By Aaron Emerson

A Day When Golf Was Secondary, But Fun

    I recently had the pleasure to take part in the 29^th Annual ArvinMeritor Golf Classic to benefit the March of Dimes.  The event took place at Indianwood Golf Course in Lake Orion, a beautiful private course and the home of the 2012 U.S. Senior Open.

    I was joined at the outing by three of my colleagues from Quicken Loans marketing, and I am told our sister company Fathead also had a team.  As part of the outing, we were paired with a celebrity – ours being long-time local ABC sports anchor Don Shane.  We quickly found out that we had an advantage since Don is a member of Indianwood and knew the course inside and out.

    We had a blast as we made our way through the 18 holes.  We ended up shooting 8 under par as a team, which would have been good had we not given away about 5 more shots. 

    But it is hard to be too upset when you are playing at an outing that is helping such a wonderful organization!  The March of Dimes does amazing work to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality.  As a father of two, I am blessed to not have needed their help, but am glad to know the organization was there should I have needed it.

Overall it was a great time, with great people supporting a great cause.