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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/

OTSEGO CLUB & RESORT-GAYLORD
Golf Packages http://otsegoclub.com/allpackages.php

SHANTY CREEK RESORT & CLUB
Golf Packages http://www.shantycreek.com/golf/package.html

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

IN GAYLORD, GOLF THE NATURAL: A JERRY MATTHEWS COURSE
Video: http://michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/natural/
Golf Packages http://golfthenatural.com

Edited by Art McCafferty-Producer/Publisher, GLSP

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*The entire staff at Michigan Golf News wishes all of you a safe and happy Memorial Day Weekend
__/ MGN ON THE ROAD
Ann Arbor-Barton Hills CC
__/ MG-TV
The Jerry Matthews Video Gallery of Fine Golf Courses
Bucks Run Golf Course-with Jerry Matthews
__/ MICHIGAN GOLFER UPCOMING TELEVISION SHOWS
__/ PERSPECTIVES ON GOLF
__/ TENNANTS ANYONE?
__/ IT'S A "FATS" DOMINO WORLD
__/ BOOK REVIEW: "BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE" by Christine Brennan
__/ TREETOPS IS TOPS
__/ MICHIGAN GOLF NEWS ON CHOK RADIO 1070 ON YOUR DIAL-Garland with Don White
__/ SPRING EDITION OF THE MICHIGAN GOLFER MAGAZINE NOW ONLINE
__/ 2006 MICHIGAN GOLF CALENDAR
__/ ASSOCIATION LINKS
__/ MICHIGAN GOLFER ONLINE RESOURCES

MG ON THE ROAD
Ann Arbor-Barton Hills CC
Don White and his team, Corey Gerhart GM, Tim Dark, Superintendent and Jordan Young the teaching professional, are getting ready to host the upcoming Michigan Women's Amateur from July 10-14. While the 90th Michigan Women's Amateur will be demanding, the Barton team should be ready as they also hosted the U.S. Women's Amateur in 1998. As you may recall, Grace Park was the winner.

Barton Hills is a Donald Ross design, with the club coming on board in 1919. It has the high ground in the Ann Arbor area and the scenic course, which plays to 6880 from the tips, will provide a great challenge for Michigan's women amateurs.

http://bhcconline.com MGTV
The Jerry Matthews Video Gallery of Fine Golf Courses
Jerry Matthews has had a Hall of Fame career as a golf architect. With our latest Jerry Matthews video, Bucks Run, going online, this week, we felt that it was time to develop a special page for Jerry and his Natural Course Design Company. So click on and enjoy the courses that his company has designed; The Natural, Timberstone, The Majestic at Walden Woods and now, Bucks Run.

http://michigangolfer.tv/2006shows/jerrymatthews

Bucks Run
Jim Zeh, GM of Bucks Run, introduces Bucks Run to our audience and then invites architect, Jerry Matthews to describe his thoughts while building this stunning beauty. Once again, our deft video editor, Joe Yunkman, brings another masterpiece to the Internet and computer screens everywhere.

http://michigangolfer.tv/2006shows/bucksrun/

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PERSPECTIVES ON GOLF
Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle, followed by a good bottle of beer

Golf! You hit down to make the ball go up. You swing left and the ball goes right. The lowest score wins.

And on top of that, the winner buys the drinks.

"Golf is harder than baseball. In golf, you have to play your foul balls."

A "gimme" can best be defined as an agreement between two golfers ... neither of whom can putt very well.

An interesting thing about golf is that no matter how badly you play; it is always possible to get worse.

Golf's a hard game to figure. One day you'll go out and slice it and shank it, hit into all the traps and miss every green. The next day you go out and for no reason at all you really stink.?

To some golfers, the greatest handicap is the inability to add correctly.

In golf, some people tend to get confused with all the numbers... they shoot a six, yell fore and write five.

Thanks and a Tip of the Tam to Dr. Jack Minzey for passing these on.these chestnuts.

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MICHIGAN GOLFER TELEVISION UPCOMING SHOWS
Jack Berry's Ireland Golf Part IV
Tom Doak and Jack Nicklaus Design Sebonak
The Tribute at Otsego Club
Arnold Palmer's-The Legend at Shanty Creek Resort
The Michigan Amateur at The Heather Course at Boyne Highlands
The 2nd Annual Native American Cup
The 2nd Annual League Championship Series
Harbor Point Golf Club
Upper Peninsula Golf-Greywalls, Chocolay Downs, Timberstone and Wild Bluff

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TENNANTS ANYONE?
You can kick off the summer by attending the Crystal Mountain Beer & Brat Festival this weekend. The festival will feature some of Michigan's finest micro brewed beers and specialty brats. There is a $15 admission cost, which includes a souvenir mug plus beer, brat tickets and lives entertainment. The event is held at Kinlochen Plaza.

http://crystalmountain.com

*Editor's Note - While there will be many specialty beers available, make sure you quaff down a couple of Tennants, Scotland's finest beer. It is terrific.

