Fazio Drive,
Gaylord, Michigan 49735
Office
+1 (866) 348 5249 (toll free)Pro shop
+1 (989) 732 6711Website
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Kevin McKinley (Director of Golf)Academy
Rick Smith and Jason Guss Golf AcademyThe Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined parkland. Significantly undulating terrain - golf cart compulsory.
Surroundings:
Woodland.
Designer:
Tom Fazio
The Treetops Resort centre is home to the 18-hole MASTERPIECE course (par-71, 7007 yards, designer Robert Trent Jones Sr, opened 1987). Located 4 mi from the resort centre and sharing the same clubhouse are the following: PREMIER course (par-72, 6832 yds, Tom Fazio, 1992); SIGNATURE course (par-70, 6653 yds, Rick Smith, 1993); TRADITION course (par-70, 6357 yds, Rick Smith, 1997) and the 9-hole THREETOPS course (par-27, 1435 yds, Rick Smith).
45.091762
-84.590049
11 mi NE of Gaylord.
The Masterpiece course is located alongside the Treetops Resort centre. All the other courses (Premier, Signature, Tradition and Threetops) share a clubhouse at Treetops North on Fazio Drive, 5 miles north of the resort centre.
Treetops (Fazio - Premier)
The Treetops Resort in Gaylord is one of Michigan's best known golf, ski and spa resorts. It is home to five golf courses, which include Tom Fazio's Premier course, Robert Trent Jones Sr's Masterpiece layout, and three Rick Smith designs: the Signature, Tradition and 9-hole Threetops.
Like the Masterpiece and Signature layouts, the Premier is a championship golf course that ranks with some of the best in Michigan. This tree-lined and open parkland layout provides a wonderful test for your all-round game, with many attractive, skilfully crafted and challenging holes to enjoy. The course makes the most of the rolling terrain, striking a balance between challenge and forgiveness. It is the only course in Michigan designed by renowned architect, Tom Fazio.
Stay & Play at Treetops Resort: luxury onsite accommodation available, see Where2Stay section below.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance.
Credit cards accepted. Contact club for full details, discounts, Stay&Play packages, etc. [Last updated: 2018].
Non-metal spike facility. Golf carts compulsory (walking permitted only on the Tradition course).
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The Tom Fazio designed Premier Course at Treetops Resort, is the only course in Michigan designed by famed architect Tom Fazio. | Treetops Resort can apparently thank golf architect Robert Trent Jones Sr for its name. While designing the resort's first golf course in the early 1980s, he looked out across the surrounding hills and commented that the impressive and very natural view was one dominated by "treetops."
3962 Wilkinson Rd, Gaylord, MI 49735
+1 (866) 348 5249
Visit websiteTreetops features 238 guest rooms, including standard and deluxe hotel rooms and two- and three-bedroom condominiums. Nearly every room takes advantage of the resort's wonderful setting, with sweeping vistas of ski hills, the Trent Jones Masterpiece golf course, pristine woods and wetlands.
Treetops (Trent Jones Masterpiece)
Treetops (Fazio Premier, Smith Signature, Tradition and Threetops courses); Otsego Club.
Black Forest
Tournaments:
Women’s major championships: the month of June sees two women’s majors: the US Women’s Open (June 3-6), with A Lim Kim defending, and the Women’s PGA Championship (June 24-27), with Sei Young Kim defending.
Senior PGA Championship: the revered Southern Hills in Oklahoma hosts the 81st staging of this event (May 27-30); Ken Tanigawa holds the title from its last playing in 2019.
Who's Who:
Phil Mickelson: in winning the 2021 PGA Championship, the world’s most famous “leftie” became the oldest winner of a golf major championship.
Hideki Matsuyama: became the first Japanese professional to win a men’s major championship, when he triumphed in this year’s Masters Tournament.
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Bill Coore designs 14-hole layout with “sporty” holes on dune ridge above Lost Farm (golf carts allowed).
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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