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With the calendar turning to April and temperatures slowly rising, golf is returning to mid-Michigan. East Lansing’s Forest Akers opened their east course on March 22, and the west course opened April 4.
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By NICK STANEK
Capital News Service
LANSING — Golf courses in Michigan have reopened after a prolonged winter freeze that caused damage and set revenue behind for the season. The damage could be costly, said John Pohl, assistant shop manager at the Royal Scot Golf Course in Lansing. The season started three weeks later than usual, which also cost the course money, he said. Royal Scot reopened in early April last year. “People don’t want to go out golfing when it’s cold out,” he said.
By KYLE CAMPBELL
Capital News Service
LANSING — March 2012, golf courses across the state were in full swing. This year, some are still buried in snow. Last year brought the first signs of growth in a sport that had seen substantial declines in participation in recent years, but lingering winter weather threatens to stop that progress cold. “Last year we were golfing by now and this year there’s still 6-to-8 inches of snow on the ground,” Joy VanDrie, executive director of the Cadillac Area Visitors Bureau, said. With eight courses within 30 minutes of each other, the Cadillac area is one of many parts of the state that benefitted from last year’s early spring.