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July 6, 2007 - Vol. 7, No. 27
GOLF OSPREY Courses: Ridgeview, Manistee National, Black Forest, Otsego Club, Medalist, Grand Blanc GC http://www.golfospreyonline.com/page/290-12546.htm 2007 Season Preview Videos Manistee National- with Doug Bell http://michigangolfer.tv/2007shows/manisteepreview/index.html Otsego Club- with Mark Hogan http://michigangolfer.tv/2007shows/otsegopreview/ THE NATURAL / MARSH RIDGE: CELEBRATING 15 YEARS OF GREAT GOLF-JOIN US IN 2007 Season Preview/ Larry Bowden http://michigangolfer.tv/2007shows/naturalpreview/thenaturalqt.html Web: Golf Packages http://www.thenaturalgolf.com/rates.php Video of The Natural Golf Course: http://michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/natural/ TREETOPS RESORT- CELEBRATING THE 20TH YEAR OF THE JONES MASTERPIECE 2007 Season Preview with Kevin McKinley http://michigangolfer.tv/2007shows/treetopspreview/ Web: Golf Packages http://treetops.com/index.php?method=golf&subpage=golfpackages _/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/__/ __/ __/ __/ __/ JULY CALENDAR __/ MGN ON THE ROAD __/ HOLE IN ONE CLUB __/ IZZO-MARIUCCI CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT ENDS AFTER 10TH YEAR __/ NOTES FROM JOHN ROBINSON __/ ROUNDS REBOUND IN MAY __/ MICHIGAN GOLFER TELEVISION SHOWS NOW APPEARING ON YOU TUBE & iPHONE __/ WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ARCHIE, EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT BUNKERS __/ ASSOCIATION LINKS __/ GLSP TELEVISION NETWORK __/ UPCOMING SHOWS ON MICHIGAN GOLFER TELEVISION __/ MICHIGAN GOLF CALENDAR __/ ARCHIVES-MICHIGAN GOLFER-MICHIGAN'S GOLF PORTAL ==================================== 2007 MICHIGAN GOLFER CALENDAR-JULY ==================================== JULY 7 Golf Channel Amateur Tour-Dunham HIlls GC, Hartland http://www.thegolfchannel.com/amateurtour/?v.pos=548&h.pos=0 9 Lansing Golf For SIDS, Forest Akers GC at MSU http://www.golf4sids.com. 10-11 Michigan Players Tour -Grand Traverse Resort-Acme http://michiganplayertour.com 10-14 91st Michigan Women's Amateur Egypt Valley Country Club http://gam.org 14 MIAGT at Captains Club GC, Grand Blanc http://www.miagt.com/Schedule 14 Michigan Women's Open Pro-Am, Crystal Mountain Resort http://crystalmountain.com , Thompsonville 16 Meijer LPGA Classic Pro-Am, Highlands Golf Clubs 16-18 Michigan Women's Open Crystal Mountain Resort http://crystalmountain.com , Thompsonville 16-19 29th Michigan Junior State Amateur Prestwick Village Golf Club http://gam.org 17 Michigan Players Tour -Lakewood Shores Resort, Oscoda http://michiganplayertour.com 20-21 Boyne's Tournament of Champions Pro Am, Boyne Mountain http://boyne.com 21 Golf Channel Amateur Tour-Copper Hills GC, Oxford http://www.thegolfchannel.com/amateurtour/?v.pos=548&h.pos=0 23-25 Boyne's Tournament of Champions, Boyne Mountain http://boyne.com 24 5th GAM Junior Two-Person Team-Great Oaks Country Club http://gam.org 24-25 Michigan Players Tour -Otsego Club, Gaylord http://michiganplayertour.com 28 MIAGT at Cattails GC,South Lyon http://www.miagt.com/Schedule 28-29 2-Day State Championship Hunters Ridge GC , Howell http://www.mwgolf.org/ 30-8-5 105th Western Amateur, Point O'Woods G&CC, Benton Harbor http://www.thewesternamateur.com/ 31 Michigan Players Tour - Yarrow Golf and Conference,Augusta http://michiganplayertour.com ================= MGN ON THE ROAD ================= Bloomfield Hills-Oakland Hills CC ================================================= 12 PLAYERS QUALIFY FOR THE OPEN AT OAKLAND HILLS ================================================= Oakland Hills CC debuted its new longer, narrower and more hazardous personna this week as the IFQ for The Open was held on its vintage fairways and greens. While the course was not set up to Major standards, as per the request of R&A, but was a stern test non the less. With the PGA Championship coming to Oakland Hills next year, the golfing world will see the changes that Rees Jones made on the changes his father made to the Donald Ross course. International Final Qualifying (IFQ) were held at: Africa - Royal Johannesburg and Kensington, South Africa, January 16-17; Australasia - The Lakes, Sydney, Australia, February 6; Asia - Sentosa, Singapore, March 27-28; America - Oakland Hills, Michigan, USA, July 2 and Europe - Sunningdale, Berkshire, England, July 2. IFQ was open to players holding Official World Golf Ranking pointage who had not gained exemption into the Championship by any other qualification. The