Must read articles from this issue.
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Covid-19: One Golf Course Superintendent’s Perspective
By Ryan Moore, Superintendent Forest Lake Country Club As we head into the later part of the golf season in the Michigan, I reflect on the challenges we have overcome. A typical season is a grind with its own unique adversities, but 2020 will go down as one to remember for Golf Course Superintendents. As I look across the property at lush green short mowed […]
Blazing a Trail for Female – and Diverse – Golfers
By Renee T. Walker A special group of African-American female golfers from metro Detroit started the Tee-Set Golf Club in 1979 to share their passion for golf, introduce young people to the game and challenge the status quo. Tee-Set continues to thrive today, poised to reach even greater achievements. The founders grew the organization by inviting friends to […]
Midland’s Currie Golf Course Recovers After the Flood
By Fred Altvater As if Currie Golf Course in Midland wasn’t dealing with enough challenges thrown at the golf industry in 2020, the Midland region experienced a flood of biblical proportions on May 20. After two days of extremely heavy rains, two dams that held back the waters of the Tittabawassee River to form Wixom and Sanford Lakes both gave way, allowing a tsunami of water to flood downtown Midland […]
Inside the Ropes: Mich’s Brian Stuard at PGA Tour Restart in Texas
PGA Tour pro and Jackson, Michigan native Brian Stuard will be one of the first PGA Tour golfers back in play with a 7:12 a.m. tee time Thursday at The Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas. He plans to play the first six Tour events on the revamped schedule, including Detroit, where he finished T5 last […]
Improved High Heat Fairway Clubs
“The most significant new technology for amateurs in the past 25 years” By Ed Travis Knuth Golf started with the simple idea of making high quality golf clubs optimized for amateur players, not professionals – the benchmark often used by other companies for their designs. The first High Heat brand metalwoods and hybrids were well received – yet when the USGA increased the allowable amount of rebound for areas of the face outside the […]
ACE Indoor Golf for Indoor Golf Fun
For most golfers who take their game seriously – and there are a lot of very passionate people out there who consider golf their religion – the Michigan season is way too short. Thankfully, indoor golf in the off-season becomes a great option with today’s advanced simulator data-recording technology and gorgeous photography from top courses […]
Michigan Golf Live After 20 Years on Air
Memories from host Bill Hobson Two decades come and gone. How well do you remember 1999? We had never heard of a smartphone or social media. Digital magazines like this one weren’t even a gleam in the publisher’s eye, and the world of golf was still trying to figure out how good the new kid […]
Jack Nicklaus, Dierks Bentley Concert and Kid Rock to Highlight Ally Challenge Events
A great concert performer. A great golf legend. A great rocker. All three men will highlight some extra-curricular activities at the second annual Ally Challenge presented by McLaren PGA Tour Champions tournament in Grand Blanc, September 13-15. Bentley, the multi-platinum singer and songwriter, will perform a concert for all fans with a valid golf ticket, on Saturday the 14th, following […]
The Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s
By Richard Vaughan There is one special day each year when the manicured lawn at the Inn at St. John’s is transformed from a venue where ladies and gentlemen compete at golf to one where they compete on automotive style and beauty of line. That is the day when the Concours d’Elegance of America, […]
Island Resort & Casino: A Great Golf Adventure for Everyone
By Fred Altvater My golf buddies and I have been fortunate to have experienced many of the top golf resorts in the Midwest and some of the top spots around the country over the years. For this trip, the group wanted to find a new destination to experience. We have certain criteria that […]