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February 10, 2006 Vol. 6, No. 6

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BAY MILLS RESORT AND CASINO/WILD BLUFF GOLF COURSE
Video: 2005 Bay Mills Open Players Tournament Preview
-with Rob Lussenhof
http: //www.michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/baymillsopenpreview/ WATCH RYDER CUP 2006 FOR FREE IN IRELAND
Ireland is the place to be in 2006 so do not miss out! Visit: http://www.sullivangolf.ie to enquire
Video: Jack Berry's Ireland Golf Vacation
http://www.michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/golfireland/

DESIGN YOUR OWN IRELAND GOLFING GETAWAY
Click on - http://www.sullivangolf.ie/quoteform.html
Sullivan Golf & Travel ­ The Ireland Golf Travel Specialist

WEST MICHIGAN GOLF SHOW
West Michigan Golf Show, DeVos Place, Grand Rapids, February 10-12
Web: http://westmichigangolfshow.com
Video: http:// michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/wmgs/index.html

MICHIGAN GOLF SHOW, ROCK FINANCIAL SHOWPLACE, NOVI, MARCH 10-12
Web: http://michigangolfshow.com
http://rockfinancialshowcase.com< br> Video: http://www. michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/michigangolfshow/

OTSEGO CLUB & RESORT-GAYLORD
Ski Packages
Web: http://otsegoclub.com/cwt.php
Video: http://michigangolfer.tv/miskier/season_1/show9/otsegoqt.html

SHANTY CREEK RESORT & CLUB
Ski Packages
Web: http://www.shantycreek.com/snowsports/earlybuy.html
Video: http://michigangolfer.tv/miskier/season_4/schuss/index.html

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__/ WEST MICHIGAN GOLF SHOW OPENS TODAY- SHOW HEADLINERS INCLUDE:
GARY WIREN, BART LOWER, BRAD DEAN AND ELAINE CROSBY
__/ CARL'S GOLFLAND/NIKE GOLF MICHIGAN PGA JUNIOR TOUR LAUNCHED
__/ SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP AND CLUB PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TO MERGE AND CHANGE VENUE
__/ THIS WEEK ON MG TV
__/ ESPN TABBED TO BROADCAST FRIDAY COVERAGE OF THE RYDER CUP BEGINNING IN 2008
__/ BOOK REVIEW- "DREAM GOLF: THE MAKING OF BRANDON DUNES", BY STEPHEN GOODWIN
__/ SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP AND CLUB PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TO MERGE AND CHANGE VENUE
__/ CORRECTIONS
__/ MG TV TO COVER THE 95TH MICHIGAN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP ON CC OF BOYNEıS HEATHER COURSE
__/ WINTER EDITION OF THE MICHIGAN GOLFER MAGAZINE-NOW ONLINE
__/ 2006 MICHIGAN GOLF CALENDAR
__/ ASSOCIATION LINKS
__/ MICHIGAN GOLFER ONLINE RESOURCES

Edited by Art McCafferty-Producer/Publisher, GLSP
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WEST MICHIGAN GOLF SHOW OPENS TODAY- SHOW HEADLINERS INCLUDE: GARY WIREN, BART LOWER, BRAD DEAN AND ELAINE CROSBY
Highlights:

Headliner Gary Wiren, sponsored by The Kingsley Club near Traverse City, will give clinics all weekend. Golf Digest ranks him as the 12th best teacher in the U.S.,

Bart Lower, who entered the national spotlight for competing twice on The Golf Channelıs hot reality series‹The Big Break, will also speak. Lowerıs topic will be "Lunch Hour Practice: A working man's guide to staying sharp."

Other noted instructors will be former Michigan PGA Teacher of the Year Brad Dean and Michigan Golf Hall of Fame member Elaine Crosby both of who represent Crystal Mountain Resortıs highly regarded Golf School. Also on stage will be Forest Akersı John DalCorobbo, the Œ05 Mich. PGA Teacher of the Year

The Grand Traverse Resort & Casinos Par-3 Challenge will test golfers with an indoor, fully landscaped golf hole. One lucky finalist on Sunday will take a crack at holing an ace and earning $25,000 in casino chips

The $10,000 Putting Challenge is back as a Show favorite where putters try to sink a 15-foot & a 25-foot putt to qualify for one chance at canning a 50-foot putt and winning ten grand.

http:/westmichigangolfshow.com
Taken and edited from a West Michigan Golf Show release
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CARL'S GOLFLAND/NIKE GOLF MICHIGAN PGA JUNIOR TOUR LAUNCHED
Boys and girls ages thirteen (13) to eighteen (18) will be able to compete at top quality facilities throughout the state of Michigan in pursuit of the title.

Membership on the tour is $100 and the average cost per event is $50. The tour will consist of ten (10) single day events, a two-day event and a season ending 36 hole Tour Championship will take place at the Fortress on August 2nd and 3rd. A Player of the Year will be awarded in each age division for boys and girls. Age divisions will consist of boys and girls ages thirteen (13) to fifteen (15) and ages sixteen (16) to eighteen (18). Director of Tournament Operations / Growth of the Game is Tim Czelada

Information and online registration can be obtained at
http://www.michigan.pga.com
Taken and edited from a Michigan PGA release.

