The award honors an MGCA member course that meets four criteria: –– Unique characteristics of the course –– Exceptional quality of ownership and management –– Outstanding contribution to its community –– Significant contribution to the game. “Harbor Shores embodies all of the characteristics of the award,” Jada Paisley, Executive Director of the MGCA said. “The golf course, through its development on reclaimed land, involvement with the PGA Tour Champions, the onsite First Tee program and more has fostered a vibrant community hub where people can come together for golfing, socializing and events while supporting charitable causes that benefit the broader community.” helped to revitalize the area and provide economic growth and continuing development. Harbor Shores is a not-for-profit facility, and a portion of fees collected help maintain the area’s trail systems and beach at adjacent Jean Klock Park. The course was honored in several best new course rankings in 2010 and has been honored as environmental leaders by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America. In 2023 it was named to Golf Digest’s biennial list of America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses. Doxtator went on to say about Haror Shores, “We have built a staff that is dedicated and welcoming and always trying to make each golfer’s experience memorable,” he said. “The golf course does its part as the only Jack Nicklaus designed course with holes on the shores of Lake Michigan. We are 90 miles from Chicago. The Inn at Harbor Shores, the development of condominiums on site, being involved in the community are all part of it. It’s a place that we can talk about, but it must be experienced and then you realize it is a powerful example of the impact golf can have.” For more information about Harbor Shores click HERE. Harbor Shores hosted the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship every other year starting in 2012 and in August it hosted the 2024 Michigan PGA Professional Championship. Doxtator added the resort is more than just a host of championships. “Harbor Shores has been committed to the community since 2010 and before when the vision first started, and it has been served with a great golf course, the revitalized part of the community, been a big part of Whirlpool’s charitable efforts, created a First Tee program that serves so many kids on-site, and more.” The development of Harbor Shores, which opened in 2010, reclaimed abandoned industrial and polluted land as part of a non-profit effort. It
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