Michigan Golfer News, February 18, 2011

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February 18, 2011

Vol. 11, No. 7

Arcadia Bluffs • • •

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LochenHeath Golf Course • •

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Terry Moore is one of four elected to the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame

Sandy Ridge Golf Course • •

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They've Got Fever: By Jack Berry

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Four Elected to Michigan Golf Hall of Fame

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Lansing and Michigan Golf Shows

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The Cyber Geezer at the WMGS By Thad Gutowski a.k.a The Cyber Geezer

Treetops Resort - Celebrating R.T. Jones Masterpiece 25th Anniversary • •

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West Michigan Golf Show

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Minzey's Musings

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Got Money? Island Resort Championship Announces Sponsorship Opportunities

Railside Golf Club, Byron Center •

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Michigan Golfer Television Show Schedule for 2011

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Michigan Golfer - Winter Issue

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Michigan Golf Calendar

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Michigan Golfer Archives http://michigangolfer.com/mgn/archives.html

Michigan Golf Show - March 4 - 6 •

Michigan Golf History http://michigangolfer.com/mgn/history.html

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Michigan Golf Association Links

20th Anniversary: http://michigangolfshow.com

Half Off Golf •

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Jeff Lesson’s Website: http://lessonongolf.com

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Michigan Golf Hall of Fame http://tiny.cc/y6clk

Michigan Golfer Magazine 2010 -11 Winter Issue http://michigangolfer.com/win10-11/ Past Issues http://michigangolfer.com/#pastissues Michigan Golfer Television Michigan Golfer Channel http://michigangolfer.tv Michigan Golfer You Tube Channel http://www.youtube.com/my_videos?pi=0&ps=100&sf=added&sa=0&sq=golfer&dm=2 Michigan Golfer News Subscribe http://lyris.dundee.net/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=michigangolfnews Editor: Art McCafferty Associate Editor - Jennie McCafferty =============================== THEY’VE GOT FEVER: By Jack Berry =============================== Cabin fever broke out in the Grand Rapids area last weekend and like Punxsutawney Phil poking his head out of his burrow, 12,000-plus golfers saw sunshine at the West Michigan Golf Show at DeVos Place.

“That’s the second biggest attendance we’ve had,” Show manager Carolyn Alt said. “The aisles were busy and sales people were tired, hoarse and happy Sunday night. If we are any indication, it’s going to be a good year for the industry.”

Bob Kitchen of the Maple Hill Golf and Pro Shop, one of the biggest exhibitors at the show, said the white TaylorMade R11 driver, which is used by Dustin Johnson and Martin Kaymer and received a lot of TV time, was “the hottest club by far. We sold 70 and are reordering.”

Kitchen said his staff had a contest Saturday to see who could sell the most iron sets and Nick Monterusso sold 43 for the title. In all, the staff sold 90 sets Saturday.

“Our sales figures indicate the economy is bouncing back,” Kitchen said.

Show goers kept pros from the Michigan Section of the PGA and Boyne Resorts busy with free minilessons. Justin Phillips of the PGA said the pros gave 409 lessons and were busy throughout the three days of the show.

Randy Ballinger of family-owned, 36-hole Walnut Creek Golf Course, just off I-69 by Marion, Ind., is a longtime exhibitor at the West Michigan Show. Two years ago when rounds were dropping everywhere, Ballinger was asked how things were going. He came up with a line that summed up the situation: “Flat is the new Up.” Last week Ballinger said he feels some optimism, a better feeling about the golf business and he said owners have had to be competitive with their pricing and offer good service and well-maintained courses.

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“Feeling better” was shared by resort representatives from around the state and uniformly they saluted the re-funding of the nationally awarded “Pure Michigan” ad campaign after it appeared last session’s legislators were going to put it on bread and water rations. They all credited it with bringing business to Michigan and showing great images of a beautiful state that was sinking under a rust belt, dead industry reputation.

