ADA TOWNSHIP -- Grand Rapids golf fans will get to see a national United States Golf Association championship for the first time, and maybe a future Tiger Woods or two.

Egypt Valley Country Club will host the 2010 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, the USGA announced Wednesday.

Andy Matthews

Andy Matthews is moving on to the next stage of PGA Tour qualifying, but Matt Harmon will have to start working toward his next attempt.

The two Grand Rapids area golfers were just three shots apart in the recent first stage of play in PGA Tour qualifying in Durham, N.C.

Matthews, who has played the Canadian Tour and Asian Tour in recent years, is in his fifth attempt to earn his PGA Tour playing card.

Mark Wilson

Mark Wilson, the head professional at Watermark Country Club since 1982, has received one of the highest honors bestowed by the PGA of America.

Wilson, who recently served as chief referee for the Ryder Cup Matches in Louisville, Ky., has been named the national 2008 Horton Smith Award winner. He will receive the honor during the 56th PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Fla., on Jan. 29, 2009.

The Horton Smith Award honors PGA golf professionals who are leaders in education of golf professionals. Wilson, ranked a Master Professional, has been the winner of the local Michigan section Horton Smith Award eight times.

ADA TOWNSHIP -- Former Egypt Valley Country Club golf professional Lynn Janson and Roger Boer, his attorney and a suspended club member, said they are not out for revenge.

But Boer has filed two lawsuits in Kent County Circuit Court seeking a combined $5 million-plus in damages from the club, individual members and a former general manager.

"I absolutely begged them to make good on Lynn losing his job and future retirement, and really to help the club members who have been hurt because of past management mistakes by the board members, and they have ignored us," Boer said.

After five years and two potential housing development sales falling through, the golf course at English Hills Country Club is reopen and offering what owners call an affordable option to golfers.

Owners Bruce Langlois and Kim and Steve Sorrelle opened the public golf course at 1200 Four Mile Ave. NW in Comstock Park to play Sept. 15.

"Our idea since we started working on the course again was to try to give West Michigan golfers a break," Kim Sorrelle said. "Prices keep going up, and we knew there was a way we could offer golf at a lower price."

AP PhotoGreg Johnson says Boo Weekley, right, could be the next John Daly in terms of popularity on the PGA Tour.

Grand Rapids Press columnist Greg Johnson joined Bill Simonson inside the "GR Press Box" to talk about the United State's victory over Europe in the Ryder Cup.

"It was funny how (U.S. captain Paul) Azinger split them up into really three different foursomes, and kept them that way all week," Johnson said. "He put the country club guys out first, he put the country guys in the middle and he put the quiet, silent guys at the end.

"He thought this was the best way to make them into a team and it worked. It actually was pretty brilliant."

Listen to the entire interview below:

AP PhotoCaptain Paul Azinger is saluted by his teammates after the United States' Ryder Cup victory over Europe on Sunday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Anthony Kim, who started the day slaying the Spanish dragon, Sergio Garcia, was a ninth-grader the last time the United States held the Ryder Cup.

He said he wouldn't trade his experience for anything, even big, big money or a really cool belt buckle.

Kenny Perry, 48, and calling it the swan song of his career playing in his home state, called it the greatest day of his life and couldn't hold back the tears.

AP PhotoKenny Perry celebrates his victory over Henrik Stenson on Sunday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Kenny Perry, the Kentucky native who said making the Ryder Cup team would define his career, in the end said it made his career.

"It's a week I'll never forget," said the Franklin, Ky., native who earlier this summer made the Buick Open in Grand Blanc one of the wins that earned him a spot on the U.S. team.

"It's the greatest experience of my life, and I'm just fortunate enough to put it all together today."

Mark Wilson

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- As chairman of the PGA of America Rules Committee, Grand Rapids golf pro Mark Wilson is serving as chief referee for the 37th Ryder Cup Matches this weekend at Valhalla Golf Club.

Wilson, 53, the head golf professional at Watermark Country Club who is officiating his sixth Ryder Cup, will share his insider's look at the matches.

AP PhotoAmericans Boo Weekley, left, and J.B. Holmes congratulate each other after winning the seventh hole during their four-ball match at the Ryder Cup on Saturday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- He has become a Boo-perstar this week, this Boo Weekley.

The Tiger Woods-less U.S. Ryder Cup team has some teeth, despite missing the world's best player. Consider it a team effort that has the U.S. team leading Europe 9-7 pending today's final singles matches, but pardon a majority of the fans at Valhalla Golf Club for chanting "Boo-S-A" at every opportunity.

Mark Wilson

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- As chairman of the PGA of America Rules Committee, Grand Rapids golf pro Mark Wilson is serving as chief referee for the 37th Ryder Cup Matches this weekend at Valhalla Golf Club.

Wilson, 53, the head golf professional at Watermark Country Club who is officiating his sixth Ryder Cup, will share his insider's look at the matches.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- U.S. captain Paul Azinger looked at the singles pairings and said he expects another long, tough day that starts with big energy.

"The first match of the day with (Anthony) Kim and (Sergio) Garcia should be pretty energetic, I would think," he said.

Azinger's team has a 9-7 lead with the 12 singles matches Sunday. The U.S. needs 5.5 more points to win the cup, while Europe needs 7 more to retain it.

"We've got our 12 guys out in the order we wanted them," Azinger said. "There was a little bit of discussion about it, and we kind of had a big group huddle. I already had this in my mind that this is how I wanted to do it, and I was just getting a little confirmation (on the order).

AP PhotoJustin Leonard of the United States sinks a chip shot on the 15th hole during the afternoon matches Friday at the Ryder Cup. Leonard and his partner Hunter Mahan won both of their matches.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- It took nearly a decade of match play misery administered by the Europeans, and it seemed like a lifetime, but Justin Leonard was at the center of another celebratory day for the United States in the Ryder Cup.

Depending on which side of the ocean and history that you fall, Justin Leonard's long putt that fell at Brookline, Mass., nine years ago was either the most-celebrated putt in the history of the event, or the catalyst for the most unsportsmanlike moment in world history.

AP PhotoU.S. captain Paul Azinger checks his notes while on the 17th hole Friday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Paul Azinger never realized how much easier it was to play in a Ryder Cup than watch one as the U.S. team captain.

"I've got to tell you, every five minutes was just this emotional roller coaster today that as a player, you're not on, but as an observer you're living and dying," he said. "I felt like after they teed off, I just wanted to go back to the hotel and get under the covers and just wake up around 11:30 (a.m.) and see how we were doing.

"I really didn't want to watch. It was painful for me. Even towards the end, just watching it, you're so wrapped up in it, but with not control at this point really."

Mark Wilson

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- As chairman of the PGA of America Rules Committee, Grand Rapids golf pro Mark Wilson is serving as chief referee for the 37th Ryder Cup Matches this weekend at Valhalla Golf Club.

Wilson, 53, the head golf professional at Watermark Country Club who is officiating his sixth Ryder Cup, will share his insider's look at the matches.