Michigan Golfer News, April 22, 2011

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April 22, 2011

Vol. 11, No. 16

Buck’s Run Golf Club

Photo courtesy of Resort and Golf Marketing

• http://bucksrun.com/golf/proto/bucksrun/ • Tour the Course Video with Jerry Matthews http://youtube.com/watch?v=qxuMfR0vN3o

Arcadia Bluffs • • •

Website: http://arcadiabluffs.com Golf & Lodging Rates: http://tiny.cc/9vx3f Tour the Course: http://tiny.cc/13yy1

Mike Husby

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Top of the World

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New General Managers Take Over the Reins at Michigan's Top Golf Properties; By Norm Sinclair

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University of Michigan Lands Two in Top Collegiate Courses

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Michigan Golfer Magazine Online Spring Issue

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Restoration Leaves Pinehurst Better Than Ever - By Bradley Klein

Sandy Ridge Golf Course

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Harig Elected President of GWAA; Strak, Babineau are VPs

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Michigan Golf Hall of Fame Tickets Still Available

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Osprey Empties the Cupboard on Golf Deals

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Minzey's Musings

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Renaissance Resort Offers Free Transportation to Historic

Website: Video:

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St. Augustine for Guests

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

Website: Video:

http://treetops.com http://glsp.com/treetops/

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Michigan Golfer Television 2011 Shows

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Michigan Golf Calendar

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

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

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Michigan Golf Association Links http://michigangolfer.com/mgn/associations.html

Half Off Golf •

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

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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 =================== TOP OF THE WORLD =================== The Inn at Bay Harbor continues to earn prestigious acclaim as readers of Condé Nast Traveler magazine have selected it as one of the world’s Top 125 Golf Resorts.

The Inn at Bay Harbor, teamed with the nearby 27-hole Bay Harbor Golf Club, is listed in the category of the Top 10 Northern U.S. Golf Resorts. In that grouping are such illustrious properties as Stowe Mountain Lodge in Vermont, The American Club in Wisconsin, the historic West Baden Springs Hotel in Indiana, and the Grand View Lodge in Minnesota.

Taken and edited from a Boyne release. ================================================================================= NEW GENERAL MANAGERS TAKE OVER THE REINS AT MICHIGAN’S TOP GOLF PROPERTIES: By Norm Sinclair ================================================================================= As the 2011 golf season unfolds, two interesting story lines in Northern Michigan golf will be Barry Owens and Mike Husby and their new career challenges that could significantly impact the game in Northern Michigan.

Owens spent half of his life working in his family’s Garland Resort in Lewiston. Now he is the general manager of the ionic but inconsistent Treetops Resort in Gaylord, Garland’s closest competitor.

Husby, on the other hand has hop-scotched his way around the north, designing and building golf courses, and turning around under performing properties. His newest, and possibly most formidable assignment, is breathing life into the once defunct LochenHeath Golf Club in Williamsburg, just outside of Traverse City.

It was just a few short years ago that Owens seemed set to be president-for-life of Garland, succeeding Ron Otto, his father-in-law. Otto developed the 3,000-acre property into four golf courses, a massive luxury log lodge, plush cottages, and French Norman-styled chateaus in the woods.

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But Michigan’s economic collapse and a mountain of tax debts Otto incurred, forced him to sell his beloved family enterprise in August 2009. Owens stayed on until his eventual departure last spring.

Last summer Treetops’ executive committee and Rick Smith, the resort’s managing partner, brought Owens in as a consultant and in October they persuaded him to forgo a impending career change and accept the job as general manager.

For Owens the immediate challenge is bringing stability and professional purpose to the resort where management turnover has been the norm in recent years “Treetops is a fabulous property that has a lot of great opportunity from the terrific golf courses to great property for development,” Owens said. “We have a very good staff and they are excited to move forward.”

Owens said changing the culture of the resort to positively energize and empower the staff to be as creative as they can be is a priority.

“We want them to focus on what they can accomplish not what they thought they could not do in the past,” he said. “As a team we have made some progress. We expanded and improved our winter time activity with good results,” he said. Winter business was up 15 per cent over the previous year and the golf season looks very promising as advance bookings are up 17 per cent, he said.

One area of improvement that will impact golfers this season will be the maintenance of the golf courses, a sore spot with long time visitors to Treetops.

