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Tour of color at Evergreen

September 19, 2019September 19, 2019 by SVKmp

Text: Greg Johnson The Cadillac Area Visitors Bureau team has reported pigment on trees begin to change in late September with the peak color tour season falling in the second or third weeks of October. Golf explorers who like to combine the game with a color tour will find the…

The Forest Dunes fall landscape

September 12, 2019September 17, 2019 by SVKmp

Text: Greg Johnson Fall is the best time for golf at Forest Dunes Golf Club reports Don Helinski, director of operations at the destination golf resort in Roscommon, Michigan near Grayling. “September is always our busiest month of the year even though you wouldn’t think so, because everybody is back…

Fall golf on the shore

September 11, 2019September 12, 2019 by SVKmp

Text: Greg Johnson The Sundance course at A-Ga-Ming Golf Resort in Kewadin, Michigan is set at the highest elevation of the popular resort’s four courses; a location where one can feel as if they are seeing for miles—and hit the ball that far, too. It is a fall landscape where…

The Grand destination for fall

September 9, 2019September 9, 2019 by SVKmp

Text: Greg Johnson Fall golf at Grand Traverse Resort and Spa in Acme, Michigan along Lake Michigan’s Grand Traverse Bay begins with a room with a view in the resort’s glass Tower. From its 17-story vantage point, the golfer can look out over a choice of three manicured sets of…

The Cottages at LochenHeath officially open doors

August 30, 2019August 29, 2019 by SVKmp

Text: R.J. Weick LochenHeath Golf Club, a private-and-limited-outside-play golf course destination in Williamsburg, Michigan, officially announced the grand opening of its new Cottages at LochenHeath on July 24, 2019. “We are very pleased to now be able to offer play-and-stay accommodations for members, guests, and visitors at LochenHeath,” said Kevin…

Scenic fall at Crystal Mountain

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019 by SVKmp

Text: Greg Johnson Crystal Mountain, a family-owned, four-season resort in Thompsonville, Michigan is less than 20 minutes Michigan Route 22 in the northwest corner of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. It is a region voted Best Scenic Autumn Drive by USA Today, and for golfers, it means award-winning color for fall golf. …

Garland tees up fall packages

August 28, 2019August 28, 2019 by SVKmp

Text: Greg Johnson Fall golf packages are lined up and start as of the week of Aug. 26, 2019 for Garland Lodge & Golf Resort in Lewiston, Michigan. Meadows, lakes, streams, hardwoods, and pines that rise to the sky, come alive with fall colors in the secluded northern Michigan setting…

Otsego in the fall

August 23, 2019August 23, 2019 by SVKmp

Text: Greg Johnson When a golf course is carved in about 1,100 acres of hardwood forest, such as The Tribute at Otsego Club and Resort in Gaylord, Michigan, it is surrounded by trees and in the fall—color. “You can see for 20-to-30 miles in some places,” said Ryan Holmes, golf…

Fall into play with Boyne Golf

August 20, 2019August 21, 2019 by SVKmp

Text: Greg Johnson There are a number of great destinations full of color for fall golf in northern Michigan, and yet the Boyne Golf properties of Boyne Mountain, Boyne Highlands, Bay Harbor, and Crooked Tree Golf Club offers an elevated vantage point—as in high up looking down at miles of…

Hops and Props on the River returns to Manistee

August 13, 2019August 13, 2019 by SVKmp

Text: R. Collins Manistee County is home not only to many destinations for early fall golf, but also to a variety of activities and events to herald in the new, colorful season. In Manistee, Michigan, one such event off the fairway, Hops and Props on the River, combines the best…

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