In 2005, he started as a summer intern on the construction crew for Renaissance Golf Design at Ballyneal Golf Club and has since worked as a shaper in the construction of a number of RGD new golf courses including The Renaissance Club in Scotland, Old Macdonald at Bandon Dunes, and Streamsong Resort (Blue Course) in Florida as well as several renovations and restorations of existing golf courses. Mike is newly married (as of September 2012) and hoping the Hundred Hole Hike could forge a strong association in his wife's mind between him playing golf and society's greater good. ALTERNATE SHOT PARTNER: Sunhee Hong