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/

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

MARSH RIDGE & THE NATURAL-TWO GAYLORD LEGENDS NOW STAY AND PLAY
Stay-Marsh Ridge Web: http://MARSHRIDGE.COM/pages/942232/index.htm
Play-The Natural Video: http://michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/natural/

OTSEGO CLUB & RESORT-GAYLORD
Home of the 54 Hole Blowout Golf Package
Web: http://otsegoclub.com

TREETOPS RESORT
Web: http://treetops.com
Golf Packages http://treetops.com/golf_rates.php

Edited by Art McCafferty-Producer/Publisher, GLSP
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CONTENTS
__/ SEPTEMBER
__/ MG ON THE ROAD
Brimley-Wild Bluff
__/ HARRIS GETS FIRST CANADIAN TOUR WIN AT BAY MILLS OPEN
__/ GOLFER JACK VAN ESS ENTERS GRAND RAPIDS SPORTS HALL OF FAME
By Tom Cleary
__/ CANADIAN TOUR PLAYERS GET A SHOT ON NATIONWIDE TOUR
__/ BEN WRIGHT AND MIKE SHIELS WIN CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN INVITATIONAL
__/ MICHIGAN GOLFER TELEVISION
Bay Mills Open-with Tim Hygh
Grayling Golf
__/ MICHIGAN GOLF HALL OF FAME NOMINATIONS DUE
__/ MICHIGAN GOLFER INTERNET TELEVISION VIEWERSHIP 08/01/04 TO 09/01/05
__/ THE ACES AT TRUE NORTH AND GREYSTONE
__/ JIM AND PAT HEALEY OF HANDICOMP: 61 DAYS OF GOLF IN ALL 50 STATES, D.C. AND CANADA
__/ SAULT STE MARIE TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS WINS NATIVE AMERICAN CUP
__/ MICHIGAN GOLF RADIO
__/ UPCOMING SHOWS ON MICHIGAN GOLFER TELEVISION
__/ ARCHIVES-MICHIGAN GOLFER
__/ CALENDAR OF GOLF EVENTS
__/ TOURNAMENT SCHEDULES
__/ ASSOCIATION LINKS

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SEPTEMBER

The breezes taste
Of apple peel.
The air is full
Of smells to feel-
Ripe fruit, old footballs,
Burning brush,
New books, erasers,
Chalk, and such.
The bee, his hive,
Well-honeyed hum,
And Mother cuts
Chrysanthemums.
Like plates washed clean
With suds, the days
Are polished with
A morning haze.

John Updike

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MG ON THE ROAD
Brimley-Wild Bluff Golf Club
Once again, the Bay Mills folks pulled off a great golf tournament and a terrific finish. With the exception of a little fog on Thursday and a golf course loving rain on Saturday morning, tribal President Jeff Parker, got the great weather he was looking for. Tim Hygh has the story for you on MGTV

Gaylord-The Golf Mecca
Kevin Frisch, of Resort and Golf Marketing, had a busy week. We caught him taking some photos at Shanty Creek and early this week, he and CEO, Dave Richards played host to media types on a Gaylord Golf Media Fam Trip.

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HARRIS GETS FIRST CANADIAN TOUR WIN AT BAY MILLS OPEN
After five runner-up finishes, former U of M star, Michael Harris finally snagged that elusive first win in his home state with a come-from-behind playoff victory at the Bay Mills Open Players Championship.

In the final full-field event of the season, Harrisı win translated into much more than having his name etched on the championship trophy. With the $32,000 payday, Harris leapt from fourth into top spot on the money list with $77,622, earning an automatic exemption into the second stage of PGA Tour Qualifying School. Harris will also be one of six Tour players in the Bell Canadian Open next month in Vancouver.

Harris carded a final-round 6-under 66, one shot better than Sweden's Anders Hultman, with both players winding up with a four-day total of 13-under 275. On the first extra hole, Hultman left his 16-foot birdie attempt on the lip before Harris jarred his 10-footer for the win.

³Unreal,² said Harris shortly after he collected his first championship trophy on the 18th green. ³They say luck isnıt a part of this game, but I proved otherwise today. Anders played fantastic. Anytime you are leading and shoot 67, you should win the golf tournament. Itıs a crazy game for us lucky ones that have chosen this to make a living.²

³I call it divine intervention,² he added with a laugh.