field for each IFQ was be limited to 120 players. If the entry exceeded this number, players with the highest world ranking would gain the places. Players were free to choose any of the five international venues irrespective of where they normally compete. Those players eligible included world ranked amateurs, who may enter IFQ or Local Final Qualifying (LFQ). IFQ is in addition to the 16 Regional Qualifying (RQ) competitions, all in Great Britain and Ireland, and four LFQ events. There was 12 guaranteed places from LFQ and those eligible can enter either IFQ or LFQ but not both. IFQ in Africa, Asia and Australasia had a maximum of four qualifying places. Those in America and Europe hadat least 12 places. The starting field for the Open will be 156. Those that qualified at Oakland Hills CC were, John Senden, Mike Putnam, Ryan Moore, Charley Hoffman, Matt Kuchar, Anders Hultman, Briand Davis, Jerry Kelly, Sean O'Hair, Duffy Waldorf, Mark Hensby and Spencer Levin. http://scores.opengolf.com/scores.sps?pageid=10&iTourNo=2007004&iTourId=1&optsel=pos ================================================ THE GOLF CHANNEL FEATURES ANDREW RUTHKOWSKI ================================================ Andrew Ruthkowski, MSU star and 2007 Michigan Open winner made the cut at Buick and then Buick cut him a check. Ruthkowski was featured on the Golf Channel this week as an up and comer. Ruthkowski came off very well in the interview. We now have Doug LaBelle, Tom Gillis, Mike Harris and now Andrew Ruthkowski, as Michigan connected golfers that are out on the tour. http://thegolfchannel.com ================ HOLE IN ONE CLUB ================ Tommy Shea of Westland hit a pitching wedge to the 6th hole at Beacon Hill GC in Commerce Twp., for the second hole in one in his life time. He has been playing 23 years. Chance Blackeurn, got his second hole-in-one this year at Devil's Lake GC at Manitou Beach. He has holed out on holes no. 5 and 16 Congrats to all. ============================================================= IZZO-MARIUCCI CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT ENDS AFTER 10TH YEAR ============================================================== IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich. (AP) — A charity golf tournament hosted by Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo and former Detroit Lions coach Steve Mariucci for the past decade has come to an end. Friday's 10th annual Izzo-Mariucci Classic at TimberStone Golf Course was the last. It has raised millions of dollars for area charities, created a scholarship fund and left behind a fitness center. "Everything has to run its course," Izzo told The Daily News. "It's hard on the community members and getting tougher to try to come up with new memorabilia." Izzo, however, said it's not the end of community involvement for the 1972 Iron Mountain High School graduates. "We're not leaving and we're not bolting," Izzo said. "We're just putting this to rest." The goal of the event, which included a tournament and auction, has been to raise money for the community and its youth. "Most of what we wanted to do we accomplished," said Mariucci, who was fired by the Lions in November 2005. "People have worked so hard and given up so many hours for this event." Meanwhile, the Iron Mountain City Council has approved, in concept, changing the address of Iron Mountain High School from Prospect and A Street to Izzo Mariucci Way in a tribute to the pair. "With this being the last tournament, we would like to do something for these two guys," Tom Johnson, a member of the tournament's committee, told the council during a special meeting on Monday. Information from: The Daily News, http://www.ironmountaindailynews.com =========================== NOTES FROM JOHN ROBINSON =========================== * Editor's Note: John Robinson, one of Canada's most gifted architects and designer of The Chief and Hawk's Eye http://michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/hawkseye/ in Bellaire, drops us a note from time to time on his travels. Robinson, has roughed out a par -3 course near The Chief and Hawk's Eye, that may open in Spring 2008. Anyway, he has worked with the infamous John Daly and now has a new golf pro to work with. "Hi Art: Just wanted to let you know that I am teamed up with Charley Hoffman winner on the Desert Classic this year to design a new resort course on the ocean in Baja California, Mexico. I met Charley and visited the fantastic site June 14th. The client owns 2700 acres with over 