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Michigan Publinx Golf AssociationPresident: Jim Ellis

Vice President: Jason MaySecretary: Ron Weaver Treasurer: Ray Emsley

Board of DirectorsJim Bedson Chuck Deschaine Roger Duncan Kevin Klemet Paul Kolton Cleat Lindsey

Paul Solverson

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From the President…Dear Fellow Golfers,

One of the great things that I have foundwith being involved with the MichiganPublinx Golf Association is not only thepassion we have for our sport but the gen-eral caring for the health of our members.Over the past few years we have had a fewof us develop some serious health issues.Most of us have survived and some havenot. But the one bottom line that is thesame there will be several members rallyaround our member.

For those of you that know me it is ashort step for me to get on my soap box.Having watched my mother-in-law go thruseveral months of agony being the result ofmany years of smoking it is very easy forme to make that step to my soap box.

Recently Johnny O suffered a seriousheart issue. He has asked me to publish thefollowing letter and therefore I have afriend on the soap box with me to carry thismessage.

Dear fellow Publinx Players,My name is Johnny O. Many of you know me personally, some of you don’t

know me at all.I started in the Publinx at Rogell in 1990’s . I played with Gary Cauzillo who

has passed from cancer. I don’t know a lot of the guys in the Publinx but I wouldlike to play 18 holes with you some time in the future.

On April 27th I suffered a heart attack at the age of 41. I appeared healthy onthe outside but cigarettes and a bad diet were hurting me on the inside. The rea-son for this letter is to simply make us all aware of the damage cigarettes andcheeseburgers can do. Whether or not I know you or will be paired with you in thefuture, I don’t want to lose any of you due to smoking. Please quit or cut back asmuch as possible. I can’t wait to be back on the fairways and see all the guysagain. Stay healthy and keep it in the short grass.

Sincerely, Johnny O

Johnny,

We all wish you a speedy recovery and know you will be back in the short grass again soon!

Sincerely,

Jim Ellis, President, Michigan Publinx Golf Association

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23 & 24, 2012. The 36-hole stroke play

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IMA Brookwood Golf Club has beenaccepted as a Program Affiliate of The FirstTee Junior Golf Program and will now oper-ate under The First Tee of Mid-MichiganChapter. The popular golf course in Burtonoffered limited programming as an AccessAffiliate of The First Tee Junior GolfProgram in 2011 and has taken the next stepin being able to offer and facilitate more ofThe First Tee programs in the future.

“Becoming a Program Affiliate locationwill help build program capacity beyond TheFirst Tee’s learning facilities and will helpthe program reach new segments of the com-munity” said Diane Wojciechowski,Marketing Director of IMA BrookwoodGolf Club and IMA Recreation Association.“This is a great program for junior golfers inthe area to not only learn the game of golfbut important life skills through The FirstTee’s Nine Core Values that are incorporatedinto each junior golf lesson here at IMABrookwood Golf Club. These valuesinclude Honesty, Integrity, Sportsmanship,Respect, Confidence, Responsibility,Perseverance, Courtesy and Judgment andare discussed and demonstrated throughout

The First Tee Junior Golf Program”. “Becoming a Program Affiliate also

requires our PGA Teaching Professional JoeSimpson and his assistants to have extensivetraining through The First Tee to increase theprobability that optimal learning environ-ments are created and that positive youthdevelopment takes place during this pro-gram” added Wojciechowski. “CoachSimpson will travel to Chicago this springfor his training and all of our assistants willnow be required to take a three-hour on-linecourse to be qualified to work with our jun-ior golfers”.

The First Tee Junior Golf Program will beoffered one hour per week for 6 weeks andends with a celebration tournament and jun-ior awards banquet on the 7th week. Offeredto children ages 5 – 14, each student willreceive six hours of instruction, participationin the celebration tournament and awardsbanquet, medals and/or trophies, a juniorgolf t-shirt and a sleeve of balls. The FirstTee program will begin on Wednesday, June20 and will run each Wednesday (except for4th of July) through August 8, 2012 for theaffordable price of $95 per student.

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Wesley Gates Wins2012 Horton Smith Championship

May 10 – 12, 2012

The 2012 Horton Smith invitational had quite a final round brew-ing. After three rounds Jason May and Wesley Gates were setting atthe top of the leader board tied with a score of 212. Bill O’Connorand Dan Ellis were one shot back at 213 with Matthew Thompsonat 215.

In the final round it was Thompson making a charge firing around of 67 but he came up a couple of shots short as Wesley

remained steady shooting a great round of 68. Wesley grabbed thechampionship with a total score of 280 followed by Thompson at282 and Bill O’Connor at 284.

The Michigan Publinx Golf Association was again representedwell with fifteen members of the 42 players making the final cut.

Congratulations Wesley Gates

Final Results

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The Board of Directors havemade a few exciting changesfor the 2012 golf season andwe wanted to share them withyou:

Michigan Publinx MedalPlay Championship • The 2012 Michigan Publinx

Medal Play Championship(Lee Gohs Classic) has beenmoved from Fellow CreekGolf Course to PheasantRun Golf Club in Canton

• The format of 27 holes perday will remain the same, aswell as the event will beheld on the Memorial Dayweekend of May 26-27,2012

• Due to the length of dis-tance between various greenand tee complexes, the tour-nament will be carts only toenhance pace of play

• The cart fees are now rolled

into the entry fee, thereforethe entry fee for the tourna-ment has increased from $165 to $ 195, 2010 = $165 +$15/day cart fee.

• Players will no longer haveto pay their cart fees in theclubhouse when arriving atthe event

• Full range is now includedin entry fee

State Match Play • For the first time in the last

40 years, the MichiganPublinx State Match Play iscoming to the Metro Detroitarea and will be held atTwin Lakes Golf Club &Blackheath Golf Club inRochester from July 27th-31st, 2012

• Cart fees are now rolled intothe entry fee, therefore theentry fee for this tournamenthas increased to $235

Championship Series OneDay Events Entry OptionsExpanded • Players are now eligible to

select the number of eventsthey are able to play in. Inthe past, players had to reg-ister for all 4 events in theChampionship Division orall 5 events in the Seniorand Net Divisions

• Now players will be able toregister for 1, 2, 3 or all 4events for theChampionship Division, aswell as the Senior and NetDivisions will be able tosign up for 1, 2, 3, 4, or all5 events

• There will be different pricebreakdowns depending onthe number of events youwould like to play in

Gift Certificate Payouts • The gift certificate payout

structure has been modifiedsome to pay spots furtherdown the list instead of topeight it will extend down to15% of the field up to amaximum of 12 positions

• Top end payout structurewill be modified some toencompass the extendedpayout positions

Championship Series ClubChampionship Bonus PointsAvailable• There are extra points avail-

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• Players need to compete inall 4 Championship Seriesevents to qualify for thebonus points

Honor Roll Changes • The amount of points some-

one can receive for qualifyingfor the US Open Sectionalshas been reduced by 50points

• The qualifier can still receivethe additional bonus pointsshould they be the medalist atthe Local Qualifier

• Top 5 finishers in theChampionship Series are eligi-ble for bonus points• The Top 16 finishers in the

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2012 East / West All StarMatches • 2012 is the year the Michigan

Publinx will be hosting theEast / West All Stars

• Qualifiers will be comprisedfrom team players, as well asplayers from our Honor Rolllist

• We will inform the member-ship once the venue and dateshave been locked down

2013 Atlas Trophy Matches • The Michigan Publinx and

the GAM are still working onthe 2013 venue for the AtlasTrophy Matches

• The qualification for the2013 team will be based ontotal points from the 2012and 2013 seasons

• The membership fill beinformed once the venue anddates have been locked down

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Anatomy of a Publinxer

I am writing this article sit-ting in an airport, ready to go toGermany for work along withwatching the 2012 Player’sChampionship. I have beendoing a lot of self reflectionrecently and wondering whatthe heck do I really want to getout of this game we lovebecause right now I really donot enjoy it. I need to prefacethis viewpoint a little. This pastMonday I attempted to qualifyfor the Michigan Amateur atEdgewood Country Club. Iwanted to take the time to diag-nose this round a little bitbecause of what I had learned,mainly how my emotionsaffected my play throughoutthis round, good and bad.