Show manager Alt and Gregg Kirchen, executive director of the Michigan Interscholastic Golf Coaches Association, also gave a boost to high school golf teams with a “Fight of the Flapjacks” fund-raiser.

Eighteen area high school teams had a flapjack breakfast Saturday morning before the show doors opened. The breakfast cost $7 of which $4 went into a pot that was divided on the number of breakfasts purchased by each team.

Grand Rapids Catholic Central's Boys team won with the Holland Girls second and Swartz Creek third.

GRCC collected $265 and Maple Hill Golf Center added $500 to that. The Holland girls team got $344 and Swartz Creek $231. In all, $1,448 will be donated to the teams.

Mentioning money, Michigander Tom Gillis finished third in the AT&T National Pro-Am at Pebble Beach Sunday and won $428,400, his biggest check as a pro and Gillis is 42. His road to success on the PGA Tour took a route the AAA couldn’t map, playing on about every continent but Antarctica. He finally settled down in 2009 and played well on the Nationwide Tour – a friend said he stopped beating himself up -- graduated to the big Tour and in 2010 he finished 74th on the money list with $1,166,146.

The Pebble Beach check was bigger than what Alvaro Quiros collected for winning the Dubai Desert Classic which featured the world’s top three, Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer and Tiger Woods, plus Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia. There also were thousands more spectators at Pebble Beach than at Dubai. The Dubai bait is the European Tour has a blind eye when it comes to paying appearance money.

Still on money, Golf Channel appears to be the Channel of Millionaires. True, around 100 players make $1 million or more. But what about Rush Limbaugh and Donald Trump? Multi-multi millionaires Maybe to balance things, Golf Channel should get that former ESPN anchor, Keith Olbermann. He isn’t doing anything now, is he? Should be available.

OK, one more. A famous player-course designer was approached about returning to a course he’d designed in Michigan. The price? $200,000. Plus fuel for the jet.

Bill Murray said D.A. Points won at Pebble Beach because Murray didn’t ask him all week what D.A. stands for. It is odd that two men from Illinois with the initials D.A. have been successful on the pro circuit. D.A. (Donald Albert) Weibring who was an assistant at Red Run Golf Club before going to the Tour, and now D.A. (Darren Albert) Points.

Seeing all the beards, full and scruffy, these days might lead Commissioner Tim Finchem to sign Gillette as the Official Razor of the PGA Tour. Clean shaven was the rule when Deane Beman was commissioner. Like many other things, those days are gone forever.

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================================================ FOUR ELECTED TO MICHIGAN GOLF HALL OF FAME ================================================ Public links veteran Jim Briegel, golf course architect Arthur Hills, journalist Terry Moore and Don Perne, co-founder of the PGA of America’s Professional Golf Management at Ferris State University, represent a broad cross-section of the game, and have been elected to the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame.

Briegel is a life-long public course player who picked up golf while caddying for the University of Michigan golf team for five years starting at the age of 12. Now in his 80s, Briegel still is a long hitter and in 2007 shot 70 from the back tees in a tournament at Dunham Hills to beat his age by 11 strokes.

A contender and officer in the Michigan Publinx Golf Association for years, Briegel has continued as a senior and the Michigan Publinx Seniors Golf Association championship is named for him, the Briegel Cup. Briegel also is a driving force in the MPSGA State Senior-Amateur Open.

While president of the Braun & Brumfield Printing Co. of Ann Arbor he was involved with the production of three Sleeping Bear golf books including “The Spirit of St. Andrews,” “Golf Has Never Failed Me” and “Forbidden Fairways.”

Arthur Hills was captain of the Michigan State University golf team while working toward a degree in Agronomy and Lansing native Perne was a teammate and served three years prior to Hills as captain.

Hills went on to earn a degree in Landscape Architecture at the University of Michigan. He has designed more than 225 courses around the world.

Hills designed 16 courses in Michigan, from the Arthur Hills Course at Boyne Highlands and Bay Harbor in Petoskey to Egypt Valley in Ada and Hawkshead in South Haven, Shepherd’s Hollow and Pine Trace in metropolitan Detroit and Red Hawk in Tawas.

