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From $79* per adult, per night
Available September 1-2, 6-9, 12-13, 19-21, 26; October 5, 13-14, 17, 20-26, 29-31, 2010.

Hit the links at Crystal Mountain Resort and Spa this fall and save! Tee it up on one of two northern Michigan championship golf courses and stay in the Midwest’s finest accommodations from just $79* per person! Available for a limited time only, our 18-Hole Fall Golf Package includes nightly lodging, 18 holes of golf with shared cart, and unlimited use of our Practice Center.

	or call 800-968-7686 ext. 5100 for reservations.

*Rate is per adult, per night, based on double occupancy in Guest Room accommodations.  Taxes and service fee are additional.  Offer not valid with other discounts or special offers.

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Juniors Golf Free!
Junior golfers age 17 and under golf for free on the Betsie Valley course, Sunday through Thursday after 4pm, when accompanied by a full paying adult. Juniors receive 50% off the rack rate on both the Betsie Valley and Mountain Ridge courses anytime.

Houseguest Spa Special - Save $25 on spa treatments! Learn more >>

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Our Director of Golf, Brian Kautz, has put together a series of weekly tips to improve your game.

This week’s video tip, Swinging Over the Top, will help you conquer your hooks and slices.

Another way to improve your game is playing Up North on any of Shanty Creek’s four championship courses. Unlimited Golf Packages start at $99!

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Our Director of Golf, Brian Kautz, has put together a series of weekly tips to improve your game.

This week’s video tip, Greenside Bunker Shots, will help you conquer the traps and save your scores.

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Join us on Thursday, August 19th for a round of golf at Mountain Flowers, The Homestead’s Par 3, nine hole golf course. All proceeds benefit ShareCare of Leelanau. $27/person. 9am to 9pm.

Thank you to all who participated in this event in the past. ShareCare of Leelanau is a unique, non-profit corporation founded in 1993 by a group of retirees who wanted to overcome the problems that so often force seniors to leave their home prematurely. Their efforts provide Leelanau County residents comprehensive, affordable assisted living services in their own home.

Companies and organizations interested in hole sponsorship or prize donations, contact Neil Kalee at 231.334.5555.

2009 Hole Sponsors:

• Wicksall Distributors
• Glen Craft Marina & Resort
• Bahle’s of Suttons Bay
• Becky Thatcher
• Alpers Excavating
• Cherry Republic
• Mitchell Graphics
• King’s Challenge
• Northwestern Bank
• Bluebird
• Hurst Industries
• Bev & Merrill Almquist
• The Bill Wise Family

2009 Prize Donations:

• Brilliant Books
• Village Inn in Suttons Bay
• Cherry Republic

2009 Event Prize Winners:

• Hole #5 - Closest to the Hole: Craig Ardery
• Hole #7 - Closest to the Hole: Carol Chambers
• Hole #9 - Longest Putt: Tracy Van Raalte

Congratulations! We’re looking forward to this year’s event!

For more information or tee times, call 231.334.5555.

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Combine the natural beauty of pure northern Michigan golf with the relaxation and rejuvenation of the Midwest’s premier spa destination: Crystal Spa.

Our Golf & Spa Package includes two nights of lodging, one 18-hole round of golf including cart and your choice of one 50-minute spa treatment (up to $110 value) per adult per stay.

From $219*- $330* per adult, per two night stay

Spa Package Perks
As a spa package guest, we are proud to offer unlimited admittance to our fitness classes and motion studio during your stay plus the use of spa facilities; including our luxurious locker rooms with infrared sauna and steam room, private meditation lounge, and outdoor garden with hot tub.

*Rates are per adult based on a two-night stay double occupancy in hotel accommodations. Taxes and service fee are additional. Not valid with any other discounts, special offers or group rates. Rates are subject to change without notice.

Call 800-968-7686 ext. 5100 for reservations or book this package online.