Amateurs put a high level ofpressure on themselves in everyround they play, whether it isthe weekend warrior, or the guytrying to qualify for scratchlevel state amateur or state openevents. The weekend warriormay only play 1 day per week,so the pressure this person putson him/herself is to score theirbest in their limited opportuni-ties. However, there is at differ-ent level of pressure then thequalifier because they will beback on the golf course the fol-lowing week trying to accom-plish their goal of beating theirbest score the following week.The amateur that plays in quali-fiers has a make or break men-tality because they do not havean opportunity to make anotherqualification attempt until thefollowing year. This is the caseI will focus on, more important-ly why we put too much pres-sure on these events. In all hon-esty, these qualifiers are nolonger fun to play in unless themindset is changed. I have beenplaying in state amateur quali-fiers since I was 21 years old.This year was my 13th attemptto qualify for the MichiganAmateur, I have qualified 3 outof those 13 times, three years in

a row actually. I think I shouldbe focusing on what I did duringthose three years and not writ-ing an article about handlingemotions! Ha ha!

What has changed over those13 years? I got married, I havethree children, I have been pro-moted at couple of times,changed companies, and amworking on a new work projectthat requires me to travel a weekper month. Those are all excus-es for THIS YEAR!! I believe Ihave become more efficientwith my golf swing, I under-stand how to hit more shots, Ican read the golf course better,and I spend 2 months of the yearcoaching a high school golfteam. I should be better, youknow why I am not, emotions,self-induced pressure, and notbeing wise enough to under-stand that life is really biggerthan individual qualifiers. Ireceived some unintended greatadvice one day from my friendand fellow publinxer, DaveVaclav. Dave and I were talkingabout our kids and he said howgreat it is that he can play awfulon the golf course, go home,and his kids do not care at allwhat he shot that day, only thathe is home ready to play soccer,have a game of catch, or what-ever interests them at themoment. Wow is Dave everright! I missed qualifying by 2shots and the first thing thathappened when I got home isthat all my kids ran up to hugme and my oldest (5 year old)asked me to go outside andpitch baseballs to him for bat-ting practice. They knew I wasplaying golf, and they know Ilove playing it. That morningthey gave me a cursory “goodluck” in the morning, not know-ing really what for, but theirworld and focus is completelydifferent. Not all of us havekids so I do not want to send themessage to having kids takesthe stink off a bad round of golf.

We all have things in our livesthat we perceive more impor-tant (insert soothing mechanismhere). How can we change orsimplify our mindset, almost tothe level of a child?

I am not sure how to simplifythis thought process but walk-ing through my emotionalround of golf may trigger someideas. This may be familiar toyou, it may not, and you justmight think I am crazy but hereit goes anyway. Stepping up onthe first tee I had confidence, hita conservative tee shot, drew abad lie, left the ball in a goodspot short of the green, goodchip, missed a 5-foot par putt.Oh well, piped a nice tee ballinto the heart of the fairway,conservative 7 iron to middle ofgreen 25 feet away, putted it upto 2 feet, mark and wait myturn, hop up there, and missedit! Uh oh! Now for some rea-son my brain flipped into panicmode? Why? My initial thatwas that I knew from playingEdgewood before in qualifiers itwill take 2-3 over par to qualify,I am still within the number.My thoughts should be that sim-ple, you are in good shape,don’t panic, but no it can’t bethat simple to keep that train ofthought. I stand on the third teebox and all I am thinking aboutis that I need to now get thosetwo shots back. The third holeat Edgewood is a 476 yard dogleg left with out of bounds allthe way down the left side. Mytypical miss on the golf courseis a conservative block (right ofthe target for right a hander),typically! Standing on this teebox thinking I have to sweepone around the corner to try toget there in 2 shots to set up aneasy birdie. Why! Why is mythought process on the tee notjust target and all I care about isa conservative target? I will tellyou, self inflicted pressure!Why, no one in my family caresif I make the Amateur, my lega-

cy will not be predicated ontournament success. My legacyis how my children turnout,how much fun my wife and Iwill have in our lives, growingrelationships with my friends,the difference I can make atwork whether through leader-ship or new ideas that will helpthe company reduce costs. Whyam I putting this pressure onmyself? Because I have 1chance to make it this year, mythought that I HAVE to qualify!That is me, my boss (home &work) did not tell me I had tomake it.

On my tee shot I make a com-pletely nerved swing and snipehook one that luckily hits a treeand stays in bounds. I trudge itdown the fairway forced myselfto think that I needed to hole outa wedge for birdie, so I hit itover the green and make doublebogey. OK, I think to myselfget a hold of myself. I start ask-ing for rain. My mind changedfrom score to weather, that wasmy focus. I proceed to make acouple of pars and a bogey inthe next three holes. I am nowat 5 over through 6 holes. Thisscore is not a killer this early, itis not easy to rebound, but notimpossible. I know I can makebirdies, I have not made a bunchthis year but I think I got it inme. C’mon, I want to tellmyself, make it that simple,charge. No that is not mythought process I am thinking Ineed to make it up in one swing!I proceed to make triple on 7, Ileave a second shot in a greenside bunker worried that I mighthit a long bunker shot out ofbounds over the green, why!No I did not think about the shotI was concerned with a negativeresult. C’mon get it together!Now I know I am dead, 8 overafter 7 holes. I play defeatedover the next couple of holes. Itwas raining hard so I just

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thought of survival simplyadvancing the ball in play. I pro-ceed to put the ball in play, ontothe green, 2-putt par. I makethree pars in a row simplifyingthis thought process. I did notrealize I was actually doing this,wow I am just playing the game,nothing more. After this string ofpars we get yanked off the coursefor 2 hours due to rain pooling upon the greens. Just what I need,extend this day! Instead of cry-ing the blues I took the time tocatch up with friends at the qual-ifier, laugh and get ready to goback out, I will not quit! I knewwhat I had to do, play theremaining 7 holes 4 under par tohave a chance, really? Why notlet’s take that mindset, can’t hurt.I went out in this stretch of 7holes and made 4 birdies, part ofthat was making birdies on thefinal 3 holes. Interesting! Whathappened in this stretch? Nofear, nothing to lose, just play,and have fun. Why the hell did Iput all that pressure on myself inthe beginning, if I had startedfrom this simple mindset I mayhave been more successful. Ihated playing golf for the major-ity of that day. Why did I notrealize it was the greatest dayever (outside of my wedding dayor birth of my kids). My cellphone is turned off, no kids orwife bothering me, vacationfrom work, and great companyplaying with friends, Jim Dalesand Jim Rowe. What is wrongwith me? What kind of messageam I sending not only my kids,but the high school kids I coach?I think I can surmise that a good,positive, simple mindset is what Ineed to do not only for qualifiersbut for the rest of the season.

Alright I am drawing a line inthe sand for the rest of the yearstarting with the next time I playgolf when I get back in town Iwill take the mindset of enjoyingplaying golf! I will place thesegoals in three categories, #1enjoy hitting good shots! Notmany people can hit many good

shots in a round, I am not special,so I should enjoy it, no selfinduced pressure. The secondcategory, enjoy or accept hittinga bad shot, because there is nowa challenge of getting this missedshot up and down. The great BenHogan used to say he only hit 5shots per round like he reallywanted! Five of a ballpark 67shots, 7% of his shots! Who amI to think will be 100% success-ful? Reality check! The third isto enjoy being around peoplewith like interests in golf. Don’tpout, don’t come in after a roundand because you shot 78, and sayyou played terrible. Someone inyour party could be real excitedabout shooting 79 and here youare making a big deal that 78 isterrible. How do you think thatguy feels? A great friend of mineand another fellow publinxer,John Leach, said we are not thatgood to care that much. Truerwords could not be spoken, weare not getting paid to play, wedon’t have $5000 swing/shortgame instructors on call, we needto accept who we are an enjoy it.Take this as advice, do not raiseyour heart rates, is it really thatimportant?

