Golfing in the Mackinaw City, MI Area

If golfing is your lot in life, you won't have to push it aside during your vacation in Mackinac Island. In fact, in a city rated 12th in the U.S. by Golf Digest in best golfing locations, you might just decide to stay and play permanently!

The state of Michigan has over 1,000 courses, where you just might run into fellow golfers like: Jerry Matthews, Tom Doak, Gary Player, Tom Weiskopf, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus! What more could a golfer want? Star golfers to play with, a plethora of courses to choose from, all surrounded by a beautiful area where you'll never want for something fun to see or do!

Here are a few of the golf resorts and courses close to the Mackinac Island area:

The Boyne Highlands Resort in Harbor Springs is just 23 miles from Mackinac Island. If offers four championship golf courses, including the Heather, the Arthur Mills, the Donald Ross Memorial, and the Moor, which is also a pro shop and golf academy.

Bay Harbor Golf Club stretches 2 1/2 miles along the lake Michigan Coastline, and provides an intense course of 27 holes with the LINKS, QUARRY and PRESERVE. The LINK has 6 holes right on the water, and on the last 19-holes golfers can view Lake Michigan. The QUARRY'S 9-holes were carved through hardwoods. Bay Harbor Golf Club is 25 miles from Mackinac Island.

Bay Harbor Resort and Marina has 27 Championship holes, and is 25 miles from Mackinac Island.

Inn at Bay Harbor-A Renaissance Golf Resort is located on Little Traverse Bay, 25 miles from Mackinac Island. Here there are an impressive 162 holes of golf.

Boyne Mountain Resort in Boyne Falls grants you two 18-hole courses: The Alpine and The Monument. Power carts, green fees and special rates for twilight hours. Disc golf is also featured.

Beaver Creek Resort in Gaylord, MI is a haven for miniature golfers.

And there are many, many more golf courses in the area for the avid golfer to try and discover a favorite. If golf, however, is not for you, you will find numerous other activities and attractions in the area, like the Shipwreck Coast Museum, the Wings of Mackinac, or stop by and see the historic Grand Hotel, and step back in time.