TRAVEL: BOYNE Golf Properties Recognized Among Top U.S. Golf

It’s been almost a year now that we’ve been forced to delay golf trips and vacations and, as a result, we’re all chomping at the bit to pack up the clubs and head somewhere to celebrate safety and liberation.

The obvious question then is “Where do you go first?”

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This is a rhetorical question for BOYNE Resorts, especially after four of its golf resort properties were listed among the 25 Best U.S Golf and Ski Resorts by Golf Pass, an affiliate publication of NBC Sports Group.

Specifically, BOYNE Golf’s facilities in Michigan, including Boyne Mountain Resort and Boyne Highlands Resort (No. 1), along with Sugarloaf (No. 2) and Sunday River (No. 20) in Maine, and Big Sky Resort (No. 8) in Montana demonstrated that BOYNE has a wide variety of options for golfers and skiers who are desperately in need of a getaway.

“Over the past six decades, Boyne Resorts has evolved into one of the top four-season golf and ski resort companies across North America and to be recognize together with many of our peers is an honor,” said Bernie Friedrich, Senior Vice President Golf Operations and Resort Sales. “It is also a tribute to the vision of our founder, Everett Kircher, who wanted to create a company that could employ people year-round and used golf as the catalyst to make that happen.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A Detroit native and former Studebaker car salesman, Boyne founder Everett Kircher and two friends purchased property near Boyne City, Michigan in 1947 for a whopping $1 and developed Boyne’s first ski hill, and it’s been uphill ever since.

After nearly a decade of winter success, Kircher wanted to create a four-season destination and be able to keep his employees working year-round. As a result, in 1955, the resort’s first golf course was built, a 9-hole executive course.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Shortly thereafter, Kircher was able to convince legendary course designer Robert Trent Jones Sr. to create a classic parkland course on the new Boyne Highlands resort into a top summer destination. In 1966, The Heather course at Boyne Highlands opened with Boyne’s Scottish themes in place, as Northern Michigan has strong similarities to the Scottish Highlands, while also incorporating the property’s unique elevation and water features. The Heather course eventually sparked the golf boom in Northern Michigan that has brought us countless other noteworthy courses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Over the next five decades, the Kircher family continued to expand the golf offerings every decade ushering in The Alpine and The Moor in the 70’s, along with Big Sky. In the 80’s, The Monument at Boyne Mountain and Donald Ross Memorial at Boyne Highlands, and in the 90’s, the Arthur Hills at Boyne Highlands and BOYNE Golf’s flagship property, Bay Harbor Golf Club were added.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Simply put, whether you’re looking for the international, Scottish golf trip but prefer to stay domestic, or are looking to get lost in the wilderness (perhaps on a golf course), Boyne Resorts can provide accommodations that will exceed your expectations, on and off the course, with Stay & Play Packages as low as $125 available right now.

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