Michigan (Lower Peninsula)
Michigan offers a vast spread of public golf courses. Bay Harbor Golf Club offers scenic bay views at virtually all holes while Robert Trend Jones Sr's Masterpiece course at the well-regarded Treetops resort makes the most of the natural landscape of valleys, plains and ravines. During your exploration of Grand Rapids' abundant natural beauty and electric nightlife, reserve the afternoon(s) for the championship layout at Thousand Oaks Golf Club or challenging, nationally-ranked course at Tullymore Golf Resort.
Visitors welcome
Traverse City
Rick Smith in collaboration with Warren Henderson.
Visitors welcome
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
Arthur Hills in collaboration with owner Stephen Kircher.
Visitors welcome
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
(Closed in 2019)
Gaylord
Tom Doak
Visitors welcome
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
Visitors welcome
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
Robert Trent Jones Sr
Visitors welcome
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
Arthur Hills
Visitors welcome
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
William Newcomb, Jim Flick and E. & S.Kircher
Visitors welcome
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
William Newcomb, Jim Flick and E. & S.Kircher
Visitors welcome
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
William Newcomb designed both courses at Boyne Mountain: Alpine course (1970), Monument course (1985).
Visitors welcome
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
Harry Bowers
Private club
Traverse City
Dr. Alister MacKenzie in collaboration with Perry Maxwell.
Visitors welcome
Grand Rapids
Chris Lutzke in collaboration with Pete Dye.
(Closed in 2016)
Gaylord
Jerry Matthews
Visitors welcome
Gaylord
Rsrt guests only
Gaylord
Private club
Detroit
Visitors welcome
Traverse City
Visitors welcome
Traverse City
Visitors welcome
Grand Rapids
Visitors welcome
Grand Rapids
Visitors welcome
Grand Rapids
Visitors welcome
Grand Rapids
Visitors welcome
Grand Rapids
A Jack Nicklaus Signature Design
Visitors welcome
Grand Rapids
Visitors welcome
Traverse City
John F. Robinson
Visitors welcome
Grand Rapids
Arthur Hills & Steve Forrest
Visitors welcome
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
Bruce Matthews III
Visitors welcome
Gaylord
Kevin Aldridge designed the Gailes (1992) and Blackshire (2001) courses; Bruce & Jerry Matthews designed the Seradella course (1969).
(Closed in 2019)
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
Jeff Gorney
Private club
Chicago
Tom Doak
Visitors welcome
Detroit
Private club
Detroit
South course: original design by Donald Ross (1918); modifications by Arthur Hills (1987), Rees Jones (2006) and Gil Hanse (2019).
North course: original design by Donald Ross (1922); redesign by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1969); modifications by Arthur Hills & Steve Forrest (2014).
Visitors welcome
Detroit
Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Visitors welcome
Gaylord
Visitors welcome
Grand Rapids
Visitors welcome
Gaylord
Arthur Hills and design associate Chris Wilczynski.
Visitors welcome
Gaylord
Tom Weiskopf
Visitors welcome
Gaylord
Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay
Visitors welcome
Detroit
Visitors welcome
Grand Rapids
Jerry Matthews
Visitors welcome
Grand Rapids
Visitors welcome
Gaylord
Tom Fazio
Visitors welcome
Gaylord
Robert Trent Jones Sr.
Visitors welcome
Gaylord
Rick Smith
Private club
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
Visitors welcome
Grand Rapids
Jim Engh
Visitors welcome
Detroit
Original design by Dr Alister MacKenzie (1931); renovated by Arthur Hills (1994).
Tournaments:
Solheim Cup: can Europe defend the most prestigious team trophy in women’s professional golf, when the 17th Solheim Cup is played out at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio (Sept 4-6).
Italian Open: Nicolai Højgaard recorded his first European Tour win (Sept 5), just a week after his twin brother Rasmus landed the European Masters title (Aug 29); the first brothers to win back-to-back on the European Tour.
Who's Who:
Patrick Cantlay: moved into the world top 5, after winning the final two FedEx Cup playoff events and scooping the $15 million first prize.
Trish Johnson: kept the Senior LPGA Championship trophy in European hands, with her second win in this event in its four-year history.
Golf World Top 100: Best Golf Courses in Europe. From France to Spain to the Netherlands and Norway, the Golf World Top 100 panel reveals the places you have to play (published 20 October 2021).
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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