The first official day on the job for new Central Michigan Director of Athletics Michael Alford is not until July 3, but you would not know that by watching him closely Friday in Mount Pleasant.
Alford, whose hiring was announced May 15, attended the annual Chippewas Challenge event at Bucks Run Golf Club and met plenty of new faces connected to CMU athletics.
While Alford did not golf at the event, he was convinced by Central Michigan women’s basketball coach Sue Guevara to hit one of her wedge shots.
With plenty of eyes watching with interest, Alford ended up hitting the shot from approximately 60 feet out squarely onto the green.