Michigan Golfer ON-LINE: MICHIGAN GOLF NEWS - March 31, 2006 VOL. 6, NO. 13

Michigan Golf News
March 31, 2006 Vol. 6, No. 12

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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/ DESIGN YOUR OWN IRELAND GOLFING GETAWAY
Click on - http://www.sullivangolf.ie/quoteform.html
Sullivan Golf & Travel The Ireland Golf Travel Specialist

IN GAYLORD, GOLF THE NATURAL: A JERRY MATTHEWS COURSE
Video: http://michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/natural/
Golf Packages http://golfthenatural.com

OTSEGO CLUB & RESORT-GAYLORD
Ski Packages
Web: http://otsegoclub.com/cwt.php
Video: http://michigangolfer.tv/miskier/season_1/show9/otsegoqt.html

SHANTY CREEK RESORT & CLUB
Ski Packages
Web: http://www.shantycreek.com/snowsports/earlybuy.html
Video: http://michigangolfer.tv/miskier/season_4/schuss/index.html

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Golf Packages and Destinations
The Boynes: Boyne, Michigan and Boyne, Ireland
__/ SHANTY CREEK'S NEW OWNERS WANT TO RESTORE GLORY:
__/ SPRING EDITION OF THE MICHIGAN GOLFER MAGAZINE NOW ONLINE
__/ GOLFWEEK INTRODUCES NEW ONLINE TELEVISION NETWORK
__/ INAUGURAL CAPTAINS RETURN FOR FOUNDERS TRUST CHALLENGE
__/ GRAND RAPIDS FLAMES BENEFIT GOLF OUTING
__/ MICHIGAN GOLF LIVE BEGINS APRIL 1
__/ 2006 MICHIGAN GOLF CALENDAR
__/ ASSOCIATION LINKS
__/ MICHIGAN GOLFER ONLINE RESOURCES

Edited by Art McCafferty-Producer/Publisher, GLSP

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MG TV
Miss some of the golf shows? MG TV is giving you folks another opportunity to catch up by bringing you the latest in golf packages and destinations.

The Boynes
Cathal O'Sullivan of Boyne, Ireland and Mike Chumbler of Boyne, Michigan got together during the Michigan Golf Show to chat about their respective Boynes. The two Boynes have much in common with great golf and great fishing being at the top of the list. The interview also brings out the fact that Michigan golf pioneer and Boyne founder, Everett Kircher, fished the Boyne River on one of his many international fishing trips.

http://www.michigangolfer.tv/2006shows/boyne/

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SHANTY CREEK'S NEW OWNERS WANT TO RESTORE GLORY:
Missouri oil company subsidiary buys bankrupt Shanty Creek in northern Michigan from Comerica.
Joel J. Smith / The Detroit News

Shanty Creek Resort and Club in northern Michigan has been sold to an independent oil company in Missouri with experience managing ski and golf resorts. Trinidad Resort and Club, a subsidiary of Apex Oil Co., bought the resort last week from Detroit-based Comerica Inc., which assumed ownership when the bank foreclosed on Shanty Creek's $20.3 million mortgage two years ago. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed.

Apex will not comment on the purchase until all details are finalized, Lindsay Southwell, Shanty Creek's marketing coordinator, said Monday. But Comerica spokesman Wayne J. Mielke confirmed the bank no longer owns the property.

"It's officially sold," Mielke said Monday. "We're glad the deal has been finalized. We're in the banking business, not the resort business. It's now in really good hands with new owners that have a lot of experience in resort management."

Suburban St. Louis-based Apex Oil once owned the popular Copper Mountain Ski Resort in Colorado. The oil company owned and operated Copper Mountain from 1981 until 1997, when Apex sold the resort to Intrawest Corp., Apex owner Paul "Tony" Novelly currently sits on the board of Intrawest, which has its headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia.

In addition to wholesale sales and distribution of petroleum products, Apex operations include numerous commercial and residential real estate developments, such as St. Albans, an upscale residential community outside St. Louis with two championship golf courses.

Southwell said the new owners plan to re-establish Shanty Creek as the top resort of northern Michigan and look forward to accomplishing that goal.

Shanty Creek covers 4,500 acres and employs 650 workers in Bellaire, northeast of Traverse City, making the resort the biggest employer in Antrim County.