Hills completely revamped the West course at MSU’s Forest Akers complex, redesigned the East course and designed the expansive practice area.

Hills has renovated more than 125 courses including Inverness, his home club, in Toledo and has worked on Oakland Hills, Oakmont and Congressional, all U.S. Open sites. He has received honors from Golf Digest for Best New Private and Best New Public courses and Boardroom Magazine named him Golf Course Architect of the Year in 2008.

Terry Moore, once a school administrator but a caddie as a youngster, got back into golf in 1983 when he co-founded Michigan Golfer magazine with Art McCafferty. Moore covered 27 Buick Opens and this year will be his 28th Masters Tournament. While editor of Michigan Golfer he printed stories on every facet of the game, from juniors and high schools to seniors, amateurs and professionals, superintendents and association officials.

Moore founded the West Michigan Golf Show in 1989. The Grand Rapids show has been one of the most successful and well-attended in the country, has featured seven PGA Teacher of the Year recipients, including Jim Flick, Hank Haney, Gary Wiren, and current Teacher of the Year Todd Anderson, a Grand Rapids native and head of instruction at Sea Island Resort in Georgia.

The show now is owned by ShowSpan but Moore continues in a media relations role. He served 10

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years on Egypt Valley’s Media Committee during the PGA Champions Tour run and was point person for the club’s bid to host the 2010 USGA Junior Boys Championship, the first USGA championship held in West Michigan. Moore also is a governor of the Golf Association of Michigan and continues to write for Michigan Golfer online and several other internet outlets.

Don Perne and Arthur Hills have linked from the time they were at MSU. Perne was two years ahead of Hills and chose to become a PGA professional – Michigan Golf Hall of Fame member Horton Smith signed his membership papers. Hills decided on design and has become one of the leaders in the field.

Perne was professional at St. Clair River Country Club, Shaker Heights in Ohio, Canoe Brook in New Jersey and Wilmington CC in Delaware and eventually wound up at Inverness Club in Toledo from 1981-93. He was one of the first six PGA Master Professionals. He was host professional of the 1986 and 1993 PGA Championships.

Perne, a drum major while at MSU, led the field in every Northern Ohio Section PGA tournament and is in the Northern Ohio PGA Hall of Fame.

While earning many PGA honors for his work with caddies and fellow PGA members, Perne considers co-founding the Professional Golf Management program at Ferris State his No. 1 achievement. Robert Ewigleben, another MSU teammate, was president of Ferris and between the school and the PGA they developed the program in which students receive a business degree, spend 16 to 20 months in internships at clubs and resorts around the country and then are eligible for PGA membership.

PGM is so successful that 24 other universities have adopted it.

Briegel, Hills, Moore and Perne will be inducted into the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame on May 15 at Indianwood G&CC. The quartet raises the number of Hall of Fame members to 94. For more information on this year’s induction ceremony, contact Loretta Larkin at llarkin@michigan-golffoundation.com or (248) 719-0650. ===================================== LANSING AND MICHIGAN GOLF SHOWS ===================================== The two Michigan golf shows are just around the corner and we have several exhibit spaces remaining in Lansing and just a few spaces remaining for the Novi Show. We are excited this year as the Auto Industry has announced their bonuses which will be coming out the first week of March. We have designed a special mailing and invitation to all the Auto Industry workers to make sure that they come to show and bring at least a portion of thier bonuses!!

If you are interested in exhibiting at this years events, please visit our website at www.Michigangolfshow.com or give us a call or email. We anticipate that we will sell out of both shows this year at least the week before each event.

