Mind Your Mecca P’S AND Q’S:
It is time to book the best summer golf trip!
By Greg Johnson
Winter might still have a grip on northern Michigan, but don’t lose your grip on planning that perfect golf trip to America’s favorite summer golf destination, the Gaylord Golf Mecca.
Mind your P’s and Q’s and make plans. Get busy at gaylordgolfmecca.com.
Quantity – The Gaylord Golf Mecca features 17 golf courses at nine properties in the heart of northern Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, and they have been working together in a cooperative marketing and golf packaging effort for 38 years. Surrounding the Gaylord, Michigan, area, it’s like one resort with 17 golf options at 17 different price points. The lineup includes five courses at Treetops Resort, four courses at Garland Lodge & Golf Resort, two courses at Otsego Resort and remarkable stand-alone gems at Black Lake Golf Club, The Pines at Michaywe,’ Indian River Golf Club, Lakes of the North Golf Course, Gaylord Golf Club and new to the Mecca this year, Black Bear Golf, which is under new ownership.
Quality – The group features golf architecture by legendary architects like Robert Trent Jones, who designed the Masterpiece at Treetops, as well as contemporary renown stars like Tom Fazio, whose only Michigan design is the Premier at Treetops, and homegrown Hall of Famer Jerry Matthews, whose work can be found at Indian River and Lakes of the North. The rolling wooded natural area lends itself to great golf design. Rees Jones, Robert Trent’s son and the designer at Black Lake, called the area a place where an architect just uncovers Mother Nature’s great golf holes.
Pleasant Pricing – With 17 options for golf and 20 lodging partners, you can make a package that fits your price point. The golf options range from resorts to perfectly groomed public daily fee destinations. Lodging partners offer luxury resort rooms, quaint getaway cabins, condominiums designed for groups of all sizes, beautiful vacation home rentals or trusted brand hotels, and once again, at a variety of price points. The members will help you book lodging and tee times, sometimes with just one call. You’ll be pleasantly surprised by the prices.
Panoramic Views – The ancient glaciers that formed the Great Lakes region made their marks with rolling hills, sweeping valleys, rivers and lakes in northern Michigan. It was the perfect canvas for great golf designers and in some places the panoramic views stretch for 30 miles. Robert Trent Jones coined the name Treetops when he was building the Masterpiece for the resort. Standing atop a dramatic hill, he looked out at the horizon and his eyes took in thousands upon thousands of treetops. In the fall, Mother Nature adds her colors to the leaves and the breathtaking views are in every direction. It is golf with a color tour rolled into one.
Perfect Summer Weather – Summer weather can be a little too hot in some areas of the country, but not in the Gaylord area where the average daytime high temperature in August is a perfect-for-golf 76 degrees and it can drop to the upper 50s at night for restful slumber. In addition, with the area located on the 45th parallel in the eastern time zone, there is ample daylight to enjoy the super summer days. Book the perfect trip to America’s favorite summer golf destination at gaylordgolfmecca.com.