Juniors Golf Free! Junior golfers age 17 and under golf for free on the Betsie Valley course, Sunday through Thursday after 4pm, when accompanied by a full paying adult. Juniors receive 50% off the rack rate on both the Betsie Valley and Mountain Ridge courses anytime.

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Arnold Palmer’s “Signature Course” King’s Challenge is reborn in Leelanau County as Manitou Passage Golf Club

Over the past two decades some of the most distinguished new golf courses in America have opened in northern Michigan. Perhaps that’s because the nationally acclaimed golf course architects who designed those courses were inspired by the beauty of region’s hills, forests and waters. Nowhere is that beauty more pronounced than to the northwest of Traverse City in Leelanau County.

This sparsely populated decidedly rural county is made up of 348 square miles of land and 2,184 square miles of water. It is the home of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, which is considered by many to be the State’s number one attraction. Its unmatched beauty with a climate tempered by the water made it a perfect setting for an Arnold Palmer Signature Course - the course that King’s Challenge was meant to be.

When a group lead by Bob Kuras, president of The Homestead, purchased King’s Challenge last year they knew it had not been what it was meant to be. They also knew it could be a signature course and, with dedication, could become a destination course featuring exceptional playing conditions and unmatched service. When the group adopted a goal of becoming a destination course they decided that the course needed a new name that would tie it to Leelanau County and portray the unique high-end experience it would offer.

“While working on the new tee boxes for No. 8 we discovered a view of Lake Michigan’s Manitou Passage. Immediately, we realized that name was the tie to Leelanau County. We also realized that the grandeur of the passage would portray what we are doing here: creating a world-class golf experience on a course designed by one of the greatest golfers to play the game”, said Kuras.

To create that experience the new ownership group reestablished a relationship with Palmer and brought in other experts. One was Wadsworth Golf Construction, the most respected golf course contractor in the country with over 800 projects to its credit. The other was Peridian International, a leader in land planning and landscape architecture for resort destinations throughout the world. Together, Palmer, Wadsworth and Peridian envisioned scores of changes, some minor, some major, that would be made to bring the course and facility up to the championship level experience that an Arnold Palmer “Signature Design” is noted for.

Wadsworth worked from early spring until early winter to make the majority of the recommended changes. Renovations included the repositioning, adding and squaring off of tee-boxes, widening of fairways in key landing areas, renovating bunkers, lengthening some holes, restoring areas with native grasses and clearing of trees and brush to open vistas to the area’s natural beauty.

Complimenting the golf course work was a complete renovation of the entry drive, parking area, cart storage, starter’s plaza and clubhouse. The new clubhouse features a tastefully detailed stone and cedar shake exterior. Inside, the newly created library and trophy alcoves, club room, grill and golf shop feature stone fireplaces, luxurious furnishings, oriental rugs, warm rich woods and original art. New patio doors lead to a multi-level patio that affords stunning views of the 18th hole and offers guests’ outdoor food and beverage services.

“We adopted a very high goal and are delighted with the contributions that Palmer, Wadsworth and Peridian made toward our achieving our goal of becoming a destination course. We are looking forward to completing the work and providing the playing conditions and service discerning golfers desire and deserve,” said Kuras.

For more information visit: www.manitoupassagegolfclub.com (under construction), www.thehomesteadresort.com, www.sleepingbeardunes.com and www.nps.gov/slbe.

Location: Cedar, MI 20 minutes northwest of Traverse City
Address: 4600 Club Drive
Yardage: 6,734 from back tees
Architect: Arnold Palmer Design Company
Year Opened: 1998, Reopened 2010
Phone: 231.228.6000; 888.656.7572
For More: Jamie Jewell, Senior Manager, The Homestead, 231.334.5524>

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Starting at $109 per person per night, based on double occupancy.*

Package Includes:
• One night’s lodging in a guestroom
• One day of unlimited golf on any of our four championship golf courses (includes cart)
• Breakfast
• FREE group golf clinic (at 2pm daily)

*Above rate does not include taxes and fees. Valid Monday-Thursday in July and August. For Friday-Sunday play, add $10. Package must be booked by 6/30/10.

