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By Greg Johnson The Gaylord Golf Mecca may be closed down for playing our favorite game for the winter, but we have a foursome of gift ideas to help you make for the merriest holiday celebrations. While the establishment of Mecca golf packages for 2022 are underway and will be…
By Greg Johnson The Pines at Michaywe’ will celebrate 50 years of providing great golf days in 2022. Designed by Don Childs in the early 1970s and renovated by him almost 20 years ago, it remains a favorite Gaylord Golf Mecca stop and was one of the original Mecca members…
By Greg Johnson The Gaylord Golf Mecca tips a hat to Pat Whitman, who has decided to retire after 50 years of working at the 99-year-old Indian River Golf Club. The long-time head superintendent started at the course for a summer job in 1972, eventually became superintendent and will officially…
By Greg Johnson The golf season is coming to a colorful close, but there are reasons for that last dash to the Gaylord Golf Mecca beyond the stunning leaves on all the beautiful trees. It’s never too late when you are dealing with the Mecca, because even if you can’t…
By Greg Johnson Wow was the first word out of the mouth of Mark Bultema after leading about 20 course raters through 4 days of rating the 4 golf courses at Garland Lodge & Golf Resort, a shining resort member of the Gaylord Golf Mecca. “In my 20 years of…
By Greg Johnson I’ve played all the Gaylord Golf Mecca courses, some several times, some just a few times, in 40 years of writing about golf in Michigan. Nothing beats the collection of 17 golf courses located at 9 properties that make up the Gaylord Golf Mecca, and nothing beats…
Kosta Ramirez is enjoying his first year as the PGA head golf professional at Treetops Resort’s Masterpiece course designed by Robert Trent Jones. “It’s been great,” he said. “I like the people I’m working with and I enjoy the golfers who come to enjoy resort golf. It’s a beautiful place…
By Greg Johnson Michigan golf legend Pete Green won his fourth Michigan Amateur Championship in 1996 at the age of 55, and he won it on The Pines at Michaywe’ golf course in the heart of the Gaylord Golf Mecca. It was a classic player winning on a classic course…
1 – J.T. Aude is the head golf professional and he leads a dedicated staff that greets you with a smile and a willingness to serve. He is Mr. Gaylord Golf Club. His family moved to Gaylord when he was nine-years-old, and he is in his 14th year as head…
By Greg Johnson Lee Trevino is more than a championship golfer. He has always been a championship entertainer, and a generous man, too. As if aligned by the stars for a star, on July 30, 2001, Trevino made a hole-in-one at the No. 7 hole, appropriately named Hang Time, on…