I track my rounds of golf andthey are totaling between 35 – 45rounds per year, I am luck to playthat much. This number willdwindle over the next few yearsso it should be a priority to enjoythose every year and not put toomuch pressure on them becausethey quickly turn out to be miser-able with my old mindset. Let’ssee! I will take make myself atest case or guinea pig. I willtake on the task of this new sim-plified motto going into eachround for the balance of the sea-son, and in a later edition of thisarticle I will report back to youall and it either succeed or notimprove and I will be very hon-est and let you know the resultsin either direction.

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Anatomy of a Publinxer(continued)

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May Quiz1. In stroke play a player’s ball lies in a bunker. While

entering the bunker, the player accidentally kicks a smallstone into the bunker. He removes the stone, which doesnot affect the position of his ball. What is the Ruling?

a. No penaltyb. One penalty strokec. Two penalty strokes

2. A competitor’s ball lies in a bad position among sometree roots. His fellow-competitor suggests that the com-petitor declare the ball unplayable and take relief. Whatis the Ruling?

a. No penaltyb. No penalty if the competitor plays the ball

as it lies.c. Fellow-competitor incurs a two-stroke

penalty.

3. A player may move, bend or break any part of a fixed orartificial object that is located out of bounds if it inter-feres with his swing. True / False

4. A player’s ball lies on a path covered by wood chips. Heremoves some of the wood chips around his ball and thentakes proper relief from the path. What is the Ruling?

a. No Penaltyb. One stroke penaltyc. Two-stroke penalty.

5. If a player’s ball becomes unfit for play during the holebeing played, he may substitute a ball, dropping it as nearas possible to where the original ball lay True / False

6. A serious breach of the Rules occurs when a player pro-ceeds other than in accordance with the Rules and

a Substitutes a ballb. Gains a significant advantage as a result of

playing from a wrong place.c. Plays a wrong ball.

7. In both match and stroke play, when play is suspended, aplayer may give or receive advice from other players.True / False.

8. A player’s ball-marker was moved off the putting greenby casual water while play was suspended; when playresumes, he must place a ball or ball- marker on the orig-inal or estimated spot. True / False

9. A competitor in stroke play marks and lifts his ball on theputting green and by mistake replaces it with another ball.He holed out and drove off the next tee. What is theRuling?

a. He incurs a two-stroke penalty.b. He has played a wrong ball and is

disqualified.c. There is no penalty

10. A player finds a ball that looks like his in the rough andplays it onto the green. When he gets to the green, hefinds that it is not his ball. What is the Ruling?

a. He incurs a two-stroke penalty for substitut-ing a ball when not allowed and must contin-ue playing that ball.

b. He incurs a one stroke penalty and must return and find his ball.

c. He incurs a two-stroke penalty for playing awrong ball and must find and play his origi-nal ball. Or be disqualified if he tees off atthe next hole without correcting his error.

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The 40th playing of the Fuller Cup took

place at Flint Golf Club, Flint Michigan.

Twenty four of Michigan’s top player’s, twelve

PGA Professionals and twelve GAM

Amateurs went nose to nose to claim this years

bragging rights.

The Michigan PGA (Professional Golf

Association of Michigan) team was Tom

Harding, Kevin Muir, Randy Erskine, Ron

Beurmann, TJ Roberts, Pat Markley, John

Seltzer, Jack Seltzer, Charles Pasco, Bob

Ackerman, Brian Dice and Brian Cairnes.

The GAM (Golf Association of Michigan)

team was Casey Baker, Bill Zylstra, Greg

Reynolds, Tom Werkmeister, Mike Ignasack,

Dan Ellis, Jared Dalga, Steve McKalco, Jerred

Barley Scott Jaschuk, Nick Dennis and

Michael Coriasso.

In the morning team matches the GAM

team finished with a slim one-point advantage

(3.5 to 2.5). The teams of

Werkmeister/Ignasack, Ellis/Dalga,

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while Baker/Reynolds chipped in with a tie.

In the afternoon single matches the GAM

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Because the GAM team held the cup from

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GAM Team Retains Fuller Cup!Hosted By Flint Golf Club

May 9, 2012

Congratulations GAM & PGA Team!

The all new Player’s Choice, Lansing’s only full service golf shop with an outdoor driving range and Flight ScopeDopplar Radar Fitting Technology, is ready to fit you to the latest equipment from all the top manufacturers in the busi-ness. Player’s Choice will be ordering many Demo and Fitting Days throughout the summer so be sure to stop by theshop or sign up for our email event and sales information.

You can also find a full line of golf shoes, golf bags, golf balls, apparel and accessories for both men and women inaddition to a complete repair shop ordering regripping, reshafting and many other repair services.

“Player’s Choice is all about custom fit clubs from all the top names in the business but also showcasing unique prod-ucts you won’t find in most golf shops,” says owner Josh Herrera, “from golf specific Oakley sunglasses and apparel toall the latest materials and colors in golf grips that are hot on tour. And speaking of color, we also carry Puma shoes andapparel as well as the Adidas “build your own belt buckles and straps.”

Player’s Choice is located at 6293 E. Saginaw Hwy. in Grand Ledge, connected to Funtyme Adventure Park. The hoursof operation during the season will be Monday through Saturday from 10am to 8pm. Tell all your golfing friends andwe’ll see you there!

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RESULTS

Place Name Scores Total Score1st Tom Werkmeister 67-71-76 2142nd Mike Basinski 70-72-75 2173rd Mark Shoenborn 69-73-76 2184th Bob Sakocius 70-72-77 2195th Brian Hayward 72-73-75 2205th Jake Losey 73-74-73 220

Congratulations Tom!

Werkmeister Wins His Sixth West Michigan Amateur!Candlestone Golf Resort-Belding MI • June 19 & 20, 2012

Willie Mack III claimed the West Michigan Amateur in 2011 butturned pro and was not eligible to defend his title in 2012.

Tom Werkmeister who led this tournament by three shots withthree holes to go in 2011 jumped out to the early lead this year byshooting 67 in the opening round and followed up in the secondround with a 71 to hold the 36-hole lead.

Trailing Werkmeister by four shots was Mike Basinski, Bob

Sakocius and Mark Schoenborn with scores of 142. In the final round Tom remained steady shooting a 76 to take a

three shot victory and capture his sixth WMA title. Tom’s first WMA was in 2001 making him the dominant player

for the last eleven years. Tom is also closing in on Bob Sakocius forholding the most WMA crowns. Bob currently owns nine WMAchampionships.

2012 Publinx Team Play Through May 14th 2012EAST

Team Wins Loses Ties %Orchards 3 0 0 1.000Sycamore Hills 3 0 0 1.000Blackheath I 3 0 0 1.000Greystone 2 2 1 0 0.667The Glaciers 2 1 0 0.667Fieldstone 1 1 0 0.500The Fountains 1 1 0 0.500Bald Mountain 1 2 0 0.333Greystone 1 0 2 0 0.000Black River 0 0 0 0.000Romeo 0 2 0 0.000Twin Lakes 0 1 0 0.000Pontiac Municipal 0 2 0 0.000Blackheath II 0 2 0 0.000Boulder Point 0 1 0 0.000

WESTTeam Wins Loses Ties %Cattails 2 0 0 1.000Dunham Hills 2 0 0 1.000Green Oaks 2 0 0 1.000Lyon Oaks 1 1 0 0.500Fellows Creek 1 1 0 0.500Golden Fox & 1 1 0 0.500Miles of GolfSalem Hills 0 2 0 0.000Rouge 0 1 0 0.000Fox Creek 0 2 0 0.000Preserve 0 1 0 0.000

