February 28, 2003, Vol. 3, No. 9

Edited by Art McCafferty

__/ MICHIGAN GOLFER MAGAZINE GOES INTERACTIVE WITH PDF
__/ MGN ON THE ROAD
Grand Rapids
Lansing
__/ MICHIGAN GOLFER TV-"The Caddies of French Lick Resort and Spa"
__/ ELEVENTH ANNUAL WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE DATE ANNOUNCED
__/ MICHIGAN HALL OF FAME BALLOTS GO OUT
__/ RIVERVIEW HIGHLANDS IN SEARCH OF A NEW GOLF PROFESSIONAL
__/ MGCOA GEARING UP FOR 2003
__/ GOLF'S GREATEST EIGHTEEN TODAY'S TOP WRITERS DEBATE AND RANK THE SPORT'S GREATEST CHAMPIONS
__/ RATING THE COURSES
__/ TRAVEL MICHIGAN LAUNCHES NEWSLETTER
__/ PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
__/ PATTI BUTCHER TO JOIN THOUSAND OAKS INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF
__/ RUMOR MILL
__/ QUOTES OF THE WEEK-JOHN DALY
__/ GOLF CALENDAR

THE MICHIGAN GOLFER MAGAZINE GOES INTERACTIVE WITH PDF

The publishing history of the Michigan Golfer
1982--MICHIGAN GOLFER MAGAZINE
1995--MICHIGAN GOLFER MAGAZINE ONLINE http://michigangolfer.com
2001--MICHIGAN GOLFER INTERNET TELEVISION SHOW http://michigangolfer.tv
2001--MICHIGAN GOLFER NEWS
2003--MICHIGAN GOLFER INTERACTIVE PUBLICATION http://michigangolfer.com

The Michigan Golfer Magazine begins the year by becoming a totally interactive publication. @ http://michigangolfer.com
Essentially, our magazine is now online in a portable document format (PDF). PDF is a convenient and popular method for distributing information electronically. A PDF document is compatible with Windows, Macintosh, and Unix-based computers, which means that the document can be read on screen and printed from nearly any computer. (In order to access PDF documents you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. This small software program is available free from Adobe Systems, Inc. @ http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html )

The format will help our readers and viewers in the following ways:
...readers will be able to print out stories as they appear in our publication.

...all advertisements that appear in the publication are hot linked directly to the advertisers website, Therefore, our quarter of a million online readers will be able to go directly to a course or resort that they want to find out more information about.

...advertisers will be essentially investing in a timeless piece of advertising that continues to impact readers, months and even years from now.

...readers that are following a story will be able to click on a video for more information. For example, this issue carries a story about the Caddies at French Lick Resort and Spa in Indiana. With a click on a hot link, the reader will be transformed into a viewer as the first of four stories on the caddies at French Lick Resort and Spa appears on their computer screen.

With the continuing trend of people getting their information from the Internet, the Michigan Golfer has positioned itself as the best of both worlds. In addition, with the migration of advertisers to ecommerce, the Michigan Golfer offers the opportunity for those precious advertising dollars to have an afterlife, a real valued added feature.

The Michigan Golfer
Alway On
24/7/365

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MGN ON THE ROAD
Ann Arbor
Congrats to Miles of Golf for making the top 100 in golf shop and golf instruction facilities. The awards were from "Golf World Business Magazine and the Golf Range Association respectively.
Taken from a report by Mike Brennan of the Ann Arbor News.

Grand Rapids
Wow, what a show. The West Michigan Golf Show had vendors scrambling for more brochures as the winter weary golfing public turned out in droves to view an expanded and uplifting show.

One of the crowd pleasers was the Par 3 Challenge held in the Welsh Auditorium. Golfers had three shots at a spectacularly landscaped par three hole. I successful, they had a leased car for a year. There was a steady line up of hopefuls and it was a major league attraction for the show.

Other show stoppers included speakers, Wally Armstrong, Rolla Frishinger and Kay McMahon, Kevin O'Brien with his golf clothing superstore and the new golf courses of Yarrow, Diamond Springs, Crimson Ridge, Angels Crossing and Hawk's Eye.

Ladies golf schools also seem to be heating up, with Kay McMahon joining Innerform, Patti Butcher now at Thousand Oaks, Judy Mason with her now famous Treetops ladies only schools, Pam Phipps and Debbie Massey at Black Lake and Elaine Crosby holding court at Crystal Mountain.

Lansing
The Lansing show is this week, opening today in fact. Hopefully, they will have the same robust turnout as the WMGS.

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MICHIGAN GOLFER TV SHOW-THE CADDIES OF FRENCH LICK-PART I
They have met the rich, with Howard Hughes and Joe Kennedy and the famous with Lana Turner, Joe Louis, Bing Crosby, Arthur Fiedler, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and George Jessel. They have toted bags on courses developed by the two of the most renown golf architects of all time, Tom Bendlelow and Donald Ross. Their town was the Las Vegas of its day with its numerous gaming halls. 20 trains arrived each day, dropping off the rich and famous to grab one of the 50 taxis that waited to take them to one of the world's most famous resorts. In our visit segment of this four part series, the caddies, Jack Carnes, Wayne Carnes, Junior Carnes, Louie Roach and Bill Kellams talk about the rich and famous that visited the resort in the 30's, 40's and 50's.. The remaining three shows will be sprinkled throughout this summer and fall.

