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__/ MGN ON THE ROAD
Acme
Gaylord
Grayling
Harbor Springs
__/ ING PAR- SHOOTOUT TELECONFERENCE WITH ANDY NORTH
__/ MICHIGAN GOLFER-TV
Chuck Kocsis-The Best There Ever Was
Bucks Run Golf Course
__/ TOP SCORES IN THE MEDIALIST PORTION OF THE MICHIGAN AMATEUR
__/ BOYNE COUNTRY GOLF
__/ HUSSE CLAIMS THE 2006 CLUB CAR MICHIGAN SENIOR OPEN
__/ TROY'S MICHAEL HARRIS GOT TO THE DANCE BUT THE FAT LADY SANG EARLY
__/ CHOK RADIO LIVE FROM THE MICHIGAN AMATEUR
__/ MOORE MUSINGS
__/ MICHIGAN GOLFER TELEVISION -TOP 50 SHOWS-MAY 30, 2005 TO JUNE 1, 2006
__/ MICHIGAN GOLFER TELEVISION UPCOMING SHOWS
__/ 2006 MICHIGAN GOLF CALENDAR
__/ ASSOCIATION LINKS
__/ MICHIGAN GOLFER ONLINE RESOURCES
__/ MICHIGAN GOLFER TELEVISION COURSE PREVIEWS

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MGN ON THE ROAD
Acme-Grand Traverse Resort and Spa-The Michigan Open The Michigan Open, conducted by the Michigan PGA, is one of the oldest and most prestigious state championships in the nation. The first Michigan Open was held in 1916. Seventeen-year old Leo "Eagle" Diegel of Detroit won the championship that year. Walter Hagen, who captained the USA's team in the first official Ryder Cup in 1927, won the Michigan Open in 1921. Al Watrous holds the record for the most Michigan Open wins at six.

Grand Traverse Resort & Spa has hosted the Michigan Open since 1981. From 1981 through 1984, the Open was played on the Resort's Spruce Run golf course, then the championship moved to The Bear. This is the first year that part of the Michigan Open will be played on The Wolverine.

Last year's champion, Michael Harris of Troy, who played on the Canadian Tour, scored a record 20-under-par 268 for the four-day championship, handily defeating professional Colby Beckstrom of Lincoln Golf Club by six strokes. The low amateur was Korey Mahoney of East Lansing, who finished third with an 11-under-par 277

Once again this year the Michigan PGA will have live scoring available starting Monday, June 26. To access the live scoring, go to the Michigan PGA's Web site, http://www.michigan.pga.com and follow the prompts on their home page.

This year, an expanded field, no Pro-Am, no title sponsor and a reduced purse are four serious changes to this year's Michigan Open. On the glass is half full side, the players will be spending their 25th year at the newly renovated Grand Traverse Resort & Spa. In addition, one of their hosts is Scott Hebert, the resort's new head pro and a five time winner of the event. With the loss of The Farmer's Charity Golf Classic, The Ford Seniors Players Championship Tournament, the Ann Arbor Futures Tour and the Bay Mills Open, the Michigan Open has moved up the ladder in importance and prominence in Michigan's professional golf tournaments.

You can catch some of the action of the past five tournaments on the Michigan Golfer Television Channel at http://michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/michiganopen/

http://michigan.pga.com

http://grandtraverseresort.com

*J. Michael DeAgostino, public relations manager of GTR&S contributed to the above information.

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Gaylord-Treetops-The ING Par-3 Shootout
A crest fallen Phil Mickelson, two time Open winner Andy North, Masters winner Fred Couples and "newbie" Craig Stadler will be vying for the $546,000 available at the ING Par-3 Shootout. The event will be televised on a tape-delayed basis on ESPN2 Monday, June 26 from 10:00 to midnight and Tuesday, June 27th from 8:00 p.m to 10:00 p.m. ET.

http://treetops.com

*Note-You can check out our interview with Arnold Palmer, when he played the Shootout in 2002. The always gracious Palmer talked about how much he enjoyed Gaylord, his friendship with the great Walter Hagen and his thoughts about the format for the Par-3 Shootout.

http://michigangolfer.tv/2002shows/show21/index.html

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Grayling-Red Fox
Bob Koutnik, of the Red Fox GC in Grayling will be watching for birdies, eagles and a B-17 this weekend, as the Grayling area welcomes the Yankee Air Force. Yankee Air Force will be flying into the Grayling Army Airfield. Among the 15 aircraft they plan to bring are one of the last 12 still flying B 17's, a B 25 bomber (this is what Jimmy Dolittle bombed Tokyo with in WWII), a 1947 C 47, a BT 13, an SNJ 17, an L2 observation plane, a TBF, a Stinson A 77, a Beech P 18, and an L 39 jet trainer owned by Bob Lutz of GM. There is still the possibility that more aircraft could be added. Estimated arrival at the Grayling Army Airfield is between 1 and 2 pm.