6 miles of ocean front. It is a pristine site with the entrance road passing by hundreds of acres of vineyards, and vegetable fields and orchards. Unbelievable when you know they only get about 4 inches of rain a year. Charley is very interested in developing a name in the golf design business and actually went to college wanting to be a landscape architect but got side tracked as he played so well on the golf team. Super nice guy and we look forward to doing many new courses together. He’s one guy I would like to pass the pen to down the road. John Robinson - PS Had a good time designing The Big Stick with John Daly but John is a bit side tracked these days and his manager set me up with Charley." John ========================= ROUNDS REBOUND IN MAY ========================= After a dismal April when same-store rounds were down 15.1%, May rounds were up 5.4%. And, because May typically has the largest volume of rounds of the first five months of the year (about 12% of annual volume), the year-to-date deficit was more than cut in half, from -9.0% through April to -3.9% through May. The unusually high increase in the Northeast (19.1%) in May was partly because the region rebounded from a very poor showing the year before. Although same-store rounds are down in the nation as a whole year-to-date, two regions are up: Southwest (3.6%) and Northwest (3.4%). Rounds Played, 2007 vs. 2006 Source: NGF/Allied Golf Associations Jim Kass, jkass@ngf.org ======================================================================= MICHIGAN GOLFER TELEVISION SHOWS NOW APPEARING ON YOU TUBE & iPHONE ======================================================================= Harbor Point Golf Club with Shaun Bezilla Hemlock Golf Club with John Kennedy The Heather at Boyne Highlands with Jack Berry and Bernie Friedrich The Loon Golf Course with Mike Husby The Majestic at Lake Walden with Jerry Matthews and Bill Fountain The Natural and Marsh Ridge with Jerry Matthews and Larry Bowden Timberstone Golf Club with Jerry Matthews True North Golf Club with Jack Berry and Jim Engh The Tribute with Gary Koch, Rick Robbins and Keith Gornick Treetops with Robert Trent Jones Wild Bluff Golf Course with Mike Husby Golf Course Videos Coming in 2008 Antrim Dells Golf Course with Jerry Matthews Buck's Run Golf Course with Jerry Matthews Candlestone Golf Course with Mike Husby *Sundance at A-Ga-Ming with Jerry Matthews The Emerald at Maple Creek with Jerry Matthews GLSP-Michigan's Golf Portal http://glsp.com *Tentative ============================================================================== WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ARCHIE, EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT BUNKERS ============================================================================== Nearly everyone who plays golf knows that bunkers are supposed to be hazards. That's how the Rules of Golf, define them--"A bunker is a hazard consisting of a prepared area of ground, often a hollow, from which turf or soil has been removed or replaced with sand or the like." For golfers, the object should be to avoid them. But for golf course superintendents, the subject of bunker maintenance is often a subject that falls under the category of “Hazardous Duty.” In fact, that's the title of a seminar offered by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America. Taught by Robert M. Randquist, GCSAA board member and Certified Golf Course Superintendent at Boca Rio Golf Club in Boca Raton , Fla., the course helps GCSAA superintendents understand the complex and often contentious subject. According to Randquist, the difficulty of bunker maintenance begins with the fact that both golfers and golf course superintendents exhibit a wide variation in how they look at bunkers. At one extreme you hear, “A bunker is a hazard, I shouldn’t have hit the ball here.” Or, “Golf is like life, it’s not supposed to be fair.” At the other extreme there are those who think, “I can’t believe how unfair this bunker is. Even the best golfer in the world couldn’t get on the green from here.” With such a wide range of opinions and expectations about bunkers place in the game, and how they should be maintained, Randquist says it’s vitally important that golf course superintendents, green committees, private owners, supervisors and tournament governing bodies discuss the issue. Arriving at a consensus regarding playing conditions for the course’s bunkers is important, but it is equally important that they determine if the golf facility