Jun 06, 2023 / kayla
By Greg Johnson The Gaylord Golf Mecca, America’s summer golf destination, has been booking trips for 36 years as a cooperative marketing group. That’s 17 golf courses at nine properties with 21 lodging partners in the heart of Northern Michigan who have tried and true golf courses and tried and true methods to help you with the best golf experience possible. MORE
Jun 01, 2023 / kayla
It’s National Women’s Golf Month and we’re excited to share an excerpt from an article written by our good friend and a familiar face in the Gaylord Golf Mecca, Susan R. Pollack. The full piece is featured in the 2022 issue of Northern Michigan Golfer Magazine, which can be viewed here. MORE
May 23, 2023 / kayla
By Greg Johnson Black Lake Golf Club is a 5-star, top-of-the-charts golf course. We’d like to share 5 of the many reasons to make Black Lake and the Gaylord Golf Mecca the top destinations in your golf trip plans this year. MORE
May 15, 2023 / kayla
By Greg Johnson Andrew Hart has been on the Gaylord Golf Mecca scene at Garland Lodge & Golf Resort since he was 11 and attended his first junior golf clinic. He grew up in Lewiston and at age 16 started working at the resort in the golf bag drop area. MORE
May 02, 2023 / kayla
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 February as the Michigan Golf Course Superintendents Association (MiGCSA) Chapter President for 2023, is starting his 16th year at the Mecca flagship resort. MORE
Nov 22, 2022 / kayla
By Greg Johnson Golfers have been coming back to the Gaylord Golf Mecca for 35 years, including a recently concluded banner 2022 season, and are already booking for year 36 in 2023. The Mecca started as a cooperative marketing effort for its collection of golf in 1997 and marched onto the destination golf scene with classic courses, new modern masterpieces and more. MORE
Oct 26, 2022 / kayla
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 as a 54-hole blowout, stayed at Otsego Resort and enjoyed it. MORE
Jul 19, 2022 / kayla
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 golf trips for 46 years. MORE
