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).
Tournament of Champions: the PGA Tour’s calendar-year starts, as it has done since 1999, with this iconic event in Hawaii. The field is drawn from players who won a PGA Tour event in 2022, or were amongst the top 30 in last year’s FedEx Cup final standings (Jan 6-9).
Desert Swing: the European (DP World) Tour launches into 2023 with three events in its UAE “Desert Swing”. Up first is the Abu Dhabi Championship (Jan 19-22), followed by the Dubai Desert Classic (Jan 26-29) and the Ras Al Kaimah Championship (Feb 2-5).
Kathy Whitworth: the end of 2022 saw the passing of LPGA Tour legend Kathy Whitworth. Her 88 LPGA Tour victories is more than achieved by any other golfer on either the LPGA or PGA Tours. Amongst her victories were six major championship titles.
Barry Lane: the golfing world was also saddened by the passing of Barry Lane, one of the European Tour and European Senior Tours most popular players. Enjoying success on both Tours, Lane was know for his excellent ball-striking and amiable personality.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Costa’s "Cruise & Golf" allows golfers and their families to combine a unique golfing experience with the relaxation and fun of a cruise on board Costa Smeralda. Golf enthusiasts are offered a choice from 23 top-quality golf clubs; their chosen courses are played during the ship’s port calls in Italy, France and Spain. While the golfers are driving the fairways, accompanying non-golfers are able to enjoy the amenities and activities on-board, or explore wonderful places on day excursions organised by Costa. Read more ...
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