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BOOK REVIEW- "DREAM GOLF: THE MAKING OF BRANDON DUNES", BY STEPHEN GOODWIN
If you hang around Dave Richards or Kevin Frisch of Resort & Golf Marketing, very long, the topic of Tom Doak's Pacific Dunes will come up. For an organization where hyperbole is not a second thought, they always seemed to be fighting for words to describe, what is now considered as Renaissance Golf's breakout course. While we have not seen it ourselves, we were caught up enough to feature the course in our May/June Issue in 2003 http://www.michigangolfer.com/may03/index.html

Stephen Goodwin's, "Dream Golf: The Making of Brandon Dunes² addresses the dream of Chicago entrepreneur MikeKeiser. As quoted in the book, "I wasn't interested in commercial golf. I was interested in dream golf." Goodwin follows the making of the dream with the three architects that have changed this stretch of Oregon coast into a golf Mecca that rivals that of the Kohler group of courses in Wisconsin. However, whereas Kohler, Herbert Kohl, kept going back to Pete Dye for his design, Keiser chose Ben Crenshaw an unknown Scotsman, David Kidd, Tom Doak who had one time had the tag of "enfant terrible' and the well respected team of Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore. The trio built the now legendary, Brandon Dunes, Pacific Dune and Brandon Trails. http://brandondunesgolf.com

The book is a great read for those that follow golf architecture and a treasure for those that have followed the career of Tom Doak. The reading also brought to mind the remarks that Tom Doak and his Renaissance Golf team brought to a gathering of folks to celebrate his work on High Pointe Golf Course and his latest, the Kidnappers Cove course in New Zealand and his latest collaboration with Jack Nicklaus, Sebonac Golf Club in New York.

The book, published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, will be out soon.

http://algonquin.com

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THIS WEEK ON MG TV
BILL SHELTON ON CAROLINA GOLF
Bill Shelton returns to our show to tell us a little about Carolina golf. Bill, after serving as President of Eastern Michigan University for 11 years, served as Chancellor at East Carolina University for a year and a half in an interim capacity. His new life in North Carolina, has allowed him to check out some of their golf inventory. Join our host, Bill Shelton as he brings you Carolina Golf.
http://michigangolfer.tv/2006shows/carolina

JACK BERRY'S IRELAND GOLF-PART II
This show, taped at Claddagh's in Northville, highlights Southwestern Ireland and the courses, Old Ballybunion, the new Ballybunion by Robert Trent Jones, Lahinch and Greg Norman's Doonbeg. Robert Trent Jones also drops by to tell the viewer his thoughts about his work at Ballybunion.
http://www.michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/golfireland/southwest

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ESPN TABBED TO BROADCAST FRIDAY COVERAGE OF THE RYDER CUP BEGINNING IN 2008
Sports cable giant ESPN will broadcast live Friday coverage of the Ryder Cup in 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014, under an agreement with NBC Sports announced today. ESPN also receives the right to re-air NBC coverage and extended highlights of golf's most compelling event. NBC, which has broadcast the Ryder Cup since 1991, will continue to broadcast the final two days of competition.

"We are delighted to acquire first-day coverage of the Ryder Cup beginning in 2008," said John Wildhack, ESPN senior vice president, programming acquisitions and strategy. "The Ryder Cup is among the most prestigious events in all of sports, providing some of the most memorable moments in sports history. We look forward to working with The PGA of America and NBC to continue to build on the legacy and international appeal that is the Ryder Cup."

The Ryder Cup, among the last great sporting events founded on prestige rather than prize money, spans 35 competitions over 79 years, pitting 12 of America's best golfers against Europe's in a three-day, match play competition. In 2004, Europe defeated the United States 18? to 9? in record-setting fashion at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Mich.

*Note for Michigan Ryder Cup coverage
http://michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/irish/index.html

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WINTER EDITION OF THE MICHIGAN GOLFER MAGAZINE-NOW ONLINE
Winter Issue 2005 Vol.23, No.4

Table of Contents
Page Article
4 Golfing Ireland, by Jason Deegan
http://www.michigangolfer.com/win05-06/win0106_4-11.pdf
Sullivan Golf & Travel
12 Michigan's Century-old Golf Courses, by Kelly Hill and Art McCafferty
http://www.michigangolfer.com/win05-06/win0106_12-17.pdf
18 Michigan Golf History, 2001-2005, by Art McCafferty
http://www.michigangolfer.com/win05-06/win0106_18-22.pdf
23 Michigan Golfer's Top 10 Lists for 2005
http://www.michigangolfer.com/win05-06/win0106_23-26.pdf
27 Michigan Golfer TV Schedule
http://www.michigangolfer.com/win05-06/win0106_27.pdf
28 Books for the Holidays
http://www.michigangolfer.com/win05-06/win0106_28-29.pdf
30 Slice of Life, by Terry Moore
http://www.michigangolfer.com/win05-06/win0106_30-31.pdf

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MICHIGAN TOURNAMENTS
http://michigangolfer. com/tournaments.html

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2006 MICHIGAN GOLF CALENDAR
http://michigangolfer.com/calendar.html" ASSOCIATION LINKS
American Association of Golf Course Architects
http://asgca.org
Golf Association of Michigan
http://www.gam.org/
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
http://www.gcsaa.org
Michigan Section PGA
http://www.Michigan.PGA.com
Michigan Golf Course Owners Association
http://mgcoa.org
Michigan High School Athletic Association
http://www.mhsaa.com/
Michigan Interscholastic Golf Coaches Association
http://migca.com
Michigan Publinx Seniors Golf Association
http://mpsga.net
National Golf Course Owners Association
http://ngcoa.org
National Golf Foundation
http://ngf.org
National High School Golf Coaches Association
http://www.nhsgca.org

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