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Top Ten in Michigan The world and golf survived the Tiger wreck and it turned into one of for 2010: the best, most entertaining seasons Jack Berry T we’ve had with comparatively new 1. Pure Michigan funding bogey faces dominating the major events, Northern Irishman 2. GM returns to golf Graham McDowell winning the U.S. Open, South 3. Big Four christens Harbor Shores African Louis Oosthuizen the British Open and 4. Two Senior majors for Harbor Shores German Martin Kaymer the PGA Championship. 5. Ertl, Traub & Zylstra enter Hall of Fame 6. Magic for 42-year-old Tom Gillis Koreans and Japanese dominated women’s golf 7. And then there’s 15-year-old Henry Do and with golf in the lineup for the 2016 Olympic 8. The Bear is 25 and well Games in Argentina, golf truly is the world game that 9. Juniors are sensational at Egypt Valley hasn’t been marred by floppers, hooligans and fixers 10. Championship year for Ryan & Natalie Brehm as that other world game has. 4 W I N T E R 2 0 1 0 / 1 1 • M I C H I G A N G O L F E R M A G A Z I N E paign got going, it had $39 million There still is that economy, in funding. It was slashed this year though, and it figured as the No. 1 with nothing for the fall and only e m story in Michigan and the entire $5 million targeted for 2011. Now, a F f o l state tourism industry that provides $10 million has been taken from l a H f jobs, jobs, jobs in every county of st l the 21 Century Jobs Fund to pro - o G the state. Convincing the state leg - n mote Winter and Spring and leave a g i h islature of that importance, and the c the rest of next year to the new i M best attention-grabber the state e governor and legislature. h T f ever has had to promote it, was a o y s e t different matter even though the r On the positive front, General u o campaign has been proven to bring c Motors announced it is returning to o t o money into the state. h golf sponsorship. Cadillac is the P name plate on the Doral tourna - The national award-winning ment, one of the four World Golf Sue Ertl entered the Michigan Pure Michigan television-radio- Championship events. The rumor Golf Hall of Fame. print-internet campaign showed the mill had Cadillac also sponsoring a beautiful Michigan we who live tournament in Detroit but it hasn’t here know. Four of the world’s materialized. Ertl was a top athlete at Ionia great inland seas surround us and High School and golf won out there are more than 11,000 lakes Third and fourth on the Top when she went to Michigan State inside the two peninsulas. Golf Ten go to west Michigan, Benton and from there to the LPGA Tour. courses that make most states jeal - Harbor-based Whirlpool and its In 1979 she was named MSU’s ous, designed by the best architects KitchenAid division. Whirlpool first Sportswoman of the Year and in the game. Everything recreation - brought Jack Nicklaus to town, is in the Women’s Collegiate Hall ists and families desire is here. gave him some land by Lake of Fame and the MSU Athletic Michigan and he designed the Golf Hall of Fame. When the Pure Michigan cam - Club at Harbor Shores. Traub, a big hitter and longtime The course, surrounded by a club professional at Great Oaks new community, will host the and Detroit Golf Club, made a big 2014 and 2016 Senior PGA name for himself by rallying from Championship. KitchenAid is seven shots behind to shoot 69 in a starting as title sponsor of the 30-mile-an hour wind to take the PGA Senior in 2011. PGA Club Professional Championship. Nicklaus talked old rivals Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and Zylstra made his name, and Johnny Miller into helping him keeps making it, in senior amateur y t r e golf. He twice has been named f f open Harbor Shores in a highly a C c Golfweek Titleist National Senior M successful benefit one day benefit e i Player of the Year and has domi - n n tournament and clinic in August. e J nated senior golf in Michigan. y b Zylstra recently won the presti - o t Holding fifth place on our o h P Top Ten list was the induction of gious Society of Seniors Ralph Sue Ertl, John Traub and Bill Bogart Memorial in Florida for the Ryan Brehm and his sister Natalie Zylstra into the Michigan Golf third time in four years. took 10th spot by winning state cham - Hall of Fame, raising the Hall pionships. total to 90. Number six is Tom Gillis, M I C H I G A N G O L F E R M A G A Z I N E • W I N T E R 2 0 1 0 / 1 1 5 another veteran who struck it rich “I learned it’s hard to win,” Do youngest winner. Liu defeated at the age of 42. The 1990 said. Justin Thomas, 4-2, in the final. Michigan Amateur runnerup has played all over the world but never In eighth place, Grand Traverse Ryan Brehm and his sister was able to stick on the PGA Tour Resort celebrated the 25 th anniver - Natalie took 10 th spot by winning until this year and he stuck like sary of the Nicklaus-designed Bear state championships. Ryan suc - glue. Gillis won $1,166,146 and on a Pure Michigan blue sky day cessfully defended his Michigan led the Tour in birdie average and it brought back the memory of Open title at Orchard Lake (4.06 per round) and par breakers developer Paul Nine telling Country Club and Natalie defeated with 394 birdies and nine eagles. Nicklaus he had a nice course. He Spartan teammate Christine Meier He was 20 th in scoring average at wanted a championship course that at St. Clair River CC for the 70.12. A friend said “Tom stopped would pull the big game hunters to Michigan Women’s Amateur beating himself up. He just went the course. Nicklaus gave it to him. crown. On the male amateur side, out and played.” Golf Digest ranks the Bear the Joey Garber, 18, of Petoskey won 18th toughest course in America.