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The clubhouse vernacular

April 10, 2020April 10, 2020 by John Olsa

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…

The Grand destination for fall

September 9, 2019September 9, 2019 by John Olsa

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…

Back to The Bear: Grand Traverse Resort and Spa to host 2018 Michigan Open

March 8, 2018March 8, 2018 by John Olsa

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…