“We have renewed the emphasis on conditioning of the courses and they should be as good as they have ever been,” Owens said. In recent years the maintenance of the four courses had slipped from the previous standards one expected at Treetops.

The Robert Trent Jones course that put the resort on the map, the Tom Fazio Premier, Rick Smith’s Signature, Tradition and Threetops all showed signs of wear and tear, crying out for remedial care.

Owens joins the resort just in time to shepherd it through its silver anniversary year as one of the top golf resorts in the Midwest.

As general manager Owens has been given total control by the executive committee to run the operation.

Husby was coming off a successful five-year run at the Candlestone Golf and Resort in Belding, near Grand Rapids, when he was lured away by a group of Traverse City investors who bought the shuttered LockenHeath property at auction last December. Husby serves as general manager, and as former Northern Michigan PGA Player of The Year, he is equally qualified to handle the job as director of golf.

If he can duplicate his success at Candlestone, LochenHeath’s investors and the dozen or so property owners will be delighted.

When Husby joined Candlestone five years ago the club was doing half-a-million dollars a year in business, he said. When he left that bottom line had improved to $2.1 million.

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“I have just one formula, I’m going to outwork my competitors,” said the hustling man who always seems to have an endless reservoir of ideas and energy. He is equally at ease designing merchandise displays in the pro shop or getting his hands dirty, tackling golf course maintenance or running a bulldozer.

More than 20 years ago as general manager of Gaylord’s Michaywe golf complex he oversaw and codesigned the second course there, before moving next door on to build and operate the Loon and Marsh Ridge golf clubs.

Then it was on to the Upper Peninsula where he designed and built the Wild Bluff Golf Club in Brimley.

While serving as general manager there he was instrumental in creating a women’s PGA event, the Bay Mills Open.

As tournament director he engineered a huge marketing coup at the time when he brought in teenage star, Michelle Wie, to participate in one of her first major tournaments. The event was covered live on the Golf Channel, a first for any event in the UP. Husby believes his broad knowledge of the resort business in Northern Michigan gives him an edge over his predecessor’s at LockenHeath.

“We are smart enough to know that my regional connections can get us some exposure,” he said. “We have a very good project. It’s a good golf course and a great facility. Now we just have to sell it to the public.”

Out-of-state developers tried persistently and failed to make LockenHeath into an Arizona-styled residential golf community but they succeeded only in driving the property into foreclosure.

The 7,239-yard golf course, set on a rolling, hilly site, overlooks the east arm of Grand Traverse Bay and was designed by Florida architect Steve Smyers. It was recognized as one of the top 10 new courses in the country when it opened in 2001.

But the Arizona-based developers and a succession of managers were never able to get a handle on the local real estate market and LockenHeath became a casualty when the economy crashed.

Homeowners, who bought into the dream of living in an exclusive residential golf enclave on one of the most spectacular bays on the Great Lakes, were left holding the bag when the course closed two years ago.

Even before his group officially took over the ownership, last fall Husby brought back the former course superintendent, Joe Ettawagiac, and a work crew to begin restorations on the course and properly prepare it for the winter.

He said if the weather cooperates the course should be back to its former glory this spring. In a nod to wooing back former customers the peak season weekend greens fee will be $80 this season.

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================================================================ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LANDS TWO IN TOP COLLEGIATE COURSES ================================================================ 2010 Golfweek’s Best: Campus Courses 1. The Course at Yale 7.43 Yale, New Haven, Conn.

1926, C.B. Macdonald, Seth Raynor

12. University of Michigan Golf Course 5.75 Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.

1931, Alister MacKenzie

2. Taconic Golf Club 6.88 Williams, Williamstown, Mass.

1927, Wayne Stiles

13. Univ. of New Mexico (Championship) 5.73 New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M. 1966, Red Lawrence

3. Palouse Ridge Golf Club 6.83 Washington State, Pullman, Wash.

2008, John Harbottle

14. Warren Golf Course 5.72 Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind. 1999, Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw

4. The Rawls Course 6.47 Texas Tech, Lubbock, Texa 2003, Tom Doak

15. Jimmie Austin Golf Club 5.61 Oklahoma, Norman, Okla.

1951, Bob Cupp, Perry Maxwell

5. Stanford Golf Course 5.92 Stanford, Stanford, Calif.

1930, W. Bell, J. Harbottle, G. Thomas Jr.

