MGN ON THE ROAD

Ann Arbor-
What a day. The Michigan Golfer/Michigan Media studio was filled with some of Michigan's shakers and movers in the golf industry. The day was used to tape some of upcoming shows for 2003. On hand for the festivities were; Ken Devine, CEO of the Michigan Section PGA; David Graham, Executive Director of the Golf Association of Michigan; Sara Wold, Betty Richart and Thad Gutowski of the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame; Mr. Michigan Golf, Chuck Kocsis; Publisher of the Walter Hagen Story, Jim Kaplan; Paul Albanese of Ray Hearn and Paul Albanese Golf Course Designs.

The guests for the day were Dave Jacobson and Paul Funk of Daybreak Outfitters, Trevor Zylstra, Internet Consultant and Skip Dewall, Publisher of Clock Tower Press.

The crew on hand to capture some of this magic consisted of Joe Yunkman, Calvin Zirk, Trevor Zylstra, Mark Juergens, Katie Delcamp, Dan Jones and Jennie McCafferty.

The new series of shows will be announced the first of the year and will begin in March.

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GRAND GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY

Congrats to Grand Valley State University on their NCAA Division II National Championship. Grand Valley is the first Michigan school to win the title since Central Michigan University and Northern Michigan University did it back to back in 1974 and 1975.

ESPN TO AIR 2002 RE/MAX WORLD LONG DRIVE CHAMPIONSHIP

ESPN will air the finals of the 2002 RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship on Saturday, Dec. 21 at 2 P.M.. ET. Roger Twibell and Charlie Rymer will handle the call of the program, taped at the Palms Golf Club in Mesquite, NV on Oct. 19.

Taken from the Golf Wire.

2003 GREAT LAKES AMATEUR MIXED COUPLES GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP ANNOUNCED

The Michigan State Amateur Golf Association has selected Crystal Mountain, located in Thompsonville Michigan, as the site of the 2003 Great Lakes Amateur Mixed Couples Golf Championship, August 22-23, 2003

This is a new Championship for competitive couples, a 36-hole event, is open to the first 40 men and woman teams in all four divisions:

A - division; Open Scratch
B - division; Net with 90% handicap index allowance
C - division; Seniors Net [ 48-55 ] age group with 90% handicap index allowance.
E - division; Seniors Net [ 56-up ] with full handicap allowance.

The cost for the tournament is $390.00 per team, which includes 3holes of golf with cart, complimentary practice center use, welcome goodie bag, merchandise prizes, reception party after Friday's round. and the awards dinner with entertainment on Saturday evening. Entry deadline August 9, 2003.

The format for all divisions is 36 holes accumulative team total, and there is no residency requirements to enter. Traveling trophy's and prizes will be awarded in all four divisions.

For more information applications for couples interested in this championship, interested parties may call either Crystal Mountain at (800) 968-7686, or the Michigan State Amateur Golf Association (517) 782-7594.

AIRLINES TO OFFER WEB ACCESS IN '03

For many busy people, a long airplane flight is one of the last places in life with guaranteed down time, away from the tentacles of e-mail and requests from the office. That's about to change. In 2003, several international carriers will begin offering high-speed Internet access via satellite. For now, it's basically a trial run so the airlines can figure out how much people are willing to pay to get online with their own laptops at 35,000 feet.

DOAK DOWN UNDER

YAHOO SEES Q4 AD SURGE

Putting solid numbers on recent forecasts that the online ad market is turning the corner, Yahoo! predicted that its ad sales would surge in the fourth quarter, growing at least 22 percent from the same period a year ago.

"The brand advertising continues to grow sequentially," Yahoo! CEO Terry Semel told an audience at the Credit Suisse First Boston Media Week conference on Thursday. "We are seeing a very good trend of growth in that space."

The Yahoo! chief executive said the company was thriving thanks to an overhaul in its advertising sales team in the past 18 months. While the company had it easy during the dot-com boom, the collapse of the market for Internet startups forced the company to focus on traditional advertisers. Semel's upbeat prognosis for Yahoo! backs up forecasts from eMarketer and others that the two-year online advertising drought is coming to an end.

Taken from a press release from Brian Morrissey

GOOGLE NOW FROOGLE

GRAND RAPIDS JAYCEE BRIAN CLINGER NAMED CHAIRMAN FOR 2003

The Grand Rapids Jaycees have announced Brian Clinger as the Tournament Chairman for the 2003 Farmers Charity Classic. Clinger is responsible for all aspects of the Grand Rapids Jaycee involvement with the tournament, June 16 -22, at Egypt Valley Country Club.

Clinger has four years of hands-on tournament experience as a Grand Rapids Jaycee member. He has sat as the tournament's Vice Chairman in 2002, has served on the Executive Committee in Finance and Core Committee in Corporate Outings.

"This is a tremendous opportunity for me to serve my Jaycee organization in the community," said Clinger. "The Farmers Charity Classic is one of the marquee events we produce as an organization each year and to be able to lead the charge is a great challenge. Knowing the impact that this event carries with it in regards to charity is why I am so proud of all of our roles as volunteers."

For information on sponsoring or volunteering for the 2003 Farmers Charity Classic, please call 616-949-8412 or visit

WHAT WE ARE THANKFUL FOR

We are thankful for our readers and viewers and of course, our great writers and reporters. HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM OUR WRITERS AND REPORTERS

The Michigan Golfer; The Write Stuff and now The Sight Stuff

Kelly Hill
Susan Bairley
Lanse Bannon
John Bebow
Jack Berry
Craig Brass
Tom Cleary
Ken Devine
Tom Doak
Mike Dugg
Sam Fullerton
Thad Gutowski
Dean Holzwarth
Dave Horstman
Marilyn Gordon
Bob Hill
Tim Hygh
Greg Johnson
Bradley Klein
Vartan Kupelian
Judy Mason
Jennie McCafferty
Terry Moore
Herschel Nathanial
Jim Neff
Bernice Phillips
Darin Philport
Cory Puyear
Jack Saylor
Dave Serino
Norm Sinclair
Bill Shelton
Mike Shiels
Marc Van Soest
Ken Tabacsko
Mike Terrell
Wensdy White
Chris Whitten
Ron Whitten
John Wukovits

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"Golf is a lot like sex. Even when you cheat, you still have to get it up and in. And that gets tougher and tougher to do every year." Billy Orville

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