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By Greg Johnson – 1. Trees for miles with colorful leaves framing green grass and vistas you will not believe. In fact, you have to see it to believe it. 2. The Mecca marketing group features 17 beautiful championship golf courses packaged any way you like at the price point…
By Greg Johnson – Labor Day is coming up soon, and our country pays tribute to working people with what some see as the last weekend of the summer. Parades, picnics, boat rides and, of course, golf are among the activities that are used to turn Labor Day into a…
By Greg Johnson – In 2024, Black Bear Golf Course was voted the most improved course in the country by the GolfPass online audience. In 2025, the improvements are continuing under now second-year owners, Olivia and Rob Smith. The Gaylord Golf Mecca checked in with Olivia this week and compiled…
Black Lake Golf Club Offers the Best of Everything By Greg Johnson – Black Lake Golf Club in Onaway, one of the 17 premier golf courses in the Gaylord Golf Mecca cooperative marketing group, has been offering the best of everything for 25 years. We could tell you everything (even…
By Greg Johnson – August has been National Golf Month across the country since the PGA of America came up with the idea over 30 years ago in 1993, and the Gaylord Golf Mecca’s wonderful combination of incredible summer weather and world-class golf fits perfectly every August with such a…
Mike Robertson, in 25 years of playing golf, had never had a hole-in-one. The Grand Rapids native had come close a few times but had started to believe it might never happen for him. That changed dramatically last month. He was one of 16 golfers playing in a group outing…
By Greg Johnson – When Lakes of the North Golf Course head golf professional Rob Diroff says things are business as usual, he means business is great and only getting better. That’s the way things are at the Mancelona area course, an especially popular course for groups that visit the…
Indian River Golf Club is building a short game area to go with their busy practice range. It’s the latest at the course that bills itself as the friendliest golf course in the north. “It’s something that happened organically because we had the very busy range and the big new…
By Greg Johnson In the Gaylord Golf Mecca, we call it Golflight Savings Time instead of Daylight Savings Time. We are on the golf side of the Eastern Time Zone, which cutting to the chase means you can play golf until almost 10 p.m. on many summer nights. One of…
By Greg Johnson – The Pines Golf Course at Michaywe’ is ramping up for another busy season of offering affordable championship golf to all ages and skill levels in the heart of the Gaylord Golf Mecca. Beautiful green fairways beckon as they have for over 50 years in this stunning…
