Charlevoix, MI – For over 95-years, the Belvedere Golf Club in Charlevoix Michigan has been a historic landmark in northern Michigan, and this summer the club, members, and local officials paid tribute to that history with a re-dedication ceremony. The event recognized the recent restoration work done to architect William Watson’s masterpiece from the original lost plans that were found last summer during the demolishment of an old building in Charlevoix. While aerial photos existed from the late 1930’s, there was no actual documentation of the original parkland design with its classic flowing fairways, strategic bunkers and subtle greens. More…
Author: Glen Turk
Glen Turk
Glen Turk is a Wisconsin native who has been the Senior Writer/Editor of Midwest Golfing Magazine since 2006. Besides being an avid golfer, Glen enjoys traveling, music, and cheering on the finest professional sports team of all-time, the Green Bay Packers. Glen’s ultimate golf goal is to play in all fifty states and currently he is more than half way there. His other dream, albeit far-fetched, it to record an ace in all seven states of our distribution area. Thanks to an ace in Illinois in 2015, and one in Michigan in 2016, he has three down, four to go!
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — CLEVELAND GOLF® unveils new alignment and speed control technologies in the updated TFi® 2135 Satin putter models. Featuring a new tour satin color scheme, high-contrast alignment lines and a customized milling pattern on each of the five head shapes, the new putters are available for presale Aug. 28, 2017 and officially launch Sept. 15, 2017. Since its founding in 1979, Cleveland Golf’s innovative putter designs have pushed the limits of technology, look, and feel. The new TFi 2135 Satin putters continue this tradition, with putter advancements designed to improve alignment, soft feel, and speed control. Speed…
HARRIS, Mich. – Sage Run at Island Resort & Casino will be the third new golf course to open in Michigan in the last three years when it comes online in early June 2018. The construction, shaping, and seeding have all been completed and now it’s just eagerly waiting and watching it transform into Michigan’s next great modern classic. It might not sound like a lot of openings when compared to the mid-1980s to mid-1990s golf course construction boom, but it is a lot in the current era and indicates the golf economy is rebounding and that Michigan remains one of the leading golf destinations in America, and in the case the Upper Peninsula of Michigan,…
(COVINGTON, GA) – Bridgestone Golf – innovator of premium golf balls, clubs and accessories – unveils TOUR B series golf balls, the most innovative and performance oriented offerings in company history, which will be available at retailers nationwide and on Bridgestonegolf.com beginning October 2. The new series includes four models – TOUR B X, XS, RX and RXS (each $44.99) – which replace the company’s storied B330 lines and provide unmatched feel, accuracy and distance over competitors. As with all Bridgestone models, the company utilized data from more than 3 million in-person and online ball fittings in the R&D process to determine how…
It was a red, white and blue day in West Des Moines, Iowa on Sunday. In a singles session that featured tight battles across the scoreboard, Team USA won five matches and kept the Solheim Cup on U.S. soil with a 16.5 to 11.5 victory over Team Europe. The five-point victory margin is the USA’s largest win since 1996, and it also forever links USA Captain Juli Inkster’s name with the great Judy Rankin as the only women for either side to lead two victorious Solheim Cup Teams. “I’m just proud of my team,” said Inkster, who previously led the…
It was a day to remember in Des Moines for the USA Solheim Cup Team, which holds a 10.5 to 5.5 lead over Team Europe and carries the lead into Sunday’s final round of singles for the first time since 1998. Team USA needs 3.5 points to retain the Cup and 4 points to win outright. “We played well. We played probably better than well; we played amazing,” said USA Captain Juli Inkster, who is trying to join Judy Rankin (USA in 1996 and 1998) as the only women for either side to captain two victorious teams. “But as you…
The BMW Championship once again returns to Conway Farms in Lake Forest, IL this September 11-17th. The third leg of the four-tournament FedEx Cup Playoffs will feature the remaining 70 top golfers in their quest to win the coveted FedEx Cup. Paul Casey, who finished 2nd to Dustin Johnson at last year’s BMW Championship, attended the tournament’s media day via Skype and offered the below thoughts: THE MODERATOR: Paul, thanks for joining us from Arizona. You certainly went on a tear last year at the FedExCup Playoffs, notching three top-five finishes in four events, including the runner-up at the PGA…
Tour Edge, Golf’s Most Solid Investment, officially releases a brand-new hybrid that recently debuted on the PGA Champions Tour with stunning success. The new Exotics CBX hybrid integrates new technology designed to push the boundaries of low-spin distance combined with tour-inspired feel and workability. Based on initial feedback from some of the game’s best players, the CBX may very well become the most versatile, powerhouse club in your bag. The CBX hybrid was sent out early to the PGA Champions Tour and was immediately put into the bags of several players, ultimately earning a second-place finish at the Senior Players…
You would be hard pressed to find another college football program with more tradition than the Notre Dame Fighting Irish of South Bend, Indiana. But just across Douglas Road within the borders of their utopian campus, the Notre Dame golf scene is heading towards their golden age thanks to an ambitious benefactor, two of the finest architects in the land, and a high-profile USGA Championship coming to The Warren Course at Notre Dame in 2019. Midwest Golfing Magazine had the incredible fortune of receiving a behind-the-scenes tour of upcoming modifications with course co-designer Bill Coore of the design firm of…
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, August 6, 2017 – Brittany Marchand (Orangeville, Ontario) handled the pressure of her first Sunday lead like a veteran that has won many times before. She posted a bogey-free 4-under, 68 at Brown Deer Park to win the PHC Classic by three shots. Marchand finished with a three-day score of 13-under, 203. After a 1-under, 71 on Friday, Marchand made 13 birdies and just one bogey over the final two rounds to earn her first win on the Symetra Tour and her first win as a professional. Marchand pockets the $15,000 and moves from 41st to 17th on the Volvik Race for the…