Todd Smith Show Promotions Phone 248-348-6942 email, Todd@michigangolfshow.com or Dawn@michigangolfshow.com

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=================================== THE CYBER GEEZER AT THE WMGS

By Thad Gutowski a.k.a The Cyber Geezer =================================== The Cyber Geezer a.k.a. Thad Gutowski, is pleased to report there was an obvious aura of optimism among the golf course operators exhibiting at the West Michigan Golf Show in Grand Rapids last weekend. The twenty-five or so I talked with are looking forward to the coming season and feel the pressure to lower green-fees is now history.

I don’t recall hearing the term “third party resellers.” Thank God! I was impressed with the many who were interested in hearing more about Internet marketing with informative Newsletters and the hot new way to spread the word: Facebook and Twitter. Most realize treating Facebook “Fans” is a whole lot different than posting casual messages for “Friends.”

Tune in to the next Cyber Geezer column when we will address this in more detail. For now check out what Al Lynch of Club Cars and Peter Fitzsimmons of the Petoskey Area CVB think about Facebook and social media.

The Cyber Geezer on Video Cyber-Geezer and Petoskey Area's Peter Fitzsimons on Facebook http://michigangolfer.tv/2011shows/petoskey/ The Cyber-Geezer with Al Lynch of Club Cars about Facebook http://michigangolfer.tv/2011shows/clubcar_facebook/ ============================================================================ MICHIGAN GOLFER TELEVISION COVERAGE OF THE WEST MICHIGAN GOLF SHOW ============================================================================ Our cameras were busy covering the action of this year's WMGS. We have some great viewing for you with a plethora of interesting shows. Enjoy BOYNE Boyne- Schools, Tournaments & Practice with Jeff http://michigangolfer.tv/2011shows/boyne_schools/ Brian O'Neill Tips #1 - Putting Practice http://michigangolfer.tv/2011shows/boyne_oneill/oneil_tips1 Brian O'Neill Tips #2 - Over the Top http://michigangolfer.tv/2011shows/boyne_oneill/oneil_tips2 Brian O'Neill Tips #3 - Balance http://michigangolfer.tv/2011shows/boyne_oneill/oneil_tips3 Brian O'Neill Tips #4 - Club Fitting & Technology http://michigangolfer.tv/2011shows/boyne_oneill/oneil_tips4 P. 10

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Heather to Host the 100th Michigan Amateur http://michigangolfer.tv/2011shows/gam_amateur/ CYBER GEEZER Cyber-Geezer and Petoskey Area's Peter Fitzsimons on Facebook Value http://michigangolfer.tv/2011shows/petoskey/ The Cyber-Geezer with Al Lynch of Club Cars about Facebook http://michigangolfer.tv/2011shows/clubcar_facebook/ GAM The 100th Anniversary of the Michigan Amateur http://michigangolfer.tv/2011shows/gam_amateur/ ISLAND RESORT CHAMPIONSHIP Island Resort Championship at Sweetgrass http://michigangolfer.tv/2011shows/island_resort/ LOCHENHEATH GOLF CLUB LochenHeath is Back and Beautiful http://michigangolfer.tv/2011shows/lochenheath/ MARSH RIDGE RESORT Madness at Marsh Ridge http://michigangolfer.tv/2011shows/marsh_ridge/ RAILSIDE GOLF CLUB http://michigangolfer.tv/2011shows/railside/ SHANTY CREEK RESORT The Legend Turns 25 http://michigangolfer.tv/2011shows/the_legend/ TREETOPS 25th Anniversary of Treetops http://michigangolfer.tv/2011shows/treetops_25/ The Treetops Cup http://michigangolfer.tv/2011shows/treetops_cup/ Treetops & Michigan PGA Patriot Day http://michigangolfer.tv/2011shows/treetops_patriot/ ==================== MINZEY'S MUSINGS ==================== Moshe was sitting at the bar staring at his drink when a large, trouble-making biker steps up next to him, grabs his drink and gulps it down in one swig and menacingly says, “Thanks Jew Boy, whatcha going to do about it?" Moshe burst into tears.

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"Come on, man," the biker says, "I didn't think you'd CRY. I can’t stand to see a man crying. What’s your problem?"

