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Award-Winning Design, Great Conditions, Vibrant Fall Colors By Greg Johnson Black Lake Golf Club in Onaway, like all the golf courses that are part of the Gaylord Golf Mecca, has enjoyed a busy golf season to this point. “It’s been a good summer, and we expect a good fall, too,”…
By Greg Johnson Fountains, Monarch, Reflections and Swampfire are the courses at Garland Lodge & Golf Resort and each are aptly named and immaculately conditioned. It’s four experiences, each unique in many ways. Choose or simply try a different one each round when you visit the Gaylord Golf Mecca, which…
By Greg Johnson Photo L-R: Don Webber, Robert Macerollo, Duane Deley and Don Baldwin. Mecca Ultimate Giveaway Winner Enjoys Trip Two Years Later It took over two years of patiently waiting for the U.S.-Canadian border to open for travel because of COVID restrictions, but Robert Macerollo of Mississauga, Ontario, near…
By Greg Johnson There’s loyalty as in returning golfers in the Gaylord Golf Mecca, and then there is Larry Mack and the group he leads. The Detroit native, now living in Florida, has been leading a golf group lovingly called “Ragtag” to Northern Michigan and the Gaylord Golf Mecca on…
By Greg Johnson The typical summer morning at The Pines Golf Course at Michaywe’ has seemingly 50 things going on at once, not to mention golfers headed out to have fun. Everybody, except perhaps the busy employees, seems relaxed. This place knows how to lower blood pressure with their classic…
By Greg Johnson Eight golf writers, photographers, radio talents and even a social media producer visited the Gaylord Golf Mecca on a Familiarization (FAM) Trip that was FAMtastic recently via Pam Shaheen and her company Crossroads Marketing. They played seven courses over five days – Threetops and the Signature at…
2. LOADS OF LODGING OPTIONS The Gaylord Golf Mecca has 21 lodging partners, who together count approximately 1,400 rooms. That means you can have anything you want or desire, from luxurious to rustic, from traditional to modern, from campfire to a fireplace that starts with the flip of a switch. Start with…
Lakes of the North Making It Happen In The Mecca
By Greg Johnson Rob Diroff, now in his fourth year as the head PGA golf professional at Lakes of the North Golf Course, has a goal for 2022. “I want as many people as possible to play golf here and experience the great course, the good conditions we have, the…
By Greg Johnson Quality and quantity have been key elements for the 35-year success story that is the Gaylord Golf Mecca, America’s favorite summer golf destination in the heart of Northern Michigan. That quality and quantity is reflected in sparkling fashion in three primary Mecca member resorts that offer lodging,…
By Greg Johnson We call it perfect timing. It’s National Travel & Tourism Week across the country and here in the Gaylord Golf Mecca our fabulous collection of golf courses will all be open and welcoming golfers by the end of the week. We feature 17 world class golf courses,…
