Michigan Golf Journal February 2021

Michigan Golf Journal Bay Harbor 25th Birthday 13th tee, one of the highest points in the region. The course also showcased Big Break X: Michigan, Golf Channel’s popular golf travelogue. The Donald Ross Memorial is, in essence, a “greatest hits” compilation of Ross classics. To ensure authenticity, yardages and elevation changes from tee to green are identical to the originals, giving players a chance to experience hand- selected holes from courses that have hosted three Ryder Cups, eight U.S. Amateurs, 11 PGA Championships and 14 U.S. Opens. The Moor is regarded by many as the most challenging of BOYNE Golf’s 10 tracks thanks to its diverse collection of numerous dog leg holes, most tightly framed with tree-lined fairways. Boyne Mountain: When I think Boyne Mountain, much like the Highlands, I think families. Two excellent golf courses for starters in The Alpine, tough enough it hosts the annual PGA Michigan Tournament of Champions – and The Monument , which begins after a long cart ride to the top of the mountain on a layout that meanders downhill on the back side of the famous ski hills. Yet for the non-golfers there are also a ton of activities like the grand Avalanche Bay Indoor Waterpark, a new grab-and-go Detroit Style Coney Island hot dog stand, shopping area, and a wonderful spa my wife called the best she’s ever tried. Overall Accommodations: The “Great Escape Golf Vacation” package began over 30-years ago as a way to entice golfers to visit northern Michigan on extended-stay golf trips. Over the decades, it evolved and became North America’s best golfing value and a great destination for a buddies’ golf trip, couple’s golf getaway, or simply a golf escape with friends. The Great Escape includes five-nights lodging at Boyne Highlands Resort or Boyne Mountain Resort (Sunday check-in/Friday check-out), welcome reception, gift package, breakfasts and dinners daily, and unlimited golf on seven of BOYNE Golf’s championship courses at Boyne Highlands, Boyne Mountain, and Crooked Tree plus an optional round on one of the Bay Harbor Golf Club courses. With so many options spread across three all-inclusive resorts of BOYNE Golf, traveling golf enthusiasts cannot go wrong. MGJ