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PGA Corner

PGA of Michigan & Michigan PGA Junior Tourwww.michigan.pga.com

Michigan PGA Junior TourDate LocationJune 18th Travis Pointe Country Club-Ann ArborJune 21st - 22nd Junior PGA Championship - Bedford ValleyJune 25th Forest Akers-West - East LansingJune 27th - 28th Thornapple Pointe - Grand RapidsJuly - 2nd The Orchards Golf Club - WashingtonTBA TBAJuly 9th - 10th Eagle Eye Golf Club - BathTBA TBAJuly 18th - 19th Grand Traverse Resort - AcmeJuly 23rd Battle Creek Country Club - Battle CreekTBA TBAJuly 30th The Polo Fields - YpsilantiAugust 2nd - 3rd Tour Championship - The Fortress - FrankenmuthMegan Klintworth

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For More Standings & Tournament Information Visit--www.miagt.com

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Greater Lansing Amateur Golf Association

RESULTSChampionshipPlayer Division Saturday Sunday Total Cunningham, Russ Open 70 71 141Clark, Nathan Open 68 75 143 Jones, Alex Open 71 73 144 Foster, Mark Open 70 76 146 Carey, Ryan Open 71 80 151 Matthiesen, Robert Open 74 77 151 Green, Sean Open 75 77 152 Bohnhoff, Karl Open 76 77 153 Brownback, David Open 76 78 154 Pauli, Brian Open 74 81 155 Leal, David Open 76 80 156 Keim, Tony Open 75 82 157 Cornwell, Cole Open 77 80 157 Cunningham, Nicholas Open 76 82 158 Domagalski, Matthew Open 76 82 158 Curtis, Tyler Open 76 84 160 Dean, Craig Open 76 84 160 Hurst, Nick Open 75 87 162

Championship First FlightPlayer Division Saturday Sunday Total Kosloski, Jordon Open 78 75 153 Luttig, Aaron Open 78 76 154 Burt, Josh Open 78 77 155 Volkers, Rick Open 80 78 158 Brija, Jim Open 81 77 158 Terry, Justin Open 81 77 158 Blasius, John Open 78 81 159 Church, Steve Open 79 81 160 Freund, Jordan Open 79 81 160 Spedoske, Nick Open 80 81 161 Phillips, Brad Open 81 83 164 Forell, Matt Open 81 84 165 Bowersox, Don Open 79 87 166 Peralta, John Open 81 88 169 Daly Jr, Dan Open 81 91 172 McCarthy, Patrick Open 81 97 178 Ault, Daniel Open 78 DNS DNS

2012 Spring Medal Play ChampionshipThe Emerald Golf Course, St. Johns, May 5 & 6, 2012

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The Emerald Golf Club playedhost on May 5th & 6th to the first

big tournament of the year forGLAGA. Over 75 players turned

out for this two day 36 hole event.The weather was cool but dry giving

these players some great scoringconditions.

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Greater Lansing Amateur Golf AssociationChampionship Second FlightPlayer Division Saturday Sunday Total Lee, Dave Open 84 76 160 Rosendale, Zachary Open 82 81 163 Whalen, Joshua Open 85 78 163 Makley, Jeff Open 83 83 166 Allen, Joe Open 84 83 167 McKenna, Justin Open 82 87 169 Perrone, Jacob Open 89 80 169 Wilson, Ryan Open 82 89 171 Szedlak, Joshua Open 91 82 173 Vuckovich, Drew Open 93 83 176 Slocum, Matt Open 96 80 176 Eccleton, Jay Open 86 91 177 Bet, Nicholas Open 86 92 178 Kiger , Brian Open 94 92 186 Kragel, Dan Open 101 101 202

Senior Championship Player Division Saturday Sunday Total Raymond, Mike Senior 71 70 141 Mastin, Randy Senior 70 77 147 Meirndorf, Larry Senior 74 73 147 Hoevel, Morrie Senior 73 76 149 Freeman, Douglas Senior 76 79 155 Jakubowski, Jim Senior 78 78 156 Armstrong, Jeff Senior 79 79 158 Marshall, Brad Senior 79 79 158 Borges, Edson Senior 79 80 159 Harry, Jeff Senior 79 81 160 Seehase, Dick Senior 75 88 163 Hankey, Douglas Senior 79 93 172

Senior First Flight Player Division Saturday Sunday Total Shumway, Dennis Senior 81 82 163 Garza, Andy Senior 86 80 166 Carlson, Mark Senior 84 85 169 Laban, Jerry Senior 83 87 170 Burt, Doug Senior 84 86 170 Solomon, Charles Senior 84 87 171 Balogh, Dan Senior 87 84 171 Pettit, William Senior 91 85 176 Miller, Bruce Senior 84 93 177 Betts, Denny Senior 87 91 178 Hope, Ron Senior 87 92 179 Parks, Steve Senior 91 92 183 Powtak, Rick Senior 99 95 194 Distefano, Gary Senior 97 108 205

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South East Michigan will be the home for the 2012 StateMatch Play Championship. It’s been many many years sincethis title has been claimed in the Motor City Area.

For the past several years this championship has been heldin a Northern Michigan atmosphere or the warm rural country-side of West Michigan.

Breaking from the norm, in 2012 Blackheath Golf Courseand Twin Lakes Golf and Swim Club both in Rochester HillsMichigan will host the SMP Championship.

These are two fine venues that will offer a great challengefor all players.

The following information is a brief overview for eachcourse and what lies ahead for the players in this year’s tour-nament.

Blackheath Golf CourseBlackheath opened in 1998 and was designed and construct-

ed by Kevin Aldrich. Mr. Aldrich’s inspiration to develop thisstyle of layout was brought on by a visit to Scotland. On thistrip, he learned of the two unique types of layouts that could beoffered by this type of topography and he was able to producea gem in Rochester, MI.

There are two types of courses in the birthplace of golf,which are heathland and links styles. A heathland course isbuilt from farmland and lies inland from the sea. Links cours-es on the other hand sit next to the sea. As opposed to a linksdesign with the bumpy fairways and deep bunkers, a heathlandcourse offers gently rolling fairways and flat bunkering.

The name “blackheath” itself comes from the honorablesociety of men, which is said to be the first to establish a clubin England that was actually outside of Scotland.

The course sits on 128 acres. It features a good test of golffor both men and ladies of all skill levels. Playing to par of 71the course offers four sets of tees, challenging bunkering, andundulating greens that make for a true but fair round of golf.

Blackheath has already earned quite a reputation.Blackheath was selected to host the United States AmateurSectional qualifier in 1998. Crain’s Detroit Business ratedBlackheath as a top 5 must play in Michigan. Blackheath wasalso awarded 3 1 2 stars by Golf Digest.

Twin Lakes Golf And Swim ClubTwin Lakes Golf Club in Rochester Hills is a four star (Golf

Digest Places to Play) Jerry Matthews designed golf coursefeaturing wide sweeping fairways and huge contoured putting

surfaces. This links influenced layout traverses mildly undulat-ing terrain with numerous wetlands and water hazards alongthe way. Those who have not visited in the past couple of yearswill be surprised at the growth that has taken place in thisupscale residential community, as beautiful homes line manyfairways and form a significant backdrop behind many of thegreen complexes in this 1,000 acre countryside development.

Golf properties do not usually warrant a 4-star rating with-out providing a nice package of amenities, and the list at TwinLakes is an impressive one. First of all, two huge practicegreens rest between the clubhouse and first tee, with a massivegrass range nearby. The short game area includes a chippingarea and sand bunker, perfect for a warm up or for a morningor afternoon of practice. The clubhouse features an upscale proshop, plus lockers and showers for men and women. Therestaurant and lounge is wonderfully appointed, and the land-scaped outdoor patio is a great place for parties and receptions,and presents views of a natural area that rests immediatelybehind the clubhouse.

The service here is outstanding - worthy of private clubexperiences. Crain’s Detroit has awarded Twin Lakes with thehonor of recognition as the # 1 Women Friendly Course in SEMichigan. There are twenty seven holes on property - the newWoods nine opened for public play in 2006, and providesgolfers with a Northern Michigan experience featuring eleva-tion changes, rolling fairways bound by mature trees, andspectacular marshlands populated with herons and indigenouswildlife.