The Michigan Golfer Television Show is proud to present the first of a series of four shows on the "Caddies of French Lick" Michigan Golfer TV http://michigangolfer.tv

24/7 Always On

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ELEVENTH ANNUAL WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE DATE ANNOUNCED
The Women's Healthcare Classic, one of the largest all-women's golf events in the southeastern Michigan, has raised nearly $2 million for women's programs since its inception 11 years ago. It will host the 11th Annual Women's Healthcare Classic on June 30. Tee times: 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at the Grosse Ile Golf and Country Club, Grosse Ile.

For more info contact: Martha Shea, Oakwood Healthcare System Oakwood Healthcare System, (313) 586-5419
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RIVERVIEW HIGHLANDS IN SEARCH OF A NEW GOLF PROFESSIONAL
Riverview Highlands Golf Facilities located about 20 minutes south of Detroit, is celebrating the beginning of its 31st year of business. They have three full length nine hole golf courses along with a new golf practice facility which offers three excellent golf holes, teeing areas of natural bentgrass which can handle about 70 golfers at once and a 100 yard long putting green (not feet, yards).They are owned and operated by the City of Riverview and are open for golf year round.

They are in search of a golf professional. The job is posted on the P.G.A. website at this time. Resumes are due on March 7, 2003 with their Personnel Director Mr. John Hajkus who is at the City of Riverview, 14100 Civic Park Drive, Riverview, Michigan 48192.

Information supplied by:
Dick Matthews
734-281-4255 Office

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GOLF'S GREATEST EIGHTEEN TODAY'S TOP WRITERS DEBATE AND RANK THE SPORT'S GREATEST CHAMPIONS

In every clubhouse around the world, the heated debate continues: Who really is the greatest golfer of all time? David Mackintosh's new book, "Golf's Greatest Eighteen" has eighteen of the worlds' most acclaimed golf writers take on this intriguing discussion. With all things being equal-who would triumph as the champion of champions?

Using these essays as a starting point, celebrated golf writer David Mackintosh takes us on a journey through the past ninety years of golfing history in his search for an unbiased method of comparing the greatest players in the modern age of the game. With his "New Money" model, incorporating present-day values of past tournaments combined with a mathematically sound evaluation of crucial events in each golfer's career, he has put "Golf's Greatest Eighteen" on the same course, playing for the same prize money-establishing the most prolific championship winners of all time. At the end of each essay, readers can have "All-Time New Money" for each player, so everyone can now realistically compare the true career earnings of such legends as Walter Hagen with those of today's champions. With a better understanding of each legend's progress revalued into modern times, Mackintosh creates a fascinating analysis of the best golfers in history to allow the reader to decide who is the greatest golfer of all time.

Taken and edited from a press release from Contemporary Books Brigid Brown
Contemporary Books

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MGCOA GEARING UP FOR 2003
John Dodge was on the prowl for new members for MGCOA at the West Michigan Golf Show. Dodge helped bring this organization back from the endangered association species list a number of years ago. Now with Kate Moore at the tiller and John Dodge at the till, they are making continuous strides to make sure the organization remains healthy. Also, the new MGCOA website is up. Tammie Bruneau of TAD & Company is the webmaster. It still has some major filling in to do, but it is now active.. http://mgcoa.org

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MICHIGAN HALL OF FAME BALLOTS GO OUT
The ballots for the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame went out to Michigan's golf journalists this past week. Five new members will be selected from the following nominees:
Julia Baldwin
Jack Berry
Cindy Figg-Currier
Joan Garety
Joyce Kazmierski
Dan Pohl
Jeff Roth
Darl Scott
Lloyd Syron,
Sara Wold
Bruce Wright

The winners will be announced March 10th at the board meeting of the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame Committee. Bob McMasters is the chair. Good luck to all these nominees. Look for an upcoming show on both the Indiana and Michigan Golf Hall of Fames in April on the Michigan Golfer TV Show. http://michigan-golf-foundation.com/

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PATTI BUTCHER TO JOIN THOUSAND OAKS INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF
Thousand Oaks Golf Club will be joining forces with noted golf instructor Patti Butcher for the 2003 season. Long regarded as one of the country's top female teachers, Butcher will relocate her teaching programs to the Rees Jones-designed club when it opens its newly expanded practice and teaching facilities this spring. "For years, Patti has been a highly-sought teacher by players of all ability levels here in west Michigan," said Gary Smithson, director of golf operations at Thousand Oaks. "Not only does she have a loyal following, but she's now able to help us reach new students thanks to her expertise and our new capacity for instruction."