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BOOK REVIEW:"BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE"- by Christine Brennan
Art McCafferty
Christine Brennan slipped into Ann Arbor this week as part of her book tour promoting her latest, "Best Seat in the House: A Father, A Daughter and a Journey in Sports". Brennan, who grew up in Toledo followed the Mud Hens, Tigers and Wolverines in her youth. She attended famed journalism school, Northwestern Universitym, and then had a writing career at the Miami Herald, Washington Post and USA Today. At her stop at the Washington Post, she found herself as part of a sports writing team that included Tony Kornheiser and Mike Wilbon, now known for their PTI show.

The title came from Brennan's remembrances of attending the infamous 1969 Ohio State-Michigan football game with her father. Being as that historic game was one of a number of early childhood experiences that led her to a career in sports journalism. She is also the author of the best-selling skating books "Inside Edge" and "Edge of Glory."

On hand to greet her at Ann Arbor's Borders book store, were a couple of former Toledo classmates, writing pal Joann Barnas of the Detroit Free Press and former Tiger pitcher Tom Timmerman. Timmerman was one of her sports heroes when she was growing up.

The book was a fast and fun read that is full of stories of the Tigers, Mud Hens, Michigan Wolverines as well as many high profile athletes she has covered in the past three decades. I highly recommend it.

http://www.christinebrennan.com/

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ITıS A FATS DOMINO WORLD
Exercise walking, which experienced 1.5% growth in 2005, remains the No. 1 participation activity surveyed by the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA), a position it has held since 1990. Data contained in NSGA's annual Sports Participation Series I and II reports, which are now available, shows 86.0 million Americans walked for exercise in 2005

2005 Sports Participation
1) Exercise Walking 86.0 Million
2) Softball
3) Swimming
4) Backpack/Wilderness Camp
5) Exercising with Equipment
6) Volleyball
7) Camping (vacation/overnight)
8) In-Line Roller Skating
9) Bowling
10)Hunting w/Bow & Arrow
36) Golf 24.7 Million

Taken and edited from a NSGA release

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TREETOPS IS TOPS
Treetops Resort continues to be recognized as one of the top golf destinations in America. Luxury Golf & Travel, Golf Magazine, GolfWeek, Michigan Meetings and Events, Golf Digest, and the Oakland Press recently honored the resort with regional and national recognition:

Luxury Golf & Travel ³Top-50 Diamond Golf Resorts²
Luxury Golf & Travel, a high-end national publication enjoyed by golf aficionados, selected Treetops Resort among the ³Top-50 Diamond Golf Resorts.²

Golf Magazine's "Silver Medal Resort"
Golf Magazine, one of the sportıs most-read golf publications, awarded Treetops the ³Silver Medal Award² for the seventh consecutive time. .

GolfWeek Magazineıs Top Michigan Courses
Golfweek Magazine selected two Treetops courses, the Fazio Premier and Rick Smith Signature courses, among the Top-15 in Michigan.

Golf Digest Awards Three Treetops Courses 4_ Stars
Treetops is the only property in Michigan, and one of very few in America, to have three golf courses earn 4 _ -star ratings. The Robert Trent Jones Sr. Masterpiece; the Tom Fazio Premier and the Rick Smith Signature courses were each awarded 4.5 star ratings.

³To be included among some of the top resort destinations in the world, and recognized as a leader in our market by the various panels and publications continues to validate the quality golf resort experience our guests enjoy, said Rick Smith, Owner and Managing Partner of Treetops Resort.

Taken and edited from a Treetops release

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GARLAND FEATURED TODAY ON CHOK GOLF SHOW-1070 ON YOUR DIAL-with Don White
Don White, the new Director of Golf at Garland, chats about the 72 holes of golf that are available at this four star resort. Check out the action at the CHOK Golf Show with Tom Gibson. The show runs from 10:00 to 11:00 on CHOK, 1070 on your dial.

http://chok.com

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SPRING EDITION OF THE MICHIGAN GOLFER MAGAZINE-ONLINE
Spring Issue 2006 Vol. 24, No.1
http://www.webgolfer.com/
The Heather at Boyne Highlands: Robert Trent Jones and Everett Kircher Shared a Dream
by Jack Berry
Villegas: The PGA Tourıs Colorful Colombian
by Kelly Hill
Michiganıs Island Golf Courses
by Art McCafferty
Tournament Action to Take Few Breaks This Summer
by Kelly Hill
Book Review-Match Made in Heaven
by Bernice Phillips
Book Review: King of Swings-Book Jacket
by Lanse Bannon
Slice of Life: Masters Memories
by Terry Moore

Readership of the Michigan Golfer Ezine averaged 9,789 per issue in 2005.

http://www.webgolfer.com/

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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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MICHIGAN GOLFER ONLINE RESOURCES
Website: http://glsp.com
Ezine http://michigangolfer.com
News: http://www.webgolfer.com/news.html
Video: http://michigangolfer.tv
Podcast: http://glsp.com/podcasts.html

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