Top 3 Michigan Golf Vacation Destinations
If you like golf, you deserve a Michigan golf getaway!
Michigan is one of the best destinations in the world for your golf vacation. In fact, Golf Digest named Michigan the 12th best golf destination in the world and the 8th best in the country! Some Michigan golf courses have hosted the U.S. Open, PGA Championship, Ryder Cup as well as many stops on the pro golf tour.
Grand Traverse Resort and Spa
The all-time favorite place to vacation is the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa. It boasts 54 holes of championship golf including The Bear (designed by Jack Nicklaus) and The Wolverine (a Gary Player signature golf course) and an excellent golf school.
If you are not exhausted from your day, when you are done golfing you can still can play on the indoor and outdoor tennis courts or at their great health club with both indoor and outdoor swimming pools. Your children might also like the children’s center and day camp. Then you can finish it out with relaxing at their full-service spa, in the shopping gallery, or at one of their great restaurants choices.
Boyne USA
Another top vacation choice of Michigan golfing resorts is Boyne USA. Right on the Lake Michigan shoreline, west of Petoskey, their varied collection of 162 holes of world-class golf are the result of some of the golf’s greatest players including Robert Trent Jones, Arthur Hills, and Donald Ross. All within an easy driving distance, this resort has enough holes to keep you busy for however long that you stay.
Mackinac Island
This one wins a top golf vacation spot because it is just so cool to enjoy Michigan golf on this truly unique island! The 18 hole public golf course at the Grand Hotel is overlooks the Straits of Mackinac. Nine holes are located right next to the famous Mackinac Island Grand Hotel and the other nine holes are in the woods nearby.