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By Greg Johnson Treetops Resort’s Director of Recreation Doug Hoeh, one of the key reasons there are waves of beautiful green grass covering 81 golf holes at the award-winning resort, marvels at the level of cooperation among the 17 member golf properties in the Gaylord Golf Mecca. Hoeh, elected in…
Earth Day, celebrated on Saturday, April 22 for the 54th time via EARTHDAY.ORG, isn’t just a single day out of the year at the golf courses in the Gaylord Golf Mecca. For instance, The Natural is naturally managed as if Earth Day is every day. Kevin Henley, longtime general manager…
By Greg Johnson Lakes of the North Golf Course PGA head professional Rob Diroff is among the many golfers who play hockey, too. When ice forms, he gets out the hockey equipment. When the grass appears once again in the Gaylord Golf Mecca, it’s back to golf. Just last month…
Must Visit the Gaylord Golf Mecca
By Greg Johnson Golfers around the world watched on screens of all sorts. The green expanse was alluring. The golf was inspiring. It gave golfers in places where winter stays a while the compelling itch to play the game again. Another Masters Tournament week is in the books and that…
Gaylord Golf Mecca Joins Global Golf Tourism Association
The Gaylord Golf Mecca in the heart of Michigan, a favorite summer golf destination for American and Canadian golfers, is reaching out to welcome more golfers from beyond the North American continent. The cooperative marketing group of 17 golf courses at nine resort properties as well as 21 lodging partners,…
By Greg Johnson It’s not exactly golf weather outside in Northern Michigan this week, but the friendly golfers who live in the Gaylord Golf Mecca rarely stop thinking about it, talking about it and planning how to make your golf visits wonderful. With that in mind, we offer a couple…
By: Greg Johnson The golf courses at Treetops Resort have been winning awards since Robert Trent Jones Sr. created the first of the fivesome courses – the Masterpiece on the main resort campus 36 years ago. That course also provided the impetus for the Gaylord Golf Mecca marketing cooperative that…
By: Greg Johnson The Gaylord Golf Mecca is America’s favorite summer golf destination and Black Lake Golf Club in Onaway is clearly a favorite among favorites. The Golf Advisor’s most recent course rankings based on 315,000 submitted reviews placed Black Lake at No. 26 among the top 50 most popular…
By: Greg Johnson Jim Holderman of Belding, Michigan, retired at the end of 2022 with plans to play more golf, and to play it on courses he hasn’t experienced in the past. That makes being the most recent winner of the Gaylord Golf Mecca’s Ultimate Golf Giveaway a perfect fit…
By Greg Johnson In 1994 a group of four friends who met as co-workers at a now-shutdown IT company in metro Detroit saw a 54-holes of golf promotion for Otsego Resort, an original golf and lodging member of the Gaylord Golf Mecca. They played what Joel Staniec of Troy remembers…
