Michigan Golf News, December 24, 2010

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Winners of the Dul Family Player Development Leadership Awrd 2010: From left upper, Sandy Mily, Jennifer Aznavorian (Asst.

General Manager), Anne Gajda (Instructor), Kathy Aznavorian, Julia Grelak (Director of Sales & Marketing). From left lower, Mark Runchey, Director of Golf, Jordan Young, Director of Instruction.

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Sara Wold Recipient of the Matthews Lifetime Achievement Award

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McDowell, Tseng, Langer are GWAA Players of the Year

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Friendly Holiday Advice

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Top 10 Stories of the Year from Golf Magazine

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Highway of Heroes

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Happy Holidays from GLSP Staff, Writers, Videographers, Editors

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Kudo from a Reader

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Minzey's Musings

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Michigan Golfer - Winter Issue

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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 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 Golf News Subscribe http://lyris.dundee.net/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=michigangolfnews Editor: Art McCafferty Associate Editor - Jennie McCafferty __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/__/ __/ __/ __/__/ __/ __/__/ __/ __/ __/ ======================================================================= SARA WOLD RECIPIENT OF THE MATTHEWS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ======================================================================= Michigan Golf Business 2010 Annual Awards to the Industry At the annual Golf Business Conference and Vendor Fair, this year held in Grand Rapids, the Michigan Golf Course Owners Association announced the following individuals for special award and recognition.

The MGCOA is proud to recognize Sara Wold, renowned women’s golf advocate as the 2010 recipient of the “Matthews Lifetime Achievement Award.”

Sara Wold played a major role in structuring golf for Women in Michigan. From her earliest organizational experiences as President of the Park-Davis Women’s Golf League (1971-75), she continued developing her skills as chairman of the Women’s Athletic Advisory Committee for Detroit’s Department of Recreation for nine years (1973-82). Sara applied her leadership skills to several of the top golf organizations in the state. The USGA Women’s Amateur Public Links (WAPL) Committee has benefited since 1984. Sara was a founding member in 1986 of the Michigan Women’s Publinx Golf Association (MWPGA). During Sara’s term as president, 1994-96, the MWPGA won the Golf for Women’s Magazine Award for Best Women’s Public Golf Association. Sara served the Golf Association of Michigan (GAM) since ‘94 in several capacities. She played a leading role annually chairing various GAM Championships and the Long Range Planning Committee. She has presided as Governor of GAM since 1998 and is a member of the Executive Committee. The Women’s Michigan Golf p. 2

Association (WMGA) and the Michigan Golf Foundation (MGF) have benefited from Sara’s direction since 1996 were she has served as Vice President and Rules Chairman for WMGA and has been President since 2001. Sara promoted golf through a variety of tournaments and publications. As a founding member of the Women’s Interstate Mid-Amateur Golf Championship involving Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania, she spent fourteen years (1985-1999) on the executive committee and as the Michigan representative. She officiated at the U.S. Women’s Open from 1999-2001. She cochaired the Michigan Women’s Golf Summits I, II and III °© a program of seminars on women’s golf related issues with guest speakers such as Carol Mann, Kathy Whitworth and Judy Bell. Sara has acted as a Golf Digest panelist since 1986. Sara officiated 4 World Amateur Team Championships - in Puerto Rico, South Africa, Australia, and Argentina and received the Ike Grainger Award for 25 years of service to the USGA. She was elected to the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame in 2003.

MGCOA board member Toni Joers, receives 2010 “Lyle Leeke Distinguished Service Award.”

“Two decades of service to the MGCOA and the Educational Support Foundation shows a dedication to the industry few have,” said Charlie Scott, chairman of the Scott Family Educational Support Foundation and owner of Gull Lake View Golf Resort in Augusta. This is why Toni Joers had been selected for the “Distinguished Service Award.” Toni has served is all executive positions with the MGCOA and joined the ESF at its inception in 1996. When the Educational Support Foundation was formed, she immediately volunteered her energy and creativity to that committee as a trustee and has remained ever since. As owner of Concord Hills, Toni has shared her perspective on the golf business to help form policy for the Michigan Golf Course Owners Association. Toni Joers was instrumental in breathing life back into the young MGCOA by supervising the transition of what was almost completely a volunteer driven organization to one that was overseen by the Michigan Restaurant Association and eventually became the independent and vital organization it is today. The MGCOA congratulates Toni Joers on her dedication and commitment to the Association and the golf industry.