This layout plays to distance measuring 3414, 3172, 3029,2831 and 2322 yards, and is located in a serene environment,with no residential properties situated alongside. There arequite a few forced carries over marsh, though like the originaleighteen, the carries are reasonable from the white and forwardtees. We highly recommend that you include the Woods in anyTwin Lakes golf experience. The Estates nine also has 5 sets oftees that play to 3502, 3301, 3160, 2856 and 2507 yards, whilethe Links nine measures 3243, 3015, 2849, 2548 and 2113yards. The slope ratings of the 27 holes vary between 109 and133.

Are You Up For The Challenge?Sign Up For The 2012 SMP Today!

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2012 Michigan Publinx State Match Play

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Your P.G.A. Professional

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learning opportunityThis is one of my favorite practice stationsfor putting! I found some red string, and twoskewers from the camping section. Cut thestring about 9’ long and tie it to the loops onskewers. Stick them in the ground in linewith the hole and start putting. If your put-ter has a line on it your goal is to make thatline disappear from sight which gets the put-ter face to aim squarely to the line. This getsthe golfer that has trouble aiming the faceand getting the ball to start on line improv-

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2012 Tournament Information “Tentative”Michigan Publinx Golf Association

"Championship Series Tournaments"

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Date LocationJune 3rd Championship Series #2 - Lakes Of Taylor Golf ClubJune 24th Championship Series #3 - Dunham Hills Golf ClubJune 29th - 30th Syron Memorial - Pontiac Country ClubJuly 15th Championship Series #4 - Blackheath Golf ClubJuly 27th - 31st MIPUBLINX State match Play Championship - Twin Lakes/BlackheathAugust 12th Championship Series #5 - Fieldstone Golf ClubSeptember 9th Deyak Classic - Pontiac Country Club

Michigan Publinx Senior Golf Associationwww.mpsga.org

Date LocationJune 5th Salem HillsJune 12th Tanglewood Golf ClubJune 23rd Chemung Hills Country ClubJune 28th Lyon Oaks Golf ClubJuly 10th The Orchards Golf ClubJuly 18th Members Club Championship "1st Round" Pontiac Country ClubJuly 21st Dunham Hills Golf ClubJuly 25th Metamora Country ClubJuly 31st Majestic Golf ClubAugust 4th Huntmore Golf ClubAugust 9th Fieldstone Golf ClubAugust 16th Coyote Preserve Golf ClubAugust 24th - 26th State Open Amateur - Shanty Creek ResortSeptember 23rd Members Club Championship "Finals" Stonebridge Country Club

Golf Association Of Michiganwww.gam.org

Date LocationJune 18th -22nd Michigan Amatuer-Oakland Hills Country ClubAugust 20th - 21st GAM Women's Championship - Port Huron Country ClubJuly 16th - 20th Michigan Women's Amateur-Forest Akers Golf ClubJune 25th - 28th Michigan Girl's Junior State Amateur-Muskegon Country ClubJuly 30th - August 2nd Michigan Junior State Amateur-The Medalist Golf ClubAugust 20th - 21st GAM Championship-Point Of Woods Golf & Country Club

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Golf Association Of Michigan (continued)www.gam.org

Date LocationAugust 6th GAM Net Team-Prestwick Village Golf ClubTBA GAM Women's Mid-Amateur-Flint Golf ClubAugust 13th - 14th GAM Senior Four Ball-Walnut Creek Country ClubAugust 27th - 28th GAM Women's Senior Amateur-Indian River Golf ClubAugust 30th -31st GAM Mid Amateur-Boyne Highlands ResortSeptember 10th - 11th GAM Senior Amateur-Bloomfield Hills Country ClubSeptember 4th - 5th Michigan Net Amateur-Plum Hollow Country ClubOctober 3rd GAM Senior Tournament Of Champions - Warrick Hills CCOctober 8th GAM Tournament of Champions-Detroit Golf Club

2012 United States Golf Associationwww.usga.org

Date LocationJune 14th - 17th U.S. Open - The Olympic Club-CAJuly 9th - 14th U.S. Amateur Public Links - Soldier Hollow GC-UT

"USAPL - Michigan Qualifiers"May 11th Dunham Hills Golf ClubJune 14th Cedar Chase Golf ClubJune 18th - 23rd U.S. WAPL - Neshanic Valley GC-NJJuly 5th - 8th U.S. Women's Open - Blackwolf Run GC-WIJuly 16th - 21st U.S. Girls' Junior - Lake Merced GC-CA

"US Girls Junior Open - Michigan Qualifiers"June 20th Walnut Hills Country ClubJuly 16th - 21st U.S. Junior Amateur - GC Of New England-NH

"US Junior Amateur - Michigan Qualifiers"June 14th Fieldstone Golf ClubJune 25th Island Hills Golf ClubJuly 12th - 15th U.S. Senior Open - Indianwood CC-MI

"US Senior Open - Michigan Qualifiers"June 26th Radrick Farms Golf ClubAugust 6th - 12th U.S. Women's Amateur - The Country Club-OH

"US Women's Amateur - Michigan Qualifiers"July 9th Country Club of DetroitAugust 13th - 19th U.S. Amateur - Cherry Hills CC-CO

"US Amateur - Michigan Qualifiers"July 16th Country Club of LansingJuly 18th Bay City Country ClubJuly 30th Muskegon Country ClubSeptember 10th - 11th Walker Cup - Royal Aberdeen Golf Club - Aberdeen, ScotlandSeptember 29th-Oct. 4th U.S. Senior Amateur - Mountain Ridge CC- NJ

"US Senior Amateur - Michigan Qualifiers"

2012 Tournament Information “Tentative”

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2012 Tournament Information “Tentative”2012 United States Golf Association (continued)

www.usga.org

Date LocationSeptember 4th Cascade Hills Country ClubSeptember 8th - 13th U.S. Senior Women's

Amateur - Hershey CC-PA"US Senior Women's Amateur - Michigan Qualifiers"

August 23rd Detroit Golf ClubSeptember 8th - 13th U.S. Mid-Amateur - Conway Farms GC - IL

"US Mid Amateur - Michigan Qualifiers"August 9th Barton Hills Country ClubAugust 16th Bedford Valley Golf ClubOctober 6th - 11th U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur - Briggs Ranch CC - TX

"US Women's Mid Amateur - Michigan Qualifiers"September 13th Barton Hills Country Club

Greater Lansing Amateur Golf Associationwww.glaga.org

Date LocationJune 2nd - 3rd Jersey Giant Mid Michigan Match PlayJune 23rd Rehmann Group Best BallJuly 15th GLAGA Buddy BusterAugust 3rd - 5th All City ChampionshipSeptember 23rd Woodside Sramble/Best Ball

Adams Golf Junior Tourwww.juniorgolf.org

Date LocationJune - 11th El Dorado GC - WB - Mason, MIJune 12th Quail Ridge - Ada, MIJune 13th The Highlands - Grand Rapids, MIJune 14th Arbor Hills GC - Jackson, MIJune 15th TBA -June 18 - June 19 The Fortress - Frankenmuth, MIJune 20th Mystic Creek - M-W - Milford, MIJune 21st Timber Ridge GC - East Lansing, MIJune 22nd Twin Lakes - EL - Oakland Twp, MIJune 25th Lakelands - Brighton, MIJune 26th Thousand Oaks GC - Grand Rapids, MIJune 27 - June 29 Forest Akers - West - Lansing, MIJuly 2nd Walnut Hills - East Lansing, MIJuly 6th Forest Akers - West - Lansing, MI

