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July 7, 2006 Vol. 6, No. 27

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Edited by Art McCafferty-Producer/Publisher, GLSP

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Hannibal, Missouri
__/ MICHIGAN GOLFER-TV
Scott Hebert Wins the Michigan Open-Jack Berry Interview
Greg Davies: The 95th Michigan Amateur Champion-Jack Berry Interview
__/ WINE, WOMEN AND THONG?
__/ MICHIGAN GOLFER ONLINE READERSHIP TOPS THE ONE MILLION MARK
__/ MICHIGAN PGA WOMEN'S OPEN TOURNAMENT HAS A PURSE OF $40,000
__/ WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME UNVEILS SPECIAL EXHIBIT IN CELEBRATION OF 2006 RYDER CUP
__/ WESTERN AMATEUR AT POINT O'WOODS
__/ MC CONNELL TO DEFEND AT MICHIGAN WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
__/ FORD SENIOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP UPDATE
__/ TOP GROSSING GOLF FILMS (SINCE 1980)
__/ THE SILENT TREATMENT
__/ SUMMER EDITION: MICHIGAN GOLFER MAGAZINE - NOW ONLINE
__/ SHU DEFEATS SCHANER AT MICHIGAN GIRLS JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
__/ PALMER WITHDRAWS FROM SENIOR OPEN
__/ CHOK RADIO
__/ MICHIGAN GOLFER TELEVISION UPCOMING SHOWS
__/ MICHIGAN TOURNAMENTS
__/ 2006 MICHIGAN GOLF CALENDAR
__/ ASSOCIATION LINKS
__/ MICHIGAN GOLFER ONLINE RESOURCES
__/ COURSE VIDEOS

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MGN ON THE ROAD
Hannibal, Missouri
Mark Twain called golf "a good walk spoiled." Mark Twain visited Hannibal a few times later in his life, but I doubt that he played at the Hannibal CC, as it came on board in 1903 and he passed away in 1910. Hannibal is a nice nine hole golf course that sits back on one of the bluffs in the city. My lovely bridge Jennie, was born in Hannibal and it was a nice place to spend the 4th.

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MICHIGAN GOLFER TELEVISION

The Michigan Open at Grand Traverse Resort and Spa Scott Hebert won his 6th Michigan Open at what is now his home course, The Bear at Grand Traverse Resort and Spa. Jack Berry interviews Scott about his domination of The Bear and his place in Michigan golf history. Hebert tied the legendary Al Watrous, of Oakland Hills fame, with his 6th win. Kevin Helm, CEO of the Michigan PGA, steps up to the podium and gives away the hardware and the checks at the awards ceremony.
http://michigangolfer.tv/2006shows/michiganopen/

95th Michigan Amateur
Actually, we have a number of shows for you to watch on our Michigan Amateur coverage; The 95th Michigan Amateur Winner Greg Davies, The Michigan Amateur Awards Presentation with Ryan Brehm and Greg Davies, The Sweet 16 Dinner with an Interview with Medalist Korey Mahoney and Owner Steve Kircher, The First Tee of Boyne Highlands with Shauna Bezilla, a recipient of a $5,000 gift from Boyne and presented by Bernie Friedrich, a show on the Boynes, Boyne, Michigan and Boyne, Ireland and a show about the Harbor Springs, Petoskey and Boyne areas. Bon Appetit.
http://michigangolfer.tv/2006shows/boynegolf/

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WINE, WOMEN AND THONG?
Yes. Garland's First Annual Women's Tournament coming up from Sunday, July 23 to Tuesday the 25th will feature, golf, lot's of women, wine and a fashion show. Don White, Garland's new head professional, will be working hard to make sure the lovely ladies at Garland have experienced this great resort. The cost is just $399 per person, double occupancy and you also get $25 Garland bucks and a hug from Don. Info.1-877-442-7526

MICHIGAN GOLFER ONLINE READERSHIP TOPS THE ONE MILLION MARK
http://michigangolfer.com
In 1995, we put the Michigan Golfer online for the first time. Unfortunately, we were a tad naive at that time and lost our first year of content in a dispute with our former webmaster. Bummer. However, we carried on continuing to put up story after story year after year. Our year to date statistics show our readership (page views) to be over a million. As you can see by the numbers below, we dropped down in 2004, when we discontinued the print issues of the Michigan Golfer and went totally digital. We rebounded in 2005 and we are kicking butt this year. Within these figures, there are over 38,000 pdf downloads of our Michigan Golfer Online Magazine this past year. Our print run prior to our last issue was 22,500 per issue. Last year, we had an average readership of over 9,500 who dowloaded the magazine. Our goal was to reach 22,500 in five years and we are on target.