Comerica and its subsidiary, VRB Corp, had been trying to sell the facility for more than a year. The bank kept the resort running with a management firm while looking for a buyer.

Comerica began foreclosure proceedings on the owners, Go Forward Limited Partnership and LaVanway Capital and Trade Corp., in August 2004 when the group defaulted on the mortgage payments. The principal owners of the two companies were Thomas LaVanway of Charlevoix and former Shanty Creek CEO Terry Schieber.

The pair ran into difficulties making payments in 2003 and 2004 because of the slow economy and unfavorable weather.

Shanty Creek opened in 1962, followed by Schuss Mountain nearby in 1968. In 1986, the two resorts merged into a 4,500-acre resort with 49 ski runs, four championship 18-hole golf courses, cross country trails, biking runs and hiking trails. The complex also has three distinct villages with hotels, restaurants and a conference center. Taken from the March 28th Detroit News, Business section http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060328/BIZ/603280383/1001/BIZ

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GOLFWEEK INTRODUCES NEW ONLINE TELEVISION NETWORK
Golfweek, golf's award-winning news leader, unveils golf's first* online television network, GolfweekTV, along with original programming. GolfweekTV will be available online at http://www.golfweek.com, and will debut with three original programs. *Editor's Note: We contacted Golfweek and indicated to them that GLSP was the second online television network in the world as we launched in 2001 or five years ago. The first network, Pseudo.com, was featured on 60 Minutes during the dot com days and disappeared from screens in late 2001 when it went belly up.

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Upcoming Shows-MG TV

Jim and Pat Healey's XTREME Golf Trip: 50 States, D.C. and 10 Provinces in 61 Days
April 7

Buck's Run Golf Club
April 28

Daly Planet at Niagara Falls
May 5

The Heather Golf Club-with Robert Trent Jones, Everett Kircher and Jack Berry
June 16

The Michigan Amateur Championship at the Boyne Highlands Heather Golf Club
June 30

Old Channel Trail-Three Generations of Golf Course Design
July 7

The Native American Cup
August 11

Golf League Championship Series
October 6

MG TV
http://michigangolfer.tv

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INAUGURAL CAPTAINS RETURN FOR FOUNDERS TRUST CHALLENGE
Two of the top names in women¹s amateur golf in Michigan have agreed to return to captain the competing sides in the Founders Trust Challenge this summer in west Michigan.

Michigan State University women¹s golf coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll and Michigan Golf Hall of Fame member Joan Garety will lead public and private course teams August 5-6 in the event at The Meadows Golf Club in Allendale and Egypt Valley Country Club in Ada. The FTC began last year for 24 amateur golfers competing in a Ryder Cup-style competition. The public course team won the inaugural event under Slobodnik-Stoll, who expects this year¹s event to match the success of the first-year competition.

Taken and edited from an All About Golf release.

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MICHIGAN GOLF LIVE BEGINS APRIL 1
April 1, signals the return of MGL Radio. Bill Hobson and crew will broadcast their first show from The Westin Innisbrook Resort near Tampa. The show will bring back their "Fairway One," helicopter to give viewers a special aerial perspective on featured MGL host destinations.

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SPRING EDITION OF THE MICHIGAN GOLFER MAGAZINE-ONLINE
Spring Issue 2006 Vol. 24, No.1
http://www.webgolfer.com/
The Heather at Boyne Highlands: Robert Trent Jones and Everett Kircher Shared a Dream
by Jack Berry
Villegas: The PGA Tour¹s Colorful Colombian
by Kelly Hill
Michigan¹s Island Golf Courses
by Art McCafferty
Tournament Action to Take Few Breaks This Summer
by Kelly Hill
Book Review-Match Made in Heaven
by Bernice Phillips
Book Review: King of Swings-Book Jacket
by Lanse Bannon
Slice of Life: Masters Memories
by Terry Moore

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

http://www.webgolfer.com/

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GRAND RAPIDS FLAMES BENEFIT GOLF OUTING
The Grand Rapids Flames 12U Travel Baseball Team will play in a national tournament in Cooperstown, N.Y., the home of the Baseball Hall of Fame. To that end, they will play a four-man scramble at The Meadows at GVSC on August 19. Cost will be $150 per player, which will include golf, dinner, silent auction and prizes to top three foursomes. Other prizes include hole in one for a new car and closest to the pin and long drive contest., For more info: Call Kelly Hill at 616- 361-8236

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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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