Michigan golf and travel articles from MichiganGolf.com

Tullymore Golf Club at the St. Ives Resort in Stanwood

no_email@example.com (Brandon Tucker) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:25:55 GMT

Since opening in 2001, Tullymore Golf Club at the St. Ives Resort in Stanwood has quickly emerged as one of Michigan's best public golf courses. The course sits on over 800 acres of wetlands, and water is always a threat here, from the par-5 first hole to the finishing par 5.

Must play, must stay: Five northern Michigan resorts for a jam-packed golf trip

no_email@example.com (Brandon Tucker) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:41:47 GMT

Few areas in the world have such a massive amount of quality golf as in northern Michigan. Brandon Tucker looks at five resort golf venues that are best bets for great deals on stay-and-play packages, afternoon replay rates and unlimited golf specials.

Threetops Par-3 golf course at Treetops Resort in Gaylord

no_email@example.com (Brandon Tucker) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:25:55 GMT

The Threetops par 3 course at Treetops Resort in Gaylord is considered one of America's best short courses and offers possibly the best public-access play. Designed by co-owner Rick Smith, the nine-hole, par-27 course features holes ranging from 140-219 yards and is set on similarly undulating hills, with elevation changes of up to 170 feet.

The best of Boyne Resorts in northern Michigan

no_email@example.com (Brandon Tucker) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:02:32 GMT

In northern Michigan, Boyne Resorts consist of three separate four-season resort properties and eight golf courses, making it the area's largest and most diverse player in the summer golf market. Each resort is within about 30 miles of each other: Boyne Mountain, Boyne Highands and Bay Harbor.

Dunmaglas Golf Course in Charlevoix

no_email@example.com (Brandon Tucker) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:25:55 GMT

Dunmaglas Golf Course is a lesser-known, Scottish-inspired course just around the corner from nationally recognized Bay Harbor Golf Club and Crooked Tree Golf Club. Dunmaglas was originally built in 1992 by owner Chuck MacGillivray, who with the help of Larry Mancour and Dean Refram, built a very difficult course set on nearly 900 acres.

Little-known Dunmaglas Golf Course in Charlevoix: A northern Michigan knockout

no_email@example.com (Brandon Tucker) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:25:55 GMT

Twice in the late '90s, Dunmaglas Golf Course was ranked as Michigan's best public course by Golf Digest. Though bigger, badder courses have surfaced since then, Dunmaglas remains one of those remote and beautiful northern Michigan golf experiences - with a comparatively pleasing price tag attached, Brandon Tucker writes.

Bay Harbor Golf Club in northern Michigan

no_email@example.com (Brandon Tucker) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:42:16 GMT

Bay Harbor Golf Club is one of northern Michigan's most spectacularly placed golf courses, set on bluffs overlooking Little Traverse Bay and Lake Michigan. The course was designed by Arthur Hills and is an upscale, semi-private facility with GPS in the carts and a clubhouse and restaurant overlooking the lake.

Heather golf course at Boyne Highlands Resort in Harbor Springs

no_email@example.com (Brandon Tucker) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:25:55 GMT

The Heather course at Boyne Highlands Resort in northern Michigan is a classic golf design from Robert Trent Jones Sr. Onene of the area's first nationally ranked courses, the Heather features Jones' signature tight, tree-lined doglegs, raised greens and splashed bunkering.

Ten Northern Michigan golf courses for the traditionalist golfer

no_email@example.com (Brandon Tucker) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:56:51 GMT

Detroiters and Chicagoans have been escaping to Northern Michigan for pure, natural golf for more than a century. Here's a look at some of the top golf courses for the traditionalist golfer. What constitutes "traditional?" We're looking for classic golf courses, or modern courses built to resemble the classics.

Greywalls course at Marquette Golf Club: Upper Peninsula gem is rock solid

no_email@example.com (Brandon Tucker) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:25:54 GMT

Michigan native Mike Devries, a former intern under Tom Doak, takes natural, minimalist golf course design to the next level at Greywalls at Marquette Golf Club. The result is a course with tumbling, rugged fairways with few flat lies, some awkward-looking shots and rugged rough and bunkering. This is a one-of-a-kind golf course, Brandon Tucker writes.