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The Michigan Golfer Visits the Tribute-Part II

In this Friday's Michigan Golfer TV Show, host Bill Shelton interviews Rick Robbins while touring the new Tribute. Although the rain was heavy that day, spirits were light, as Bill and Rick chose a couple of interesting holes for our viewers to see.

The Tribute is a course dedicated to Keith Gornick's father, Alan, who purchased the property in 1955. The Tribute is an exciting course and will certainly benchmark great Michigan courses for the new century. http://michigangolfer.tv

The following is a quote from a fine story that Mike Terrell did in the June issue of the Michigan Golfer http://michigangolfer.com/june01/otsego_club.html

"In 1955 Alan Gornick, Keith's father, bought the club from McLouth's estate. The senior Gornick, a former general counsel and one of the "Whiz Kids" for Ford Motor Company, turned it into a year-round resort by adding the golf course two years later. "My father did some soul searching, but he loved the club and saw the potential for its growth. After deciding to buy it, he immediately brought in William H. Diddle, a well known golf course architect for his time, to create the Classic and the resort was on its way," said Gornick. "It became a retreat for some of the most prominent people in the Midwest; a place where they could come with their families to enjoy some privacy and let their hair down."