is it?

Note: Dr. Jack Minzey, now retired, was one of Eastern Michigan University's finest professors, Thewit he brings to this page, was also the wit he brought to his classroom.

==========================================MICHIGAN GOLFER MAGAZINE - SUMMER ISSUE==========================================Our Summer issue of the Michigan Golfer is now online, our fifth issue in the new ISSUU format.The Michigan Golfer has been through a number of stages, print from 1983, online in 1996, televi-sion in 2001, a newsletter spin off in 2001 and now in ISSUU, a software that combined with thenew iPad, allows for magazines to be downloaded and read at any time. Chris Lewis takes us on avisit to both Alma College and Aquinas College to learn about their collegiate teams. William andBrad Shelton, our father and son team of writers, team up to tell us about the new Pete Dye courseat French Lick. Mike Duff, one of veteran writers, joined a media fam trip to explore the suddenly fa-mous Forest Dunes course in Roscommon. Enjoy.Table of Contents

Alma Scots - Chris LewisWalter Hagen Returns to French Lick - Brad SheltonFrench Lick Defies Economic Downturn - William SheltonForest Dunes - Mike DuffAquinas Golf - Chris Lewis

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=============================2010 MICHIGAN GOLF CALENDAR=============================August7Players Championship 3rd Major, Pilgrims Run Golf Club, Pierson, MI

http://www.miagt.com/index.php?pg=schedule8Wendy's Golf Classic

http://www.thelegendstour.com/Classic/9-15U.S. Women's Amateur, Charlotte CC, North Carolina12-15PGA Championship, Whistling Straits, Sheboygan, WI

http://pgatour.com16-1789th GAM Championship, Flint GC

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19 17th Annual MGCOA Golf Outing And Supplier Field Day Bedford Valley Golf Course, BattleCreekhttp://www.mgcoa.org

21MIAGT at Calderone Golf Club, Calderone Golf Club, Jackson, MI

http://www.miagt.com/index.php?pg=scheduleAug. 21-22Treetops Resort hostsGolfweek's Junior Series Qualifier

http://www.golfweekevents.com/Juniors2010.shtml23-25Michigan PGA Championship, Eagle Eye GC23-29U.S. Amateur, Chambers Bay, University Place, Washington

September3-6Labor Day Madness at Marsh Ridge Resort, Gaylord, MI

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3-53rd Annual Patriot Golf Day Shootout, Treetops Resort, Gaylord, MI

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11MIAGT at Coyote Preserve GC, Coyote Preserve Golf Club, Hartland, MI

http://www.miagt.com/index.php?pg=schedule13-16Michigan PGAMatch Play, Oakland University, Sharf18MIAGT Tour Championship, The Grande Golf Club, Jackson, MI

http://www.miagt.com/index.php?pg=schedule26-2823rd Annual Pepsi Charity Invitational, Treetops Resort, Gaylord, MI

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October1-3Ryder Cup, Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, Wales2Golf League Championship Tournament. Eagle Eye Golf Course, Bath

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9-10

Toughman Scramble, Treetops and Black Bear GC, Gaylord and Vanderbilt, MIhttp://www.treetops.com/index.php?method=golf&subpage=Toughman_Tournament

November and December30 - Dec 2Michigan Golf Business Conference and Vendor Fair,Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, Grand Rapids

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