16. Radrick Farms Golf Course 5.44 Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.

1965, Pete Dye

6. University Ridge Golf Course 5.90 Wisconsin, Verona, Wis. 1991, Robert Trent Jones Jr.

17. Birck Boilermaker Complex (Kampen) 5.41 Purdue, West Lafayette, Ind. 1998, Pete Dye

7. The Orchards Golf Club 5.89 Mount Holyoke, South Hadley, Mass.

1922, Donald Ross

18. Pete Dye River Course 5.3 Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va. 2005, Pete Dye

8. Colbert Hills Golf Course 5.87 Kansas State, Manhattan, Kan. 2000, Jim Colbert

19. Mark Bostick Golf Course 5.24 Florida, Gainesville, Fla. 1921, Donald Ross, Bobby Weed

9. Ohio State University (Scarlet) 5.84 Ohio State, Columbus, Ohio 1939, Alister MacKenzie

20. Eisenhower Golf Club (Blue) 5.18 Air Force, Colorado Springs, Colo.

1959, Robert Trent Jones Sr.

10. Duke University Golf Club 5.83 Duke, Durham, N.C. 1957, Rees Jones, Robert Trent Jones Sr.

21. Seven Oaks Golf Course 5.12 Colgate, Hamilton, N.Y. 1955, Robert Trent Jones Sr.

11. University of Georgia Golf Course 5.79 Georgia, Athens, Ga. 1968, Robert Trent Jones Sr., Davis Love III

22. Lonnie Poole Golf Course 5.08 N.C. State, Raleigh, N.C. 2009, Arnold Palmer

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23. Vanderbilt Legends Club (North) 5.06 Vanderbilt, Franklin, Tenn.

1992, Bob Cupp, Tom Kite

27. Robert Trent Jones Golf Course 5.00 Cornell, Ithaca, N.Y. 1930, Robert Trent Jones Sr.

24. Finley Golf Course 5.06 North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C. 1999, Tom Fazio

28. Vanderbilt Legends Club (South) 4.90 Vanderbilt, Franklin, Tenn.

1992, Bob Cupp, Tom Kite

25. Finkbine Golf Course 5.00 Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 1953, Robert Bruce Harris

29. ASU Karsten Golf Course 4.87 Arizona State, Tempe, Ariz.

1989, Pete Dye, Perry Dye

26. U.S. Naval Academy Golf Club 5.00 Navy, Annapolis, Md. 1942, William S. Flynn

30. Birdwood Golf Course 4.83 Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. 1984, Lindsay Ervin

http://www.golfweek.com/news/2010/sep/09/2010-golfweeks-best-campus-courses/ ================================================= MICHIGAN GOLFER MAGAZINE ONLINE SPRING ISSUE http://michigangolfer.com ================================================= Table of Contents

Treetops & Shanty Creek Celebrates their 25th Anniversary - Jack Berry Jack Berry, PGA Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Award winner tells the tale of these two Michigan golf course icons The New GM's in the Game - Norm Sinclair Sinclair, too long absent from our pages, returns with his thoughts on the ever evolving life of a golf course General Manager. In his article, he targets LochenHeath's Mike Husby and Treetops Resort's Barry Owens.

Michigan Amateur Holds its 100th on Boyne Highlands' Heather GC - Jack Berry Certainly, an historical highlight of this year, will be the 100th Anniversary of the Michigan Amateur.

The GAM conducts tens of tournaments in Michigan and the Michigan Amateur is their showcase. Jack Berry has covered dozens of these tournaments over the years and he shares his thoughts here.

The 2011 Tour of the Year - LPGA - Bill Shelton Out of My Mind About Golf - Rob Ford Top 10 Things Golf Does Not Need in 2011 - Brad Shelton Collegiate Golf - Concordia College and Davenport University - Chris Lewis Chris Lewis continues his informative series on Michigan's collegiate golf.

Michigan Golf Hall of Fame - The Class of 2011 This year's class includes 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.

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Slice of Life - Terry Moore - "Loving the Masters: Let Me Count the Ways" A walk down memory and Magnolia lanes for Terry Moore, who is in the 2011 Class for the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame.