In addition, we have had 561,683 viewers watch at least one of our 250 Michigan Golfer Internet television shows in the past 12 months. And just as reruns are popular on television, many of our viewers are watching shows we did three, four and five years ago. Is this a great country or what?

Michigan Golfer Online Readership

Year Readers
2006 1,053,074*
2005 904,272
2004 709,249
2003 821,050
2002 647,346
2001 498,362
2000 354,385
1999 243,678
1998 175,185
1997 131,876
1996 101,693

*Guru Software report for July 2005 to mid June 2006.

Michigan Golfer Television Show Viewership
http://michigangolfer.tv

2006 561,683*
2005 411,250
2004 309,357
2003 198,897
2002 102,963
2001 43,230 (started March 9, 2001)

Total viewers since March 9, 2001 1,627,250
* Year to date

Art - Congrats on building your on-line readership of MICHIGAN GOLFER to over 1,000,000! That is impressive. I always enjoy reading your update on the golfing world. Keep up the great work.

jim

Jim MacInnes
President and General Manager
Crystal Mountain

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MICHIGAN PGA WOMEN'S OPEN TOURNAMENT HAS A PURSE OF $40,000
This year's Michigan PGA Women's Open Tournament, July 17-19 at Crystal Mountain, promises to be as entertaining to watch as ever as close to 100 female pros and amateurs vie for the coveted cup. In each event since Crystal Mountain first hosted the event, the Tournament has come down to the final hole in the final round. It is undoubtedly a crowd thriller and worth watching.

With a $40,000 purse, the Michigan PGA Women's Open is one of the largest women's open events in the nation. It currently attracts competitors from all over the nation.

For more information, call 800-968-7686 ext. 3354.
http://crystalmountain.com

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WESTERN AMATEUR AT POINT O'WOODS
Do yourself a favor and attend the Western Amateur coming up later this month. In a time of shrinking state tournaments, this is still a great one. Incidentally, Fred Reeder, the former pro at Point O'Woods has started the Fred Reeder Golf Academy and now has two locations in the Grand Rapids area. Fred, long known as a top PGA instructor, is a disciple of David Ledbetter, and a member of the Nike Teaching Staff. You can reach Fred at fredreeder@aol.com

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MC CONNELL TO DEFEND AT MICHIGAN WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
The Michigan Womenıs Amateur Championship celebrates its 90th year in 2006 by holding this yearıs tournament at the prestigious Barton Hills Country Club in Barton Hills just outside of Ann Arbor, MI July 10-14.

Established in 1919, Barton Hills is a Donald Ross designed course that is nestled in the countryside of Ann Arbor. The classic course has been modified over the years by Arthur Hills, but retains a definite Ross flavor.

³Arthur Hills has taken off some of the Donald Ross bunkers that bothered the higher handicap ladies,² said GAM governor and longtime Barton Hills member Betty Richart. ³Don Rossı theory was to avoid the bunkers by aiming away from them. We laugh about it because there had been a big push to go back to all of the details that Ross originally put into the course, but the membership voted not to do that at this time.²

Barton Hills played host to the 1998 US Womenıs Amateur and this week will be set up as it was for that championship. The Michigan Womenıs Amateur was hosted by Barton Hills in 1968 and 1995 making it the third time the course has hosted the tournament. Radrick Farms hosted the tournament in 1992 and 2005. Country Club of Detroit and Plum Hollow Country Club have each hosted the tournament five times.

³Donald Ross is a favorite of amateur women golfers and we are very excited to host this tournament,² said Richart. ³We feel it is a different feel than Radrick Farms, which hosted the tournament last year, and we are also very excited to have the championship in Ann Arbor for the second year in a row. Radrick Farms and Barton Hills have both been very generous to womenıs golf.²

Mandi McConnell will be back to defend her 2005 championship and the field will also feature past Michigan Womenıs Amateur Champions Joan Garety and Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll. Players in the field of 76 range in age from 15 to 67.

The Michigan Womenıs Amateur, now conducted by the Golf Association of Michigan, will begin with 18 holes of stroke play on Monday, July 10 and 18 holes of stroke play on Tuesday, July 11 to determine the 32-player match play field. If necessary, a hole-by-hole playoff will take place immediately following the completion of Tuesdayıs round to cut the field to exactly 32 players.

