stay & play
By Greg Johnson
Standalones, Standouts– Gaylord Golf Mecca Offers Unique Array of Courses Recently a golf and travel writer from Cleveland, Ohio, ventured north a few hours to visit the Gaylord Golf Mecca and was surprised. “The Mecca has the resorts with their great championship courses, but you also have these wonderful standalone courses that are part of the community and that makes this
When you add “almost” standalones,
courses – the famous Par 3 Threetops,
The Natural at Beaver Creek Resort
Masterpiece, Signature, Premier and
and Black Lake Golf Club in Onaway,
Tradition – it produces a sum total of
the four-courses from Garland Lodge
17 and incredible quality and quantity.
& Golf Resort – Fountains, Monarch,
The standalones, however,
Reflections, Swampfire – and you add
add something other resort
the duo from the Otsego Resort – The
destinations simply can’t match.
Classic and The Tribute – and you
For instance, Gaylord Golf Club
remember Treetops Resort has five
is like the country club course you
a very unique destination for golf and added something very enjoyable and surprising to the trip,” David Glasier of the News Herald of Northeast Ohio said. “I feel very good about recommending the Mecca to all golfers because it’s the kind of destination with the variety of golf I enjoy.” Glasier had just played Gaylord Golf Club the day after playing Indian River Golf Club, two of the 17 golf courses that make up the Mecca, a cooperative marketing group of nine properties, including resorts with multiple courses. The standalones, as Glasier dubbed them, also include Michaywe’ The Pines and Lakes of the North Golf Course. 24
Lakes of the North Golf Central • Volume 23, Issue 4
