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The group includes Alex Relle (16U), a member of the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 2 state champion Bloomfield Hills Kingswood-Cranbrook boys golf team; Zack Felsenfeld (14U), junior club champion at Tam-O-Shanter Country Club; and Joey Wolberg (14U), son of three-time Franklin Hills Country Club club champion Lyle Wolberg. The most obvious reason for the surge in Detroit Maccabi golfers was the opportunity to play at home — which made recruiting easier for coach Kevin Taylor — but there were other factors. "Because we're the host city and golf is an individual sport, 12-year- old's can compete for us (along with the usual athletes ages 13-16):' said Taylor, a first-time Maccabi coach and father of Jacob Taylor (16U), who was the lone Detroit Maccabi golfer in 2012. Jacob Taylor played his first com- petitive rounds of golf at the 2012 Maccabi Games in Rockland County, N.Y. He didn't have a coach with him, and he had just seven clubs in his bag. This spring, he was one of the top golfers on the West Bloomfield High School junior varsity boys golf team. There were no tryouts to make the Detroit Maccabi golf team. Everyone who wanted to play is playing 54 holes this week at three of the area's top courses. Practice began in mid-June after school ended and continued until last week. Besides playing one practice round at each of the three Maccabi courses, Detroit golfers had an oppor- tunity to play several other tough area courses. Maccabi golfers competed Monday at Knollwood Country Club in West Bloomfield and Wednesday at Franklin Hills in Farmington Hills. They're playing Thursday at Tam-O-Shanter in West Bloomfield. "These are all tough courses with fast greens:' Kevin Taylor said. "And Franklin Hills has a lot of bunkers, including British-style pot bunkers with steep walls!' The first two rounds featured indi- vidual competition. For Thurday's final round, golfers from different delega- tions are paired in two-player, best- ball, Ryder-Cup style competition. Golfers also have competed in daily longest drive and closest-to-the-pin contests. With no golf scheduled Tuesday, Detroit golfers planned to participate in Maccabi activities and watch other sports events. Taylor said last week he thought his golfers would do quite well, espe- cially because they're familiar with the nuances of the Maccabi courses through not just practice this summer, but playing and caddying there. The other Detroit Maccabi golfers are Josh Cohen (14U), Matthew Cohen (14U), Noah Goodman (14U), Alex Gold (14U), Noah Kahan (14U), Justin Krommer (16U), Zach Kollin (16U), Mitchell Labe (14U), Corey Lipton (16U), Jonah Lusky (14U), Isaac Mintz (14U), Jack Walt (14U) and Dylan Wittenberg (14U). Wayne Lusky is the team's assistant coach. The Detroit Maccabi golf com- missioner is J.J. Modell. Kevin Taylor has an impressive golf resume. 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