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2012 Tournament Information “Tentative”Adams Golf Junior Tour (continued)

www.juniorgolf.orgDate LocationJuly 9th Kent - Grand Rapids, MIJuly 10th Pheasant Run GC-NS - Canton, MIJuly 11 - July 12 U of M - Ann Arbor, MIJuly 13th Bedford Valley - Battle Creek, MIJuly 16th Washtenaw - Ypsilanti, MIJuly 17 - July 19 The Medalist - Marshall, MIJuly 20th Stonebridge - Ann Arbor, MIJuly 23rd Edgewood - Commerce Twp, MIJuly 24th The Fortress - Frankenmuth, MIJuly 25th Golf Club of Coldwater - Coldwater, MIJuly 26 - July 27 Tour Championship- Forest Akers - East/West - East Lansing, MI

Meijer Junior Players Tourwww.juniorgolf.org

Date LocationJune - 11th El Dorado GC - WB - Mason, MIJune 12th Quail Ridge - Ada, MIJune 13th The Highlands - Grand Rapids, MIJune 14th Arbor Hills GC - Jackson, MIJune 15th TBA -June 18 - June 19 The Fortress - Frankenmuth, MIJune 20th Mystic Creek - M-W - Milford, MIJune 21st Timber Ridge GC - East Lansing, MIJune 22nd Twin Lakes - EL - Oakland Twp, MIJune 25th Lakelands - Brighton, MIJune 26th Thousand Oaks GC - Grand Rapids, MIJune 27 - June 29 Forest Akers - West - Lansing, MIJuly 2nd Walnut Hills - East Lansing, MIJuly 6th Forest Akers - West - Lansing, MIJuly 9th Kent - Grand Rapids, MIJuly 10th Pheasant Run GC-NS - Canton, MIJuly 11 - July 12 U of M - Ann Arbor, MIJuly 13th Bedford Valley - Battle Creek, MIJuly 16th Washtenaw - Ypsilanti, MIJuly 17 - July 19 The Medalist - Marshall, MIJuly 20th Stonebridge - Ann Arbor, MIJuly 23rd Edgewood - Commerce Twp, MIJuly 24th The Fortress - Frankenmuth, MIJuly 25th Golf Club of Coldwater - Coldwater, MIJuly 26 - July 27 Tour Championship- Forest Akers - East/West - East Lansing, MI

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PGA Of Michigan & Michigan PGA Junior Tourwww.michigan.pga.com

Michigan PGA Junior TourDate LocationJune 18th Travis Pointe Country Club-Ann ArborJune 21st - 22nd Junior PGA Championship - Bedford ValleyJune 25th Forest Akers-West - East LansingJune 27th - 28th Thornapple Pointe - Grand RapidsJuly - 2nd The Orchards Golf Club - WashingtonTBA TBAJuly 9th - 10th Eagle Eye Golf Club - BathTBA TBAJuly 18th - 19th Grand Traverse Resort - AcmeJuly 23rd Battle Creek Country Club - Battle CreekTBA TBAJuly 30th The Polo Fields - YpsilantiAugust 2nd - 3rd Tour Championship - The Fortress - Frankenmuth

Michigan PGA TourDate LocationJune 11th - 14th Michigan Open - The Orchards Golf ClubJuly 17th - 18th Club Car Senior Open - Bedford Golf Club

West Michigan Golf Associationwww.westmichigangolf.com

Date LocationJune 2nd - 3rd Shipman Classic - Railside Golf ClubJune 15th - 17th City Match Play - Stonewater CCJuly 7th - 8th Kent County Amateur - LE Kaufman G.C.TBA Grand Valley Amateur - The Meadows G.C.July 21st - 22nd City Championship - Watermark CCSept 8th - 9th West Michigan Fall Best Ball/Scramble - LE Kaufman GC

Michigan Golf Week Amateur Tourwww.MIAGT.com

West MichiganDate LocationJune 9th MIAGT West at Pilgrims RunJune 30th MIAGT Open Championship at Eagle Eye Golf ClubJuly 15th MIAGT Tour Cup at Eldorado Golf CourseJuly 28th MIAGT West at Yarrow Golf CourseAugust 11th MIAGT West at Macatawa LegendsAugust 25th MIAGT TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP State Finals at The Grande Golf Club

2012 Tournament Information “Tentative”

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Michigan Golf Week Amateur Tour (continued)www.MIAGT.com

Date LocationSeptember 8th MIAGT West at Calderone Golf ClubSeptember 22nd West Tour at Thornapple PointeOctober 6th MichIllini Cup at Glendarin HillsOctober 19th National Championship at Hilton Head

East SideDate LocationJune 2nd MIAGT East at Forest Akers GCJune 16th MIAGT East at Coyote PreserveJune 30th MIAGT Open Championship at Eagle Eye Golf ClubJuly 15th MIAGT Tour Cup at Eldorado Golf CourseJuly 21st MIAGT East at Boulder Pointe GCAugust 4th MIAGT East Tournament 10August 18th MIAGT East at Stonebridge GCAugust 25th MIAGT TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP State Finals at The Grande Golf ClubOctober 6th MichIllini Cup at Glendarin HillsOctober 19th National Championship at Hilton Head

2012 Tournament Information “Tentative”

2012 Michigan Amateur Qualifiers & ResultsThrough May 18, 2012

Edgewood Country Club - May 7, 2012

Place Last Name First Name City Total Status1 Hannigan Jeff Birmingham 72 Medalist2 Uelmen James Ferndale 73 Qualified3 Corbeil Nicholas Romulus 75 Qualified

Hickey Sean Farmington 75 Qualified5 Roberts Mike Wixom 76 Qualified

Petrovich Scott West Bloomfield 76 QualifiedDales Jim Northville 76 1st Alternate

8 Starnes JR Clarkston 77 2nd Alternate9 Roman Dave Westland 78 3rd Alternate

Sunnybrook Country Club - May 8, 2012

Place Last Name First Name City Total Status1 Dennis Nick Waterford 68 Medalist2 Deyer Kirk Rockford 72 Qualified3 Howell Adam Ludington 73 Qualified4 Dalga Jared Kentwood 74 Qualified4 Losey Jake Grandville 74 Qualified4 Vandenberg Chet Martin 74 1st Alt4 Kugler Scott Kalamazoo 74 2nd Alt8 Sheperd Matt Oxford 75 3rd Alt

2012 Michigan Amateur QualifyingThe Emerald Golf Club May 9 • Battle Creek Country Club May 15

May 7 was the official beginning of the 2012 MichiganAmateur Qualifying with the first qualifier, taking place atEdgewood Country Club.

During the next 30 days there will be 14 qualifiers throughoutthe state with the last one taking place in the UP at GreywallsGolf Club in Marquette.

The destination this year for these players will be OaklandHills Country Club (North Course) in Bloomfield Hills.

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The Emerald at Maple Creek - May 9, 2012

Place Last Name First Name City Total Status1 Hourani Polo Lansing 68 Medalist2 Foster Mark Davison 69 Qualified3 Burt Brian Lansing 70 Qualified4 Clark Nathan Charlotte 72 Qualified

Jones Alex DeWitt 72 Qualified6 Geiling Keith Midland 73 Qualified

Predmesky Martin Mt. Pleasant 73 Qualified8 Polulak Tyler DeWitt 74 Qualified

Sears Nick Clio 74 Qualified10 Brownback David Haslett 75 Qualified

Brace Andrew Portland 75 QualifiedDean Reid Webberville 75 QualifiedBarbour John Grand Rapids 75 1st AlternateCarey Ryan DeWitt 75 2nd AlternateHansen Brennan Ludington 75 3rd Alternate

Plum Hollow Country Club - May 14, 2012

Place Last Name First Name City Total Status1 Castleforte Michael Birmingham 74 Co-Medalist1 Fortuna Johnny Bloomfield Hills 74 Co-Medalist1 Johnson Joseph Wixom 74 Co-Medalist1 Miller Brian Lake Orion 74 Co-Medalist5 Goldstein Greg West Bloomfield 75 Qualified5 Lerch Andy Brighton 75 Qualified7 Lustig Dov West Bloomfield 76 Qualified7 Ryan Mike Beverly Hills 76 Qualified7 Solomon Spencer West Bloomfield 76 Qualified10 Reynolds* Greg Grand Blanc 77 Qualified10 Kollin Max Farmington Hills 77 Qualified10 Sowders Rod Harrison Twp 77 Qualified10 Yurmanovic Tom Dearborn 77 Qualified10 O'Rourke Marc West Bloomfield 77 1st Alt.10 Bardha Sazan Birmingham 77 2nd Alt.10 Farner Peter Kalamazoo 77 3rd Alt.

