Michigan Golf Journal June 2018

Home of Michigan Women’s Open dŚĞ DŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ ZŝĚŐĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ has hosted the Michigan tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ KƉĞŶ ĞĂĐŚ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ĨŽƌ ϭϱ LJĞĂƌƐ͕ ďƵƚ ĞǀĞŶ ŶŽŶͲ ƉƌŽƐ ĞŶũŽLJ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĂŶĚ ǀŝĞǁƐ and challenges of the resort course. KŶ ƚŚĞ ůŽŶŐ͕ ǁŝŶĚŝŶŐ ũŽƵƌŶĞLJ ĨƌŽŵ ϭϱ ŐƌĞĞŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ϭϲ th tee ŶĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ͕ ŵĂŬĞ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŽ ƐƚŽƉ ĨŽƌ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ Ăƚ the scenic overlook along the ĐĂƌƚ ƉĂƚŚ͕ Žƌ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ϭϳ th tee. ŽƚŚ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ but tens of thousands of trees ĂƐ ĨĂƌ ĂƐ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƐĞĞ ƚŽǁĂƌĚ >ĂŬĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ϭϱ ŵŝůĞƐ ĂǁĂLJ ʹ ƚƌĞĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƉĂŝŶƚ Ă ǀĞƌLJ ĐŽůŽƌĨƵů ƚĂƉĞƐƚƌLJ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨĂůů ƉĞĂŬ ŽĨ ĞĂƌůLJ ƚŽ ŵŝĚͲ October. dŚĞ ŐŽůĨ ĐĞŶƚĞƌ ŽīĞƌƐ ĂŶ excellent driving range and ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ ĂƌĞĂ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂŶLJ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐƐ ĨŽƌ ŬŝĚƐ ƚŽ ůĞĂƌŶ ƚŚĞ game. Onsite Family Fun: YƵŝƚĞ ƐŝŵƉůLJ͕ ƌLJƐƚĂů DŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ ZĞƐŽƌƚ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ǀĂĐĂƟŽŶ ƐƉŽƚƐ ŽƵƌ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ŚĂƐ ĞǀĞƌ ƚƌŝĞĚ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƐǁŝŵŵŝŶŐ ƉŽŽů ĂƌĞĂ ĨŽƌ starters, designed with lots of ǁĂĚŝŶŐ ƉŽŽů ĂƌĞĂ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ůŝƩůĞ ƟŬĞƐ͘ Ɛ ƚŚĞLJ ĂŐĞ ĂŶĚ ŵĂƚƵƌĞ͕ the large standard swimming ƉŽŽů ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚĞĚ ďLJ ŐƌĞĂƚ ůŽĐŬĞƌ ƌŽŽŵƐ͕ Ă ƌŽĐŬͲĐůŝŵďŝŶŐ ǁĂůů͕ ďŝŬĞ ƌĞŶƚĂůƐ͕ ĞĂƟŶŐ ĂƌĞĂƐ ĂŶĚ ŝĐĞ ĐƌĞĂŵ ƐŚŽƉ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ ĂŶ ĂůůͲĚĂLJ ĂīĂŝƌ ʹ ŵĂŶLJ ƟŵĞƐ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďLJ ĂŶ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ĐŚĂŝƌͲůŝŌ ƌŝĚĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ or outdoor movie night. Ƶƚ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ LJŽƵ ĚĂƌĞ ƐƚĂLJ Ăƚ ƌLJƐƚĂů DŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƚƌLJŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ Crystal Coaster Alpine Slide ʹ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůLJ ƐƵĐŚ ƌŝĚĞ ŝŶ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͘ Ƶŝůƚ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϵ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ůŝŬĞ Ă ůƵŐĞ ƚƌĂĐŬ ďƵƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŽŶůLJ ŽƉĞŶ ŝŶ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͘ ZŝĚĞƌƐ Ɛŝƚ ƵƉ ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ǁŚĞĞůƐ ĂŶĚ ƵƟůŝnjĞ Ă ŚĂŶĚ ďƌĂŬĞ͘ ZŝĚĞƌƐ ƚĂŬĞ Ă ĐŚĂŝƌůŝŌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŇLJŝŶŐ ĚŽǁŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽĂƐƚĞƌ͘ dǁŽ ƉĂƌĂůůĞů ƌƵŶƐ ƚǁŝƐƚ ĚŽǁŶ ϭ͕ϳϬϬ ĨĞĞƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďŽƩŽŵ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ski hill. ĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƟŽŶƐ ƌĂŶŐĞ from hotel rooms to condos ;ŽŶ ƚŽƉ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ ĂŶĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ďĂƐĞͿ ƚŽ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ĐŽƩĂŐĞƐ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŽů hub. Most buildings have been remodeled or constructed new ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ϱͲϭϬ LJĞĂƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ŝŵƉĞĐĐĂďůLJ ŽƵƚͲĮƩĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ĂŵĞŶŝƟĞƐ͘ Venture Outside: dŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ƌĞŐŝŽŶ ŝƐ ĮůůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ďŽĂƟŶŐ͕ ĮƐŚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŚŝŬŝŶŐ ŽƉƟŽŶƐ ʹ ďƵƚ Ă ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůLJ ĨƵŶ ŽƉƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĐĂŶŽĞŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ϵϬ minutes out to the mouth of an inlet along the Lake Michigan shoreline. To the north of that same ĐĂŶŽĞ ƚƌŝƉ ĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŝƐ ^ůĞĞƉŝŶŐ ĞĂƌ ƵŶĞƐ EĂƟŽŶĂů Lakeshore, the natural wonder of northern Michigan that ĚƌĂǁƐ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƚƌĂǀĞůĞƌƐ . /ƚ ǁĂƐ ĞǀĞŶ ŶĂŵĞĚ ƚŚĞ DŽƐƚ ĞĂƵƟĨƵů WůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ ďLJ Ͳds͛Ɛ 'ŽŽĚ DŽƌŶŝŶŐ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ͘ ^ůĞĞƉŝŶŐ ĞĂƌ ƵŶĞƐ ŝƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ĂŶ ŚŽƵƌ͛Ɛ ĚƌŝǀĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƌLJƐƚĂů DŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŬĞƐ Ă ƉŚĞŶŽŵĞŶĂů ĚĂLJ ƚƌŝƉ ŵĞŵŽƌLJ͘ Michigan Women’s Open: June 25-27 dŚĞ ďĞƩĞƌ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ĂŶĚ ďĞLJŽŶĚ ŽŌĞŶ ƉůĂLJ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ KƉĞŶ ƚŽ test their skills for the next ůĞǀĞů ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƉƌŽƐ ƚŚĞLJ ĐŽƵůĚ ƐĞĞ ŽŶ ƚŽƵƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞĂƌ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ͘ hƉ ƚŽ ϮϬ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƐƚĂƚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŵƵůƟƉůĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŽŌĞŶ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϱϰͲŚŽůĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƩƌĂĐƚƐ >W' ĂŶĚ ŵŝŶŝͲƚŽƵƌ ƉƌŽƐ ǁŚŽ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ďĂƩůĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ƐƚĂƚĞ ƟƚůĞ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ Ă ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ dŽƵƌƐ͘