Michigan Golf Journal October 2018

Fall Weddings Golf courses are seeing a ŶĞǁ ƚƌĞŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ĨĞǁ LJĞĂƌƐ ďLJ ŚŽƐƟŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ǁĞĚĚŝŶŐƐ ŝŶ the fall months, at a rate that’s higher than the formerly more ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ DĂLJ ĂŶĚ :ƵŶĞ ƟŵĞ frame. “Fall has become a hot ƟĐŬĞƚ ĂŶĚ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŵĂŝŶůLJ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƚĂďŝůŝƚLJ ŝŶ ƚĞŵƉĞƌĂƚƵƌĞƐ͕͟ ƐĂŝĚ ,ĂƌďŽƌ ^ŚŽƌĞƐ 'D <LJůĞ ,ŽůŵĞƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŶŽ ƉƵŶ ŝŶƚĞŶĚĞĚ͘ ͞zŽƵ ƚĞŶĚ ƚŽ ŶŽƚ ƌƵŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƐŬ ŽĨ Ă ϵϱͲĚĞŐƌĞĞ ĚĂLJ͕ ĂŶĚ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ rise in outdoor weddings, that’s ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ͘͟ /ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ďLJ <ĞŵƉĞƌ^ƉŽƌƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƌǀĞLJ ƐƚĂƟƐƟĐƐ ĨŽƵŶĚ ŝŶ ƌŝĚĞ DĂŐĂnjŝŶĞ shows that two of ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ƚŚƌĞĞ ǁĞĚĚŝŶŐ ĚĂƚĞƐ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϴ ĂƌĞ ŝŶ KĐƚŽďĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ŶŝŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ϭϬ ĚĂƚĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŝŶ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ Žƌ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ; ƵŐƵƐƚ ϭϴ ǁĂƐ EŽ͘ ϮͿ͘ ĚĚŝƟŽŶĂůůLJ͕ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ĞǀĞƌ͕ ϰϬ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ Ăůů ǁĞĚĚŝŶŐƐ ǁŝůů ƚĂŬĞ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ ĂŶĚ KĐƚŽďĞƌ͘ Management at Fox Hills in WůLJŵŽƵƚŚ ĂŶĚ Ăƚ ĂŐůĞ LJĞͬ Hawk Hollow in East Lansing also agreed that fall weddings ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ŐŽůĨ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƌĞĂƉŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ rewards. ͞dŚĞ ǁĞĂƚŚĞƌ ŚĂƐ Ă ůŝƩůĞ bit more guarantee in the GOLF COURSE WEDDINGS A HOT COMMODITY IN FALL By Tom Lang DKZ t /E'^ EKt d, E /E d, ^WZ/E'