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Pheasant Run Golf Club - May 15, 2012

Place Last Name First Name City Total Status1 Gates Wesley Novi 68 Medalist2 Fedewa Steve Ypsilanti 69 Qualified3 Trosper Donnie Canton 70 Qualified4 Bellus Danny Jackson 71 Qualified5 Rodes Kyle Plymouth 72 Qualified5 Tischler Brian Ypsilanti 72 Qualified7 Bingaman Pat Grand Blanc 73 Qualified7 Heinze Josh Canton 73 Qualified9 Coffey Timothy Midland 74 Qualified9 Kozinski Bradley Novi 74 Qualified9 Piot Jr. Glenn Canton 74 Qualified9 Stevens Tom Northville 74 Qualified13 Mitroka Joshua Riverview 75 1st Alt.13 Harris* Ian Bloomfield Hills 75 2nd Alt.13 Johnson Joe New Boston 75 3rd Alt.

Battle Creek Country Club - May 15, 2012

Place Last Name First Name City Total Status1 Dewling Jimmy Brighton 73 Co-Medalist1 Noble Chris Niles 73 Co-Medalist1 Roberts Kory Battle Creek 73 Co-Medalist4 Carpenter Bryan Allen Park 74 Qualified4 Cunningham Russ DeWitt 74 Qualified4 Kane* Dennis Richland 74 Qualified7 Hayward Brian Grand Rapids 75 Qualified7 Klimek Derek Ada 75 Qualified7 Kohn* Mike Belding 75 Qualified7 Anderson Chip Ada 75 1st Alternate11 May Travis Battle Creek 76 2nd Alternate11 Prior Michael Schoolcraft 76 3rd Alternate

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2012 Michigan Amateur QualifyingContinued

Gowanie Golf Club May 16, 2012

Place Last Name First Name City Total Status1 Kreger Austin St. Clair Shores 72 Medalist2 Fadden Zakary Plymouth 73 Qualified2 Hall David Birmingham 73 Qualified4 Bishop Bryan Grand Rapids 74 Qualified4 DeMarti Drew Sterling Heights 74 Qualified4 Jeffrey Scott Warren 74 Qualified4 Sterling Jr Larry Shelby Twp 74 Qualified8 Bazinski Mitchell Macomb 75 Qualified8 Quigley John St. Clair Shores 75 Qualified8 Schulz Dieter Fort Gratiot 75 Qualified11 Conway Tommy Brighton 76 Qualified11 Klein* Jeff West Bloomfield 76 Qualified11 Mick Zachary Shelby Twp 76 Qualified11 Santoro Dario Chesterfield 76 1st Alt.11 Spencer Eric Bloomfield Hills 76 2nd Alt.16 Chicka Ken Shelby Twp 77 3rd Alt.

Hantz Golf Club - May 18, 2012

Place Last Name First Name City Total Status1 Garswood Jack Trenton 68 Medalist2 Hudson Brett Bloomfield Hills 69 Qualified3 Crandall Rick Fenton 70 Qualified4 Gieseker Phil Saline 71 Qualified

Green Charlie Ann Arbor 71 Qualified6 Dennis Michael Tecumseh 72 Qualified

Quitiquit Brett Highland 72 Qualified8 Gonring Nathan Lambertville 73 1st Alternate

Spears Rob Britton 73 2nd Alternate10 Thomas Bobby Tecumseh 74 3 3rd Alternate

Meijer Junior Players Tour

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ADAMS Golf Junior Tour

Spring Event #1LE Kaufman GC - Wyoming, MI

May 19, 2012

Boys 15-19Place Name/Location Score1 Spencer Wierda, Grandville, MI 822 Keegan Mulvey, Caledonia, MI 833 Matthew B Smith Rockford, MI 84

Boys 12-14Place Name/Location Score1 Mitchell White, Muskegon, MI 812 Donnie Trosper 2015, Canton, MI 833 Jagger Richard 2015, Laingsburg, MI 85

Girls 15-19Place Name/Location Score1 Emmie Pietila 2011, Brighton, MI 752 Hannah Pietila 2013, Brighton, MI 793 Essence Biggs 2012, Beverly Hills, MI 81

Spring Event #1LE Kaufman GC - Wyoming, MI

May 19, 2012

Boys 13-14Place Name/Location Score1 Chase Lakari 2016, Ludington, MI 792 Zachary Robbins 2016, Grand Rapids,MI 833 Connor Hogan Hudsonville, MI 863 Danny Hooten 2016, Hastings, MI 86

Boys 10-12Place Name/Location Score1 August Meekhof Eastmanville, MI 822 Brent Trela Trenton, MI 833 Tj Saunby Chesterfield, MI 87

Boys 7-9Place Name/Location Score1 Isaiah Lowe Zeeland, MI 471 Tualatai Chamberlain Grand Haven, MI 473 Weston Meekhof Eastmanville, MI 58

Girls 13-14Place Name/Location Score1 Katelin Lawson 2016, LaSalle, ON 892 Mackenzie Keenoy 2016, Kentwood, MI 903 Gabrielle Wierda Grandville, MI 92

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2012 U.S. Open QualifiersCountry Club of Detroit & Eagle Eye Golf Club-Bath MI

(May 8, 2012 & May 14, 2012)

RESULTS

~ Country Club of Detroit ~

Place Last Name First City Score Status

1 Labelle II Doug Phoenix 67 Medalist

2 Klaasen Clark Rockford 68 Qualified

3 Daigle Leo Wixom 71 Qualified

3 Mitchell William Campbellford 71 Qualified

3 Woodcock Michael Chatham 71 Qualified

6 Do Henry Ypsilanti 72 1st Alt.

6 Mack III Willie Grand Blanc 72 2nd. Alt.

~ Eagle Eye Golf Club~

Place Last Name First City Score Status

1 Vanloozen David West Bloomfield 68 Medalist

2 Clark Nathan Charlotte 70 Qualified

2 Juszczyk Joe Dearborn Heights 70 Qualified

2 Slade Spencer Saline 70 Qualified

5 Pumford Nick Ann Arbor 72 Qualified

5 Matthews Andy Ada 72 1st Alt.

5 McLean Alan London 72 2nd. Alt.

May 8th was the first big tournamentday for Michigan players.

Country Club of Detroit in Detroithosted the first of two U. S. OpenQualifiers with over 75 players looking

to capture one of five spots or alternatespots. The winners would then moveon to the next step at the sectionals.

On the 14th at Eagle Eye Golf Club73 players teed it up to start their jour-

ney in an effort to get to this yearsOpen at Olympic Club in SanFrancisco.

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2011 State Champion, Claude Frady (L)

receiving the MPSGA's George

Greenhalgh Trophy from Tournament

Chairman, Tom Ahern. (R)

2011 Legend Division winner, Claud

Johnston (L) and 2011 Super-Senior

Division

winner, Mike Phillips (R) with

Tournament Chairman, Ahern.

2011 Net winner, Ray Donnelly (R) with

MPSGA President, Doug King.

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Michigan Publinx Tournament Series ChampionshipTwin Lakes Golf Club • May 6, 2012

Sunday May 6th was the first tournamentseries event in 2012 for the MichiganPublinx Golf Association.

A cool breeze but dry conditions wel-comed over 100 players to their first com-petitive event for the season.

It was evident the great spring weather

has allowed these players to get their gamesin mid season form.

Andy Alvey came out of the gate shootinga great round of 68 to capture the first cham-pionship event. Stephen Solverson also hada great round of 69 to take second place.