Match play begins on Wednesday which will cut the field to 16 players who will be honored at the annual Sweet Sixteen Dinner that night. Match play continues on Thursday and Friday with two rounds of matches per day. The 18-hole Championship match is set for Friday afternoon. The championship is open to all amateur golfers residing in Michigan with a USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 15.4.

Submitted by Susan Smiley of the GAM

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FORD SENIOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP UPDATE
Gary Player, Chi Chi Rodriguez and Lee Trevino have all received Commissionerıs exemptions and will compete in this yearıs Championship. Fred Funk, who turned 50 on June 14th, is exempt into the field by virtue of his 2005 PLAYERS Championship victory. With these four players already in the field, the top 74 committed players from the Ford Senior Players Championship points list will compete in this yearıs event. As of today, Hale Irwin, John Bland, Raymond Floyd and Dave Stockton have not committed. If the field remains as is, Mark McCumber will be the last player in at No. 78.

USA and CBS will televise all four rounds of the Ford Senior Players Championship live from the Tournament Players Club Michigan. The air times are:
Thursday, July 13 USA 2:00-4:00 p.m. (ET Live)
Friday, July 14 USA 2:00-4:00 p.m. (ET Live)
Saturday, July 15 CBS 4:00-6:00 p.m. (ET Live)
Sunday, July 16 CBS 4:00-6:00 p.m. (ET Live)

Former Major League pitcher Rick Rhoden will make his first appearance at the Ford Senior Players Championship this year. A two-time All-Star (1976, 1986), Rhoden played 16 years in the majors with the Dodgers, Pirates, Yankees and Astros. He finished 12th at last yearıs Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament and is conditionally exempt this year. He posted his best career finish at the 2003 Allianz Championship when he was T5. Rhoden competed several times against the Detroit Tigers during his two-year stint in the American League with the Yankees (1987-88). He had a career mark of 3-3 vs. Detroit with two of those wins coming against Jack Morris.

Tickets http://www.fordseniorplayerschamp.pgatour.com.

Submitted
by Colin Murray of the PGA Tour
http://www.pgatour.com

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TOP GROSSING GOLF FILMS (SINCE 1980)
Michael Patick Shiels interviewed the Director of "The Greatest Game Every Played", Bill Paxton , when he came to Birmingham to preview the film. Basically, everybody thought the film was terrific and there was high hope that the film would do well at the box office. I am sure that they were more than a little disappointed that the film did not do a little better, but that is show business. You can catch Shiels interview at http://michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/greatestgame/

Rank Title Lifetime Gross
1 Tin Cup $53,854,588
2 Caddyshack $39,846,344
3 Happy Gilmore $38,824,099
4 Legend of Bagger Vance $30,919,168
5 The Greatest Game Ever Played $15,337,393
6 Caddyshack II $11,798,302
7 Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius $2,694,071

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WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME UNVEILS SPECIAL EXHIBIT IN CELEBRATION OF 2006 RYDER CUP
In honor of the 2006 Ryder Cup, the World Golf Hall of Fame and Waterford Crystal, an official sponsor of the 2006 Ryder Cup, have unveiled a special exhibit at the Waterford Crystal Visitor Center in Kilbarry, Waterford, Ireland. The exhibit, "The World Golf Hall of Fame and Waterford Crystal Present: A Tribute to the Ryder Cup" features the stories of Hall of Fame members who have participated on or captained Ryder Cup teams over the years. The exhibit will move to the National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History at Collins Barracks in Dublin for the months of August and September 2006, then return to Waterford through Summer 2007.

The project marks the first time the World Golf Hall of Fame has opened an exhibit outside of its museum in St. Augustine, Florida, and collaborated with another museum to present an exhibit. The display is expected to draw in excess of 500,000 visitors between the two locations throughout its seventeen-month stay in Ireland.

The exhibit in Ireland provides a historical overview of The Ryder Cup, including the origin of The Matches, scores, venues and captains, and video of significant Ryder Cup moments. From wartime matches of the 1940s to the story of Nicklaus and Jacklin's "concession" in 1969 and comeback prediction by Crenshaw (U.S. Captain) in 1999, the exhibits looks at significant moments in the history of the tournament through the achievements of the Hall's members.

Media Contact:
Jane Fader
World Golf Hall of Fame

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THE SILENT TREATMENT
A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. Suddenly, the man realized that the next day, he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning tee time.

Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (and LOSE), he wrote on a piece of paper, "Please wake me at 5:00 AM." He left it where he knew she would find it. The next morning, the man woke up, only to discover it was 7:00 AM and he had missed his tee time. Furious, he was about to go and see why his wife hadn't wakened him, when he noticed a piece of paper by the bed. The paper said, "It is 5:00 AM. Wake up."

Men are not equipped for these kinds of contests. Thanks and a Tip of the Tam to Jack Minzey for this sleeper.

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SUMMER EDITION: MICHIGAN GOLFER MAGAZINE - NOW ONLINE
http://webgolfer.com/summer06/index.html

Chuck Kocsis-The Best There Ever Was-by Jack Berry
Jack Berry reflects on the past achievements of Michigan's greatest golfer. You can also see the video we prepared on Kocsis at http://michigangolfer.tv/2006shows/kocsis/

The 95th Michigan Amateur-by Jack Berry
The Michigan Amateur shares the spotlight with The Heather at Boyne Highlands. Greg Davies, a 38-year- old journeyman amateur, won in his 20th Michigan Amateur. The Heather, the course that launched Northern Michigan golf turns 40 this year. She never looked so good. You can also check out our Michigan Amateur show at http://michigangolfer.tv

Michigan Golfer Internet Television: The First Five Years and 250 Courses-by Art McCafferty
Our first of 250 shows was with Bill Newcomb, designer of Calderone Farms. It was a gamble five years ago to see if golfers would watch TV on their computer, but almost a million viewers later our vision seeems to have paid off.

New Courses:
The Ambassador Club-by Thad Gutowski
Canada's most famous golf architect, Thomas McBroom, adds another to his impressive list of great courses. Other McBroom courses include: Domaine Laforest Segard, Quebec,, Ussher's Creek Niagara Falls, Ontario ,The Algonquin St. Andrews by the Sea, New Brunswick , Timberwolf Sudbury, Ontario and Monterra Collingwood, Ontario to name a few.

Beeches Golf Club-by Kelly Hill The latest from W.Bruce Matthews III and his Matthews Golf Design firm.

W. Bruce Mathews III: Small Budgets, Big Courses-by Bernice Phillips Matthews Golf Design still has work. Although the golf building boom has gone bust, the Matthews Golf Design keeps pumping out courses. The Beeches, puts Matthews over 40 new course designs.

Michigan Golf Hall of Fame: Class of 2005-by Jack Berry Jack Berry, a Hall of Fame member himself, chronicles this classy class.

Slice of Life-The DeVicenzo Code, The Movie - by Terry Moore Terry Moore revisits the mystery of the DeVicenzo and Goalby Masters

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

http://www.webgolfer.com/

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SHU DEFEATS SCHANER AT MICHIGAN GIRLS JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
Results from the Golf Association of Michigan Girls Junior championship Thursday, June 29 at Egypt Valley Country Club in Ada (Ridge Course). Championship Match: Louisa Shu, West Bloomfield, defeated Carolyn Schaner, Caledonia, 1-up, 19 holes.

Semifinals
Louisa Shu, West Bloomfield, defeated Allison Tyler, Grand Rapids, 2 & 1.
Carolyn Schaner, Caledonia, defeated Shannon Warner, Livonia, 1-up, 19 holes.

(Note: Tyler was the girls individual high school state champion in Division II for Forest Hills Central, while Warner was the individual champion in Division I for Livonia Churchill. Schaner was third in the Division II finals for Caledonia while Shu finished fifth in Division II for Birmingham Seaholm.)

Report submitted by Tom Cleary of All About Golf

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PALMER WITHDRAWS FROM SENIOR OPEN
The following is a statement issued today by Arnold Palmer: ³It is with great regret that I have come to the very difficult decision to advise the USGA that I am withdrawing from the upcoming U.S. Senior Open at Prairie Dunes. I have spent considerable time over the past few weeks attempting without success to bring my game up to acceptable standards to play in this important national championship. In my judgment, my golf right now is far below the level that I would feel comfortable with as a bona fide contestant. I hope that the fans who have given me such wonderful support over the years will understand and accept this decision.²

Background Information
Arnold Palmer won the 1981 U.S. Senior Open at Oakland Hills Country Club, Birmingham, Michigan, the first year he was eligible to play in the championship. He defeated Bill Casper and Bob Stone in an 18-hole playoff. Palmer played in the next 24 Senior Opens through last yearıs championship at NCR Country Club, Dayton, Ohio. Palmerıs last competitive appearance was in the Wendyıs Champions Skins Game at Wailea, Hawaii, in February. His most recent Champions Tour start was in the Administaff Small Business Classic at Houston, Texas, last October.

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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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