In addition, the UAW Rolling Thunder Ride from UAW HQ in Canton will be picking up riders along the way and then escorted through Grayling to the Grayling Army Airfield by the National Guard and their specialty Recruiting Hummer. Finally, there will be a golf outing on Red Fox on August 25th date.

All of this activity is being done to raise money for the Michigan National Guard Family Support Fund. Last year the Rally raised $18,000 and the Golf Outing raised $37,000.

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Harbor Springs-The Heather at Boyne Highlands-The Michigan Amateur This morning, the Michigan Amateur's Sweet 16 tee off in quest of the 95th Michigan Amateur title. Last night, they were featured and feted at the Sweet 16 Dinner at Boyne Highlands Resort. Boyne was represented by Steve Kiricher, President of Boyne's Eastern Operation and one of the contestants, Bernie Friedrich and Julie Ard of Boyne administration, Mike Chumbler and Steve McPhee of Boyne staff. The Michigan Amateur was also played at the Heather in 1988 when Shawn Koch defeated Stephen Polanski

The GAM was led by David Graham, Tonia Branch, Susan Smiley and other members of their staff.

Sweet 16 pairings

FRIDAYıS THIRD-ROUND PAIRINGS
Mahoney vs. Vozza 8 a.m.
Davis vs. Atsma 8:10 a.m.
Downing vs. Ignasiak 8:20 a.m.
Cigna vs. Beyer 8:30 a.m.
Baker vs. Spencer 8:40 a.m.
Pierce vs. Brehm 8:50 a.m.
Currier vs. Wilson 9 a.m.
Barry vs. Pauli 9:10 a.m.

The match play will continue through today and Saturday with two rounds of matches per day. The 18-hole Championship match is set for Saturday afternoon. The past champions in the field included, 2005 Champion Christian Vozza, 2002 Champion Korey Mahoney, 2000 Champion Kevin VandenBerg, and 1999 and 1992 champion Randy Lewis.

Some information taken from a GAM release.

http://gam.org

*Note-Michigan Golfer Television, Michigan's Golf Channel, will be covering the event this year. The show will go up June 30.

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Harbor Point Golf Club
The course has a relatively new team with Shaun Bezilla now in his second year as club professional and Clayton Novak as the Assistant Superintendent. The team has this 110 year old course looking great. The course has a number of terrific holes and a number of vistas that look out on Little Traverse Bay.

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ING PAR- SHOOTOUT TELECONFERENCE WITH ANDY NORTH
Good afternoon, folks. This is Brian Robin with Brener Zwikel & Associates, alongside Andy North, who has graciously given us some of his time today to talk about the ING Par-3 Shootout, which, as you all know, is next Monday, June 26th, and Tuesday, June 27th, from the Threetops Course at Treetops Resort in Gaylord, Michigan. The format, as it always has been, is the same ­ a $540,000 purse, with a $1 million bonus for any hole-in-one, which has been claimed once ­ that was Lee Trevino in 2001.

Press: What are your thoughts on the US Open and how difficult it played?

North: Winged Foot is truly one of the great golf courses in our country, and it's very, very difficult. This is now the fourth year US Open, and in those four US Opens there, only two players have ever been under par, and that was Fuzzy and Norman back in '84. It is one of the most difficult courses that you will ever see. And I think we saw that on Sunday. I mean, anytime you hit it offline or in the rough, you paid the penalty. And if you can get a par out of that, that is really special. So one, the course is very difficult, and two, you have the pressure of a Sunday at a US Open and trying to win a major champion for the first time or the fourth time or whatever it might be. It is just a Sunday pressure like you do not get anyplace else.

Press: Last year when you were invited to participate, obviously, the appeal was the opportunity to play with Mickelson and Couples and Gary McCord. But now that you have been to Gaylord and experienced Treetops and the Courts, what is your thought about Gaylord and Treetops?

