Golf – The Golf Explorer

The whole fairway package

December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 by SVKmp

Discover some of the resort destinations in Michigan offering more than a tee time. By Janina Parrott Jacobs Michigan’s designation as the second-most popular state for golf by a national golf lifestyle publication might have non-golfers contemplating its relevance. Truth…

Otsego Resort’s winter opening marks bright future ahead

December 12, 2018December 12, 2018 by SVKmp

Text: Greg Johnson The Otsego Resort in Gaylord, Michigan has planned a soft opening event this weekend, Dec. 14 through Dec. 16, 2018 for public skiing as it returns to year-round service under new ownership and management. The returning debut…

Snow kidding: planning this year’s golf outing

December 11, 2017March 7, 2018 by SVKmp

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.…

Building the experience at Gull Lake View

July 17, 2017March 9, 2018 by SVKmp

By Greg Johnson A southwestern Michigan resort has built a legacy for three generations as a golfing destination. With the opening of the new Stoatin Brea course, Gull Lake View Golf Club & Resort has become one of the…

Survey and explore Cadillac golf

July 10, 2017March 9, 2018 by SVKmp

By Greg Johnson The golfing facilities in the Cadillac area want to hear from their golfers. With as many holes of golf as any golfer could possibly need—all within 20 minutes of the downtown area—the different golfing destinations are offering…

Northern-Michigan mecca swings into summer with golfing packages

June 14, 2017June 14, 2017 by SVKmp

By Greg Johnson The Loon Golf Resort and Black Lake Golf Club, destinations of the Gaylord Golf Mecca, have taken stay-and-play for golf groups, couples, and more to a new level. At Black Lake in Onaway, Michigan the term “new”…

Tee up more than just golf, Traverse City style

April 24, 2017March 9, 2018 by SVKmp

Northern Michigan has already earned its chops as a premier golf destination; boasting some of the best courses in the country. But it’s not just the caliber of golf that makes the Mitten State’s little pinky area so desirable. Sure,…

BOYNE Golf: Planning Your 2017 Trip to the Epicenter of ‘America’s Summer Golf Capital’

September 30, 2016March 9, 2018 by SVKmp

Home to 10 premier golf courses spanning three resorts, BOYNE has long been synonymous with golf in northern Michigan. It all started 50 years ago when founder Everett Kircher hired world-famous architect Robert Trent Jones, Sr. to put Boyne Highlands…