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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…
By Greg Johnson – Black Bear Golf Course’s magnificent and award-winning improvements continue. The newly lined ponds are once again filled with water on holes 4 and 5. They are blue again, and in a little time, nature will help fill them completely. Soon they will blend with the new…
By Greg Johnson – Every golf course has something that makes it memorable. At Lakes of the North Golf Course, new head golf professional and director of golf Noah Kole believes it is a combination of northern Michigan beauty, outstanding course conditions, genuine hospitality and exceptional value. While the 27-year-old…
Golf’s new, contemporary vibe includes some big changes, not only to the game but to the courses themselves. We’re talking short courses – those 9-hole wonders popping up quicker than excuses after a three-putt. Expert players appreciate the precision needed to gauge each shot, while those newer to the sport…
By Greg Johnson – Black Lake Golf Club in Onaway, one of the 16 premier golf courses in the Gaylord Golf Mecca, ranks among the best golf courses in Michigan year after year and is simply a must-stop. It offers the best of everything. We could tell you everything, but…
By Greg Johnson – Indian River Golf Club never rests, it seems. It keeps working to not only maintain its reputation as the friendliest golf course in the north, but also to find ways to improve. This summer finds Indian River, one of 16 courses in the Gaylord Golf Mecca,…
What happens when you bring a group of media guests from across North America to the Gaylord Golf Mecca? You get a lot of golf, a lot of content and a lot of people discovering why Northern Michigan has become one of the country’s favorite summer golf destinations. Recently, influencers,…
There’s nothing quite like a Gaylord Golf Mecca getaway. Those late evenings with sherbet sunsets, gentle inland breezes and mild summer temperatures that allow for play at any hour of the day…top it all off with 16 phenomenal golf courses and we’re sold! So what is it that makes our area…
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…
It goes without saying that golf has a new vibe, which is welcoming a crowd of fresh faces to this time-tested sport. More casual golfers are teeing it up in trendy attire with Bluetooth speakers in tow. Respect for the game is still strong, but the goal for some has…