Book Package

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Northern Michigan’s Crystal Mountain Golf School, a GOLF Magazine Top 25 Golf School, offers over 100 golf schools, clinics and programs to every level of golfer. Taught by PGA and LPGA Professionals, many of whom have been named to Golf Digest’s Top Teachers in Michigan list and honored by the Michigan PGA, the highly acclaimed Crystal Mountain Golf School provides quality golf instruction for all levels of golfers, from beginner to elite, in an exquisite northern Michigan golf setting. All told, this is some of the most sought-after instruction in the Midwest!

Adult Golf Schools: One-day school Two-day school Three-day school Half-day school		Women Only Schools: Women only two-day Women only three-day		Junior Golf Programs: Junior Elite Program Junior Golf Camp Two-day & Three-day Mini-camps

Crystal Mountain Golf School offers midweek golf schools, weekend golf schools, women-only golf schools, private golf lessons, junior lessons and golf camps, including Junior Elite, one of the nation’s top junior development programs. With 100+ golf schools, clinics and programs, and a decorated golf school staff, no other golf school in the Midwest compares to Crystal Mountain Golf School. Meet our instructors Crystal Mountain Junior Golf Academy Link up to golf Private lessons & clinics For Crystal Mountain Golf School Alumni: Did you enjoy your Crystal Mountain Golf School? Please fill out GOLF Magazine’s Top 25 Golf Schools survey

GOLF Magazine Recognized Crystal’s Golf School as one of the “Top 25 Golf Schools in America” in 2008. This is the second time the Crystal Mountain Golf School has received this prestigious award.

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Let Shanty Creek Resorts Golf Academy improve your handicap. Regardless of your ability, our golf instructors teach proper technique for full swings, short swings, and recovery. Improve your driving distance, accuracy, approach shots, hazard saves and putting.

For beginners, our instruction includes an explanation of the rules of golf and polite golf etiquette.

The Shanty Creek Golf Academy offers individual and group lessons for women-only, beginner, intermediate and advanced golfers. Call 866.901.3151 to schedule your next lesson.

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The Dave Pelz Scoring Game School applies a practical, yet scientific approach to golf instruction inside of 100 yards from the hole. Pelz, the physicist turned golf researcher and teach, has helped golfers of all ability levels lower their scores. Countless amateurs attest to that. So do leading professionals Beth Daniel, Lee Janzen, Phil Mickelson, Se Ri Pak, Vijay Singh, Annika Sorenstam and Mike Weir!

Session Dates	Session Day(s)	Session Type	Tuition
May 27	Thu	1 Day Clinic	$425	Enroll
May 28 - 30	Fri - Sun	3 Day Scoring Game School	$2,545	Enroll
Jun 2	Wed	1 Day Alumni Tune-Up	$725	Enroll
Jun 3	Thu	1 Day Clinic	$425	Enroll
Jun 4 - 6	Fri - Sun	3 Day Scoring Game School	$2,545	Enroll
Jun 8	Tue	1 Day Clinic	$425	Enroll
Jun 10 - 11	Thu - Fri	2 Day Short Game School	$1,750	Enroll
Jun 12	Sat	1 Day Clinic	$425	Enroll
Jun 15 - 17	Tue - Thu	3 Day Scoring Game School	$2,545	Enroll
Jun 19	Sat	1 Day Clinic	$425	Enroll
Jun 22	Tue	1 Day Clinic	$425	Enroll
Jun 23 - 25	Wed - Fri	3 Day Scoring Game School	$2,545	Enroll
Jun 28	Mon	1 Day Clinic	$425	Enroll
Jun 29 - 30	Tue - Wed	2 Day Short Game School	$1,750	Enroll
Jul 2	Fri	1 Day Clinic	$425	Enroll
Jul 3	Sat	1 Day Clinic	$425	Enroll
Jul 7	Wed	1 Day Clinic	$425	Enroll
Jul 8 - 10	Thu - Sat	3 Day Scoring Game School	$2,545	Enroll
Jul 13	Tue	1 Day Clinic	$425	Enroll
Jul 14 - 16	Wed - Fri	3 Day Scoring Game School	$2,545	Enroll
Jul 19 - 20	Mon - Tue	2 Day Short Game School	$1,750	Enroll
Jul 23 - 25	Fri - Sun	3 Day Scoring Game School	$2,545	Enroll
Jul 27	Tue	1 Day Clinic	$425	Enroll
2010 School & Clinic Schedule The Dave Pelz Scoring Game School is in session from May 27 to July 27 offering 1 Day Clinics and 2 or 3 Day Schools.

