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August 5, 2011
Vol. 11, No. 31
Buck’s Run Golf Club
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Garland Resort
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MGN On the Road: Garland
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Houtteman Wins Boyne Tournament of Champions: By Tim Hygh
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A Rousing Amen to "Tee It Forward": By Terry Moore
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Homestead Hosts 7th Annual Charity Golf Tournament
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Southfield Teen Wins Scholarship to Prestigious Golf Camp
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Oak Pointe Father and Son Win Net Team
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Michigan Golfer Magazine Online Summer Issue
Sandy Ridge Golf Course • •
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Meier Wins 2011 Michigan Women's Amateur
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Minzey's Musings: Man vs Woman
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Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2011 Results
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Michigan Golfer Television Channel - 2011 Shows
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Michigan Golf Calendar
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Michigan Golfer Archives http://michigangolfer.com/mgn/archives.html
Treetops Resort - Celebrating R.T. Jones Masterpiece 25th Anniversary • •
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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
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Michigan Golf Hall of Fame http://michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/ghf/
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Michigan Golfer Magazine Past Issues http://michigangolfer.com/#pastissues Michigan Golfer Television http://michigangolfer.tv Editor: Art McCafferty Associate Editor - Jennie McCafferty ================================ MG ON THE ROAD: GARLAND ================================ I am finishing the Vol. 11, Issue 31 of Michigan Golfer News, in the comfy confines of Garland. Yesterday, we toured the resort with Glenn and Susan Miesch, a delightful management tandem, who were in semi-retirement in Arizona, when the call came from new owner Gerald Forsythe of New Frontiers Capital of Auburn Hills. All of what we saw yesterday is washing over us now and we will have some video highlights of our visit to Garland in next week's MGN. Meanwhile the deadline for MGN is minutes away and the aroma of their Starbucks coffee shop has made it to our room, Enough said. ==================================================================== HOUTTEMAN WINS BOYNE TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS: By Tim Hygh ==================================================================== BOYNE FALLS – Lee Houtteman of Traverse City won the Boyne Tournament of Champions with a birdie on the first playoff hole. The 50-year old teaching professional finished regulation at 5-under par along with Andrew Ruthkoski and Jeff Cuzzort in the 54-hole event. Houtteman entered the final round tied for third and one shot behind leaders Cuzzort and Korey Mahoney. Mahoney struggled at the finish with bogeys on two of his last 4 holes while Houtteman was birdieing 4 of his last 7 holes. Cuzzort birdied the last hole in regulation to earn his spot in the playoff. Houtteman didn’t let the suspense build in the playoff. All three players laid up on the par-5 18th hole on The Alpine. Houtteman new his distance from playing the hole in regulation just ten minutes prior and stuck a gap wedge to 4-inches of the hole for an easy tap in birdie. Cuzzort and Ruthkoski both missed their birdie putts. “I’ve won pro-ams and chapter events,” Houtteman said after receiving the $10,000 winner’s check. “But this is special. Unbelievable. There are great players in this tournament. Heck, just last week I saw J.R. Roth playing on TV with Hale Irwin at the U.S. Senior Open. I’m thinking I have no chance.” Mahoney finished with a final round 71 and tied for fourth with former champion Scott Hebert. The Tournament of Champions is a unique 54-hole event that pits men, women, juniors, seniors, professionals and amateurs against each other. They all have won a Michigan major golf tournament. The equalizer for the diverse field are three sets of tees on Boyne Mountain’s Alpine Course. The forward tees play to 5,905 yards and are used by all women and men age 70+. The middle tees measure to 6,562 yards and are played by men 50+ and any junior men with high school eligibility remaining.
