The heavy snow melt and torrential rains in Northern Michigan last month delayed the start of the golf season this year. Flooding of golf courses in April left maintenance crews scrambling to properly prepare their courses for golfers.
Hopefully May weather will improve and with all the water early in the year courses should stay green and lush for the balance of the summer.
In this issue, we have listed our five best golfers of all time. You may disagree about the choices, but there is no debate that these five contributed to the popularity of golf nationwide. Feel free to drop us a line with your five best.
Michigan is blessed to have so many great golf resorts and courses. Several of the state’s golf destinations have been chosen on USAToday’s 10BEST list of golf resorts.
Finally, Ray Hearn has been awarded a contract to create a Master Plan for Oakland University’s Golf Course. Michigan-based Bill Newcomb and Robert Beard collaborated on the Katke-Cousins course, which opened in 1977. It was partially built as a nine-holer in the early 1900’s and needs to updated.
We hope you enjoy this issue of the Michigan Golf Journal and hope we see you this summer on the Back 9 of a Michigan Golf Course.
