June 20, 2003, Vol. 3, No. 25

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Edited by Art McCafferty
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__/ MGN ON THE ROAD
Plymouth-St. Johns Golf and Conference Center
Warren/Niles, Ohio
__/ JANSON QUALIFIES FOR FARMERS CHARITY CLASSIC
__/ MICHIGAN GOLFER TELEVISION-ARTHUR HILLS/STEVE FORREST-INVERNESS REDUX
__/ WALTER HAGEN IS IN THE HOUSE
__/ BANK OF ANN ARBOR FUTURES TOUR BEGINS TODAY
__/ IT WAS LIKE HAVING TIGER WOODS COME TO CADILLAC ON SUMMER VACATION
__/ TOO MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE
__/ JUNIORS PLAY FOR FREE...NATURALLY
__/ PARK PLACE HOTEL TRAVERSE CITY VIRTUAL FAM TRIP
__/ ABC.COM PLANS TV DOWNLOADS
__/ NEXT ING WING DING IN ILLINOIS
__/ QUOTE OF THE WEEK
__/ GOLF CALENDAR

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MGN ON THE ROAD
Plymouth-St. Johns Golf and Conference Center

Mark, Matthew and Luke, a trilogy of golf courses are waiting for you at St. John's in Plymouth. Besides these three terrific nines, they also have a Carl's Golfland center and a very impressive conference center. This place has to be seen to be believed.

We visited the golf community of Trumbull County last week and had a ball. The newspapers were filled with news of the Giant Eagle LPGA tournament in town.

While there we visited Yankee Run http://yankeerun.com, Candywood GC, Pine Lakes http://pinelakes.com Avalon Lakes http://avalonlakes.com and Sqaw Valley CC, where the Giant Eagle was being contented. While there we stayed at the Holiday Inn Express, rated the No.1 Holiday Inn Express in the nation for the past 16 months and then Julia's, an unique upscale B & B, located on the property of Pine Lakes.

Bottom line, there is terrific golf in Trumbull County and we certainly recommend that you consider it for a golfing getaway. The best way to do that would be to visit the Trumbull County Website at http://www.trumbullcountycvb.org/

Lynn Janson, Director of Golf at Egypt Valley Country Club, shot 5-under 67 at his home course to lead a list of four professionals who qualified for this week's Farmers Charity Classic.

"Lynn Janson proved he belongs in this tournament," said Brian Clinger, Tournament Chairman of the Farmers Charity Classic. "He played his way in and now he can set his game for the Tournament Course. The members of Egypt Valley Country Club, the Grand Rapids Jaycees, and the whole community will be pulling for Lynn " Take from a Farmers Charity Classic press release.

Arthur Hills and Steve Forrest visited our studios to discuss the changes they made to the venerable Inverness course prior to this week's U.S. Senior Open. The firm has also worked their magic at Oakland Hills CC as it prepares for the Ryder Cup.

The U.S. Senior Open, will be the 6th major tournament for Inverness, having hosted three U.S. Opens; 1920 won by Ted Ray, 1931 Won by Billie Burke and 1957 won by Dick Mayer. the 1979 PGA won by David Graham and The U.S. Amateur in 1973 won by Craig Stadler.

Art Hills talked about the need to challenge the Senior golfers. The firm created all new tees and extended the length of the course from 6950 to 7250 yards. They deepened some bunkers and re grassed all of the greens, with a grass that can tolerate a shorter cut, they removed 800 trees and built new mounds for galleries.

Walter Hagen, dropped by Cadillac yesterday to visit some of his old haunts. He visited Cadillac on his way to participating in "The Haig". Walter spent a great deal of time in this summer resort area. In fact, he rented four cabins year around from about 1950 until he left for Long Lake in 1956. Ron Anderson, whose father used to own Pilgrim's Village, where Hagen rented the cabins, grew up with Hagen. "Hagen used to party all the time. My father used to have coffee with Hagen in the morning and Hagen would go to bed after partying all night," said Anderson. Jim Neff, Detroit News ski columnist indicated his friend Doug Nelson and his friends used to dive for golf balls that Hagen would drive into Lake Mitchell. When they finished for the day, he would drive them into town in his Cadillac for ice cream. Hagen balls continued to wash up on the beach through the mid 80's.

Today, Walter will be appearing at "The Haig" Golf Tournament being held at Elmbrook GC in Traverse City. He is the guest of honor at the evening banquet that will be held at the Grand Traverse Heritage Center.

Last year, Lorena Orchoa of Guadalajara, Mexico won the Bank of Ann Arbor Futures Golf Classic at Lake Forest GC. The tour makes it only stop in Michigan this year at Lake Forest GC.

During the 1920s, Walter Hagen, nicknamed "The Haig," was one of the biggest names in professional golf. He won several PGA, U.S. Open and British Open titles and was captain of the first six Ryder Cup teams.

Hagen retired to Cadillac to write his autobiography, "The Walter Hagen Story," and stayed at Pilgrim's Village Motel & Cottages on Lake Mitchell. Steve Knaisel, owner of Pilgrim's Village, said when he took over the motel in 1982 they were still receiving mail addressed to Hagen, who died in 1969. more... http://www.cadillacnews.com/

The Natural at Beaver Creek Resort wants to make it more affordable for the next generation of golfers. Now through the end of June, junior golfers 16 and under, play for FREE, when accompanied by a fully paid adult.

Now it ’s even easier to make reservations. Book your tee times on-line at, HTTP://www.thenatural.org Not connected! Then call our reservation specialist toll free 877-646-PLAY.

Previews and behind-the-scenes footage of ABC-TV programs will reportedly be offered for download to viewers' PCs beginning next week The Disney company's other Web property, ESPN.com, already offers daily sports highlights and video commentary. A published report said 1.6 million people have installed it, and half are daily viewers of the sports channel. TV advertisers also are buying time on the downloaded content.

Eagle Ridge Inn & Resort, a Golf Magazine Silver Medal Resort near historic Galena, IL, has been selected to host the 14th edition of the ING Spring Conference June 1-5, 2004. The resort is a favorite getaway for Chicago residents, and is a picturesque two-hour drive from Chicago and 20 minutes from the airport in Dubuque, Iowa.

Hi Art, Got your last newsletter and wanted you to know that Timberstone GC is in Iron Mountain not Ironwood as noted. The two coaches (Tom Izzo and Steve Mariucci) are also responsible for the new Field House next to their alma mater, Iron Mountain High School. Must be something in the water up there to produce two such fine gentlemen and coaches! Jean Jaske

Tour and Association Calendars

Associations
Golf Association of Michigan http://www.gam.org/champ/schedule.cgi
Michigan Section PGA http://www.Michigan.PGA.com
Michigan Golf Course Owners Association http://mgcoa.org
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America http://www.gcsaa.org Shanty Creek http://www.shantycreek.com/calendar.html

Tours
Canadian Tour- http://www.cantour.com
European Tour- http://www.europeantour.com
Hooters Tour- http://www.ngahooterstour.com
Futures Tour- http://www.futurestour.com
PGA-- http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/pgatour.html

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