2023 Dana Open

Both Highland Meadows CC, which is only about a half mile south of the Michigan border, and Stone Oak CC, which is another five or six miles south, basically all the city of Toledo, "should be" located within tbe current state of Michigan according to the original text of the Northwest Ordinance approved in 1787. THIS POST IS BACKGROUND STRICTLY FOR HISTORY BUFFS so skip it if that's not your thing.

First I will give a brief description then I will supply a Wikipedia page if you really want to see the details.

At the time when the boundaries of the state of Ohio and later what was then the Michigan territory and eventually the state of Michigan were defined by Congress, at the beginning in 1787 it was originally the "Congress of the Confederation" prior to the adoption of the current US Constitution, prior to George Washington being elected president. Maps of the area around the Great Lakes were not very accurate. This resulted in a thin strip of land, five to eight miles wide and about 60 or 70 miles long, the “Toledo Strip,” being claimed by both Ohio and Michigan, based on conflicting boundary descriptions in subsequent congressional actions in the very early 1800s. For international members of Seoul Sisters, the area was 1,210 square km. Maybe that sounds big but it's tiny within the USA.

When Michigan was approved for statehood in 1836, the federal government ruled in favor of Ohio because they were a well-populated state with lots of political clout and voters while Michigan was a 'podunk' wilderness with few voters. As a compromise, Michigan was given additional land in what is now the Upper Peninsula. Originally, this 'trade' of Toledo for the wilderness of the western U.P. was considered a ripoff. But in the 1840s, copper and other mineral deposits were discovered in the western U.P. and a substantial timber industry also developed. Thus, we Michiganders like to claim that we got the best side of the compromise!

Here's a Wikipedia map of the disputed territory, the Toledo Strip, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Disputed_Toledo_Strip.png

Here's a complete article on the "Toledo War" between Michigan and Ohio, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War

So Michigan "should have" three LPGA tournaments (Meijer, Dana, and Dow) and we could almost be competitive with New Jersey at that point!

If any of you are at the tournament at Highland Meadows, drive down to Stone Oak where the Monday qualifier was held, then go about one mile further south and you will run into the intersection of "Old State Line Road." Even the Ohioans admit it!

I still have more to add on Tony Packo's in a later post. But I already told you how to find it if you're at Highland Meadows!