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November 11, 2005, Vol. 5, No. 46

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

Video: Coming to MG-TV Pepsi Fall Charity Invitational-October 7

GOLF SHOW CALENDARS
WEST MICHIGAN GOLF SHOW
West Michigan Golf Show, DeVos Place, Grand Rapids, February 10-12
Web: http://westmichigangolfshow.com
Video: http://michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/wmgs/index.html

Edited by Art McCafferty-Producer/Publisher, GLSP
http://glsp.com

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CONTENTS

__/ MG ON THE ROAD
Detroit-Internet Advisor Show
Novi-Michigan Golf Show
__/ THE BIG BREAKING NEWS: BART LOWER SET FOR THE 2006 WEST MICHIGAN GOLF SHOW
__/ MICHIGAN GOLFER TELEVISION
__/ KROEGER JOINS ALBANESE & LUTZKE TEAM
__/ GAYLORD SNOWMOBILE MECCA
__/ MICHIGAN GOLF HISTORY SHOULD BE NO MYSTERY ACCORDING TO STATE HISTORICAL
PRESERVATION OFFICE
__/ HOLE IN ONE CLUB-JOHN SINCLAIR
__/ 19TH HOLE
__/ BOOK REVIEW: "ADVENTURE GOLF"
__/ CALENDAR OF GOLF EVENTS
__/ ASSOCIATION LINKS

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MG ON THE ROAD
Detroit-Internet Advisor Show
Foster Braun and Gary Baker, hosts of the Internet Advisor show on Saturday evenings at WJR, invited us on the show to give them an update of our Internet television shows. It was on the Internet Advisor Show on March 9th, 2001 http://michigangolfer.tv/2001shows/show7/index.html that we launched our first Internet television show. Our show was with golf architect, William Newcomb. From that launch almost five years ago, we have put up another 400 shows in golf, running, travel and skiing. We have recently surpassed a million viewers for this year.
http://glsp.com
http://internetadvisor.net

Novi
We stopped by the Michigan Snowmobile Show to check out the Rock Financial Showplace, the new home of the Michigan Golf Show. It is massive and will certainly serve our industry well. They have great space, plenty of parking and the look a feel of a hot new venue.
http://michigangolfshow.com
http://rockfinancialshowplace.com

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THE BIG BREAKING NEWS: BART LOWER SET FOR THE 2006 WEST MICHIGAN GOLF SHOW
Ionia native Bart Lower, a two-time contestant on The Golf Channel!=s hit reality show The Big Break, will appear and give clinics at the 18th annual West Michigan Golf Show, Feb. 10-12, 2006 in Grand Rapids. Lower competed in Big Break II & IV and became a viewer favorite for both his shot-making skills and his winning personality. "I'm very proud and pleased to be part of the West Michigan Golf Show, it is a first-class show that attracts thousands of golfers from all over the state," said Lower, 29. "In fact, I first attended the show when I was 15 years of age and on the Ionia High School golf team."

Editor's Note: Michigan Runner Television
Bart Lower interviews, Stuart Bendelow, grandson of famous golf architect, Tom Bendelow
http://michigangolfer.tv/2004shows/show26/index.html

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MICHIGAN GOLFER TELEVISION
Review and Preview of Michigan Golf Shows
Laurie McCann chats with Jennie McCafferty during last year’s Michigan Golf Show, about the show, its over all make up and their new 2006 home at the Rock Financial Showplace.
http://www.michigangolfer.tv/2005shows/michigangolfshow/
http://rockfinancialshowplace.com

Jeff Daniels is having a great year and is getting Oscar mention for his role in The Squid and the Whale, Daniels also did a nice turn in Good Night and Good Luck and is currently filming Have You Heard, which is scheduled for release next year.

With this in mind, we thought we would bring you "The Jeff Daniels 9th Annual Comedy Golf Jam.

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BOOK REVIEW: ADVENTURE GOLF
Reading this book is like hitting a golf ball in a tile bathroom, it is all over the place. Ian Cross and the crew of Pilot Guides, globetrot the world visiting some very exotic golf courses. "Adventure Golf" takes you to courses in Scotland, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Japan and California. The book is much like an expensive diary as it chronicles their many travels. The real surprise here is the DVD. It allows the reader to see the author and the places he visits. After seeing the DVD, I wanted to go back and re read some of the book's passages. Not great, not bad.

The Globe Pequot Press publishes the book.
For more info:
http://www.pilotguides.com/tv_shows/adventure_golf/index.php

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GAYLORD SNOWMOBILE MECCA
The folks from Gaylord, Marsh Ridge, Beaver Creek, Garland, Pine Cone Accommodations and the Gaylord CVB were all on hand at last week's Snowmobile Show at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi. After another challenging summer golf season, they are waiting on white gold to hit the ground. You can check out the snowmobiling at Marsh Ridge Resort at http://michigantravel.tv/2005marshridge/

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HOLE IN ONE CLUB-JOHN SINCLAIR
John Sinclair aced the 185-yard 2nd hole at Beacon Hill GC lat week. He used a 5-iron for this feat. John is no stranger to this type of event having holed out two prior shots before.