BMO HISTORY
2002‹Jeff Quinney cards a final round 2-under 70 for his second title of the season. Quinney trails Mario Tiziani by one shot with three holes to go but catches a break when Tiziani double-bogeys the 16th. With a four-day total of 6-under, Quinney holds off Tiziani and Dave Christensen by one stroke.

  2003--- Rodney Butcherıs 10-under 278 total is five shots clear of Canadian Jon Mills, but it is Mills who is the big winner on a chilly Sunday afternoon in Michigan. With the runner-up showing, Mills becomes the first Canadian to win the earnings crown since Mike Weir in 1997.

  2004‹Chris Wisler nails down his third Canadian Tour championship since 2002 with a 12-under aggregate, five shots better than Scott Hawley, Brad Fritsch, Dirk Ayers and Clint Jensen. It is the second consecutive season that the Bay Mills Open Players Championship is decided by five shots.

Taken and edited from a release by Marty Henwood

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CANADIAN TOUR PLAYERS GET A SHOT ON NATIONWIDE TOUR
The $450,000 US event gets underway Thursday at Redwood Meadows Golf and Country Club, with the winner adding $81,000 to his bank account Sunday afternoon. The champion will have to work for it in Calgary. In 2004, Redwood Meadows yielded a 72.23 average, the 16th toughest on the Nationwide schedule.

Eight players from the Tour money list following the Montreal Open were exempted into the Alberta Classic‹Jaime Gomez, Peter Tomasulo, Michael Harris, Stuart Anderson, David Mathis, Derek Gillespie, Scott Gibson and Stephen Gangluff. Eleven other members are in the starting field, either via Monday qualifying or a sponsorıs exemption.
http://cantour.com

Taken and edited from a release from Marty Henwood

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GOLFER JACK VAN ESS ENTERS GRAND RAPIDS SPORTS HALL OF FAME-By Tom Cleary
(Grand Rapids)---Though heıs not too far away from his eightieth birthday, longtime west Michigan golfer Jack Van Ess still seems to be years away from slowing down.  And itıs that career longevity which has earned him induction last week into the Grand Rapids Sports Hall of Fame.

Van Ess entered the Legends category of the hall in 2005 after a career that has spanned more than fifty years.  A member at Egypt Valley Country Club in Ada (where he won club championships thirty years apart) Van Ess remains one of the clubıs top players and an active member of the Society of Seniors, the top amateur golf association in America for tournament players over the age of 50.  ³In national senior amateur circles Jack is probably better known than he is in Grand Rapids,² says John OıDonovan, vice-president of the Golf Association of Michigan and Jackıs longtime fellow competitor and friend.  ³Heıs won Society of Senior events and has been competitive in senior amateur golf for as many years as anyone.²  In 1997, Van Ess was the Society of Seniors ³Super Seniors² champion and in 2000 won the World Super Seniors title.

In Michigan, Van Ess secured his legacy in 1996, when he won the Michigan Senior Open at the age of 69.  In doing so, he defeated former Champions Tour player Agim Bardha and a host of other golf professionals as young as fifty.  ³An amateur who was close to seventy winning against fifty year-old professionals‹that was one of the most amazing things Iıve ever seen in golf,² says Lynn Janson, the professional at Egypt Valley, and a member of the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame.  ³I had been telling my friends in the golf business about Jack for years, but when that happened a lot of people finally took notice of his game.²  Janson was the professional at Green Ridge Country Club (which later became Egypt Valley) in 1985 when Van Ess won the last of ten club championships there, having claimed the title in four different decades.

The humble Van Ess talks little about his accomplishments, but when pressed he will talk about one of his favorite moments, which occurred in 1976 at the Michigan Amateur championship at Belvedere in Charlevoix.  ³I was playing the defending champion in the second round of match-play, and he was a strong young guy who hit the ball a mile,² he smiles.  ³I beat him 3 and 2, and then he came back and won the tournament again the following year.²  What Van Ess leaves out of the story is that his ı76 victim was future Ryder Cup star and Vardon Trophy winner Dan Pohl, the stateıs most decorated PGA Tour star of the last three decades. 