North: I think Treetops is just an absolute, fabulous spot. I can surely see why when you talk to people and they talk about eight of us are going up there to play or four couples are going up there to play or whatever, what a wonderful place. You have lots of different golf options, you have nice accommodations, and you have summer weather, where it is hopefully a little bit cooler there than some of the other spots south of there.

Press: Andy, have you played many competitive rounds with Craig Stadler, and how well do you know Craig?

North: Oh, gosh. We go back a long, long time. How many competitive rounds with Craig, I would not have any idea, but I imagine it is 50 or so or 60 over the years. We played the tour for years together. He came out on tour two or three years after I did and probably two or three before Fred did, so the three of us have played an awful lot of golf together. He has a lot of fun; obviously, he is a terrific player. But I think it will be a foursome that will do a lot of talking like last year and have a lot of fun, and hopefully, we can get some good shots.

Press: There is going to be a lot of talk around the US Open. And as a former two-time champion, do you feel that some of your colleagues in the media have been a little bit too critical and too harsh in regards to what happened to Mickelson on the last few holes?

North: Well, I think it is hard to be much harder on Phil than Phil was on himself. I mean, he basically stood up and took it, and I think if he ­ there are a lot of ways to look at this, but would he have done anything differently? I do not know ­ he would have to answer that question.

Press: What were you thinking as you were watching the final couple holes there on Sunday?

North: Well, sitting, watching, I thought it was great television. The last 45 minutes, you still had five or six guys that had a great chance. And once Phil bogeyed 16 and Monty made that long putt at 17, all of a sudden it just showed you how quickly things can change. So going to 18, you basically still had four guys that had a great chance to win, or even five guys had a chance to win playing the last hole, depending on what guys did. I was surprised Furyk missed the short putt at 18; you do not see that out of Jim very often. I was surprised that Monty, one of the best iron players in our business, from the fairway, you know, hit such a poor shot for him ­ and then either lost concentration a little bit or whatever happened, and ended up three-putting for double. And I was surprised that one, Phil hit driver off the last hole, and then when he did, I was surprised he hit such a poor tee shot. So there was a whole lot of stuff going on in that last half an hour that I think the golf fan at home probably found quite intriguing.

Taken and edited from Zwikel & Associates release

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MICHIGAN GOLFER-TV
Chuck Kocsis-The Best There Ever Was
http://michigangolfer.tv/2006shows/kocsis/

In March of 2003, our Michigan Golfer Television host, Bill Shelton and reporter Jack Berry sat down with Chuck Kocsis to discuss some of his golfing memories. In iight of the passing of Mr. Kocsis, argueably one of the greatest amateur players of all time, we bring this interview to you. Mr. Kocsis talks about his early career, the types of clubs he used, modern age golf and his thoughts about Sarazen, Shead, Nelson, Palmer, Hagen and Tiger. We open the interview with Jack Berry on the 17th tee of The Monument Golf Course at Boyne Mountain. The 17th was chosen by Chuck Kocsis as his favorite hole on The Monument and has a plaque there describing his achievements.

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

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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BOYNE COUNTRY GOLF
It's all here. Old golf, new golf, expensive golf, inexpensive golf, signature golf, monumental golf, who are these guys golf and country club golf are all with in driving and wedge range in this Midwestern playground. Peter Fitzsimons, recently given the state tourism award, has probably the best job in America. First of all, as director of the Petoskey-Harbor Springs-Boyne Country Visitors Bureau he has the longest name tag of anyone in the state. But more than that, he has 17 great golf courses to offer to the golfing public and he says he needs to play each of them 4-5 times a year to make sure that he is on top of their conditioning. Yes, a very dedicated person.

You can see all of these on their great website at http://boynecountry.com or for those that are click impaired, we offer you this sample:

Something Old: Habor Point GC- Established in 1896, it is one of Michigan's oldest courses -$60
Something Inexpensive: Ye Nyne olde Holles Golf Club-play it twice-$40
Something Mysterious: Scotland Yard-another nine hole beauty- so play it twice for $20
Something Historical: Belvedere GC-hosted the Michigan Amateur 39 times-$99
Something Expensive: Bay Harbor Golf Club-Play the Links/Quarry duo and plunk down $199
Something Monumental: The Monument at Boyne Mountain-$79
Something New: Eagle Beach Golf Links, designed by Larry Mancour-$35
Something Signature: The Heather Course a Robert Trent Jones masterpiece-$134

*Prices are courses highest rates with cart. Most courses have seasonal rates or discount programs to lessen the wallet trauma.