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The back tees are used by all men 49 and under and measure 6,938 yards. This is the first year Houtteman played from the middle tees. He admits “it helps me on at least 3-holes and is probably good for a couple of strokes per round.” Cuzzort and Ruthkoski didn’t use that as an excuse for the playoff. Both knew Houtteman was able to execute better in that situation. Cuzzort said, “I thought Lee won it at the end of regulation and congratulated him then. He’s the one that told me we were tied. I can’t complain. This is my best finish here.” Ruthkoski was more disappointed. He held a one stroke leading going into his final hole but bogeyed it to fall into the playoff. “I played well enough to win, but it doesn’t always work out that way.” *1 - Lee Houtteman - Grand Traverse Resort & Spa - 211 - $10,000.00 T2 Andrew Ruthkoski - Muskegon - 211 - $3,975.00 Jeff Cuzzort - Grosse Ile - 211 - $3,975.00 T4 Scott Hebert - Grand Traverse Resort & Spa - 212 - $1,875.00 Korey Mahoney - Thompsonville - 212 - $1,875.00 * Note: Catch some of the closing action with Michigan Golfer Television's coverage of the tournament. http://michigangolfer.tv/2011shows/boyne_toc/ ====================================================== A ROUSING AMEN TO " TEE IT FORWARD": By Terry Moore ====================================================== Admittedly there are hurdles for “growing the game.” It’s too slow, too expensive and too difficult to master. But let’s take a closer look at these hurdles one by one. Yes, it’s too slow if one is trapped inside a five hour plus round on a congested course with players not properly spaced out and invariably not ready to hit. That may be unavoidable. But what’s wrong with playing nine holes if strapped for time and by obligations? That’s a time-saver that’s been part of the golf scene for generations. And golf’s only too expensive depending on where and when people play the game. Here in Michigan there are so many public and competing venues affordable golf is, in fact, plentiful. Moreover, for seniors and juniors it’s even more affordable. Without argument, golf is a demanding game and one you seldom master. But isn’t that a part of its appeal? That’s why I’m not in favor of such gimmicks say of enlarging the cup under the guise of making golf “more fun.” I don’t think altering the basic tenets and rules of the game are necessary in order to reach more golfers. And to me, the challenge of the game also is an integral factor in its appeal and hold on players. If it were too easy, then a certain essence of golf would diminish. Instead, I like the approach of Barney Adams, founder of Adams Golf, who is spearheading the “Tee it Forward” initiative--a common sense remedy that’s endorsed by the PGA of America and the USGA. In a nutshell, Adams is urging golfers to candidly assess their games, particularly in how far they hit it, and then play from the appropriate tee markers. His research says only golfers who average 300 yards off the tee—a very small percentage—should be playing a 7,000 yard golf course. Amateur golfers who P. 4
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average 250 yards on their drives should be playing tees between 6200 and 6400 yards. And golfers who hit drives in the 200-220 yard range should be playing tees that are set up no more than 6000 yards. The result, says Adams, would be everyday golfers playing second shots into the greens similar to the pros. Playing from more suitable tees “creates a more level playing field,” says Adams. “It's not an advantage. When you're up there, you still have to hit good second shots, but at least you'll have a shot.” When average golfers play from the wrong (and longer) tees their second shots are often too far from the green. Hence, the game slows down and frustration rises. I was thinking about this simple folk medicine prescribed by Adams when playing golf the other day. I was staring down at my new three-metal, the Adams Speedline F-11 with a 13.5 degree loft. I’ve been a big fan of Adams clubs ever since Barney came up with the breakthrough Tight Lies clubs. They were easy to hit and delivered a clean strike to the ball. On the Speedline F-11, there’s a “velocity slot” behind the clubface that imparts a conforming spring-like effect to shots similar to that given off by thin-faced drivers. On center hits, there’s a definite added pop resulting in more distance. And there’s also more forgiveness on mis-hits. The proof to me was when I was playing in a recent tournament