Michigan Golf News, November 26, 2010

Photo courtesy of Boyne

Bay Harbor is ranked by GolfWeek Among the Best Resorts. The Bay Harbor Quarry Course is pictured here.

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Golfweek 2011 Best Of Listings

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Golfweek Magazine Selects Manitou Passage GC in Best 2010 Courses List

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Michigan Amateur Gearing Up for the 100th Anniversary

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Minzey's Musings

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Michigan Golfer Jan/Feb Issue Preview - Coming December 17

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Michigan Golfer Winter Issue Preview - Coming December 10

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New Shows on GLSP

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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

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Best Residential 37. Forest Dunes 70. The Resorts of Tullymore

Photo Š Brian Walters

Best Resorts 48. Lakewood Shores Resort 78. Treetops Resort 94. Bay Harbor

Forest Dunes was named to Golfweek’s Best Residential list.

========================================================================= GOLFWEEK MAGAZINE SELECTS MANITOU PASSAGE GC IN BEST 2010 COURSES LIST ========================================================================= Golfweek Magazine has chosen Manitou Passage Golf Club, located near the Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore in the Leelanau Peninsula, as one of its "Best New Courses"in 2010. The recognition of the 40 top new courses in the country appears in the October issue of the magazine.

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Golfweek Magazine selects Manitou Passage among its “Best New Courses”

This accolade makes Manitou Passage Golf Club one of the top destination courses in northern Michigan. The course joins Harbor Shores Golf Club, designed by Jack Nicklaus, as one of the two Michigan courses to make the Golfweek's best new list.

Manitou Passage Golf Club is a signature Arnold Palmer design that has gone through a major renovation and restoration project to complete and update the design that was originally envisioned by Palmer.

When a group of golf devotees purchased the course over a year ago, they did so with the goal of creating a new destination course featuring exceptional playing conditions and unmatched service.

That group, lead by Bob Kuras, president of The Homestead, brought the Arnold Palmer Design Company, Peridian International, and the Wadsworth Golf Construction Company in to assist with the renovation efforts.

Under the direction of Kuras and his son James, Wadsworth completed the majority of the changes recommended by Palmer. Renovations included the repositioning, adding and squaring off of teeboxes, widening of fairways in key landing areas, renovating bunkers, lengthening some holes, restoring areas with native grasses and clearing of trees and brush to open vistas to the area's natural beauty.

"We're honored to have been chosen by Golfweek Magazine and pleased to be in the company of other great courses," said Kuras.

For more information about Manitou Passage Golf Club and to experience the areas premier destination course, visit http://www.manitoupassagegolfclub.com or for packaging information visit http://www.thehomesteadresort.com.

Taken and edited from a Kevin Frisch Fusion Media Strategies release

============================================================= MICHIGAN AMATEUR GEARING UP FOR THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY ============================================================= These are the courses that the Michigan Amateur have played on in the past 99 years. The 100th edition will take place at Boyne Highlands, on the Heather course http://michigangolfer.tv/2006shows/boynegolf/heather/ from June 21 -25.

No. Course 38 Belvedere 7 Saginaw CC 7 CC Jackson 5 Kent CC 5 CC of Detroit 4 Gull Lake CC 3 Black River 2 Lochmoor 2 Detroit GC 2 Michaywe Pines 2 Red Run GC Flint Blythefield CC The Highlands Washtenaw CC Lansing Arbor Hills Meadowbrook CC Oakland Hills CC Travis Pointe CC Egypt Valley CC University of Michigan Boyne Highlands GC Battle Creek CC Flint GC Grosse Isle CC Muskegon CC Boyne Resort The Moors Springs Meadows CC Oakhurst G&CC Listed here are the multiple winners with accompanying video on those who eventually made it into the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame.

Chuck Kocsis 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH6CEIQkqC8 Glen Johnson 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRFJgrX-rZM Pete Green 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toxacHQZels James Standish 4

Melvin "Bud" Stevens 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WLXy2vVPAE Howard Lee 3 John Malloy 3 Steve Maddalena 3 Philip Stanton 2 Dan Pohl 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvoOwuH_ojQ Information taken from the GAM website http://gam.org

================= MINZEY'S MUSINGS ================= This past weekend shoppers at Macy's in Philadelphia (the old Wanamaker building) were surprised when over 600 choristers, who were mingling with shoppers, suddenly burst into Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus."

