Petoskey, MI – The Boyne Golf Academy, one of the leading golf instruction schools in the country and part of Boyne Resorts, has received an Editor’s Choice Award by Golf Digest as one of the Best Golf Schools & Academies. The publication’s annual review of “The Best Things in Golf” by its editors appears in the May 2018 issue and online at Golfdigest.com. The listing recognizes top golf schools and academies throughout the United States. “Our list offers a mix in geography and type of experience, but all of the schools have top-of-the-line instruction at a variety of price points,” said Golf Digest editors.…
Author: Gary Geiger
Having hosted multiple PGA Championships, the U.S. Open, U.S. Women’s Open and Ryder Cup in 2020, Wisconsin has emerged as one of North America’s richest golf states. The game has a staggering $2.4 billion annual economic impact, and employs more than 38,000. As governor Scott Walker recently said, the Badger State “likes to put the green on the greens.” The destination that started it all, Destination Kohler, got the first putt rolling in 1988 with the opening of Pete Dye’s celebrated Blackwolf Run. A decade later, Dye’s iconic Whistling Straits welcomed the golf world to its unabashed links-style design, The…
There are folks who would say driving 50 miles to play golf is a bridge too far – no matter who designed the course or how enjoyable it may be to play. Now if these folks were to say that in reference to Coyote Springs Golf Club, we at Midwest Golfing Magazine have a name for these people: WRONG! In fact, the time required making the drive back to Las Vegas, Mesquite, or St. George, Utah is just the right amount for your group to review the courses, your favorite shots and score – similar to enjoyment and digestion…
All eyes were on “Golf Island” in April as the PGA TOUR came to Hilton Head. The RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing – a Lowcountry tradition and South Carolina’s only PGA TOUR event – was played on the iconic Harbour Town Golf Links at The Sea Pines Resort on April 13 – 16. Both on- and off-island layouts are experiencing some of the best course conditions in years. Coupled with temperatures in the 70s and more direct flights than ever into Savannah / Hilton Head International Airport, spring is the perfect time to visit Golf Island. Keep reading to learn…
Sweet or salty, blonde or brunette, parkland or links – you get the picture. Enjoy it or not – humans really do live for contrast. To me it’s what takes our lives from doldrums of black and white to crisp, high definition color. If it wouldn’t be for the occasional terrible meal (never yours of course, honey) the great ones wouldn’t be nearly as enjoyable. The same can be said when discussing cars, architecture, movies, weather, hotels, vacations – virtually every area of life. The bad is critically important to enjoying the good or great. And whether you know it…