“Player Development Leadership Award” goes to Fox Hills Golf and Banquet Center The commitment to growing and sustaining the new golfer embodies the spirit of the “Dul Family Player Development Leadership Award”. The trustees of the Educational Support Foundation award a $1500 grant to the winning applicant. The winning program will be featured in an edition of the MGCOA’s Tee Off Times in 2011. This year’s winner, Julia Grelak (Director of Sales & Marketing) conceptualized the program for girls in golf from her experiences as a young golfer and her ability to implement the program with the support and assistance of the owners and staff at Fox Hills.

Bedford Valley Golf Club is MGCOA 2010 Golf Course of the Year Award Having a beautiful golf course is not all it takes to earn the distinction of Golf Course of the Year. The Course of the Year Award honors a member in good standing with the MGCOA demonstrating four criteria: 1. exceptional quality of the course p. 4

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exceptional quality of ownership and management outstanding contribution to its community significant contribution to the game

The fourth of five Gull Lake View Resort courses, Bedford Valley, was purchased by the Scott family in 1988. Designed in 1965 by William Mitchell, this 18-hole facility is one of Michigan's most frequently played golf championship sites. The classic design is known locally as, ‘The Big Course,’ with huge greens, large bunkers, and fairways lined with mighty oaks. Golf purists rave about the course's shot values and overall challenging layout. Golf operations at Gull Lake View Golf Resort, and Bedford Valley, employ hundreds of local residents throughout the season. The start of the 2008 Michigan Senior Open Tournament, coincided with the grand opening of the brand new clubhouse and parking/bag drop area, in 2008. Bedford Valley and Gull Lake View have roughly 300 members which play many golf rounds each and every year. Thousands of travelers visit Southwest Michigan annually because of Gull Lake View Golf Club & Resort. Casinos, gas stations, restaurants, camping parks, grocery stores, etc. are all beneficiaries.

All Gull Lake View courses are certified members of the Turfgrass Environmental Stewardship Program and the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for golf courses focusing on environmental planning, wildlife/habitat management, chemical use reduction and safety, water conservation, water quality management and outreach and education for the local communities.

As far as giving back to the community, Bedford Valley hosts several fund raisers annually that generate thousands of dollars for local charities. Gull Lake View supports several local charities with in-kind contributions of golf rounds towards great causes within the Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, and Southwest Michigan areas and for the past 17 years has hosted the MGCOA Annual Golf Outing and Supplier Field Day, one of our largest fundraisers. Player Development is a very big part of the operations at the Gull Lake View properties. Bedford Valley hosts many weekly golf leagues throughout the golf season. Bedford Valley’s league members became the 1st winners of the annual MGCOA’s Michigan Golf League Championship Tournament in 2007. Additionally Gull Lake View's Junior Golf Program, won both the National Golf Course Owners Association's ‘2008 Player Development Award’ and ‘The Dual Family Player Development Leadership Award’ for the Michigan Golf Course Owners Association.

The ‘2010 Golf World Readers' Choice Award,’ voted Gull Lake View Golf Resort, 9th place for Best Public Golf Course for ‘Overall Value,’ in June of 2009. Also, voted 8th place in Best Public Golf Course for ‘Speed of Play,’ in June of 2009 golf magazine issues. All 5 Gull Lake View courses including Bedford Valley are all rated 4®ˆ stars out of 5 by Golf Digest.

Taken from a MGCOA release - Kate M Moore

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==================================================== MCDOWELL, TSENG, LANGER ARE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR ==================================================== Graeme McDowell, Yani Tseng and Bernhard Langer are our GWAA Players of the Year for 2010. All three are first-time winners and this marks the first time all three of our POY awards have gone to international players. McDowell won four times including the U.S. Open, made the winning putt for the European Ryder Cup team, shared European PGA Tour Player of the Year honors with Martin Kaymer and won the Golf Writers Trophy, given by the Association of Golf Writers (GWAA’s European counterpart). Tseng won four times internationally, including two majors, and was the LPGA’s Rolex Player of the Year. Langer won five times including back-to-back majors (Senior British Open and Senior U.S. Open), won the Charles Schwab Cup and was named Champions Tour POY for the third consecutive year. They will be honored at the GWAA Awards Dinner, April 6 in Augusta.

The full release is available on http://www.gwaa.com . . .

Taken from a GWAA release - Melanie Hauser ======================== FRIENDLY HOLIDAY ADVICE ======================== Please, take care of yourself this Christmas. A recent joint study conducted by the Department of Health and the Department of Motor Vehicles indicates that 23% of traffic accidents are alcohol related.

This means that the remaining 77% are caused by people that just drink coffee, carbonated drinks, juices, milk, water and other such drinks. Therefore, beware of those who do not drink alcohol. They cause three times as many accidents. =============================================== TOP 10 STORIES OF THE YEAR FROM GOLF MAGAZINE =============================================== Golf Magazine has some terrific reading in its Top 10 stories. Enjoy http://www.golf.com/golf/gallery/article/0,28242,2037355,00.html?xid=forecast101810_wip1 =================== HIGHWAY OF HEROES =================== Two years ago, we were returning from a video project in Montreal and began to see people assembling on the various over passes as we approached Toronto. hundreds and then thousands of people were lined up as we neared Toronto, led by fireman and police of the respective communities.