and faced with a long par-five. After a solidly struck drive, I used my F-11 and hit it decently but low on the clubface. Yet the ball flew off the clubface and went well over 220 yards leaving me only a wedge shot to the green. The club delivered on what I wanted in a fairway metalwood: added distance but also forgiveness. Oh yes--one more thing, the club’s appearance and how it sits next to the ball are pleasing to the eye, another key asset. As such, technology is delivering outstanding benefits to the game. Most golfers are hitting the ball as far as they ever were—largely due to golf ball, clubhead and shaft innovations. With the right equipment and some knowledgeable instruction by a PGA teaching pro, golfers don’t have to be frustrated by the game. And they don’t have to resort to playing four- or six-hole courses with a cup the size of a washtub. No, they just need to move up to the right tee markers and play the game appropriate to their average drives. Barney Adams is on the right path. It’s our obligation now to support him by taking a step forward. ============================================================ HOMESTEAD HOSTS 7TH ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT ============================================================ Glen Arbor, MI – The Homestead will be hosting the 7th Annual Charity Golf Outing on Thursday, August 18, 2011. All proceeds will benefit ShareCare of Leelanau, Inc. Mountain Flowers, The Homestead’s private Par 3, nine hole golf course will be open to the public for this special event. “This event is a great opportunity for local golfers to experience the resort’s challenging Par 3 course and benefit a great local organization,” said Jamie Jewell, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at The Homestead. “Mountain Flowers is known for its’ spectacular views of Lake Michigan!” Tee times are available from 9am to 7pm. Advance tee times are recommended. The cost is $25 per person which includes 9 holes of golf with a cart and gift. Prizes will be awarded on designated holes for “Closest to the Pin” and “Longest Putt”. Food and beverages will be available for purchase at the course. For more information about this event click on http://www.thehomesteadresort.com. Taken and edited from a Jamie Jewell, Homestead release
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================================================================== SOUTHFIELD TEEN WINS SCHOLARSHIP TO PRESTIGIOUS GOLF CAMP ================================================================== Thanks to his leadership and golf skills, 17-year old Kyle Bivins has earned the opportunity to attend The First Tee Life Skills and Leadership Academy in Phoenix, AZ in August. This week-long camp offers students life skills and leadership development workshops, golf clinics, and career exploration. Bivins, 17, will be a senior this fall at Southfield Christian School, a private, college preparatory Christian school located in Southfield, where he is an honor student who was inducted into the National Honor Society in May, 2011. He has been involved with The First Tee of Southeastern Michigan for over five years. "We teach nine core values: Honesty, integrity, sportsmanship, respect, confidence, responsibility, perseverance, courtesy and judgment as well as interpersonal skills and goal setting," First Tee of Southeast Michigan Executive Director Lisa Woodcox said. "Golf is the tool we use to deliver these life lessons." Bivens is one of 96 young people age 13-17 from around the U.S. who will participate in the camp. To be eligible for the Life Skills and Leadership Academy, participants must be nominated by their chapters. The nominees, ages 13-17, are chosen based on their leadership within the chapter and their ability to put into use the life skills that they learn during their time with The First Tee. Chapter representatives review the applications from across the country and the top 96 are invited to the academy. "Kyle has always been hard-working, conscientious and caring, but he has become even more confident, focused and more involved in community volunteer events and donating to charity organizations since he began his involvement in First Tee," said Sharon Gibson, Bivins' mother. Also, as a result of his involvement with The First Tee program, Bivins was invited to apply for a caddy position at Plum Hollow Country Club in Southfield in March, 2010. He was chosen from more than 300 applicants and has actively caddied there ever since. Taken an edited from a Lindsay