Your online golf magazine for the past 15 years. http://michigangolfer.com ================================================================ RESTORATION LEAVES PINEHURST BETTER THAN EVER - By Bradley Klein ================================================================ Every once in a while you find a place that reminds you why golf is so special and why golf courses are the most beautiful of all sports fields. Pinehurst No. 2 used to be one of those places, back in the 1920s through the late 1950s.

But it hasn’t been for a while. The village center always has been enchanting, but the course itself lacked a certain appeal. It wasn’t scenic. The holes looked too similar. The fairway bunkers hardly were a factor. And the demanding greens were more hard work than charming. It was an exacting test, but not an aesthetic joy.

That’s all changed now.

Donald Ross’ most famous design from a century ago has been utterly transformed through a restoration by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw that is as radical and path-breaking as any in the history of golf-course architecture. The result is stunning. Pinehurst No. 2 is strategically more compelling than ever – and a whole lot more fun, too. Golf here used to be about the greens and surrounds. Now it’s about every shot.

More: http://www.golfweek.com/news/2011/apr/11/restoration-leaves-pinehurst-no-2-better-ever/ ============================================================ HARIG ELECTED PRESIDENT OF GWAA; SIRAK, BABINEAU ARE VPs ============================================================= Bob Harig of ESPN.com was elected President at the annual meeting GWAA April 6. Harig joined the board when he was with the St. Petersburg Times and has served as second, then first VP. Golf World's Ron Sirak was elected First VP and Golfweek's Jeff Babineau was elected Second VP. ===================================================== MICHIGAN GOLF HALL OF FAME TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE ===================================================== Tickets are still available for the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Sunday, May 15 at Indianwood Golf & Country Club in Lake Orion. This year’s inductees are: Jim Briegel, Life-long Top Publinxer, Officer and Feared Long Driver Arthur Hills, MSU and UM Alumnus and Renowned Golf Course Architect Terry Moore, Michigan Golfer Co-Founder, Editor, Writer, Organizer and Contributor Don Perne, PGA Master Professional and Co-Founder Professional Golf Management Program The cost for golf, cocktail reception, dinner and induction ceremony is $175 or $50 for the cocktail reception, dinner and induction ceremony. For more information, contact Loretta Larkin at llarkin@michigan-golf-foundation.com or (248) 719-0650.

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============================================ OSPREY EMPTIES THE CUPBOARD ON GOLF DEALS ============================================ Otsego Club & Resort in Gaylord, which will have all courses open by April 28, is offering a variety of affordable spring golf specials. Leading the way are the popular 36 and 54-hole blowout packages, which start at $149 for two rounds of golf and two nights lodging. Golfers can also experience onenights lodging and one-round of golf for only $79 in May. Black Forest is offering a weekend special for just $50 per person May 6-8, as well as the Member for the Week special July 1-7. Golfers can become a member for the week and play unlimited golf all week for just $119. Perfect for the golfer on vacation or visiting the lake cottage.

Manistee National will have all of its courses open by April 29, and is offering a combination of golf packages as well as a variety of golf and fishing packages. With its close proximity to Lake Michigan as well as the Manistee River, golfers, anglers, and outdoorsman alike will enjoy a perfect combination of golf and fishing with both big lake charters and river-guided adventures.

Manistee National is offering a variety of season specials including the Spring Weekend Special, which includes two-nights lodging and 36-holes of golf starting at $149. Other popular specials include the Unlimited Golf for Four Special for just $250 and the Lumberjack special which allows golfers to play 36-holes and have lunch for just $75.

The Medalist Golf Club is already welcoming golfers with early spring play. Spring golf rates start out at just $37 in April.

Taken and edited from a Fusion Media Strategies release ================== MINZEY'S MUSINGS ================== The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.

Here are the winners: 1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time 2. Caterpallor ( n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.

