Crafted: the wine series
Text: R. Collins For decades, Michigan has been generating a name for itself as a premier wine-making destination within the Midwest and broader United States, with about 208 wineries dotting its landscapes by 2017, according to the Michigan Craft Beverage…
American Dunes
Text: R.J. Weick Tucked behind the windswept, towering sand dunes on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan in Ottawa County, Michigan, where pines have become as characteristic as the maple, beech, and hemlock before them, a golf club is undergoing…
The clubhouse vernacular
Text: R.J. Weick “Golf course design, as I’ve learned through many of the designers we’ve worked with, is its own very specific, emotional, technical, and spiritual journey, and an environmental and landscape one,” said James. D. Nordlie, AIA, president of…
Rounding the Fairways: Boyne City | Charlevoix | Petoskey
Text: R. Collins GOLF BOYNE Golf Boyne Mountain Resort1 Boyne Mountain Road, Boyne Falls, MI 49713 With 10 championship caliber courses and three resorts to choose from, the BOYNE Golf collection of properties offers a variety of ways to enjoy the…
The Dish: Bay City
Text: R.Collins Opened in November 2018, Costela Brazilian Steak House brings an authentic churrascaria experience to Bay City, Michigan; the Tri-City area’s bay-side travel destination. The steakhouse is the first of its kind in the area, as its culinary practice…
Creating a Classic Detroit legacy
Detroit, a city rich in industry, music, and design, will once again host the PGA Tour this spring as touring professionals tee off on a classic Donald Ross course at the 120-year-old Detroit Golf Club as they vie for a…
Great Escapes
Text: Tyler Fleser Golf is a sort of meditation—a melding of nature and mankind’s ambition. Will Rogers, the famous American actor, columnist, and renowned socialite once said, “I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like…
The Links at Bowen Lake
Text: Greg Johnson Be prepared to make more than one visit to The Links at Bowen Lake in Gowen, Michigan. Vicki Korson, who with her husband Wayne Korson, became owner about two years ago of the West Michigan-based, 18-hole public…
Harbor Shores adds another chapter of KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship
Text: R.J. Weick The KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, a major championship in senior golf, is returning to Harbor Shores Resort and its 18-hole, Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course in Benton Harbor, Michigan this May; once again bringing some of the…
BOYNE Golf for buddies
Text: Greg Johnson With 10 golf courses at three resorts in an 18-mile radius of the northern part of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, BOYNE Golf is a major destination for any and all groups, and simply perfect for buddies. “The big…