Warren - Douglas Communications Group release ============================================== OAK POINTE FATHER AND SON WIN NET TEAM ============================================== For Rick and Rich Rachner, their victory in the 21st GAM Net Team tournament was a long time coming. “We’ve been chasing this for more than ten years,” said father Rich, who with his son Rick shot a net 63 at the University of Michigan Golf Course Aug. 1. “The secret to playing good team golf is that you can’t look ahead and you can’t worry about what other teams are doing. You just have to focus on the next shot. We must be slow learners because it took us awhile to figure that out!” The Rachner team said the pin placements were tough and the greens hard to read. But they still managed to two-putt most of the holes. “In some cases we guessed and just happened to guess right when it came to reading the greens,” said
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Rick. “I played well on the first nine and then on the second nine, my dad and I both played well. It seemed like it just worked out that if he didn’t do well on a hole, I did and visa versa.” The father and son say it has taken then a few years to perfect their team game. After years playing together they have learned to feed off each other’s energy as well not look too far into the future. “Sometimes one person hits a great tee shot and the next person backs off a little because they assume that person is going to carry the hole,” said Rick. “But you might hit a great shot out from the rough and they might three putt so you always have to just go after the hole no matter what.” The Rachners are members at Oak Pointe Country Club. Rich lives in Brighton and Rick is from Walled Lake. Taken and edited from a Susan Smiley GAM release =================================================== MICHIGAN GOLFER MAGAZINE ONLINE SUMMER ISSUE http://michigangolfer.com ==================================================== Table of Contents Memorable Masters - By Jack Berry Impressions of the 100th Michigan Amateur - By Terry Moore Collegiate Golf : Eastern Michigan University Eagles - By Chris Lewis Stephanie Kin Wins Island Resort Championship - By Lisa Mickey Northern Indiana Golf - By Mike Duff Michigan Golf Hall of Fame: Class of 2011 Collegiate Golf - University of Detroit Mercy Titans - By Chris Lewis ================================================ MEIER WINS 2011 MICHIGAN WOMEN'S AMATEUR ================================================ Christine Meier (Rochester Hills/Michigan State) took the lead on the third hole and never let it go. The 2010 runner up is the 2011 champion at the 95th Michigan Women’s Amateur at Prestwick Village Golf Club defeating Meagan Bauer (Grand Blanc/University of Michigan) 1 up. “I guess the third time is a charm,” said Meier who was the runner-up last year and was ousted in the semi-finals the year before. Bauer won the first hole but the two were even after the second hole. The match was close all the way through with Meier managing no more than a 2-hole lead at any point. Meier led 2-up after 14 when Bauer won the 15th to put that match within one again. “I was a little nervous – maybe more than a little nervous,” admitted Meier. “I think we knew from the first hole it was going to be close. It was really a grind out there but we had fun playing and Meagan was a great opponent.” Bauer played near flawless golf on the back nine, but a couple of bogeys on the front hurt her in the long run.
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“I played as well as I could have on the back,” said Bauer. “Christine is very consistent, that is what makes her tough to play against. You have to make birdies if you’re going to have a chance at beating her because she is going to make her pars.” Meier did not relax until the match was over. “I was worried on 18 because she had a great tee shot,” said Meier. “But I ended up making my putt. It was just a great match.” Meier thanked the staff at Prestwick Village for making the tournament such an enjoyable experience. “We got so much rain, the golf course was just in unbelievable shape,” said Meier. In the semifinal matches, Bauer topped Sarah Hoffman (Saline/Grand Valley State) 4 & 2 and Meier defeated Sarah Johnson (Wixom/Eastern Michigan) 2 & 1. Taken and edited from a Susan Smiley GAM release ===================================== MINZEY'S MUSINGS: MAN VS WOMAN ===================================== Wife’s Diary: Tonight, I thought my husband was acting weird. We had made plans to meet at a