The Wolverine

April 2012

The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports

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ABOVE: The Weisfeld Family Golf Center cost $2.5 million, and after a year of construction it opened in November 2011. RIGHT: An indoor simulator allows Michigan's golf teams to play any course they desire, including Pebble Beach and Augusta National. For Golf Teams, A Home Of Their Own A sprawling, friendly lobby awaits the cur- rent Wolverines and welcomes prospec- tive student-athletes to Michigan's new headquarters. practice opportunities, including state-of-the-art chipping and putting greens, heated driving range bays that open onto the outdoor range, a course simulator and film-capturing- swing technology. The facility also includes locker rooms, conference rooms and coaches offices. the women's team teed off Feb. 12-14 after its long hiatus, the Wolverines were more prepared for the spring season than ever before. Their se- cret weapon? The $2.5-million, 10,000-square-foot Weisfeld Family Golf Center, which opened in No- vember. The facility provides year-round W 88 THE WOLVERINE APRIL 2012 BY MICHAEL SPATH PHOTOS BY LON HORWEDEL hen Michigan's men's golf team began play again Feb. 10-11 following a three-month break, and ment's level of commitment to golf — every sport across the board is im- portant here," first-year men's coach Chris Whitten said. "It has given us all these great tools to help the kids. "Golf is such an individual game "This facility shows the depart- that each player needs something slightly different than the next player, and with all these resources available to us, now we're able to attack each kid." In years past, Michigan spent the winter canvassing across Ann Arbor to meet its needs. The Wolverines practiced putting in the basement of the U-M Golf Course clubhouse, chipped inside Oosterbaan Field- house and went to the range at Miles of Golf in Ypsilanti, more than 10 miles from campus. "Psychologically, it's like a home base," third-year women's coach

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