It is with great pleasure that I get to share with you the April edition – and the fourth ever edition – of the Indiana Golf Journal. As with every issue of this digital publication, we always have more news and updates to share than we have room and space to print, post, and publish, but that is a good thing. It demonstrates that the Golf Industry is alive and well in the state of Indiana.
In this issue, we have some great information to share from Golf Indiana as it pertains to its First Tee program; a serious and relevant message about the importance of hydration for golfers (and non-golfers, for that matter) from Franciscan Health; a timely note from Ed Travis on USGA’s effort to change golf equipment; a few golf courses worth playing as you travel along I-64 in southern Indiana; a first-hand report on a great craft brewery to visit in Indianapolis from Catherine Bowie; and details on an international ‘bucket list’ golf trip to England’s County of Kent, which I actually took myself back in 2018. I encourage every golfer to take in the not-too-distant future.
On a more local level, I would like to use this column to offer my heartfelt congratulations to John Trierweiler and Devon Hensley on their new appointments at the Country Club of Indianapolis. John is the new Head Golf Professional and Devon is the club’s new First Assistant Golf Professional. John and Devon join a long list of distinguished golf professionals at the club, dating back to the club’s first pro back in 1900, Englishman Arthur Tweedy, who was a former British Junior Amateur Champion.
I also want to extend our congratulations to the men’s golf team from Purdue-Fort Wayne University for its victory in the Don Benbow Invitational in Jacksonville, Florida in early March. In addition to winning the tournament, Purdue-Fort Wayne junior Kasey Lilly was the individual medalist at the event with rounds of 72 and 68 for a total of 140. And, in mid-March Lilly was named as the men’s Golfer of the Week by the Horizon League.
Enjoy this issue and I look forward to seeing you on the first tee of a course near you.
MIKE MAY
April Issue is Loaded with Great Golf
It is with great pleasure that I get to share with you the April edition – and the fourth ever edition – of the Indiana Golf Journal. As with every issue of this digital publication, we always have more news and updates to share than we have room and space to print, post, and publish, but that is a good thing. It demonstrates that the Golf Industry is alive and well in the state of Indiana.
In this issue, we have some great information to share from Golf Indiana as it pertains to its First Tee program; a serious and relevant message about the importance of hydration for golfers (and non-golfers, for that matter) from Franciscan Health; a timely note from Ed Travis on USGA’s effort to change golf equipment; a few golf courses worth playing as you travel along I-64 in southern Indiana; a first-hand report on a great craft brewery to visit in Indianapolis from Catherine Bowie; and details on an international ‘bucket list’ golf trip to England’s County of Kent, which I actually took myself back in 2018. I encourage every golfer to take in the not-too-distant future.
On a more local level, I would like to use this column to offer my heartfelt congratulations to John Trierweiler and Devon Hensley on their new appointments at the Country Club of Indianapolis. John is the new Head Golf Professional and Devon is the club’s new First Assistant Golf Professional. John and Devon join a long list of distinguished golf professionals at the club, dating back to the club’s first pro back in 1900, Englishman Arthur Tweedy, who was a former British Junior Amateur Champion.
I also want to extend our congratulations to the men’s golf team from Purdue-Fort Wayne University for its victory in the Don Benbow Invitational in Jacksonville, Florida in early March. In addition to winning the tournament, Purdue-Fort Wayne junior Kasey Lilly was the individual medalist at the event with rounds of 72 and 68 for a total of 140. And, in mid-March Lilly was named as the men’s Golfer of the Week by the Horizon League.
Enjoy this issue and I look forward to seeing you on the first tee of a course near you.
MIKE MAY