nice restaurant for dinner. I was shopping with my friends all day long, so I thought he was upset at the fact that I was a bit late, but he made no comment on it. Conversation wasn't flowing, so I suggested that we go somewhere quiet so we could talk. He agreed, but he didn't say much. I asked him what was wrong; He said, 'Nothing.' I asked him if it was my fault that he was upset. He said he wasn't upset, that it had nothing to do with me, and not to worry about it. On the way home, I told him that I loved him. He smiled slightly, and kept driving. I can't explain his behavior I don't know why he didn't say, 'I love you, too.' When we got home, I felt as if I had lost him completely, as if he wanted nothing to do with me anymore. He just sat there quietly, and watched TV. He continued to seem distant and absent. Finally, with silence all around us, I decided to go to bed. About 15 minutes later, he came to bed. But I still felt that he was distracted, and his thoughts were somewhere else. He fell asleep; I cried. I don't know what to do. I'm almost sure that his thoughts are with someone else. My life is a disaster. Husband's Diary: A four putt; who the hell four putts? ========================================================= BULWER-LYTTON FICTION CONTEST 2011 RESULTS: PART II ========================================================= Cheryl’s mind turned like the vanes of a wind-powered turbine, chopping her sparrow-like thoughts into bloody pieces that fell onto a growing pile of forgotten memories. Sue Fondrie-Oshkosh, WI The winner of the 2011 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest is Sue Fondrie, an associate professor of
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Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh who works groan-inducing wordplay into her teaching and administrative duties whenever possible. Out of school, she introduces two members of the next generation to the mysteries of Star Trek, Star Wars, and--of course--the art of the bad pun. Prof. Fondrie is the 29th grand prize winner of the contest that that began at San Jose State University in 1982. The contest challenges entrants to compose bad opening sentences to imaginary novels takes its name from the Victorian novelist Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, who began his “Paul Clifford” with “It was a dark and stormy night.” At 26 words, Prof. Fondrie’s submission is the shortest grand prize winner in Contest history, proving that bad writing need not be prolix, or even very wordy. Dishonorable Mentions: LaTrina—knowing he must live—let her hot, wet tongue slide slowly over Gladiator’s injured ear, the taste reminding her of the late June flavor of a snow chain that had been removed from a tire and left to rust on the garage floor without being rinsed off. Betsy Replogle-Nichols Hills, OK Deep into that particular wet Saturday night ugly blues screamed out from the old man's horn like a hooker being hauled down a flight of stairs, regular thick loud thumps punctuated by nasty and erratic sharp barks. John Benson - Carthage, MO She gazed smolderingly at the mysterious rider, his body cloaked in enough shining black leather to outfit an Italian furniture store, wrapped so tightly each muscle stood out like a flamboyant Mexican hairdresser at an Alabamian monster truck rally; and he met her gaze with an intensity that couldn't have been matched by even a starving junkyard dog in the meat aisle of a suburban supermarket. Chris Kemp - Annapolis, MD Winner: Sci Fi Morgan ‘Bamboo’ Barnes, Star Pilot of the Galaxia (flagship of the Solar Brigade), accepted an hors d’oeuvre from the triangular-shaped platter offered to him from the Princess Qwillia—lavender-skinned she was and busty, with two of her four eyes what Barnes called ‘bedroom eyes’—and marveled at how on her planet, Chlamydia-5, these snacks were called ‘Hi-Dee-Hoes’ but on Earth they were simply called Ritz Crackers with Velveeta. Greg Homer - Placerville, CA Runner-Up: Sterben counted calcium bars in the storage chamber, wondering why women back on Earth paid him little attention, but up here they seem to adore him, in fact, six fraichemaidens had already shown him their blinka. Elizabeth Muenster - Columbia, PA Winner: Vile Puns Detective Kodiak plucked a single hair from the bearskin rug and at once understood the grisly nature of the crime: it had been a ferocious act, a real honey, the sort of thing that could polarize a community, so he padded quietly out the back to avoid a cub reporter waiting in the den.
