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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

May 28, 2019

Welcome to eSouthernGOLF.com, the Southeast’s #1 on line digital magazine for everything golf. For up to date news and reviews on courses, products and places to play, you only have to scroll our pages of information. Our staff of experienced writers are here to bring you, our readers, the latest articles for you to enjoy. Thank you for visiting.

Who is Max Homa? Well, if you didn’t know him, now you do after his journeyman win at the Wells Fargo Championship at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. Max used a full bag of Titlist clubs and Pro V1 ball. Happy Cinco de Mayo Max!

Scott McCarron, a Tour Edge Exotics Staffer, won the Insperity Invitational at the Woodlands, Texas to keep his #1 status on the PGA Tour Champions Charles Schwab Cup standings.

At Lake Merced in California, Sei Young Kim won in a three way playoff at the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship to earn her eighth win.

Watchout PGA, the Koreans are coming. Thirty one year old Sung Kang secured his first PGA TOUR win at the ATT Byron Nelson Championship played at the Coore & Crenshaw designed Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas.

Steve Stricker won his first major and his second win on the PGA Champions, The Regions Tradition at Greystone Country Club in Hoover, Alabama. The 2020 Ryder Cup Captain braved the nasty weather to win using all Titlist clubs and the ProV1 ball.

Brooks Koepka is King of Bethpage, going wire to wire at the 101st PGA Championship to capture back to back PGA wins. A big shout out to DJ for his great Sunday charge and keeping the viewing public from falling asleep with the poor coverage and large lead Brooks had. Brooks used Taylor Made woods, Mizuno irons, Vokey wedges, a Scotty Cameron putter and Titlist Pro V1X ball and a lot of shear power to control his destiny and to jump to #1 in the official World Golf Rankings. Way to go BK!

Kevin Na showed his prowess getting around a tight Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas to win the Charles Schwab Challenge by 4 strokes for his 3rd win on the PGA TOUR. Besides the huge trophy and the plaid jacket given to the winner, Kevin also won a fully restored 1973 Dodge Challenger which he gave to his caddie, Kenny Harms. Just goes to show the PGA TOUR still has golfers and not just bombers.

Englishwoman, 24-year-old Bronte Law captured her maiden win at the Pure Silk Championship at Kingsmill Golf Resort presented by Visit Williamsburg in Virginia.

For a guy who gave up playing professional golf in 2003, 51-year-old Ken Tanigawa did alright for himself on Memorial Day Sunday to win the Kitchen Aid 80th Senior PGA Championship at historic Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York.

I recently played some of the Georgia State Park golf courses, part of the Georgia Golf Trail, a collection of 27 resorts and courses throughout the Peach State. What a pleasure to be out in all natural settings playing such a diversity of layouts throughout the state. If you haven’t played them, you really need to check out my article on these amazing layouts.

David J. Daubert – Editor

Golf Courses

Palmer Course at Reunion Resort & Golf Club Gets a New Look

Reunion Resort & Golf Club in Central Florida has new ownership as of 2019 and Kingwood International Resorts is investing major monies into the refurbishing

Experience a ReImagined BOCA LAGO COUNTRY CLUB

Boca Lago Country Club, established in 1975, has completed a significant golf course renovation and extensive clubhouse improvements that will further cement its position as

Arthur Hills Golf Trail Offers the Very Best in Golf Enjoyment

Toledo, Ohio is the home of Arthur Hills, the legendary ASGCA golf architect who is responsible for designing and renovating over 300 courses on nearly

East Tennessee Golf is in Season this Summer at Cattails

Nestled in the rolling foothills of East Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains and ideally located in Kingsport near the Tri-Cities Regional Airport, Cattails Golf Course, managed by

PGA National Resort & Spa

The PGA National Resort & Spa located in Palm Beach Gardens has an outstanding ‘Escape & Play’ package from now through September 30, 2019. South

Citrus Hills Golf & Country Club is Amazing

During Memorial Day holiday I had the opportunity to visit the “Manatee Capital of the World” and experience an extraordinary country club in eco-friendly Citrus

Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort

Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort’s Robert Trent Jones Course named one of South Carolina’s “Top Courses Available for Public Play” Like clockwork every year, Palmetto Dunes

