| Gaylord, MI- Gaylord Michigan's rise as a top golf destination gains more momentum in September's issue of Golf Digest, which selected Northern Michigan as the world's 12th-best place to play golf, and 8th best in the United States. "The golf boom around Traverse City and Gaylord continues unabated," Golf Digest says. "Too many great golf courses to sample in just one trip. Mountain golf, links golf, lakeside golf - it's all here." Golf Digest chose as its top two destinations Monterey, Calif., and St. Andrews, Scotland.
The magazine polled 700 low-handicap, course-ranking panelists who were presented with a list of 95 golf-travel destinations. Among the criteria: good variety of terrific courses, a strong golf ambience, great setting, attractions and amenities, quality accommodations, etc. Golf Digest writes: "The most important question we told the panelists to ask themselves for each destination was: 'How much would a typical reader of Golf Digest enjoy a trip here?"
Northern Michigan out ranked such heralded destinations as Hawaii, Whistler Canada, and the Robert Trent Jones Trail in Alabama.
The center of Northern Michigan is the Gaylord Golf Mecca, which features 21 courses and 24 lodging properties. Garland Resort, Treetops Resort, and Otsego Club head the group.
Garland Resort- Northern Michigan's most celebrated AAA Four Diamond resort with its magnificent log, stone, and glass architecture and 72 holes of golf is located on 3,500 acres of pristine northern Michigan terrain.
Treetops Resort’s brace of four championship courses designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., Tom Fazio, and the resort’s own star, Rick Smith, the acclaimed teaching guru, makes for some of the best golf on any one property anywhere. With panoramic views that on some holes on the Jones and Smith courses goes for 30 or more miles over deep forested valleys.
The senior member of the Mecca is the in-town Otsego Club, formerly the Hidden Valley Resort. This affordable retreat offers three courses. A fourth course under construction serves up great views of the Pigeon River Valley. It was designed by TV commentator Gary Koch and will open for play next year.
Marsh Ridge Resort is an intimate golf resort, featuring romantic theme suites, and 18 beautiful golf holes routed over and around a ridge dotted with marshland and wildlife habitats. The resorts restaurant, Jac’c Place is one of Gaylord’s best.
The Gaylord Golf Mecca also features other stand out facilities including, Black Forest, designed by Tom Doak, Elk Ridge, The Natural, Black Bear, Michaywe, Fox Run, Lakes of the North, and Gaylord Country Club.
The Gaylord Golf Mecca, with its quantity of great golf, and this recent ranking of Northern Michigan as one of the top golf destinations by Golf Digest, further proves that Gaylord Michigan is the Midwest’s Summer Golf Mecca. For more information on the Gaylord Golf Mecca call 1-800-345-8621, or sign on at www.gaylordgolfonline.com |