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Joe Wyatt - Amarillo, TX Runner-Up: Monroe Mills' innovative new fabric-dyeing technique was a huge improvement over stone-washing: denim apparel was soaked in color and cured in an 800-degree oven, and the company's valued young dye department supervisor was as skilled as they came; yes, no one could say Marilyn was a normal jean baker. Marvin Veto - Greensboro, NC Dishonorable Mentions: Convinced that the fabled Lost Treasure of Eggsbury was concealed within the statue of the beloved Sister Mary Francis in the village square, Professor Smithee would steal away in the darkest hour of each night to try to silently chip away at her impervious granite vestments – a vain and fruitless nightly exercise, he well knew, but it was a hard habit to break. Rodney Reed - Ooltewah, TN Milton’s quest for the love of Ms. Bradley was a risk but no sorry trivial pursuit, yet he hadn’t a clue why she had a monopoly on his heart’s desires -- in fact, it boggled his mind and caused him great aggravation because, in his checkered and troubled careers, he had always scrabbled hard and it drove him bonkers that she considered life just a game. Linda Boatright - Omaha, NE Winner: Western The laser-blue eyes of the lone horseman tracked the slowly lengthening lariat of a Laredo dawn as it snaked its way through Dead Man’s Pass into the valley below and snared the still sleeping town’s tiny church steeple in a noose of light with the oh-so-familiar glow of a Dodge City virgin’s last maiden blush. Graham Thomas - St. Albans, Hertfordshire, U.K. Runner-Up: Sunburned and lost, Jake tightened the noose around Randy’s diaper-white neck and growled, “Any last words, varmint?” to which Randy replied, “Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb, Jake--that’s where all the fruit is!” which marked the first and last time Jake and the boys hired a life coach to lead one of their cattle drives. Lisa Kluber - San Francisco, CA No one walked down Bleak Street at night—not where hobgoblins hobnobbed, skeletons skulked, vampires vamped, and the dumpster behind the Chinese buffet smelled like zombies. Bill Hartmann - Dallas, TX Dawn crept up like the panther on the gazelle, except it was light, not dark like a panther, and a panther, though quiet, could never be as silent as the light of dawn, so really the analogy doesn’t hold up well, as cool as it sounds, but it still is a great way to begin a story; just not necessarily this particular one. Warren Blair - Ashburn, VA The beast lumbered toward the maiden, its fetid breath announcing its presence to her (since she couldn’t see him due to the blindfold her captors had tied around her head), its jaws gaping open like a
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sub sandwich with too much meat, so that no matter how hard you try, you can’t possibly keep the lettuce or the tomatoes from squeezing out onto the table or, worse, your lap. Donna P. Titus - Freeland, PA All the signs, both actual and imagined, made it immensely clear there was trouble ahead for Marlene and, yet, her childlike sense of hope that maybe he was “the one” kept her foot on the accelerator pedal of life even when she came to the “bridge out” warning hand written in Magic Marker on Myron’s Polident cup. Karen Arutunoff - Tulsa, OK The grisly scene before him was like nothing Detective Smith had ever seen before, but there were millions and millions of things he had never seen before, and he couldn't help but wonder which of them it was. Sean Griffin - Tacoma, WA Maggie said they were birthmarks and they very well could be, but the three very small black moles in a horizontal line just above her right eyebrow looked like an ellipsis to some, but to others who did not know what an ellipsis was, they looked like three very small black moles in a horizontal line just above Maggie's right eyebrow. Betty Jean Murray - Richland, TX Her flaming red hair whipped in the wind like a campfire, stroking the embers of passion hidden within the hearth of my heart and I began to burn with a desire that seared me to my very core – oh the things that I would do if only I weren’t incarcerated for arson! Aubrey Johnson - Edmonton, AB, Canada Carmela's knees buckled and she (a responsible consumer) collapsed down onto the sidewalk, as her environmentally green grocery bag bounced -- spewing forth organic mixed lettuces, crispy ecofriendly cucumbers, juicy natural cherry tomatoes, home-grown herbs -- while in perfect synchronization, a recyclable plastic bottle burst open, spraying droplets of Lite-Italian dressing upon the freshly tossed salad. Margie Parker - Weeki Wachee, FL After five years as freelance writer, Greg finally managed to double his income, letting him