In the “net” division Scott Perry fired a

net 65 to capture first place followed by a 67from Mat Grzadzinski to take second place.

Charles Mutz blitzed the “Senior” divi-sion players with a net score of 65, fiveshots clear of Albert Kaspor, Mark Miller,Rick Shaheen and Steve Smith who all shot70 and tied for second.

ResultsChampionship DivisionPlace Last Name First Name Score1 Alvey Andy 682 Solverson Stephen 693 Jaschuk Scott 71

Sorentino Anthony 715 Klemet Kevin 726 Weaver Ronald 737 Brickey TJ 75

Championship DivisionPlace Last Name First Name Score

Comito Frank 75Dagenais Rich 75May Jason 75Uelmen James 75

12 Ennis Kevin 76Johnson Andrew 76Kolton Paul 76Leach John 76Reifert Fritz 76Rymiszewski Gary 76Worrilow Charles 76

19 Bailey Chris 77Barnes Jim 77Case Michael 77Jeffrey Scott 77

23 Bunge Harold 78Chicka Ken 78Dobrin Devon 78Emsley Ray 78Kaspor Edmund 78Kibby Brian 78Korte Matthew 78Mair John 78Moores Tom 78Palarchio Gary 78

33 Tally Josh 7934 Boghikian Razmig 80

Djurdjev Fred 80Furlong Kevin 80

Harte Michael 80Peplinski Michael 80

39 Buhler James 81Daigle Leo 81Nimphie Rich 81

42 Bernhardt Patrick 82

Championship DivisionPlace Last Name First Name Score

Blair Chris 82Clore Siegel 82Dagenais Jerry 82

46 McViegh Brian 83Solverson Paul 83

48 Hayward Shaun 84Kern Matt 84

50 Gott Michael 8851 Bowles Chad 93

Championship “Net” DivisionPlace Last Name First Name Score1 Perry Scott 652 Grzadzinski Mat 673 Muscaro Dave 684 Trammel Marcus 695 Hermann Brian 71

Markovski John 71Stefanoski Vasko 71

8 Grubba Matt 73Mulhern Tom 73Murphy Bryan 73Tranzow Jerry 73Vandenakker Michael 73

13 Zoller Chris 7414 Chelten Skip 7615 Boateng David 77

Crockett Richard 77Erdmann Ron 77Szymanski Robert 77

19 Grimm Todd 78Morgan John 78Szymanski Steven 78Vanderginst Nick 78

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Championship “Net” DivisionPlace Last Name First Name Score23 ONeill Matt 79

Suchta Nick 7925 Luke Tom 80

Warren Nicholas 8027 Misovski John 8128 Bedson Jim 8229 Wojcik Dale 83

Senior DivisionPlace Last Name First Name Score1 Mutz Charles 652 Kaspor Albert 70

Miller Mark 70Shaheen Rick 70Smith Steve 70

6 Cykowski Mark 71White Eric 71

8 Brunning David 72Coon Kent 72Jones Steve 72Swanson Mark 72Tesner Arthur 72

13 Ellis Jim 7314 Brady Larry 74

Insana Gary 74Klosowski Tim 74Lam Michael 74Ward Don 74

19 Pearson Greg 75Schulte George 75

21 Davis Clifford 76Henriksen Craig 76Taylor William II 76

24 Kim Kyu 77

Senior DivisionPlace Last Name First Name Score

Pujdowski Ed 77

Ronan Mark 77Touchette Chris 77

28 Kinnell Dave 78Kirkland Charles 78

30 Gunn Otha 79Pratt John 79

32 Dahlberg Ron 81Klingbeil Robert 81

34 English Larry 82Kennedy John 82

36 Pirrami Gino 8637 Meldrum Tim 90

Congratulations Andy, Scott & Charles!

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2012 Tournament ScheduleMichigan Publinx Golf Association

All tournaments open to Public and Private Course male amateurplayers 18 or older and up to a 20 handicap.

Championship, Net & Senior Tournament Divisions MiPublinx and GAM Honor Roll Points Awarded

Gift Certificates awarded for top finishers in each division

MIPUBLINX Championship Series Tournaments

Lakes of Taylor (Senior, Net & Championship Divisions) – June 3, 2012

Dunham Hills (Senior, Net & Championship Divisions) – June 24, 2012

Blackheath (Senior and Net Division only) – July 15, 2012

Fieldstone (Senior, Net & Championship Divisions) – Aug 12, 2012

MIPUBLINX State Match Play Championship36 Hole Medal and One round of Match Play with Flights guaranteed for all

Twin Lakes and Blackheath - Rochester, MI.

July 27 thru 31, 2012

Entry Deadline July 9, 2012

On-line sign-up and membership application forms available at:

www.mipublinx.com

email info@mipublinx.com or call 248-433-5544 for additional information.

*Quiz Answers from Page 10

Answers: (1) C Rule 13-4; (2) C Decision 8-1/16; (3) False Decision 13-2/20; (4) A Decision 23/14; (5) False Rule 5-3; (6) BNote 1 to Rule 20-7c; (7) True Decision 8-1/20; (8) True Rule 6-8d; (9) A Decision 15-2/3; (10) C Rule 15-3b

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Please indicate your choice of Division: (Check only one)

Open: Gift certificates will be awarded in each flight: Max handicap 20.Limited to first 128 apps.

Senior: Gift certificates will be awarded in each flight: Max handicap 20. Limited to first 96 apps.Open to players reaching their 50th birthday by July 27, 2012.

Super Senior: Gift certificates will be awarded in each flight: Max handicap 20. Limited to first 32 apps.Open to players reaching their 65th birthday by July 27, 2012.

Application for Entry in the 58th Michigan Publinx State Match Play ChampionshipTwin Lakes / BlackheathOakland TWP., Michigan

July 27 thru July 31, 2012

Name: __________________________________________________ Phone: Home (_____)__________________

Address: ________________________________________________ Phone: Work (_____)__________________

City: ________________________________________ St:____ Zip Code: ______ Date of Birth: _____________

Email Address_________________________________________________________________________________

USGA Hdcp Index:____Gam#:______________Hdcp Established through MIPublinx? Yes ___ No ___

Name of course/organization:____________________________________________________________________

Format and Entry Fees NOTE: This is a spikeless event.

Eligibility- Entries are open to all male amateur golfers. You must be 18 years old to participate and be a resident ofthe State of Michigan.

Championship, Senior and Super Senior Tournament Format - The field will be limited to the first 128 Players forOpen Qualifying, 96 Players for Senior and 32 Players for Super Senior. Friday and Saturday will consist of a 36hole gross stroke play qualifier (18 holes each day) for all contestants. Qualifying scores seed players into flights ofsingle elimination individual matches. Field size may require a combined bracket of Open and Senior Div. players.Quarter finalists in each flight qualify for prizes. USGA rules apply. Entry Fee of $235.00. (Cart included)

Cancellation Policy - Player cancellation or refund requests, prior to July 9, 2012 will be assessed a cancellation feeof $20.00. Entry fee refunds after this date will be at the discretion of the tournament committee.

LATE ENTRIES NOT ACCEPTED Deadline: July 9, 2012.Contestants are subject to dismissal at any time by the MIPublinx Board of Directors. Reason for dismissal may include unbecomingconduct or slow play. Entrants agree to play in the flight and all matches for which they qualify. I am familiar with the rules of Amateurstatus, and I have conformed to them in all respects. I further agree to abide by the MIPublinx pace of play policy and all USGA rules.

Applicant's Signature: ________________________________________________________ Date: ______________

All information requested must be filled out completely or this application may be rejected.

Make Checks Payable to: Michigan Publinx Golf AssociationAcceptance Confirmations will be mailed after receipt of complete and paid application.

Mail complete tournament application with payment to: MIPublinx, c/o Ron Weaver, 50743 Middle River Rd., Macomb, MI 48044

Visit our website at http://www.mipublinx.com for Mipublinx News, Events, Results and ApplicationsOr Email: Info@Mipublinx.com

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