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UM Men Win In The UP
The University of Michigan Men’s Golf Team kicked off their 2023-24 golf season in Escanaba with a win at the Island Resort Intercollegiate held on the Sage Run Golf Course in Michigan’s UP. The event was hosted by South Dakota State and featured ten college teams. In the second round, Ben Hoagland, a red-shirt freshman, […]
Island Resort & Casino – Sweetgrass Celebrates 15 years of Golf Excellence
Island Resort & Casino in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has experienced exceptional demand for golf since opening the Sweetgrass Golf course 15 years ago and is now one of the top golf destinations in the country. The resort is owned by the Hannahville Band of the Potawatomi Nation. In 2008 the Hannahville Indian Community hired acclaimed Golf […]
Sweetgrass & Sage Run Offer Very Different Golf Experiences
By Len Ziehm Even though Paul Albanese designed both courses at the Island Resort and Casino in Escanaba, Michigan, they are two completely different tracks. Although only a few miles apart, they are a world apart in architectural design. Sweetgrass, which opened in 2008, is one of the best courses in Michigan and perhaps in the […]
Experience a Golfing Road Trip to Michigan’s Gorgeous Upper Peninsula
As luck would have it, one of the Midwest’s top emerging golf destinations, The Island Resort & Casino in Michigan’s idyllic Upper Peninsula, offers some very attractive and amenity-loaded stay-and-play packages. The Island has been the UP’s go-to property for casino gaming and big-ticket live entertainment, but the growing popularity of its acclaimed Sweetgrass and Sage […]
Get UP to the U.P.
Now that a long northern spring season that continued to see occasional snowfall has finally concluded, golf is in full swing at Island Resort & Casino’s two championship tracks – Sweetgrass and the new Sage Run. Sage Run had a partial opening last year to give the state of Michigan the first of two new destination golf course openings in 2018. It […]
Symetra Tour returns to Island Resort and Sweetgrass Golf Club
Provided by Symetra Tour staff For the 8th straight year, the Symetra Tour, the official qualifying Tour for the LPGA, will compete at the Sweetgrass Golf Club for the Island Resort Championship. The tournament will be contested June 22 through June 24 and will be the 9th tournament in the Tour’s 21 event season. At the conclusion […]