"This is the worst day of my life," Moshe says. "I'm a complete failure. I was late to a meeting and my boss fired me. When I went to the parking lot, I found my car had been stolen and I don't have any insurance. I left my wallet in the cab I took home. I found my wife in bed with the postman and then my dog bit me." "So I came to this bar to work up the courage to put an end to it all. I buy a drink; drop a capsule in and sit here watching the poison dissolve; then you show up and drink the whole thing! " "But enough about me, how's your day going?" ================================================================================ GOT MONEY? ISLAND RESORT CHAMPIONSHIP ANNOUNCES SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ================================================================================ The Island Resort Championship at Sweetgrass is now offering several value-based sponsorship opportunities for its June 20-26 LPGA Futures Tour event that include VIP tent tickets, golf rounds and entry into "meet the players" gatherings.

Packages range from an official program sponsorship to Gold title sponsor, giving hospitality options for corporations and groups to entertain clients, reward staff members and support Michigan golf and tourism.

“Sponsorship allows for VIP access to the players, the event, and Sweetgrass Golf Club in a unique way,” said Championship Co-Chair Tony Mancilla. “It also shows the LPGA Futures Tour that our golf community chooses to support the future of this event, and golf, in a very meaningful way. The corporate exposure value is also strong.”

Those interested in sponsorship can contact Fawn Clement-Laroche at the Island Resort & Casino/Sweetgrass Golf Club at 906-723-2005.

Corporate Packages are as follows: Gold Sponsor: Includes entry of three teams into Thursday’s Sponsor Pro-Am (June 23; four amateurs plus one LPGA Futures Tour player), 12 VIP tournament tickets with access to VIP tents during the tournament, 24 general admission tickets, access for 20 people to the VIP “Meet the Players” dinner, major sponsorship of either the driving range or putting green, signage on the main scoreboard, recognition at awards ceremony, and 20 rounds of golf at Sweetgrass Golf Club, rated “best-in-kind” by multiple national publications.

Silver Sponsor: Entry of two teams entered into Thursday’s Sponsor Pro-Am, 8 VIP tournament tickets, 12 general admission tickets, access for 12 people in the VIP “Meet the Players” dinner, major hole sponsorship (such as the 18th green), scoreboard signage and 12 rounds of golf at Sweetgrass Golf Club.

Bronze Sponsor: Entry of one team entered into Thursday’s Sponsor Pro-Am, six VIP tournament tickets, 12 general admission tickets, access for eight people in the VIP “Meet the Players” dinner, minor

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hole sponsor, and eight rounds of golf at Sweetgrass Golf Club.

Pro-Am Sponsor: Entry of one four-person team into Wednesday’s Public Pro-Am; all proceeds benefiting the YMCA of Delta County.

Program Sponsors: Rates vary based on size, from short corporate listing to full-page ads in the official program.

“We’ve already received great response on these great values from the corporate community,” reports Susan Harris, Championship Co-Chair and Marketing Director. “We encourage all those interested to contact us as soon as possible, before the opportunities are sold out.” ==================================================== MICHIGAN GOLFER TELEVISION UPCOMING SHOWS THIS SEASON HTTP://MICHIGANGOLFER.TV ==================================================== 25th Anniversary of the Jones Masterpiece at Treetops 25th Anniversary of The Legend at Shanty Creek Resort 100th Anniversary of the Michigan Amateur Boyne's Tournament of Champions A Tour of Sandy Ridge GC With Jerry Matthews Boyne Golf Academy at King Par MGCOA Legislative Day on the Capitol Lawn The Madness at Marsh Ridge Resort Home of Golf Michigan at the Master's Treetops Cup Matches LochenHeath is Back and Basking LPGA Futures Tour - Island Resort Championship at Sweetgrass The Michigan Open at The Orchards GC ================================= MICHIGAN GOLFER WINTER ISSUE http://michigangolfer.com/win10-11/ ================================= Table of Contents Top 10 Michigan Golf Stories of 2010 By. Jack Berry A Season to Remember: Calvin College Knights Capture 2010 MIAA Championship