has the financial ability to provide those conditions on a regular basis. The kinds of questions that must be answered include: • Should a golfer ever have a buried lie in a bunker? • Should a golf ball always roll back to the flat portion of the bunker? • Is it possible to define the difference between a “fair” bunker and an unfair one? • How often should golfers be able to get the ball out of a greenside bunker and into the hole in two shots? • How often should golfers be able to hit a shot from a fairway bunker onto the green? • Should a golfer ever have to play a shot from underneath or against the lip of a bunker? • Should the sand surface be smooth or furrowed? • Do the bunkers provide equal hazard to low and high handicap players? The answers to these questions make it possible for the golf course superintendent to define the expected difficulty of the course’s bunkers, establish a plan for bunker maintenance that will deliver that level of difficulty and develop a budget for that level of maintenance .MORE: http://www.gcsaa.org/news/releases/2007/june/bunkerdilemma.asp Presented by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America ================================================ UPCOMING SHOWS ON MICHIGAN GOLFER TELEVISION ================================================ COURSES -------------- A-Ga-Ming Sundance-Jerry Matthews Torch-Chick Harbert Antrim Dells Golf Course-Jerry Matthews Candlestone Golf Course-W. Bruce Matthews with Mike Husby French Lick Resort-Bendelow, Ross and Dye The Emerald at Maple Creek-Jerry Matthews TOURNAMENTS AND EVENTS ---------------------------------------- Ireland's Ryder Cup-with Susan Bairley and Mike Biber 2007 Michigan Open Native American Cup III Treetops "High Five" Event INSTRUCTION -------------------- Treetops- Ladies Golf School with Judy Mason MISCELLANEOUS ------------------------ Dave Hill Interview II-with Jack Berry Jack Berry and the PGA Lifetime Journalism Award Judd Heathcote at Eagle's Eye Grand Opening Masters Major Achievement Award with William Porter Payne and Craig Heatley Santee-Cooper Golf-with "Shot" Shuler and Bob Peebles 2008 Michigan Golf Show Preview 2008 West Michigan Golf Show Preview =============================== 2007 MICHIGAN GOLFER CALENDAR =============================== AUGUST 6-7 86th GAM Championship -Walnut Hills Country Club http://gam.org 7-8 Michigan Players Tour -Thousand Oaks, Grand Rapids http://michiganplayertour.com 9-10 Michigan State Junior Golf Championship, Shanty Creek Resort http://shantycreek.com 10-12 The Club Men's Golf Championships, Grand Traverse Resort & Spa, Acme Web: http://grandtraverseresort.com 11 Chili's Open for First Tee, Binder Park GC, Battle Creek http://www.thefirstteebattlecreek.org 11 MIAGT at The Majestic GC, Hartland http://www.miagt.com/Schedule 13-14 16th GAM Women's Championship- Saginaw Country Club http://gam.org 14 Michigan Players Tour -The Grande, Jackson http://michiganplayertour.com 16 MGCOA Golf Outing and Supplier Day, Gull Lake View, Augusta http://mgcoa.org 18 Golf Channel Amateur Tour-Greystone GC, Romeo http://www.thegolfchannel.com/amateurtour/?v.pos=548&h.pos=0 21-22 Michigan Players Tour Canadian Lakes, Stanwood http://michiganplayertour.com 25 4-Woman “Trifecta” NEW EVENT "War Of The Leagues" Salem Hills GC Northville http://www.mwgolf.org/ 24-26 MPSGA State Seniors Open Amateur Championship, Hawk Hollow and Eagle Eye, Bath 25 Golf Channel Amateur Tour-Devil's Ridge GC, Metamora http://www.thegolfchannel.com/amateurtour/?v.pos=548&h.pos=0 25 MIAGT at Boulder Pointe GC, Oxford http://www.miagt.com/Schedule 27-28 11th GAM Women's Senior-Grand Traverse Resort - Spruce Run http://gam.org 28 Michigan Players Tour - UAW Black Lake, Onaway http://michiganplayertour.com SEPTEMBER 3 Detroit Red Wings Training Camp Charity Golf Outing, Grand Traverse Resort & Spa, Acme Web: http://grandtraverseresort.com 4-5 Michigan Players Tour -Shanty Creek, Bellaire http://michiganplayertour.com 8 MIAGT at Sugarbush GC, Davison http://www.miagt.com/Schedule 8 Golf Channel Amateur Tour-Coyote Preserve GC, Hartland http://www.thegolfchannel.com/amateurtour/?v.pos=548&h.pos=0 11 Michigan Players Tour -Lakes of Taylor, Taylor http://michiganplayertour.com 11-12 PGA Fall Expo, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas http://pgamerchandiseshow.com 13 Washtenaw Community College Scholarship Fund, Washtenaw CC Contact: Dennis Doyle 734-995-7281 18-19 Michigan Players Tour -Treetops Village, Gaylord http://michiganplayertour.com 22 