Petoskey Area: creating rounds of memories
If you only take one golfing vacation this year, make it this one: Petoskey Area in the northwest, Lower Peninsula of Michigan. This is where golfing traditions are started, golfing stories are shared, and golfing memories are created to last…
Dusting the clubs
Text: Greg Johnson A Grand Rapids-based golf course is offering a new winter golf training program. People in Michigan are often quick to tuck their golf clubs away in the winter, but Gary Smithson, PGA Professional and director of Golf…
An estate, property on par with locale
Text: R.J. Weick To the perceptive eye, the nuances in a sense of place can be found in the architectural detailing in a neighborhood, the natural environment, or in the musical and lighting ambiance created in a small corner café.…
Snow kidding: planning this year’s golf outing
Text: Greg Johnson The snow may have begun to fall, but avid golfers look to the summer months to schedule 2018 great golf outings. The golf has season just ended, snow is falling, and the clubs have been put away.…
Grip one last trip
Text: Greg Johnson As the leaves begin to change, don’t fall for missed seasonal opportunities for golf in Michigan. Don’t put away those clubs just yet. In fact, seasoned golfers know there is often one more road trip still…
The essentials of aeration
Text: Greg Johnson Jack Thomasma, golf course superintendent at The Golf Club at Thornapple Pointe—also known as the course visible to automotive drivers on eastbound Interstate 96 as they approach Grand Rapids—joked the course always looks green from a distance.…
Burnished: leaves, harvest, and golf
Text: R.J. Weick While summer—that glorious season of warm sunlight and beckoning freshwater waves—holds the hearts of many, autumn is a season for poets. As the leaves begin to turn and crispness settles in the late afternoon air, there is…
The LYNX fall tour
Text: R. Collins An annual event celebrating the region’s true colors returns to a Michigan golf course. West Michigan has much to offer in the way of dining and drinking experiences, as well as art scenes; but for many, the…
Treetop’s Kevin McKinley to receive PGA of America’s National Patriot Award
Text: Greg Johnson While Kevin McKinley, the director of golf and ski for Treetops Resort, didn’t serve in the military, his considerable support and contribution toward the United States Armed Forces and its veterans has been recognized by the PGA…
Golf Explorer Volume 1 Issue 3: A Fade Into Autumn
In our second digital edition of The Golf Explorer: Michigan’s Journal to Incredible Golf, with crisp cool breeze of autumn in the air we look at why there is plenty of golf to appreciate yet as the season winds down.…