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TOP SCORES IN THE MEDIALIST PORTION OF THE MICHIGAN AMATEUR
Korey Mahoney, East Lansing 69-71-14
Casey Baker, Ann Arbor 70-72-142
Brendan Gielow, Muskegon 71-72-143
Anthony Sorentino, Rochester Hills 74-69-143
Brandon Cigna, Novi 72-71-143
John Barry, Portage 74-69-143
Clark Klaasen, Grand Rapids74-70-144
Steven Cuzzort, Grosse Ile 72-73-145
Eric Atsma, Caledonia 70-75-145
Grant Tungate, East Lansing 72-73-145

http://gam.org

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HUSSE CLAIMS THE 2006 CLUB CAR MICHIGAN SENIOR OPEN
The 2006 Club Car Michigan Senior Open was held June 13-14, at Bedford Valley Golf Club. Denis Husse won the event in dominating fashion with a tournament low 65 in the final round for a 68-65-133 11-under par total. Finishing in a tie for second place were Bob Ackerman 69-71-140 and Ron English 69-71-140. There was also a tie for low amateur honors with Ian Harris 69-77-146 and Frank Reaume 75-71-146. In the Super Senior Division Dick Bury and Agim Bardha tied for the title with matching 148 totals

Submitted by David Fox-Tournament Supervisor- Michigan Section PGA

http://michigan.pga.com

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MOORE MUSINGS
by Terry Moore

Poor Phil Mickelson. After all the criticism thrown at him (and his caddie) for botching the 72nd hole of the U.S. Open, Iım almost hesitant to add any further comment. Mickelson is a gentleman, an admirable individual and family man, and a world-class player. But for all of the hoopla about his meticulous ³majors² preparation over the past few years, the one important element seemingly missing in his arsenal last Sunday was a sense of golf history that would inform his course management skills. I mean, why couldnıt Mickelson and his longtime caddie Jim ³Bones² Mackay remember what transpired on the 72nd hole of the 1999 U.S Open at Pinehurst? Mickelson should possess an indelible memory of how Payne Stewart handled that final hole while leading him by a single shot. As most avid golfers will recall, Stewartıs last tee shot missed the fairway into the heavy, wet rough. But sizing up the situation and his lie at the difficult closing par-four, he smartly wedged out to the fairway and played for a one-putt par. A few minutes later after watching Mickelson miss his birdie attempt, Stewart secured his second Open title by holing his par putt. This all unfolded right in front of Mickelsonıs and Mackayıs eyes.

Two years later at the PGA Championship in Atlanta, Mickelson and Mackay watched leader David Thoms hit his final drive into the first cut of the rough leaving him some 209 yards from the green on the treacherous, par-4, 490-yard 18th. Thoms pulled out a wedge and laid up short of the water and 88 yards from the pin. From there, Thoms got up and down for a par and won the PGA title over Mickelson by a single stroke. Again, Mickelson and Mackay are in same final pairing with the winner.

In a similar case of final round discretion, Ben Crenshaw won the 1984 Masters by wisely laying up on the par-five 13th hole with his second shot after mistakenly thinking he saw Billy Joe Patton in the gallery. Crenshaw, ever the student of the game and its history, knew Patton lost the 1954 Masters by a single shot. In the words of Herbert Warren Wind in the seminal The Story of American Golf, Patton squandered that title ³after his all-out tactics cost him penalty strokes in two different water hazards (13th & 15th holes) on his hectic last nine.²

This past Sunday, Mickelson and his caddie should have drawn from those ³course studies² about the risks of ³all-out tactics² while playing the final hole‹especially during their disastrous deliberations on the second shot. Come on, Phil: with a one shot lead, get back to the fairway, play for a one-putt par for the win; or at worse, make a bogey leaving you alive for a Monday playoff. Instead, we all watched in disbelief at Philıs mental meltdown. In a final round of a major, course management and lessons learned from previous champions must be part of a playerıs mindset. They must trump any gamblerıs instincts and tendencies. As Phil sadly learned, those lessons are more critical components to oneıs game than a fourth wedge or a second driver.