By Chris Lewis Garland Golf

By Mike Duff Michigan High School Golf Roundup

By Kelly Hill Olympic Golf

By Brad and Bill Shelton A Year in Review, of Sorts

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By Terry Moore Golf Rules

By Bill and Brad Shelton Top 10's & The Best Of Lists Michigan Golfer Television Viewed Shows Shaker and Movers in Michigan Golf Michigan Golf Course Videos Michigan Resorts in Golf Digest Listings Michigan Golf Courses in Golf Digest’s Top 100 Best Michigan Golf Courses You Can Play – Golf Magazine GolfWeek Listing of Top Michigan Resort Courses GolfWeek’ Top 10 Michigan Golf Courses SPONSORED BY: BOYNE GOLF ACADEMY @ KING PAR LOCHENHEATH GOLF CLUB SANDY RIDGE GOLF COURSE TREETOPS RESORT ARCADIA BLUFFS http://michigangolfer.com/win10-11/ =============================== 2011 MICHIGAN GOLFER CALENDAR =============================== FEBRUARY 18-20 Cleveland Golf Show, Cleveland http://www.northcoastgolfshows.com/ 25-27 Lansing Golf Show, Lansing http://michigangolfshow.com/lansing/ 25-27 Chicago Golf Show, Chicago http://www.chicagogolfshow.com/ 25-27 Indianapolis Golf Show, Indianapolis http://www.northcoastgolfshows.com/ MARCH 4-6 Michigan Golf Show, Novi http://michigangolfshow.com/ 10-13 World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship TPC Blue Monster at Doral, Miami, Florida http://www.pgatour.com/h/schedule/ 17-20 Transitions Championship Innisbrook Resort - Copperhead, Palm Harbor, Florida http://www.pgatour.com/h/schedule/ 24-27 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Florida http://www.pgatour.com/h/schedule/ 26-27 The Mid Michigan Golf Show, Birch Run Expo Center, http://orvshows.com

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APRIL 07-10 Masters Tournament Augusta National GC, Augusta, Georgia http://masters.org 30 We're Open Invitational, Gaylord, MI http://treetops.com MAY 11 Fuller Cup, Country Club of Lansing http://michigan.pga.com 24-29 Senior PGA Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, KY http://www.usga.org/ChampsSchedule.aspx?taxid=17179869201 28-29MPGA Michigan Medal Play Championship - Fellows Creek Golf Course http://www.mipublinx.com/ JUNE 2-5 The Memorial Tournament, Dublin, OH 6-7 Nike Golf State Pro Am, Boyne Highlands, Harbor Springs 14-15 Club Car Michigan PGA Senior Open - Bedford Valley http://www.mipublinx.com/ 16-19 U.S. Open / Congressional Country Club / Bethesda, Md. http://www.usga.org/ChampsSchedule.aspx?taxid=17179869201 20-26 LPGA Futures Tour - Island Resort Championship at Sweetgrass http://www.sweetgrassgolfclub.com 20 Pro-Pro Championship, The Legend at Shanty Creek, Bellaire 21-25 Michigan Amateur, Boyne Highlands, Boyne City http://gam.org/ 22 MGCOA Legislative Day on the Capitol Lawn http://mgcoa.com 27-29 Women's Open, Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville http://michigan.pga.com 27/7-2 U.S. Amateur Public Links / Bandon Dunes Golf Resort / Bandon, Ore http://www.usga.org/ChampsSchedule.aspx?taxid=17179869201 JULY 7-10 U.S. Women's Open / The Broadmoor (East Course) / Colorado Springs, Colo. http://www.usga.org/ChampsSchedule.aspx?taxid=17179869201 8 - 10, Treetops Cup Matches, Gaylord, MI http://treetops.com 11-14 Michigan Open, The Orchards, Washington http://michigan.pga.com 13-14 20th GAM Women's Championship, Gull Lake CC http://www.usga.org/ChampsSchedule.aspx?taxid=17179869201 14-17 British Open Royal St. George's Golf Club 18-23 U.S. Girls' Junior / Olympia Fields Country Club (South Course) / Olympia Fields, Ill. / http://www.usga.org/ChampsSchedule.aspx?taxid=17179869201 21-24 Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational, Columbus, OH 25-27 Boyne Tournament of Champions, Boyne Mountain, MI http://boyne.com 25-26 Michigan Women' Amateur, Prestwick Village GC, Highland, MI