add a processed cheese product slice to the baloney sandwiches he had for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Lawrence Person - Austin, TX The mostly, but not quite, extinguished fire’s dying embers writhed upon the floor like tiny little wasps which someone has just stuck in the abdomen with a needle, and they are frantically contracting around the metal protrusion in their gut in a desperate effort to remove it which, let’s face it, is hopeless so they are just slowly dying and good riddance to them too, because unlike bees--which actually have some purpose in the world--wasps are just mean, ornery wastes of space, and who can blame someone for spearing them? Darian McGee - Petal, MS “Bleeeck!” nine-year-old prince Crawthula, lord of Undaria and heir to the vampire throne, cried as the lollypop, expertly wielded by his irksome sister, left a bright red gooey smear across his pale cheek, shattering the image of tranquility he was ineffectually trying to maintain in front of his undead ministers and beginning the tirade that resulted in them both being sent to coffin before the first human P. 16
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had been brought out to feast on. Eric A. Vanderburg - Cleveland, OH They kissed with the fury and suction of a dart that was shot onto the back of the bus driver’s fat bald head by the red-headed kid that was too big for his age (the rumor was he was “held back”) and everyone knew was going to end up in prison, or perhaps a prop comic if he straightened out in time. D. Drake Daggett - Omro, WI Awakened by a howling wind snapping branches against her new but poorly installed storm windows, Stella heard another sound she found puzzling so, grabbing her trusty Colt Python, she snuck stealthily downstairs to find an oddly-dressed gnome-like man methodically dropping breath mints onto her freshly-waxed kitchen floor. Ann Hammack - Pittsboro,NC "You're not in Kansas anymore, people!" the gruff Marine Captain bellowed as I wheeled myself along the tarmac of Planet Cliché, the only place in the Galaxy where you could mine Unobtainium, undergo the powerful Eywa ritual with a blue eight-foot-tall alien Princess, and discover a hunter-gatherer people who despite decades of human contact still hadn't developed the wheel, the composite bow, or toilet paper. Adrian McKinty Urgh the howler monkey was sort of the leader of his troop, though not old enough to be a silverback and not having fathered more than a couple of sons, but he did know where the good berries were and how to avoid the leopards, anacondas, and especially the hairless apes, the ones who crashed through the forest only to stand behind a tree and breathe noisily, and watch them and sometimes leave bunches of those disgusting bananas. David S. Nelson - Falls Church, VA
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Terry Moore - Michigan Golf Hall of Fame - Class of 2010 Art Hills - Michigan Golf Hall of Fame - Class of 2010 Don Perne' - Michigan Golf Hall of Fame - Class of 2010 Jim Briegel - Michigan Golf Hall of Fame - Class of 2010 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 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 *********************** Paul W. Smith Golf Classic Stowe Mountain Golf Club California Golf Garland =========================================== MICHIGAN GOLFER CALENDAR OF EVENTS =========================================== AUGUST 8 Pro Assistant Championship, Treetops, Gaylord 11 MGCOA Summer Golf Outing http://mgcoa.org 8-14 U.S. Women's Amateur / Rhode Island Country Club / Barrington, R.I. http://www.usga.org/ChampsSchedule.aspx?taxid=17179869201 8-14 PGA Championship, Atlanta Athletic Club, Atlanta, GA
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GAM Championship, Barton Hills CC, MI http://gam.org 13th GAM Women's Mid Am, Oak Pointe CC, Brighton, MI http://gam.org U.S. Amateur / Erin Hills / Erin, Wis. http://www.usga.org/ChampsSchedule.aspx?taxid=17179869201 Michigan PGA Championship, Eagle Eye GC, Bath http://michigan.pga.com 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 7-11 Michigan Pro-Am Golf Tournament, Shanty Creek, Mi 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 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 29/10/1 2nd annual Natalie Gulbis Showcase, The Loon GC, Gaylord 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 29/12-1 MGCOA Golf Business Conference and Vendor Show at the Somerset Inn in Troy http://MGCOA.org 2012 JANUARY 13-15 Southwest Michigan Golf Show at the Kalamazoo Expo Center, Kalamazoo
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MARCH 2-4 Michigan Golf Show, Novi SEPTEMBER 25-30 Ryder Cup, Medinah CC, Chicago, IL
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