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CHOK RADIO'S GOLF SHOW TO BE LIVE FROM THE MICHIGAN AMATEUR
Today , the Michigan golf segment on the popular CHOK Golf Show, will feature Michigan Amateur at The Heather at Boyne Highlands. Tune in 1070 AM on your radio dial from 11:05 to 12:00 and host Tom Gibson for updates.

http://chok.com

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TROY'S MICHAEL HARRIS GOT TO THE DANCE BUT THE FAT LADY SANG EARLY
Michael Harris, 2005 Canadian Tour and Michigan Tournament phenon, shot 17 over par in the first two rounds of the U.S. Open to get a quick hook. The former U of M grad continues to get closer on the big circuit. Hopefully, we will see him up on the PGA leaderboard soon.

http://usga.org

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MICHIGAN GOLFER TELEVISION -TOP 50 SHOWS-MAY 30, 2005 TO JUNE 1, 2006
http://michigangolfer.tv

A little over five years ago, we launched the Michigan Golfer Internet Television Show, the first of its kind in the world. Frankly, we are still learning about this relatively new medium. And just when we are figuring out video traffic patterns within our ISP software, we are now challenged by the traffic that our shows are now generating with podcasts and cell phone downloads. Is this a great country or what?

This year's traffic, as cited below, represents a portion of the 555,755 golfers that have viewed one of our over 260 golf shows now online. For those interested, we have four other channels that have another 450+ shows archived online that have generated another 633,509 viewers this year. Our viewers, while mostly clicking on from the U.S., Canada, Britain, Japan, Germany and China, also login from 130 other countries. For a publisher starting out almost 30 years ago, who thought it was a big deal to get a subscriber from Canada or one of the neighboring states, this is pretty cool and heady stuff. Anyway, thanks to all of your for viewing Michigan's Golf Channel.

YEAR SHOW VIEWERS
Viewer statistics from May 31, 2005 to June 1, 2006

2003 2003 Golf Packages 31,311
2001 GAM Women's Senior Am 15,501
2004 Ryder Cup History 13,149
2005 The Loon GC 12,794
2005 Michigan Golf Hall of Fame 10,605
2003 Out State Getaways 9,676
2003 Michigan Golf Real Estate 8,236
2003 Preview of New Golf Courses 7,346
2003 Golfing Trumbull County 6,798
2003 The Caddies of French Lick 6,093
2006 2006 Golf Packages 5,465
2004 Bay Mills Open 5,464
2005 Bay Mills Open 5,400
2003 The Haig Visits Cadillac 5,093
2001 Robert Trent Jones/Treetops 4,990
2002 The Natural with Larry Bowden 4,677
2005 True North GC 4,286
2005 Timberstone & Jerry Matthews 3,887
2003 The Bay Mills Open 3,731
2005 Native American Cup 3,660
2002 Indiana Golf Preview 3,498
2002 Tour of Wild Bluff -Mike Husby 3,354
2005 Michigan Open 3,385
2003 Golf Book Reviews 3,170
2005 The Majestic at Lake Walden 3,060
2005 The Natural GC 3,059
2005 Jack Berry-Ireland Golf 3,056
2002 The Preserve GC 3,038
2005 Treetops Pepsi Fall Charity 2,793
2003 Bay Mills Open Preview 2,697
2001 Steve Kircher & Boyne Mt. 2,649
2004 Tom Bendelow:Golf Architect 2,643
2003 Ontario Golf 2,572
2002 Pheasant Run GC 2,463
2001 The Tribute Preview 2,398
2004 Mike Tirrico at the GAM 2,354
2004 Dave Hill-Ryder Cup Memories 2,345
2005 Bay Mills Open Preview 2,324
2004 Jeff Daniels Comedy Golf Jam 2,283
2002 New Golf Courses 2,240
2001 Wild Bluff Junior Academy 2,232
2005 MGCOA League Champions 2,217
2001 Garland Golf 2,195
2002 Michigan PGA 2,190
2001 Tribute with Rick Robbins 2,169
2003 The Bull of Pinehurst Farms 2,108
2004 Sundance GC-Preview 2,099
2002 Par 3 Shootout/Arnold Palmer 2,076
2002 Hidden River Cancer Tour 2,048
2002 Garland at 50 2,045

Stats from Sawmill software -555,755 viewers 260 shows.

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MICHIGAN GOLFER TELEVISION UPCOMING SHOWS
Jack Berry's Ireland Golf Part IV
http://michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/golfireland/
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
http://michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/nativeamericancup/
The 2nd Annual League Championship Series
http://michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/majestic/
http://michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/mgcoaleaguetournament/
Harbor Point Golf Club - A history of one of Michigan's oldest golf courses
Upper Peninsula Golf - A Tour of Greywalls, Chocolay Downs and Timberstone

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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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