Treetops Golf Resort in Gaylord helped put Northern Michigan on the map as a great golf destination. Although there are several golf resorts in the area with multiple courses, Treetops emerges each year as one of the most recognizable golf resorts in the midwest. In 1983, Harry Melling, an auto industry parts supplier attracting golfers to the resort. While studying the beautiful landscape of what would become the course, Jones observed the millions of trees in the Pigeon River Valley and the name for the resort became Treetops. The Masterpiece was the first of five award-winning golf courses. Melling additionally built the only Tom Fazio Treetops Golf Resort: Still One of America’s Best and owner of a NASCAR team, purchased the old Sylvan Ski Resort near Gaylord and decided he needed more activities to sustain a yearround vacation destination. In 1987, Melling contracted Robert Trent Jones Sr. to create the Masterpiece and the rest is history. The Masterpiece quickly became a must-play destination By David Theoret, The Golfin Guy Michigan Golf Journal
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