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"GOLF GOLDEN AGE" by Rand Jerris with photographs by George S.
Pietzcker
This book has been published to honor the 75th anniversary of Bobby
Jones winning the famed Grand Slam. The book is a collector must, as
it brings forth some extraordinary photography from George S.
Pietzcker. Pietzcker has captured the famed golfers of the '10s,
'20s, and Œ30s. The text provides both a full-page photo and a full
page of text to make it a pleasant and fast read. Many of your will
remember the likes of Chick Evans, Walter Hagen, Alex Smith, Harry
Vardon, Tommy Armour, Leo Diegel, Gene Sarazen, Macdonald Smith,
Henry Picard, Craig Wood and our own Horton Smith. There are many
more golfers profiled in this delightful look at the past.
National Geographic Books and USGA publish the book
To order the book $27 U.S./$37 Canada
http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/shopping/search/searchresultsmain.jsp?fresh=1&searchType=advanced&iMainCat=0&iSubCat=0&attribute14=0&attribute15=0&attribute16=0&RS=1&keyword=golf+golden+age
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TURFS UP-SUPER GAM "BRING YOUR WEDGE DAY"-EAGLE EYE GOLF COURSE
If you would like to learn more about the current issues surrounding
bunker maintenance and budgeting, plan to attend Super GAM Day at the
MSU Hancock Center and Eagle Eye on June 13, 2005. The GAM, MTF, GDGCSA,
WMGCSA, NMTMA, MMGCSA and MSU Turf Team have planned an educational
and enjoyable day.
Clubs can submit a threesome to play with its
Superintendent. The cost of $125 per person includes continental
breakfast, materials, lunch, golf, cart, buffet dinner, and prizes.
Agenda
9:00 a.m. Registration at MSU Hancock Center
9:30-10:30 a.m. Tour of the Turfgrass Research Center
10:45-11:15 a.m. Register for golf / Driving range open
11:45 a.m. Shotgun start (box lunch on cart)
4:30-6:00 p.m. Cocktails, buffet dinner and prizes
Info at http:/gam.org
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STUDENTS OF CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN GOLF INSTRUCTORS POST HUGE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Crystal Mountain Golf School instructors Brad Dean and Adam Schriber
have had four of their students post major career accomplishments
within the last two weeks:
Candie Kung finished second in the LPGA Tour event, the Chick-fil-A
Charity Championship Hosted by Nancy Lopez. Ryan Brehm,Michigan
State University, was just named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year.
Anthony Kim, a sophomore at Oklahoma, was just named the Big 12 Player
of the Year. Korey Mahoney finished the collegiate season with
Eastern Michigan University's all-time low scoring record of 72.42,
breaking the record previously held by Ed Maunder (72.6).
The Crystal Mountain Golf Schools offers over 90 instructional
schools, camps and clinics, including weekend, midweek and women-only
schools at its two locations: Crystal Mountain Resort and Fox Hills
Golf & Banquet Center in Plymouth.
Taken and edited from a release from Joan O'Neil of Crystal Mountain
Resort.
http://crystalmountain.com
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JAMES ESCAMILLA AND MIKE DALY SHOOT HOLE IN ONES AT SCHUSS MOUNTAIN
GC
James Escamilla of Kalamazoo, Michigan drove an ace (hole-in-one)
with a 5-wood on hole #9 (189 yards) at Shanty Creek’s Schuss Mountain
Golf Club. James has been playing for 30 years and this is the first time
he has shot a hole-in-one!
Mike Daly of Niles, Michigan drove an ace (hole-in-one) with a 4 iron
on hole #9 (184 yards) at Shanty Creek’s Schuss Mountain Golf Club.
Mike has been playing for 20 years and this is his second
hole-in-one.
Thanks and a Tip of the Tam to Lindsey Southwell for the info
http://shantycreek.com
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MACATAWA LEGENDS GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB SET FOR JUNE OPENING IN HOLLAND
Ray Hearn was hired to design the Macatawa Legends Golf & Country
Club in Holland, Michigan, a college town on Lake Michigan west of Grand
Rapids. Shortly after that, he packed up his family and set forth for
his new home and a unique golf industry role.
Developer Cal Prins made it clear that Hearn was his choice to
oversee the design of Macatawa Legends Golf & Country Club. But he also
wanted his designer to be in charge of the operation as the general manager
and membership director of Macatawa Legends, which will eventually be
surrounded by as many as 700 residential sites.
Macatawa Legends will open to its members June 15 with conditions
that Hearn says are the best he's ever seen for one of his course
openings.
Taken and edited from an All About Golf release
http://www.macatawalegends.com/
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IT'S THE NEW EQUIPMENT, STUPID
In the first 22 years of the Champions Tour there was only one 60
shot, that by Isao Aoki in 1997. In the last three-plus seasons,
five others have followed suit; Walter Morgan, Bruce Fleisher, Jim Thorpe,
Tom Purtzer and Craig Stadler.
The field scoring average last week at the Blue Angels Classic was a
Champions Tour record 68.175. It topped the old mark, set in this
event in 1997, by more than a stroke (69.442). In 1997, the field
recorded four eagles and 684 birdies while this year's group tallied
22 eagles and 927 birdies.
Taken and edited from a Champions Tour release
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SUMMER TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Kelly Hill tells us all we need to know about the upcoming tournament schedule
with his timely article in the Spring MG
http://www.michigangolfer.com/may05/
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MICHIGAN GOLFER MAGAZINE-SPRING ISSUE
http://www.michigangolfer.com/may05/
Arnold Palmer: 50 Years of Michigan Memories
by L'anse Bannon
50 years ago, Arnold Palmer won the U.S. Amateur at the Country Club of
Detroit. Our story and video recount the impact he has had on Michigan,
including his golf course designs, tournament wins, friendship with Walter
Hagen and the celebration of his 50 years with a special Michigan Golfer
Television Show, " Arnold Palmer's Turning Point Invitational".
Web: http://www.michigangolfer.com/may05/
Video:http://michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/palmer/
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ARCHIVES-MICHIGAN GOLFER
Michigan Golfer Magazine-1996-Present
http://www.michigangolfer.com/#pastissues
Michigan Golf News-2003-Present
http://www.michigangolfer.com/news.html
Michigan Golfer Television-2001-Present
http://michigangolfer.tv/archives.html
Edited by Art McCafferty-Producer/Publisher, GLSP
http://glsp.com
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MICHIGAN GOLF RADIO
Wednesdays at 1:35 pm with Tom Gibson on CHOK 1070, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
http://chok.com
Fridays at 10:40 am with Shawn Peterson on the Michigan Talk Radio Network
http://www.michigantalkradio.net/
Fridays at 10:40 to 11:00 on MLive
http://www.mlive.com/talkradio/
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MICHIGAN GOLF CALENDAR 2005
http://michigangolfer.com/calendar.html
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MICHIGAN GOLF NEWS ASSOCIATION SUBSCRIBERS
Golf Association of Michigan
http://www.gam.org
Michigan Golf Course Owners Association
http://mgcoa.org
Michigan Publinx
http://www.mipublinx.com
Michigan PGA
http://michigan.pga.com
Michigan Women's Golf Association, MWGA
http://www.mwgolf.org
Michigan State Amateur Golf Association
Dick Loring-skillplay@aol.com
mailto:skillplay@aol.com
Michigan Golf Foundation
http://michigan-golf-foundation.co
Upper Peninsula Golf Association
http://upga.org
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TOURNAMENTS
http://michigangolfer.com/tournaments.html
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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
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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