The Opera Company of Philadelphia was instrumental in bringing them as one of the Knight Foundation's "1000 Random Acts of Culture," which they'll be doing across the country over the next three years. The singers burst into song at exactly noon accompanied by the Wanamaker Organ, the world's largest pipe organ. http://www.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/11/awesome-pop-up-hallelujah-chorus-at.html ======================================== MICHIGAN GOLFER MAGAZINE FALL ISSUE ======================================= Contents http://michigangolfer.com/fall10/ Senior Tournaments Put Michigan Golf Back on the Map: By Jack Berry Michigan Tournament Round Up with Tim Hygh Strom Storms From Behind to Win Women’s Michigan Open Andy Matthews Wins Over Fouch and Do at the Tournament of Champions Brehm Wins Second Michigan Open at Orchard Lake CC Ron Beurmann Wins PGA Championship at Eagle Eye Teaching Pros Compete with the Touring Pros: By Brad Shelton Dyebolical: By Jack Berry The Golf Club at Harbor Shores Grand Opening: By BR Koehnemann For Pete’s Sake, Enough is Enough: By Bill Shelton Manitou Passage: Rebirth of King's Challenge: By Terry Moore Michigan Golfer Fall Issue http://michigangolfer.com/fall10/ Past Issues 1996 - 2010 http://michigangolfer.com/#pastissues =============================================================== MICHIGAN GOLFER JAN/FEB ISSUE PREVIEW - COMING DECEMBER 17 ===============================================================

Contents Top 10 Michigan Golf Stories for 2010 - Jack Berry Top Michigan High School Teams and Who is Hot for 2011 - Kelly Hill Calvin College and Concordia University Golf Programs - Chris Lewis Michigan's Award Winners for 2010 - Bernice Phillips Top 10 Michigan Golf Courses Top 10 Shakers and Movers in Michigan Golf - Art McCafferty Top 10 Michigan Golf Schools and Academies - Wilma Nathaniel Top 10 Michigan Golf Television Shows - Herschel Corey Michigan Golf History - 2006 -2010 - Art McCafferty Slice of Life - Terry Moore =============================== NEW SHOWS ON GLSP NETWORK =============================== Michigan Travel Television

Frankfort Film Festival - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O45VjDDnjQA Michigan Skier Television

Lake Placid Olympic Winter Games Site - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NirpdgzVvYc Michigan Runner Television

Run Thru Hell on Halloween - http://michiganrunner.tv/2010runthruhell/ Marathon Oasis de Montreal - http://michiganrunner.tv/2010montreal/ GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon - http://runningcanada.tv/2010victoria/ Metro Health Grand Rapids Marathon - http://michiganrunner.tv/2010grandrapidsmarathon/ Manistee National Cross Country Invitational http://michiganrunner.tv/2010manistee_xc/ 2011 Trieste Marathon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSpkSrMDV00 The Best Races of Brazil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHDXyJvki08 Kilimanjaro Marathon preview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MadUiAUeULI The Continental Airlines Friendship Run http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSPctIWmuik The Gary and Larry Show - ING NYC Marathon Wrap Up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VBcU-lQ1tA The Chilean Miner Runs the ING NYC Marathon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIMjJCd_KNo ============================= 2010 MICHIGAN GOLF CALENDAR ============================= NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER Nov 30 - Dec 2 Michigan Golf Business Conference and Vendor Fair, Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, Grand Rapids http://www.mgcoa.org JANUARY 14-16 Columbus Golf Show, Columbus http://www.northcoastgolfshows.com/ FEBRUARY

11-13 West Michgan Golf Show, Grand Rapids http://www.showspan.com/WMG/Home.aspx FEBRUARY 11-13 West Michgan Golf Show, Grand Rapids http://www.showspan.com/WMG/Home.aspx 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/ 26-27 The Mid Michigan Golf Show, Birch Run Expo Center, http://orvshows.com MAY 24-29 Senior PGA Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, KY JUNE 20-26 LPGA Futures Tour - Island Resort Championship at Sweetgrass http://www.sweetgrassgolfclub.com 21-25 Michigan Amateur, Boyne Highlands, Boyne City http://gam.org/ AUGUST 08-14 PGA Championship, Atlanta Athletic Club, Atlanta, GA