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KROEGER JOINS ALBANESE & LUTZKE TEAM
Kroeger brings his specialties of working on environmentally-difficult sites, professional golf tournament venues, and projects in developing countries.

"Rick has a great deal of experience on a variety of different and complicated sites," says Paul Albanese, principal in the firm. "We believe Rick will be a valuable asset to company, and our clients."
http://golf-designs.com

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MICHIGAN GOLF HISTORY SHOULD BE NO MYSTERY ACCORDING TO STATE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION OFFICE

"We recently stumbled on the Michigan Golfer website http://www.webgolfer.com/history.html and the information you have collected about the history of Michigan golf courses.

The State Historic Preservation Office is always interested in finding out more about Michigan's history and in bringing it to the attention of the state's citizens. One way to do that is to nominate resources that retain their historic integrity to the National Register of Historic Places. This is an honorary designation that places absolutely no restrictions on what the property owner does with the property.

An added incentive is that owners of income producing properties can qualify for federal tax credits on work they do to historic buildings listed on the National Register if they do the work according to federal standards. For example, Clubhouses on privately owned courses would qualify for such a credit. Please visit our website at http://www.michigan.gov/shpo for more information on our programs.

We do have two Michigan golf courses listed on the National Register, Wawashkamo on Mackinac Island and the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge and Golf Complex, but your list suggests there could be more that are eligible. You can view short histories of the National Register listed resources on the Michigan Sites On Line database on our website.

Perhaps we could work together to let your readers know more about the National Register program. Ideally, it would be wonderful if there were a person or organization that wanted to sponsor a survey of Michigan's golf courses to determine which ones retain their integrity and to develop what we call a "historic context" for golf course development in Michigan. If you are aware of any organizations or foundations that provide funding to document golf history we would appreciate hearing about it.

Thank you for documenting this important piece of Michigan's recreational history.

Amy L. Arnold
Preservation Planner
Michigan Historical Center-SHPO
702 W. Kalamazoo
Box 30740
Lansing, MI 48909-9240

ArnoldA@michigan.gov http://www.michigan.gov/shpo
http://www.michiganhistory.org.

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19TH HOLE
Tales of the Post Office
There was a man who worked for the Post Office whose job it was to process all the mail that had illegible addresses. One day, a letter came addressed in a shaky handwriting to God.

He thought he should open it to see what it was about. The letter read, "Dear God, I am an 83-year-old widow, living on a very small pension. Yesterday someone stole my purse. It had $100 in it, which was all the money I had until my next pension check. Next Sunday is Christmas, and I had invited two of my friends over for dinner. Without that money, I have nothing to buy food with. I have no family to turn to, and you are my only hope. Can you please help me?

Sincerely, Edna."

The postal worker was touched. He showed the letter to all the other workers. Each one dug into his or her wallet and came up with a few dollars. By the time he made the rounds, he had collected $96, which they put into an envelope and sent to the woman. The rest of the day, all the workers felt a warm glow thinking of Edna and the dinner she would be able to share with her friends.

Christmas came and went. A few days later, another letter came from the old lady to God. All the workers gathered around while the letter was opened, It read:

"Dear God, How can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me? Because of your gift of love, I was able to fix a glorious dinner for my friends. We had a very nice day and I told my friends of your wonderful gift. By the way, there was $4 missing. I think it must have been those thieves at the post office.

Sincerely, Edna"

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MICHIGAN GOLFER FALL ISSUE NOW ONLINE
http://www.michigangolfer.com/sept05/index.html

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DESTINATION WALES-Jack Berry
Michigan?s legendary golf scribe, Jack Berry, presents everything you wanted to know about golf in Wales. In addition to his elegant prose, we have some great photos of the golf courses.

MICHIGAN TOURNAMENT GOLF ROUNDUP
Kelly Hill assembles information on this year's major golf tournaments with assistance from Michael Patrick Shiels, Scott Sullivan, Gary Holoway , the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe News and Marty Henwood.

103rd Western Amateur-Gary Holoway
30-Year Return at the Western Amateur-Scott Sullivan
Harris Wins Bay Mills Open-Marty Henwood-Photo Mark Adams
Kelly Cavanaugh Wins Women's Michigan Open-Michael Patrick Shiels
Mike Harris Wins the Detroit Newspapers Michigan Open-by Michael Patrick Shiels
Mike Harris Wins Tournament of Champions-by Michael Patrick Shiels
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe Wins the Native American Cup-Sault St. Marie Tribe News

INDIAN RIVER GOLF-Jack Berry
Jack Berry visits Michigan's Inland Waterway in Indian River Country and reviews two courses there, Indian Wood Country Club and Chestnut Valley Golf Club.

SLICE OF LIFE-Terry Moore
Terry Moore chats about the weather in his latest Slice of Life column. http://www.michigangolfer.com/sept05/index.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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HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY GARY PLAYER
http://www.golfbusinesswire.com/wire_release.html?releaseID=101328

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