755 E Maple Rd health & fitness >> sp o r t Corner of Maple & Woodward 248.988.8900 touchofelements.com/birmingham Ace Golfer! Steve Stein Contributing Writer T INTRODUCTORY OFFER $49 SAME DAY APPOINTMENTS OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 55-minute MASSAGE ' Nev clients only; excludes gift cards. May not be combined with other offers; expires 04130/201 2. Not All Massage Is Created Equal Marvin & Betty Dante Health Care Center Oakland West Bloomfield 800.800.CARE www.lChooseHeartland.com Heartland em-c) Cent.er 48 March 15 2012 3N here's never a bad time for a golfer to shoot his or her first hole-in-one, but Marni Weinstein's timing was absolutely perfect. The 20-year-old Farmington Hills resident carded her first ace while playing a round that would determine the Grand Valley State University women's 'golf team's lineup for a spring trip tournament. Weinstein has been playing golf since she was 8 and corn- peting since she was 11. All the excitement happened March 3 on the 160-yard, par-3 fourth hole at Plantation Palms Golf Club in Land 0' Lakes, Fla., and left Weinstein speech- less. "I was shocked when the ball went in the hole, but my two teammates, Sarah Hoffman and Cassady Kauble, were screaming;' she said. Grand Valley coach Rebecca Mailloux also was a witness for her big moment. - Weinstein said a strong wind was blowing from right to left across the hole. Using a hybrid 5-iron, she drove her ball to the right and drew it left into the green. The pin was on the right side of the green, toward the front. "The ball landed 6 inches to the right of the hole, pin high, and rolled in. Amazing;' she said. "The green was downhill from the tee, so everyone saw what happened:' Weinstein shot 4-over-par 76 for the round and earned a spot on the Grand Valley roster for the 37th annual Peggy Kirk Belle Invite at Tuscawilla Country Club in Winter Springs, Fla., March 5-6. She shot a consistent 82-83-83- 248 and Grand Valley (ranked No. 9 in NCAA Division II) finished eighth in a talented 12-team field that included seven of the country's top nine ranked Division II teams. Three-time defend- ing Division II national champion Nova Southeastern of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., won the tournament. Weinstein played golf for four years at Walled Lake Western High School, twice qualifying for the Michigan High School Athletic Association state tour- nament. She made the Grand Valley team as a walk-on when she was a freshman, and last spring as a sophomore she helped the Lakers finish sixth in the Division II national championship Marni Weinstein at the site of her hole-in-one played at the Meadows Golf Course, Grand Valley's home course. Maccabi Needs You It's not too late to join the more than 100 Detroit athletes and artists who will compete this summer in the JCC Maccabi Games. "We have openings:' said Karen Gordon, who heads the Detroit delega- tion that will compete Aug. 12-17 in Rockland County, N.Y. Stuart Bass is the delegation head for the Detroit group that will compete Aug. 5-10 in Houston, Texas. ArtsFest will be in Houston as well. Detroit athletes and artists are selling raffle tickets to defray their expenses. Tickets are $10, with the money going to the seller and into a scholarship fund. First prize is $1,000, second prize is $360, and third prize is $180. Raffle winners will be drawn July 29 at the kickoff meeting for Detroit athletes, artists and their families at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. Tickets will be sold until then. Athletes and artists must be 13-16 years old on July 31 to compete in the Maccabi Games. For information or to buy raffle tickets, contact Gordon at (248) 432-5482 or kgordon@jccdet. org. Go Blue Looking for another reason to root for the University of Michigan basketball team in the NCAA Tournament? There's a Jewish player on the Wolverines' roster. He's Josh Bartelstein, a 6-foot-3 junior guard from Highland Park, Ill., who has played briefly in 10 games this season. Bartelstein joined the team as a freshman as a preferred walk-on. He was an Academic All-Big-Ten selec- tion as a sophomore. His father, Mark Bartelstein, is a well-known agent for NBA and NFL players. ❑ Send news to sports@thejewishnews.com .