Grand Traverse Resort and Spa Archives

The Great Lakes State escapes

May 16, 2022May 19, 2022 by Rachel Weick

Text: Brenna Buckwald // Photography: Nile Young, BOYNE Golf, Crystal Mountain, Shanty Creek Resort, Brian Walters Part I of II When Michigan’s warmer months roll in, daylight hours extend, and snow melts off the golf courses—individuals, couples, friends, and families…

Grand Traverse Resort opens early, anticipates booming season

May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 by John Olsa

Text: R. Collins After a wildly successful last season, the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa’s three distinctive golf courses—The Bear, The Wolverine, and Spruce Run—have opened early in anticipation of another great season. After a 14-week off-season, the shortest in…

Great Lakes Escapes

March 30, 2021March 31, 2021 by John Olsa

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 John Olsa

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 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…

From birdies to blackjack

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 by John Olsa

Golf and gambling go hand-in-hand, or perhaps grip-to-one-arm-bandit. Every shot is a gamble, every Nassau is a speculation, and every pull of the handle is a possibility. Will it yield a birdie, an ace, or the Big Jackpot? By Janina…

The whole fairway package

December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 by John Olsa

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…

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…

The Bear, a perfect match for Michigan Open Championship

April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 by John Olsa

Text: Greg Johnson Tom McGee, the director of golf operations at Grand Traverse Resort and Spa in Acme, Michigan, summed up the 2018 return of the Michigan Open Championship at The Bear—the storied Jack Nicklaus-designed course—as almost reminiscent. “It had…

Grand Traverse Resort’s Paul Galligan named Award of Merit winner

April 5, 2019April 5, 2019 by John Olsa

Text: Greg Johnson Paul Galligan, director of grounds at Grand Traverse Resort and Spa, has spent the last 37 years at the northern destination cleaning the teeth of The Bear and keeping watch over The Wolverine and Spruce Run courses.…

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