Michigan golf and travel articles from MichiganGolf.com

Hidden River Golf and Casting Club in Brutus: A golf course tucked away among northern ...

no_email@example.com (Brandon Tucker) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:19:55 GMT

Northern Michigan is filled with big resorts and top-notch golf courses, but there's a quiet, family owned and friendly place you can go to get away from it all -- Hidden River Golf and Casting Club. While Hidden River may be a notch below the area's nationally acclaimed golf courses, it should still be part of your northern Michigan golf tour.

Jack Nicklaus hosts Champions for Change at the Golf Club at Harbor Shores

no_email@example.com (Brandon Tucker) — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:09:24 GMT

Many years in the making, the Golf Club at Harbor Shores is officially opened with the Champions for Change charity skins game event held Aug. 10 in Benton Harbor. Course designer Jack Nicklaus invited fellow golfing legends Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and Johnny Miller to play for $1 million in prize money -- which was all donated to the First Tee and Boys and Girls Club of Benton Harbor.

The Loon Golf Resort in Gaylord, Michigan blossoms into full-service resort

no_email@example.com (Jason Scott Deegan) — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:45:01 GMT

Visit the Loon Golf Resort in Gaylord, Mich., to experience royal treatment. Not so sure? Allow renowned instructor Butch Harmon and LPGA Tour star Natalie Gulbis to vouch for the resort, recently renovated to rank among the top draws on the packed northern Michigan golf circuit. Already been there? Come back, Jason Deegan writes. The Loon is worth it.

Par-3 Strategic Fox course makes Fox Hills the ultimate golf facility in metro Detroit

no_email@example.com (Brandon Tucker) — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:44:31 GMT

Strategic Fox rounds out Fox Hills Golf & Banquet Center in metro Detroit with an opportunity for beginners to learn the game -- or better players to get in a quick round. You won't find any of the area's highest-ranked courses here at Fox Hills, but you will find three courses filled with locals who play their weekly game here because the value and shots are all there.

Shepherd's Hollow Golf Club north of Detroit: A peaceful, but never easy, feeling

no_email@example.com (Brandon Tucker) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:41:34 GMT

At Shepherd's Hollow Golf Club north of Detroit, the land dictates the golf. It seemed an easy decision but results in steeply elevated greens and tees and not many even lies. Few holes here offer easy pars, and thick forest lines most fairways to swallow stray drives. Shepherd's Hollow is the golf course to play when you can't make it to northern Michigan, writes Brandon Tucker, and it may rank as a better value and experience.

Play golf in Ann Arbor like a local at revamped muni Leslie Park Golf Course

no_email@example.com (Brandon Tucker) — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:57:02 GMT

The UM football team may be in the middle of its worst stretch ever. But at least Ann Arbor's golfers can smile. Their two municipal courses, led by Leslie Park Golf Course, are shining as bright as ever. Leslie Park's 2009 nomination as the top muni in Michigan capped a run of improvements to a course that had withered on the vine for the better part of the decade. A new commitment to both conditioning and customer service has paved the way for Leslie Park's return to glory. Are you listening, Coach Rich Rod? It can be done!

Shepherd's Hollow Golf Club in Clarkston

no_email@example.com (Brandon Tucker) — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:06:47 GMT

Continually ranked as one of the best public golf courses in Michigan since 2000, Shepherd's Hollow Golf Club sits on 350 acres of rolling terrain that you'd be more likely to find in northern Michigan over southeast Detroit. Most holes tumble up and down, and there are a fair amount of elevated tees and greens.

The Orchards Golf Club in Washington

no_email@example.com (Brandon Tucker) — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:06:22 GMT

The Orchards Golf Club in Oakland County is the metro Detroit area's tournament test everyone can play. Opened in 1993 and designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., the course sits on 525 scenic acres well away from metro Detroit.

The Orchards Golf Club in Washington: Metro Detroit's (public) tournament stage

no_email@example.com (Brandon Tucker) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:07:05 GMT

You don't need a membership to play The Orchards Golf Club near Detroit. It's tournament-tested and will take Johnny Public's money every day of the week. The Orchards sets out to offer a "club-for-the-day" experience in a city full of prestigious clubs you can't play, Brandon Tucker writes.

Leslie Park Golf Course in Ann Arbor

no_email@example.com (Brandon Tucker) — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:59:22 GMT

Leslie Park Golf Course, one of two municipal courses in Ann Arbor, is a classic design on the northern side of the city that has been renovated and redesigned by Arthur Hills. Leslie Park has received many improvements in recent years and was voted the top municipal golf course in Michigan in 2009.