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http://gam.org 25-26 Senior PGA Championship, Charlevoix Golf & CC, Charlevoix http://michigan.pga.com 28-31 U.S. Senior Open / Inverness Club / Toledo, Ohio / http://www.usga.org/ChampsSchedule.aspx?taxid=17179869201 29-30 Tournament of Champions, Pro Am - Boyne Mountain, Boyne Falls http://michigan.pga.com 29-31 Butch Harmon Showcase, The Loon Golf Course, Gaylord http://www.loongolfresort.com/ AUGUST 1-3 Boyne Tournament of Champions, Boyne Highlands, Harbor Springs http://michigan.pga.com 2-5 Junior PGA Championship. Sycamore Hills Golf Club, Fort Wayne, IN http://www.pga.com/pga-america/feature/sycamore-hills-gc-selected-host-2010-junior-pgachampionship 8 Pro Assistant Championship, Treetops, Gaylord 11 MGCOA Summer Golf Outing http://mgcoa.org 11 Swinging for a Wish, Gaylord, MI http://treetops.com 8-14 U.S. Women's Amateur / Rhode Island Country Club / Barrington, R.I. http://www.usga.org/ChampsSchedule.aspx?taxid=17179869201 08-14 PGA Championship, Atlanta Athletic Club, Atlanta, GA 15--16 GAM Championship, Barton Hills CC, MI http://gam.org 17-18 13th GAM Women's Mid Am, Oak Pointe CC, Brighton, MI http://gam.org 22-28 U.S. Amateur / Erin Hills / Erin, Wis. http://www.usga.org/ChampsSchedule.aspx?taxid=17179869201 29-31 Michigan PGA Championship, Eagle Eye GC, Bath http://michigan.pga.com 29-30 15th Annual GAM Women's Senior Tournament, Belvedere GC, Charlevoix, MI http://gam.org SEPTEMBER 1-2 GAM Mid-Amateur, Boyne Highlands, Harbor Springs, MI http://gam.org 2 – 4 Patriot Golf Day Shootout, Gaylord, MI http://treetops.com 10-11 Walker Cup / Royal Aberdeen Golf Club / Aberdeen, Scotland http://www.usga.org/ChampsSchedule.aspx?taxid=17179869201 10-15 USGA Senior Amateur / Kinloch Golf Club / Manakin-Sabot, Va http://www.usga.org/ChampsSchedule.aspx?taxid=17179869201 12-14 Match Play Championship, Forest Akers, East Lansing http://michigan.pga.com 19-20 25th GAM Senior Championship, Spring Lake CC, Spring Lake, MI http://gam.org

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22-25 The Tour Championship, East Lake CC, Atlanta, GA 22-25 41st GCS Annual Meeting & Trade Show-Ann Arbor Marriott Ypsilanti at Eagle Crest Resort 25–27 Pepsi Fall Charity Invitational, Gaylord, MI http://treetops.com 25, MGCOA Golf League Championship at Hawk Hollow Golf Course, Bath http://MGCOA.org OCTOBER 8– 9 Toughman/Princess Scramble Gaylord, MI http://treetops.com 31 PGA Fall Meeting NOVEMBER 17-20 President's Cup, Royal Melbourne, Victoria, AUS 29/1 MGCOA Golf Business Conference and Vendor Show at the Somerset Inn in Troy http://MGCOA.org

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