design Archives - The Golf Explorer

Framing a golf course

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022 by Rachel Weick

Text: R.J. Weick // Photography: Mike Gullon, Phoenix Photographic Built deep within the 320-acre, private golf and residential community featuring a rolling terrain of hardwoods, bentgrass fairways, and large greens with their gentle undulations, the more traditional timber-framed, cottage style…

Preserved, by design

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 by Rachel Weick

Wine has inspired poets, winemakers, and enthusiasts for millennia. Each barrel, bottle, and glass represent a pursuit, a labor of love, to capture a richness of heritage, terroir, story, and craft in a single vessel—characteristics of which are at times…

TaylorMade re-envisions P·790 irons series

November 10, 2021November 10, 2021 by Rachel Weick

Text: Kassandra Olschanski // Photography: TaylorMade Golf Company TaylorMade Golf Company of Carlsbad, California officially announced their third generation of the P·790 irons in August 2021, following global success as one of the best-selling iron franchises in the history of…

Ultimate Golf Giveaway in the Mecca

September 2, 2021September 2, 2021 by Rachel Weick

Text: Kassandra Olschanski // Photography: Black Lake Golf Club, Brian Walters Photography, Gaylord Area Convention and Tourism Bureau Gaylord, Michigan is home to some of the best golf courses in Michigan and what better way to experience those luxury courses…

Customize fall golf at Bucks Run

July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 by Rachel Weick

Text: R. Collins // Photography: North Coast Golf Co., Bucks Run Golf Club, Mt. Pleasant Area Convention & Visitors Bureau With August just around the corner and summer golf in full swing, the teams behind Michigan’s golf offerings—managers, golf professionals,…

For the queens of clubs

July 21, 2021 by Rachel Weick

Text: Brenna Buckwald // Photography: Foray Golf LLC Though many products in the golf industry historically have been made by and for men, one company has recently stepped onto the fairway, in disruptive and stylish fashion. Foray Golf LLC, a…

Upper Peninsula’s gaming paradise

May 24, 2021 by Rachel Weick

Text: Brenna Buckwald // Photography: Island Resort & Casino “There is no resort in the Midwest that has the big casino, over 340 rooms, a showroom, a spa, convention center, multiple restaurants, and two championship courses,” said Tony Mancilla, general…

Canadian Lakes brings “the good life” on course

May 21, 2021 by Rachel Weick

Text: Brenna Buckwald // Photography: Sara Carte, Bob Laperriere, Chuck Richardson Canadian Lakes, an upscale private recreational community in Canadian Lakes, Michigan, flourishes during the summer season with its multitude of outdoor entertainment venues and options across nearly 7,000 acres…

American Dunes, a Jack Nicklaus design, officially opens

May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 by Rachel Weick

Text: R. Collins // Photography: Nile Young American Dunes Golf Club, the most recent Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course, held its grand opening on Sunday, May 2, 2021 in Grand Haven, Michigan. The project benefits Folds of Honor, a nonprofit…