3. Intaxication : Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

4. Reintarnation : Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

5. Bozone ( n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

6. Foreploy : Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

7. Giraffiti : Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

8 Sarchasm : The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

9. Inoculatte : To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

10. Osteopornosis : A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

11. Karmageddon : It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.

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12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

13. Glibido : All talk and no action.

14. Dopeler Effect : The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

15. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

16 Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out. ================================================================================= RENAISSANCE RESORT OFFERS FREE TRANSPORTATION TO HISTORIC ST. AUGUSTINE FOR GUESTS ================================================================================= The Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village, located in the lush 6,300-acre World Golf Village in Northeast Florida, is now offering complimentary transportation to and from historic downtown St. Augustine for its guests. This new service enables guests to easily visit such sites in St. Augustine, which was founded in 1565, as the historic Castillo de San Marcos fortress, The Fountain of Youth, and the popular shopping on the charming, brick-paved St. George Street. Additional options in downtown St. Augustine include the Old Town Trolley Tour, The Old Jail, The St. Augustine History Museum, The Spanish Quarter, The Oldest Wooden Schoolhouse, Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, Carriage Rides, Whetstone’s Chocolate Factory, Lightner Museum, Flagler College, and a Scenic Cruise.

This new complimentary transportation service also adds to the appeal of the “Champions Golf Package” that is now being offered at the recently-renovated resort. Based on two golfers in the room, the “Champions Golf Package” is from $279.99 per room, per night through October 16, 2011.

For additional information, call 888-740-7020 or 904-940-8000, or visit http://www.WorldGolfRenaissance.com. ================================================= MICHIGAN GOLFER TELEVISION 2011 SHOWS http://michigangolfer.tv/archives.html ================================================= **************************** NOW PLAYING *************************** Vartan Kupelian and his Golf Writer's Association of America Presidency Practice Makes Perfect - Photography by Jennie McCafferty The Sundance Course at A-Ga-Ming: Narrated by Jerry Matthews Antrim Dells Becomes an A-Ga-Ming Property: Mike Brown Interviewed It Started with Chick Harbert: The Torch Course at A-Ga-Ming Antrim Dells GC: Narrated by Jerry Matthews Bucks Run Golf Club with Jon Conklin Arcadia Bluffs - A Top Stay and Play Experience Jason Guss Golf Academy Boyne Golf Schools and Boyne Golf Academy at King Par Tullymore Has New Leadership with the Returning Terry Schieber The Michigan Cup - Top Jr. Golfers Battle it out Ryder Cup Style Kevin O'Brien Joins True North Team 25th Anniversary Preview of the Jones Masterpiece at Treetops with Kevin McKinley and Jack Berry A P R I L 2 2, 2 0 1 1 - M I C H I G A N G O L F E R

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25th Anniversary Preview of The Legend at Shanty Creek Resort with Brian Kautz and Jack Berry 100th Anniversary Preview of the Michigan Amateur with David Graham and Jack Berry Boyne's Tournament Season and Golf Packages with Jeff Ecceleston and Jack Berry Brian O'Neill's Quick Golf Tips LochenHeath is Back and Basking with Mike Husby and Jack Berry LPGA Futures Tour - Island Resort Championship at Sweetgrass with Dave Douglas and Jack Berry Railside Golf Club @ Byron Center - Club Membership on the Rise with Jim Bultema and Jack Berry PGA Michigan and Patriot Day with Kevin McKinley and Jack Berry The Treetops Cup: USA vs Canada - Ryder Cup Style with Kevin McKinley and Jack Berry The Madness at Marsh Ridge Resort Larry Bowden and Jack Berry The Cyber-Geezer a.k.a. Thad Gutowski with Peter Fitzsimons and Al Lynch http://michigangolfer.tv/archives.html *********************** COMING ATTRACTIONS *********************** Michigan Golf Hall of Fame Class of 2011 Fieldststone Golf Course: An Arthur Hills Design The Treetops Cup: USA vs Canada ========================================= MICHIGAN GOLFER CALENDAR OF EVENTS ========================================= APRIL 30 We're Open Invitational, Gaylord, MI http://treetops.com MAY 11 Fuller Cup, Country Club of Lansing http://michigan.pga.com 15 Michigan Golf Hall of Fame Outing, Eagle Eye, 24-29 Senior PGA Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, KY http://www.usga.org/ChampsSchedule.aspx?taxid=17179869201 28-29 MPGA 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

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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 25-26 Michigan Women' Amateur, Prestwick Village GC, Highland, MI 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-pga-championship 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

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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 22-25 The Tour Championship, East Lake CC, Atlanta, GA 22-25 41st Golf Collectors Society Annual Meeting & Trade Show-Ann Arbor Marriott Ypsilanti at Eagle Crest Resort http://www.golfcollectors.com/events.html 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 2012 SEPTEMBER 25-30 Ryder Cup, Medinah CC, Chicago, IL

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