The custom package play
By TGE Staff A hospitality and golfing partnership in Traverse City bring the custom play to golfing pacakges. Choice Hotels, Summerside Properties LLC, and more than 20 Traverse City area golf courses are teaming up once again to provide custom packages for golfers looking to plan a trip to the…
Weather delays Michigan golf season
By Greg Johnson With the recent snap of winter weather, the Michigan golfing season and course superintendents are on hold. Fairways and greens were mowed during a recent break in the weather at The Golf Club at Thornapple Pointe in Grand Rapids, but it almost wasn’t worth the effort. “We…
Bucket List raffle trip to The Loop
By Greg Johnson The Michigan Golf Hall of Fame plans to raffle off three prizes during its 2018 induction ceremony. The Loop, an innovative and award-winning reversible golf course design that made its debut last year at Forest Dunes Golf Club in Roscommon, Michigan, is already appearing on golf destination…
Groundbreaking planned for Ferris State University golf facility
By Greg Johnson The Big Rapids-based university schedules event for state-of-the-art golf learning center and Michigan Hall of Fame. Ferris State University, an academic institution known for its leading PGA Golf Management program, is holding a groundbreaking event for the Ken Janke Sr. Golf Learning Center on Saturday, April 28.…
Gaylord Golf Mecca honored at Governor’s Conference on Tourism
By Greg Johnson The Gaylord Golf Mecca, a division of the Gaylord Area Convention and Tourism Bureau, and the Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City were honored recently at the 2018 Pure Michigan Governor’s Conference on Tourism with the Governor’s Award for Innovative Tourism Collaboration for marketing efforts to bring…
Scramble kickoff at Thornapple
By Greg Johnson The Grand Rapids-based golf club launches its 2018 season in earnest with its popular three-man scramble. Although the golf season at the Golf Club at Thornapple Pointe has begun weather permitting, once the 2018 Kickoff 3 Man Scramble takes place on Saturday, April 14, it will start…
Senior PGA Championship at Harbor Shores in Benton Harbor for Fourth Time
The Golf Club at Harbor Shores in Benton Harbor, a Jack Nicklaus Signature Design, is hosting The KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship May 22-27. It is the fourth time the top senior golfers in the world have gathered at Harbor Shores, and it will be the 79th edition of the championship…
Apple Mountain Working on Course Bunkers This Spring
FREELAND – In keeping with a reputation for great playing conditions Apple Mountain plans to complete an extensive bunker restoration project this spring. Work started in late February. Over 600 tons of new sand is being added the 33 greenside bunkers on the course to improve playing conditions, consistency and…
FLY TO EAGLE EYE: Lansing area Golfers Can Get Clubs Out
By Gary Johnson The Hawk Hollow Golf Properties in Bath opened three of their courses for the golf season on Monday, March 26 – Hawk Hollow, Woodside and Eagle Eye. “We will do our aggressive spring pricing as usual to kick the season into gear,” Terry Kildea, the director of…
Putt Like Lefty; Grand Traverse Resort and Spa Featuring Dave Pelz School
By Greg Johnson ACME – Phil Mickelson and many others have sought the knowledge of Dave Pelz. Visitors to Grand Traverse Resort and Spa can as well when the The Dave Pelz Scoring Game School returns for another golf season. Between June 27 and Sept. 8 the Pelz school at…