Forest Dunes Golf Club – The Golf Explorer

Great Lakes Escapes

March 30, 2021March 31, 2021 by SVKmp

Text: Brenna Buckwald There are not many sports that pair the competitive spirit with the pursuit of inner peace quite like golf as individuals strive to challenge themselves while connecting with the beauty of the surrounding natural landscape. Golf is…

The fairway destination

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 by SVKmp

Text: Brenna Buckwald Only one thing can make spending a day playing golf even better— staying the night in a resort and waking up the next day ready to do it all over again. Luckily, for people who love to…

The clubhouse vernacular

April 10, 2020April 10, 2020 by SVKmp

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 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…

Forest Dunes starts construction on new 10-hole, par-3 course

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019 by SVKmp

Text: Greg Johnson In Roscommon, Michigan, the highly regarded northern Michigan golf retreat of Forest Dunes Golf Club is adding a 10-hole, par-3 course designed by Riley Johns and Keith Rhebb to its collection—a portfolio that already comprises the award-winning…

Forest Dunes resort adds short course to its repertoire

June 27, 2019June 27, 2019 by SVKmp

The Forest Dunes Golf Club resort in Roscommon, Michigan is familiar with attracting attention for its golf program. Its founding course, a Tom-Weiskopf-design, features 18 holes cut through northern Michigan forest and rugged native sands; and it was joined in…