What we were seeing was a sorrowful and poignant tradition called Highway of Heroes. Each time a Canadian soldier from Ontario is killed in Afghanistan and returned to Canada, they are first flown into nearby Trenton airport and then taken on a ride on Hwy 401 to Toronto where post-mortems are held. We were still on 401 when the convoy and the fallen soldier passed us. It was truly a very p. 7

moving experience.

The point, the Canadians have developed an inspired tradition that honors their fallen heroes, a tradition that we should adopt. Until then, we should continue to honor our own fallen heroes by, reading about them and reflecting about their sacrifice, before we move on to our day's work. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3IutxvltBM ====================================================================== HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM GLSP STAFF, WRITERS, VIDEOGRAPHERS, EDITORS ====================================================================== We want to thank all of you for your kind feedback as we finish our 10th year of both the Michigan Golf News and Michigan Golfer Television Show. We also want to thank those sponsors and individuals over the years, who have made this possible.

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===================== KUDO FROM A READER ===================== Art, Your recent publication did a great job of highlighting Michigan Golf for the 2010 year.

Keep up the great work!!

Sincerely, Steve Ruthenberg/General Manager/PGA Professional/Michigan State University ======================== MINZEY'S MUSINGS ================== Dear Abby, I have never written to you before, but I really need your advice. I have suspected for some time now that my wife has been cheating on me. The usual signs; phone rings but if I answer, the caller hangs up. My wife has been going out with 'the girls' a lot recently although when I ask their names she always says, just some friends from work, you don't know them. I try to stay awake and look out for her when she comes home, but I usually fall asleep. Anyway, I have never broached the subject with my wife. I think deep down I just did not want to know the truth, but last night she went out again and I decided to finally check on her.

Around midnight, I hid in the garage behind my golf clubs so I could get a good view of the whole street when she arrived home from a night out with 'the girls’. When she got out of the car she was buttoning up her blouse, which was open, and she took her panties out of her purse and slipped them on. It was at that moment, crouching behind my golf clubs, that I noticed a hairline crack where the grip meets the graphite shaft on my 3-wood. Is this something I can fix myself or should I take it back to the pro-shop where I bought it? ============================= MICHIGAN GOLFER WINTER SSUE 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 p. 11

By Mike Duff Michigan High School Golf Roundup

By Kelly Hill Olympic Golf

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

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 http://michigangolfer.com/win10-11/ ============================= NEW SHOWS ON GLSP NETWORK ============================= Michigan Golfer Television

LochenHeath GC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEregc40CBk 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

Fifth Third Turkey Trot http://michiganrunner.tv/2010_53turkeytrot/ Run Thru Hell on Halloween - http://michiganrunner.tv/2010runthruhell/ Metro Health Grand Rapids Marathon - http://michiganrunner.tv/2010grandrapidsmarathon/ Manistee National Cross Country Invitational http://michiganrunner.tv/2010manistee_xc/ p. 12

============================= 2010 MICHIGAN GOLF CALENDAR ============================= 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 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 APRIL 07-10 Masters Tournament Augusta National GC, Augusta, Georgia http://masters.org MAY 24-29 Senior PGA Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, KY http://www.usga.org/ChampsSchedule.aspx?taxid=17179869201 JUNE 16-19 U.S. Open / Congressional Country Club / Bethesda, Md. http://www.usga.org/ChampsSchedule.aspx?taxid=17179869201 p. 13

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/ 22 MGCOA Legislative Day http://mgcoa.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 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 25-27 Boyne Tournament of Champions, Boyne Mountain, MI http://boyne.com 25-25 Michigan Women' Amateur, Prestwick Village GC, Highland, MI http://gam.org 28-31 U.S. Senior Open / Inverness Club / Toledo, Ohio / http://www.usga.org/ChampsSchedule.aspx?taxid=17179869201 29-31 Butch Harmon Showcase, The Loon Golf Course, Gaylord http://www.loongolfresort.com/ AUGUST 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 8-14 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 29-30 15th Annual GAM Women's Senior Tournament, Belvedere GC, Charlevoix, MI http://gam.org p. 14

SEPTEMBER 1-2 GAM Mid-Amateur, Boyne Highlands, Harbor Springs, MI http://gam.org 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 19-20 25th GAM Senior Championship, Spring Lake CC, Spring Lake, MI http://gam.org

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