Golf Channel Amateur Tour-Eagle Eye GC, Lansing http://www.thegolfchannel.com/amateurtour/?v.pos=548&h.pos=0 22 MAIGT at Coyote Preserve GC, Fenton http://www.miagt.com/Schedule 25 Michigan Players Tour -Forest Dunes, Roscommon http://michiganplayertour.com OCTOBER 1 GAM Chrysler Club Championship - Men Eagle Eye Golf Club http://gam.org 1- GAM Chrysler Club Championship - Women- Hawk Hollow Golf Course http://gam.org 2-3 Michigan Players Tour -Hawk Hollow Resort, Bath http://michiganplayertour.com 7 MIAGT at The Orchards GC, Romeo http://www.miagt.com/Schedule NOVEMBER 16-18 17th Annual Indiana Golf Show, Blue Ribbon Pavilion, Indiana State Fairgrounds http://golfexpos.com =============================== 2008 MICHIGAN GOLFER CALENDAR =============================== JANUARY 17-19 PGA Merchandise Show, Orlando County Convention Center, Orlando http://www.pgamerchandiseshow.com/ FEBRUARY 2-4 Hamilton Golf & Travel Show http://golf-show.com 9-11 London Golf & Travel Show Web: http://golf-show.com Video: http://michigangolfer.tv/2007shows/londongolfshow/ 22-24- 20th Anniversary West Michigan Golf Show, Grand Rapids, DeVos Center MARCH 7-9 Michigan Golf Show, Rock Financial Showplace, Novi http://michigangolfshow.com 14-16 Lansing Golf Show, Lansing Center, Lansing http://michigangolfshow.com ======================================================== COURSE VIDEOS ON MICHIGAN GOLFER & YOU TUBE TELEVISION ======================================================== Buck's Run with Jerry Matthews GLSP Video: http://michigangolfer.tv/2006shows/bucksrun/ You Tube: Coming Soon Harbor Point GC with Shaun Bezilla GLSPVideo: http://michigangolfer.tv/2007shows/harborpoint/ You Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBcAwcgu-EU Hemlock Golf Club with John Kennedy GLSP Video http://michigangolfer.tv/2007shows/hemlock/index.html You Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvZC6-aUvWk Rose Creek-with Arthur Hills and Steve Forrest GLSP Video: http://michigangolfer.tv/2004shows/rosecreek/index.html Timberstone @ Pine Mountain with Jerrty Matthews GLSP Video: http://michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/timberstone/ The Bull at Pinehurst with Jack Nicklaus GLSP Video: http://michigangolfer.tv/2003shows/thebull/index.html You Tube http://youtube.com/watch?v=4IhWyADkGoU The Heather at Boyne Highlands GLSP http://michigangolfer.tv/2006shows/boynegolf/heather/ You Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16eijvNKfSQ The Loon Golf Course with Mike Husby GLSP Video: http://michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/Loon/index.html You Tube http://youtube.com/watch?v=qyFYB4GfwLw The Majestic at Lake Walden with Jerry Matthews GLSP Video: http://michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/majestic/ You Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUVXolhXROg The Natural at Gaylord with Jerry Matthews GLSP Video: http://michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/natural/ You Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4nKgMii7QM True North with Jack Berry and Jim Engh GLSP Video: http://michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/truenorth/ You Tube http://youtube.com/watch?v=8xB_ne5wG34 The Tribute with Gary Koch, Rick Robbins and Keith Gornick GLSP Video: http://michigangolfer.tv/2007shows/tribute/ You Tube http://youtube.com/watch?v=vEKkWCxAgyA Wild Bluff Golf Course GLSP http://michigangolfer.tv/2002shows/show6/ You Tube http://youtube.com/watch?v=c9BfiJ7Gv38 ================== 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.org Michigan Publinx Seniors Golf Association http://mpsga.net Michigan Women's Golf Association http:// www.mwgolf.org. National Golf Course Owners Association http://ngcoa.org National Golf Foundation http://ngf.org National High School Golf Coaches Association http://www.nhsgca.org ========================= GLSP TELEVISION NETWORK ========================= MICHIGAN GOLFER TELEVISION CHANNEL http://michigangolfer.tv MICHIGAN RUNNER TELEVISION CHANNEL http://michiganrunner.tv MICHIGAN TRAVEL TELEVISION CHANNEL http://michigantravel.tv MICHIGAN SKIER TELEVISION CHANNEL http://michiganskier.tv RUNNING CANADA TELEVISION CHANNEL http://runningcanada.tv Year to date network viewership 1,291,711 ================================================== ARCHIVES-MICHIGAN GOLFER-MICHIGAN'S GOLF PORTAL ================================================== 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
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