Taken and edited from a Thousand Oaks press release
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TRAVEL MICHIGAN LAUNCHES WEBSITE/E-NEWSLETTER
Art,
We have launched a new website/e-newsletter for the Michigan travel industry. To keep up with what's happening at Travel Michigan, go to HTTP://www.travelmichigannews.org and click on the "Sign-up Industry e-Newsletter" in the upper left corner for your free subscription to our monthly newsletter.
George Zimmerman
Travel Michigan
http://michigan.org

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PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Rodger Jabara, long time employee of Shanty Creek, will be the new "Golf Services Manager" at Crystal Mountain Resort.

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RATING THE COURSES
Gull Lake View had their share of awards last year in Golf Digest's Places to Play. This year the survey is online and can be accessed by going to http://www.golfdigest.com/ptp_reviews/ The survey rates golf courses based on their condition, service, pace of play and overall value.

Last year, Stonehedge South and North were awarded 4 stars for the 2001-2002 season and Gull Lake View East & West and Bedford Valley each received 3 Omega stars. For those lovers of the Gull Lake View area courses or others, you are urged to cast your vote by March 15, 2003 on http://www.golfdigest.com/ptp_reviews/

Incidentally, Gull Lake View will celebrate 40 years in the business this year. If you would like to participate in the year long celebration book a tee time now. You can find them at http://www.GullLakeView.com.

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QUOTES OF THE WEEK-JOHN DALY
"I spent $3 million on drink and $3 million on gambling, but I wasted the rest"

"I get up to hit balls at 6am… about the time I used to get in"
John Daly
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GOLF CALENDAR
February

02/28-3/02 5th Annual Lansing Golf Show-Lansing Center
http://michigangolfshow.com
02/28-3/02 Indiana Spring Golf Show-Indianapolis
http://www.golfexpos.com/homeflash.html
March
03/07-09 11th Annual Michigan Golf Show-Novi Expo Center
http://michigangolfshow.com
03/07-09 Wisconsin Golf Show
http://www.jsonline.com/adsections/golfshow2003
03/15 Midland Golf Show- Holiday Inn Conference Center
May
05/06 Fuller Cup-Prestwick Village Golf Club, Highland
05/20-23 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships, Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex (Purdue University) in West Lafayette, Indiana
June
06/02-03 Taylor Made/adidas State Pro-Am- Boyne Highlands Resort
06/10-11 Club Car Michigan Senior Open- Bedford Valley
06/16-22 Farmers Charity Classic, Egypt Valley GC, Ada
06/17-21 Michigan Amateur Championship, Belvedere GC, Charlevoix
06/20 Vintage Club Golf Classic-Elmbrook GC, Traverse City
06/23-26 Detroit Newspapers Michigan Open-The Bear at Grand Traverse Resort
06/30- Eleventh Annual Women's Healthcare Classic and Friends of Women's Healthcare Classic-Grosse Ile Golf and Country Club, Grosse Ile
06/30-07/02 Michigan Girls Championship
06/30-07/01 ESPN Par 3 Shootout-Treetops Resort
06/30-07/03 Great Lakes Junior Masters Golf Championship, Stonebridge, Ann Arbor
July
07/07-08 Shanty Creek Classic, Bellaire
07/07 Father and Son Championship, Paint Creek, Lake Orion
07/14-16 Fifth Third Bank Michigan Women's Open Tournament presented by Detroit Newspapers-Crystal Mountain Resort
07/14-15 GAM Women's Mid Amateur Championship, Glacier Club, Washington
07/08-14 Ford Senior Players Championship, TPC of Michigan, Dearborn
07/21/23 Detroit Newspapers Tournament of Champions-Boyne Mountain Resort
07/28-31 Michigan Junior Boys Championship, Battle Creek CC, Battle Creek
07/28-29 Michigan Senior PGA Championship,The Loon, Gaylord
07/28-08/03 Buick Open, Warwick Hills GC-Flint

August
08/11-13 GAM Championship, Grand Haven GC, Grand Haven
08/18-20 Michigan PGA Championship-Shanty Creek Resort, Bellaire
08/18-19 GAM Women's Championship, Clio CC, Clio
08/18-24 Bay Mills Open, Brimley-Wild Bluff GC
08/25-26 GAM Women's Senior Amateur Championship, Crystal Mountain,Thompsonville
08/28-29 GAM Men's Mid-Amateur Championship, Treetops, Gaylord

September
09/08-11 Lincoln Mercury Classic-Pine Lake CC
09/03-04 GAM Men's Senior Amateur Championship, Lakewood Shores Resort, Oscoda
09/13-14 Michigan Net Amateur Championship, Pilgrim's Run
09/20-21 Atlas Matches, The Loon, Gaylord
09/30 Tournament of Club Champions (Men and Women) Egypt Valley, Ada

October
10/19-21 The GOLF 20/20 Conference, World Golf Village, Florida
http://golf2020.com

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

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

Tour and Association Calendars

Associations
Golf Association of Michigan http://www.gam.org/champ/schedule.cgi
Michigan Section PGA http://www.Michigan.PGA.com
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America http://www.gcsaa.org

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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