July 23 MGJ

The definition of the word Mecca is a place regarded as a center for a specified group, activity or interest. The Gaylord Golf Mecca means golf and plenty of it! For golfers experiencing the area, it is likely to become their “Sacred Ground.” Why? Simply stated- the golf is magnificent and extraordinary. The quaint city is calming, with captivating and amazing Gaylord Golf Mecca (Magnificent, Extraordinary, Calming, Captivating & Amazing) both the East and West Courses at Garland, the Gaylord Golf Club, Michawaye Pines, the Classic at the Otsego Club and Wilderness Valley. Twenty years later, The Midwest’s Golf Capitol now has 17 courses and more than 20 hotel properties all within a 45-minute drive. The properties have changed over the years, with additional courses, redesigns, more lodging choices, as well as constant Phyllis C. Barone (Queen on The Green) landscapes on 17 stellar course collections. It’s a player’s paradise. It just doesn’t get much better than this! According to Paul Beachnau, Executive Director of the Gaylord Golf Area Convention and Tourism Bureua, the golf mecca started as a simple idea in 1987 to promote seven area courses. The founding members included the Robert Trent Jones’ Masterpiece at Treetops Resort, Michigan Golf Journal

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