Van Essı victory total in local, state and national events likely wouldıve been doubled or tripled, except for his decision to not play golf on Sundays for religious reasons.  ³Many years ago Jackıs father asked him to observe Sunday as day of worship and rest,² says OıDonovan.  ³That might sound unbearable for a lot of us who play golf, but Jack has never wavered.²

Nor does he waver when he does play these days, either in west Michigan or at his winter residence in Florida.  Van Ess still carries at two-handicap and plans on remaining active in golf for as long as possible.  ³Golf has kept me young,² he laughs, ³trying to keep up with all of these long hitters!² 

And though, as the old saying goes, ³The woods are filled with long hitters,² the Grand Rapids Sports Hall of Fame is the place where legends like Jack Van Ess reside.

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MICHIGAN PGA CLUB PRO CHAMPIONSHIP SUMMARY
1st John DALCOROBBO* Forest Akers GCMSU
67 71 138 $2300.00
2nd Steven WALLOCK* The Highlands
67 73 140 $1900.00
3rd Lee HOUTTEMAN* Bay Meadows Golf Course
69 72 141 $1700.00
4th John HAGEMEIER* Blythefield Country Club
72 70 142 $1300.00
John TRAUB* TNT Enterprises
70 72 142 $1300.00
John PERSHERN* Forest Lake CountryClub
69 73 142 $1300.00
7th Kenneth ALLARD* Detroit Golf Club
71 72 143 $950.00
Michael JICK* Birchwood Farms GC
69 74 143 $950.00
Albert KUHN-1st-Alt. Bloomfield Hills CC
73 70 143 $950.00
10th Charles PASCO Grosse Ile Golf CC
72 72 144 $700.00
Jeff RACHAR-2nd-Alt Edgewood Country Club
71 73 144 $700.00
Barry REDMOND Lenawee Country Club
71 73 144 $700.00
Josh FRYER-3rd-Alt Franklin Hills CC
70 74 144 $700.00
Randy ERSKINE Great Oaks CC
68 76 144 $700.00
15th Jeffrey STALCUP The Orchards Golf Club
75 70 145 $450.00
Jack SELTZER Inside Swing
75 70 145 $450.00
Ron BEURMANN Country Club of Jackson
73 72 145 $450.00
Robert MAKOSKI Van Dyke Sports Center
70 75 145 $450.00
Jordan YOUNG Grosse Ile Golf CC
69 76 145 $450.00
20th Bob ACKERMAN Bob Ackerman Golf
76 70 146 $100.00
Mick DEKORVER Sunnybrook Country Club
73 73 146 $100.00
John NOLAN Van Dyke Sports Center
71 75 146 $100.00

Submitted by David Fox

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BEN WRIGHT AND MIKE SHIELS WIN CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN INVITATIONAL
Emmy Award-winning network television golf commentator Ben Wright partnered with golf writer Michael Patrick Shiels to win the 2005 Crystal Mountain Invitational held Aug. 26 and 27 at the Northern Michigan Resort.

Wright, who for 25 years called the action from The Masters Tournament and other PGA Tour events for CBS, also gave an after-dinner speech and signed golf books during the inaugural event, which was staged by Crystal Mountain's director of golf Brad Dean and VP of sales Rick Schmitt. Crystal Mountain also annually hosts the Michigan Women's Open Championship on the resort's Mountain Ridge course.

Wright and Shiels authored two books together, and Shiels is the official golf writer of the Michigan Section PGA. Together they shot two better-ball rounds of 64 in order to qualify for the 10-team shootout that determined the champions. The inward nine of the Betsie Valley course was used for the shootout, which eliminated one two-man team after each hole. Wright and Shiels faced elimination as many as four times, including the very first hole, when their opening drive suffered, in the Englishman Wright's words, "aquatic doom." The duo also managed to survive chip-off's on the shootout's sixth and seventh holes.

Many festive condo owners and spectators, accompanied by a beverage cart, followed the group throughout the shootout, and Dean called the action from a power cart equipped with a microphone and speakers.

