Michigan Golf Journal December 2019

Michigan Golf Journal ississippi Golf Have you ever had a bad day on the golf course and started ‘singing the blues’? Then you’ll fit right in along Highway 61 of the Mississippi Delta – the true Birthplace of the Blues. Thankfully, it would be hard to have a bad day while enjoying Blues music and its rich history – and the variety of good golf – from Memphis, Tenn. to points south in Mississippi along the trail to New Orleans that most of the original, soulful musicians traversed long ago. We’ll get to the golf on the next couple pages, but first – major music landmarks to search out include: • Blues Archive and Living Blues publication office on the campus of Ole Miss in Oxford (near the preserved home of novelist William Faulkner) • Dockery Plantation, birthplace of the Blues, Cleveland (MS) – and while there visit the modern-day Grammy Museum Mississippi, the official museum for the Grammy Awards east of The River • City of Clarksdale, a step back in time with juke joints like Red’s Blue Club, or Ground Zero (co-owned by MS native Morgan Freeman – yes, the same Morgan Freeman) • Gateway to the Blues Museum in Tunica Bring your favorite golf clubs – but you can leave your instruments at home and still have a great time experiencing live music or visiting Blues landmarks and museums – all while stuffing your belly with BBQ. Oh baby, the BBQ: Just south of the Memphis Airport in Horn Lake, MS (neighboring community of Mississippi Blues, BBQ, White Gold – And a Heaping Helping of Golf By Tom Lang