Schools
1 Day Clinic, $425
2 Day Short Game School, $1,750
3 Day Scoring Game School, $2,545

To register for a Dave Pelz Scoring Game School or Clinic call 800.833.7370 or visit http://www.pelzgolf.com/pelzgolf.aspx.

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Come join us for the 17th annual Northern Michigan Transplant Golf Outing hosted by the Northern Michigan Transplant Support Group.

The outing supports the University of Michigan Transplant Center and Gift of Life Michigan. This event is open to the public and golfers of all abilities are encouraged to attend. Format for the outing is a four-person scramble.

The cost is $160.00 per team and is confirmed with a paid tee-time.

This event does fill up and tee-times are reserved on a first come, first served basis. A brown bag lunch and beverages are included.

Registration forms will be available at Pinecroft’s clubhouse once it opens or you can call Jim Cole at 231-651-0078 to register or for more information.

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Champion Hill is opening for the season tomorrow, Saturday, May 1st.

We will be offering a $25 special through the weekend, $25 for 18 holes with cart.

Starting Monday, May 3rd we will be offering a Foursome Special, Four for $120.00.

We will run the Foursome Special through Thursday, May 6th. We will be running other specials after this so check back for updates.

We have some great spring rates and weekday group rates. Call 231-882-9200 for more information.

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Shanty Creek Resorts is home to four of Michigan’s best golf courses and limitless recreation opportunities. Whether you’re planning a few rounds over the weekend with friends or a week long excursion with a large group, we will customize a group golf package that’s just right for you.

For groups of 16 or more, please contact:
Jody Kaley, Golf Sales Manager
800.678.4111, ext. 7889
jkaley@shantycreek.com

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Come join us for the 17th annual Northern Michigan Transplant Golf Outing hosted by the Northern Michigan Transplant Support Group.

The outing supports the University of Michigan Transplant Center and Gift of Life Michigan. This event is open to the public and golfers of all abilities are encouraged to attend. Format for the outing is a four-person scramble.

The cost is $160.00 per team and is confirmed with a paid tee-time.

This event does fill up and tee-times are reserved on a first come, first served basis. A brown bag lunch and beverages are included.

Registration forms will be available at Pinecroft’s clubhouse once it opens or you can call Jim Cole at 231-651-0078 to register or for more information.

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Starting at $89 per person per night, based on double occupancy.*

Package Includes:
• One night’s lodging in a guestroom
• One day of unlimited golf on any of our four championship golf courses (includes cart)
• Breakfast

*Above rate does not include taxes and fees. Valid for play seven days a week start of season through 5/31/10 and Monday-Thursday 6/1 - 6/30/10. For Friday-Sunday play during 6/1 - 6/30/10, add $10. Package must be booked by 4/30/10.

Book Package

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Saturday, May 29th, 2010 | 4 - 9 pm
Sponsored By: Michigan Brewers Guild		Join us for the 5th Annual Michigan Beer & Brat Festival to sample over 50 of Michigan’s finest microbrews, hard cider, specialty brats with a range of flavors from spicy jalapeno to tart cherry, giant Bavarian pretzels and live music by Rootstand! Held outdoors, slopeside at Crystal Mountain. Festival Admission: Only $5 per person Food and beverage tickets available for purchase. Must be 21+ to enter.