iew Golf Resort remains one of the largest family-owned resorts in the U.S. and now, with one of the most talked-about new golf courses in country, this venerable destination looks excitedly toward its next generation. Brian Schneider, Eric Iverson, Don Placek and Brian Slawnik, senior associates for Renaissance Golf Design of Traverse City, collaborated with Gull Lake View owners, the Scott family, on the acclaimed new Stoatin Brae course, a magnificent design situated on a picturesque bluff overlooking the Kalamazoo River Valley that marries classic links-style playability with architectural elements from golf’s golden design era of the 1920s and 1930s to create a stunning and unforgettable golfing experience. Oh, and by the way, you can play it for just $59 at twilight! Stoatin Brae is destination golf at its finest and now, as the sixth course at Gull Lake View, makes one of the Midwest’s greatest “value” resorts for families and buddies’ trips an intriguing vacation option for the golfing purists and golf architecture aficionados alike. With some of the most plentiful and affordable quality golf in the region, it’s no stretch to call Gull Lake View “The Golf Resort of the People.” Historically speaking, put down Gull Lake View Golf Resort for a four. Sure, four stars out of four for the family-owned resort in aptly named Augusta, Mich., near Kalamazoo. Though in this case, the reference is to a fourth generation of the Scott family, Alex. He is studying turfgrass management at Michigan State University and has worked at Sand Valley in Wisconsin and is now out at Gamble Sands in Washington for some serious hands-on golf experience to bring home to the family business. “He will become a bigger part of the business here,” said Jon Scott, his father and the third generation of the family to steer what started with 18 holes of golf in 1963 and has expanded to 108 golf holes in an award-winning full-service resort community with popular villas, restaurants and real-estate development. “My grandpa, my dad, me we’re really dirt guys, but we’ve always looked at the big business picture,” Jon Scott said. “We’re grooming another dirt guy. There is just some gene in us that loves golf and dirt. My kid loves working on a golf course, like I do, like my father did and grandpa did and a lot of others in the family, too.” Jon said the family has taken that love of golf and working on golf courses and coupled it with the capacity to continually reinvest. “We don’t take out, we push back in and make sure there is something for tomorrow,” he said. “We don’t just try to benefit from today. It’s been our family perspective over the years. Grandpa started it all. My father was an artist, and I don’t think gets enough credit for what he added, and I’ve tried to make an impact and my son will make an impact in his own way.” Gull Lake View has impacted golf in Michigan since ‘63 when Darl Scott, an entrepreneur at heart and golf course superintendent by trade, decided to build and open his own public golf course. “It comes from Grandpa, always having something going on,” said Jon, who is the son of Charlie, who took the mantle of leadership from his father Darl. “We don’t mind a little work or getting our hands dirty.” As the story goes, Darl and his wife Letha worked hard, and Gull Lake View grew. Then Charlie and Jim, two of their three sons, directed the family golf business into the next generation where Gull Lake View continued its growth. Charlie has retired, though he still lends a helping hand as the mantle of leadership has been placed on Jon’s shoulders. “I love this place, my dad loves this place, and if you know our family you know this is not just how we make money, it is who we are,” Jon said. The Scott family, seemingly ever expanding its friendly, welcoming golf community, opened a sixth golf course in 2016. Stoatin Brae, which means Grand Hill in Scottish Gaelic, is the name of the course that marked a departure from the normal pattern of growth at the resort while at the same time reminding the family of previous decisions. “When Grandpa decided to build his own golf course that was certainly out of his comfort zone, and as we’ve expanded over the years, we have pushed those limits that others see,” Jon said. “What we have at Stoatin Brae is different, very different in the kind of course and how it compares to the others we have here because we did not design it ourselves. But in doing it, forging ahead, it is consistent with what our family has done from the beginning. We’re giving more to the golfers, our customers, with more reasons to come play golf here, another way to have fun.” Stoatin Brae is only the second course of the six that is not designed by the talented family with landscape architecture backgrounds. It is also a dramatic departure from the current five courses, including four designed by either Darl, Charlie or Jon, or in combination. Those courses cut naturally through the trees and hills on the area’s rolling land carved by the glaciers of long ago. Stoatin Brae offers views for miles over natural undulations and reestablished prairie grasses, and the wind is seemingly always in play. Jon said Stoatin Brae is among other things an effort to reach the world’s travel-minded golfers who seek destination courses that offer exciting new adventures. “This site is unique for us, and we decided it was best to add something different,” Jon said. The resort’s lineup of courses currently includes the Gull Lake West course, the East course, Stonehedge South, Stonehedge North all very near the main resort campus, as well as Bedford Valley near Battle Creek, which the family purchased in 1988. Bedford Valley is a popular parkland William Mitchell design, which blends well with the designs of the family. “We’ve always been willing to evolve,” Jon said. “We’ve always listened to our customers. We’ve always tried to attract new customers, tried new things. Dad building courses and teaching me, Stoatin Brae, our programs, everything we do, fits within our big picture.” In that big picture, Jon can’t wait to see the reaction of golfers this summer to a more mature Stoatin Brae. “People coming back will see a different course,” he said. “It has softened up and is really starting to hit its stride. We found out last year that people found it better. That’s only going to continue. We work to make things better. That’s how we try to do everything around here. It’s the family business.” For more information, visit https://www.gulllakeview.com.

Gull Lake View Resort Thrives – It’s All in the Family Business

Gull Lake View Golf Resort remains one of the largest family-owned resorts in the U.S. and now, with one of the most talked-about new golf

The Duffer at The Reserve at Orange Lake Resort

It has been a while since my last visit to Orange Lake Resort in Central Florida, just minutes from Disney, located on Highway 192 next

Georgia’s State Park Golf Courses are Awesome & Affordable

We just witnessed the completion of another major at Bethpage State Park’s Black course in New York. I want to congratulate the USGA and PGA

Golf Products

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Game Improvement

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Swing Align – The Most Versatile Swi...

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Kenny Nairn, Golf Channel Coach &...

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Nicklaus Academy Orlando Welcomes New ...

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There Are No 3 Putts at Drive Shack!

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Renowned Instructors, Michael Breed &#...

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Reunion Resort Opens Golf Academy

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

May 28, 2019

David J. Daubert – Editor

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