Crystal's Schmitt and his partner Doug Ladd, from Cincinnati, had their ball 18 inches from the hole on the final green when Wright, who was using brand new clubs he'd bought from Dean in Crystal's golf shop only a day earlier, chipped-in from greenside hard-pan to seal the win. "I haven't had such an exciting victory since I won a pro-am in Scotland in 1971 by making birdies on the last five holes," said Wright, who is 73. "That pales in comparison to this! I am utterly charmed by Crystal Mountain. It's delightful."

Taken from a Crystal Mountain press release

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MICHIGAN GOLFER TELEVISION
Native American Cup -The inaugural Native American Cup, was captured by the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe. However, the real winners were the students who will be receiving scholarships as a result of the tournament. On hand, to provide a role model for golfers, students and sponsors, was Notah Begay III. Notah, a graduate of Stanford University, is a four time winner on the PGA tour and twice an All American. We have produced four videos to view, 1) an interview with Notah Begay III and tournament chairperson Henry Boulley Jr. , 2) a clinic with Notah Begay III, 3) an interview with Bernard Bouschor of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe and 4) an interview with Jeff Parker, Tribal Chairman of Bay Mills Indian Tribe.
http://michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/nativeamericancup/

Grayling Golf
Our sister station, Michigan Travel Internet Television, spent some time in Grayling during the past year and has come up with a number of shows worth your consideration, four of them on golf.
http://michigantravel.tv/2005grayling/index.html

Grayling Adventures
58th Weyerhaeuser AuSable River Canoe Marathon-with Larry Roberts
Spring and Summer Adventures in Grayling
Fall and Winter Adventures in Grayling
Canoeing and Fishing the Manistee and AuSable Rivers-with Tim Broe
Running Grayling: Hartwick Pines, G.R.A and Other Events
Grayling Stay and Play Golf Packages
Grandview Golf Club-debuted in 1993
Twin Birch Golf Club-a Joe Roeski design in 1974
Grayling Country Club-first nine built in 1924 , back nine designed by Jeff Gorney
Fox Run Country Club-designed by Jeff Gorney opened in 1990

All shows now playing on
Michigan Travel Internet Television
http://michigantravel.tv/2005grayling/index.html

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MICHIGAN GOLF HALL OF FAME NOMINATIONS DUE
We received a note from Terry Moore, who serves on the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame Committee, about the nomination process. "Anyone can nominate a candidate. I would suggest a letter, no more than a page or so in length, detailing the person's accomplishments and any supporting documentation if handy. A short introduction about the person followed by bullet points of achievements with dates would also suffice."

  I would recommend the letter be mailed by Sept. 26, 2005 and sent to:

  Bob McMasters, Co-chair
Michigan Golf Hall of Fame
4224 Normandy Ct.
Royal Oak, MI 48073
http://michigan-golf-foundation.com

*Editor's note
You can check out some Jack Berry's Michigan Golf Hall of Fame
interviews at
Dave Hill
Elaine Crosby
Dan Pohl
Joan Garety
Stan Aldridge
http://michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/ghf/

We also did a show on Hal of Fame member, Ben Davis. Ben who taught Joe Louis the game, was one of Michigan's first African American golf professionals,
http://michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/davis/index.html

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SAULT STE MARIE TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS WINS NATIVE AMERICAN CUP
The 2005 Native American Cup "Presented by Charter Communications" at Grand Traverse Resort and Spa near Traverse City, Mich., August 12-14, was an excellent event. "We couldn't have asked for a better start for our organization!" said Henry Boulley, Executive Director of the Native American Cup.  "The participation of four-time PGA Tour winner Notah Begay III was unbelievable, the weather fantastic, the competition incredible, and in the end a fine young man (Preston Bellows-Gee) received a nice scholarship."

 "Having Notah attend the event really shows the Native American community what can be done through talent, hard work, dedication, and continuing education.  We're all proud of Notah and wish him the best as he resumes his PGA career," explained Robert Kewaygoshkum, Tribal Chairman for the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians.

The Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians won the inaugural competition defeating Team Native America, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, and the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians.  The final standings were:
Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians - 20 points
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians - 13.5 points
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe - 11 points
Team Native America - 3.5 points

Taken and edited from a Mike DeAgostino release
Web: http://nativeamericancup.com
Video: http://michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/nativeamericancup/

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LIVONIA COMPANY HELPS KEEP GOLFERS ON GAME
Gary Palis of Interactive Frontiers won't take any credit for Phil Mickelson's recent PGA Championship. But Mickelson is a customer. So are Tiger Woods and 3,000 others, mostly golf instructors, who use the company's V1 Digital Coaching System to analyze swings.

A golf instructor can buy an entire system -- digital video camera, laptop and software -- for about $2,800 and use the equipment to record and analyze students' swings, he said. Customers can buy a home version of the software for $39.95.

"We started 10 years ago when video analysis was brand-new," said Palis, vice president. "The last five years, video analysis has become more commonplace. I don't want to say it's a standard, but it's pretty close."

Interactive Frontiers also offers digital analysis for other sports, including baseball, tennis, skiing, football, volleyball and swimming, and all are designed with the instructor in mind.

Taken and edited from a Detroit News article by Neal Haldane
http://detnews.com

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JIM AND PAT HEALEY: 61 DAYS OF GOLF IN ALL 50 STATES, D.C. AND CANADA Golf enthusiasts Jim and Pat Healey are trying to play 18-hole rounds in each of the 50 states, the 10 Canadian provinces and Washington, D.C., during a 61-day period. That's one round per day, every day, for two months -- a total of 1,098 holes of golf.

Their "CanAmAthon," as they have dubbed it, started two weeks ago, when they flew to Alaska and teed off at the Anchorage Golf Course. That night, they hopped a flight to play in Evanston, Wyoming and Salt Lake City, Utah. Their travels then took them to Mansfield, Ohio, then courses in New York, Ontario, Vermont and Quebec.

The couple spent six months planning their golf odyssey and figure that it will take them 20,000 miles by air and another 9,000 miles by car. Their last three rounds are scheduled to be on Oct. 17-19 in Tennessee, Kentucky and Hawaii, respectively.

They plan to fly home to Hudsonville, about 10 miles southwest of Grand Rapids, on Oct. 20.

The couple's relationship with golf goes beyond just playing. In 1967, Jim Healey founded Handicomp Inc., which makes computerized golf-handicapping systems that are in place at golf and country clubs nationwide.

A son and daughter now run the company.

  Taken and edited from an article in the Detroit News
http://detnews.com

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GREYSTONE AND TRUE NORTH ACES
Greystone
Scott Mathews of Shelby Township aced the 2nd hole of this Jerry Matthews 150 yard gem, with 9-iron. A hole-in-one virgin for 34 years, Scott scored 49 for his nine hole jaunt.

Jeff Jones, of Clinton Township, used an 8-iron on his conquest of the 2nd hole at Greystone Golf Club.A hole-in-one virgin for 22 years, Jeff scored 49 for his nine hole jaunt.

True North
Eileen Desmond of Troy, Michigan, recorded a hole-in-one at True North Golf Club on Monday, August 29th.  The perfect 9-iron shot came on the 86 yard 16th hole and was the second ace of her career.  Witnesses included Eileen's husband John and Brian & Karen Battersby, all from Detroit Golf Club.

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MICHIGAN GOLF RADIO --JOHN DALY VS. NIAGARA FALLS
HTTP://JOHNDALY.COM

Wednesdays at 1:35 pm with Tom Gibson on CHOK 1070, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada http://chok.com
Fridays at 10:40 am with Shawn Peterson on the Michigan Talk Radio Network http://www.michigantalkradio.net/
Fridays at 10:40 to 11:00 on MLive http://www.mlive.com/talkradio/

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UPCOMING SHOWS ON MICHIGAN GOLFER TELEVISION

Courses
Buck's Run Golf Club-with Jerry Matthews
Old Channel Traill
The Tribute Golf Course-with Gary Koch, Rick Robbins and Keith Gornick-Gaylord

Tournament Coverage
Pepsi Fall Charity Invitational- Treetops Resort
MGCOA- 2005 Michigan Golf League Championship- Eagle's Eye GC

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ARCHIVES-MICHIGAN GOLFER
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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MICHIGAN GOLF CALENDAR 2005
http://michigangolfer.com/calendar.html

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MICHIGAN TOURNAMENTS
http://michigangolfer.com/tournaments.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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