Stan Aldridge took a shot at the Detroit Red Wings, before he took a big swing at the golf business.
He ended up coming up aces.
Aldridge, a Bloomfield Hills resident who revitalized storied Indianwood Golf & Country Club in Lake Orion and also built and owned the three-course Lakewood Shores Golf Resort in Oscoda in northeastern Michigan, died Friday, surrounded by family, according to an online obituary. He was 84.
Aldridge also founded Canterbury Village, a popular collection of specialty shops in Lake Orion.
"My dad always taught me you have to work hard to get what you're after," one of Aldridge's sons, Kevin, once told veteran golf writer Jack Berry.