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…
Early Golf: The Lynx in Otsego Open for Play Four Days Each Week
By Greg Johnson The Lynx Golf Course in the Southwest corner of the state in Otsego opened Thursday for play and will be open the rest of March on a Thursday through Sunday basis, weather permitting. The golf course announced it early this week, and also reported that Superintendent Bill…
Boyne Golf Academy Adds Winner to Team of Instructors
By Greg Johnson PETOSKEY – One of Michigan winningest golf professionals ever, Michigan native Jeff Roth, has joined The Boyne Golf Academy team of instructors. “I have experienced up-close the Boyne golf operation and the Golf Academy over the years, and to now be able to bring my knowledge and…
Back to The Bear: Grand Traverse Resort and Spa to host 2018 Michigan Open
By Greg Johnson ACME – Grand Traverse Resort and Spa hosted the best golfers from Michigan in the storied Michigan Open Championship 28 times between 1981 and 2008, and in the last 25 of those years the battleground was The Bear course. In 2018 it’s back to The Bear for…
Topgolf Facility Coming to Michigan in Auburn Hills
AUBURN HILLS – Topgolf International, a sports entertainment company, has broken ground in Michigan on a 65,000 square-foot facility that will house over 100 climate-controlled enclosed hitting bays from which golfers will hit shots with golf clubs and microchipped balls to an outdoor range with targets. It is scheduled to…
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 a lifetime. While northern Michigan is blessed with more than…
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 at The Mines Golf Course in Grand Rapids, is giving…
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. From the sweeping fairways of a golf course molded and…