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The Dream & The Nightmare: Best Kept Secrets In Michigan
By Fred Altvater Two of the best kept secrets in Michigan are The Nightmare and The Dream golf courses near West Branch, owned and operated by the Courtemanche family. The Dream opened for play in 1997 and The Nightmare came six years later in 2003. Both courses feature wide forgiving fairways with beautifully designed […]
2023 Collegiate Golf Season Ends with NCAA Division I Regionals & Championship
Men’s NCAA Division I The college golf season annually wraps up play with the NCAA Championships at the end of May. In the Men’s Division I, none of Michigan’s teams made it out of regional play. Although the MSU Spartans did not qualify for the championship, they were one of the six locations that hosted […]
Three Pro Tours Visit Michigan in June
LPGA June 15-18 Jennifer Kupcho will defend her 2022 title at the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give at the Blythefield Golf Club in Grand Rapids. Kupcho had to go overtime last year to get her second LPGA Tour win by defeating both Leona Maguire and Nelly Korda, in three-way playoff. The Meijer Classic once […]
Team Scotland Defeats Team USA
Team Scotland narrowly edged out Team USA in the inaugural Team USA versus Team Scotland Amateur Golf Championship held at the Charleton Estates Golf Club in Fife, Scotland. Team USA had built a one-point lead after the first round, but was not able to hang on as the Scottish team made a torrid comeback on […]
Did Ben Hogan Really Win Five U.S. Opens?
By Mike May As we look forward to the 2023 U.S. Open that will be held at the Los Angeles Country Club, June 15-18, we want to look back at 1953, one of the greatest seasons in major championship history. It was 70 years ago that Ben Hogan won three of golf’s four major […]
Get FIT For Golf Season
Golfers in Michigan will soon be ready to head back to the links after a long cold winter sitting on the couch watching sports and Hallmark movies. As we get a little older our bodies aren’t ready for jumping directly onto the first tee, grabbing the weapon of mass destruction and flailing away, as wildly […]
Reasons You Should Watch Full Swing on NetFlix
By Ed Schmidt Jr. I enjoy playing golf, as well as watching countless hours on my big screen, I highly anticipated the new Netflix series, “Full Swing.” I have viewed every episode of “Drive to Survive” on Netflix about Formula One racing. It’s hard to imagine driving around in a multi-million dollar race car, but […]
Last Minute Christmas Gifts For Golfers
If you haven’t completed your Christmas shopping and are struggling to find just the right gift for your favorite golfer, check out this list of great golf products that every golfer will love and will make you the perfect Santa. OnCore Golf Balls OnCore Golf Balls have not been on the market for that […]
Biggest Stories In Golf From 2022
As we reflect back on 2022, we have never experienced the division and unrest that is currently present in men’s professional golf. With the LIV Golf tour offering top names exorbitant sums to leave the PGA Tour, fewer events and larger purses it has thrown the golf world into a tailspin. The fighting between the […]
PGA Show: What a Difference a Year Makes
By Ed Travis What a difference a year makes. Registration of golf professionals and industry members for the 70th PGA Show Jan. 24-27, 2023, has begun and a preliminary listing of exhibitors has been released. Indications are that the Show’s woes of the past two years may well be behind them. This time last year the […]