Live Entertainment - Rootstand!

Rootgrass, reggae, folk and blues. Listen at rootstand.com.

Lodging & Childcare • Michigan Beer & Brat Festival Package From $79* per adult, per night. Includes lodging, admission to the Festival, plus 10 beer and brat tickets. Book Online. • Birdies, Beers & Brats Package From $129* per adult, per night. Includes lodging, unlimited golf with cart, admission to the Festival, plus 10 beer and brat tickets. Book Online. Book your lodging online or call 800.968.7686 ext. 5100. *Rate based on double occupancy in hotel room accommodations. Some restrictions apply. • Childcare Program available during the festival, held at the Mountain Adventure Zone. Call ext. 7000 for reservations.

Breweries Include…
				More breweries to be announced.

Additional Weekend Actvities
The Michigan Beer & Brat Festival is certainly the highlight but just one of many activities during the holiday weekend. Both the Crystal Coaster alpine slide and Park at Water’s Edge are set to open (weather permitting). The Golf Practice Center will host the annual Golf Demo Day (Saturday, May 29th, 10am-4pm) featuring clubs from Callaway, Titleist, Cobra, Cleveland, and more, free clinics, games, food and prizes.

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	AUGUST 26-28 | CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN RESORT & SPA

		Enjoy one of golf’s finest weekends at Crystal Mountain Resort and Spa. Join legendary CBS golf commentator and author, Ben Wright and friends for a Four Seasons Club weekend highlighting all that is great about the game — camaraderie, sportsmanship and contest. Each two-person team will be partnered with another two-some and a PGA Professional. There are three opportunities to win; (1) Two-person best ball event, (2) Two best balls of five (can use pro’s), and (3) the top 10 two-person teams will qualify for the Champions Shoot-out sponsored by Callaway Golf. In addition, the professional in each group will be competing for a purse.
BEN WRIGHT			• $249 per Four Seasons Club Member • $299 per non-member USGA Handicap requested

INVITATIONAL INCLUDES: • Thursday Skills Challenge • Thursday Evening Dinner: “An Evening with Ben Wright” (Not included in package - $50 per person) • 36 holes of golf • Friday reception & dinner with Ben Wright • Saturday breakfast, lunch & hors d’oeuvres reception • Callaway Golf Shoot-out • Callaway Golf gift View complete schedule of events.

Crystal Mountain Golf School continues to be recognized as one of the finest in Michigan, Midwest and the nation as one-third of Golf Digest’s list of the Best Teachers in the State of Michigan hail from Crystal Mountain, including three of the top five.

Director of Junior Instruction and Development, Adam Schriber, Director of Golf, Brad Dean and Director of Instruction, Scott Wilson rank second, third and fifth on the list of Michigan’s Top Teachers respectively. PGA Professional Ed Laprade was listed tenth and Crystal Mountain Head Professional Mike Cote ranked fifteenth. Golf Digest determines the list by distributing 1,000 ballots to instructors in each state and asking them to rank their peers on a grade-point scale of 1-10.

The teaching skill of Dean and Schriber could be measured in tournament victories and success on the professional tours this summer. Schriber’s longtime student Candie Kung entered Friday’s second round of the U.S. Women’s Open just two shots back of the lead while another student, Morgan Pressel is coming off a second place finish at the Jamie Farr Classic. Last weekend also saw Anthony Kim finish third in the AT&T National playing in the final group with tournament champion Tiger Woods.

Over the past seven years, three of Brad Dean’s students have won the Michigan Amateur Championship. Among those champions is Ryan Brehm who was crowned the Michigan Open Champion as a professional in June after shooting an impressive 20-under-par over 72 holes. The following week, Clark Klaasen, a student of three years with Dean, played as a qualifier in the U.S. Open at Bethpage. Dean has twice been named Michigan PGA Teacher of the Year.

The depth of Crystal Mountain’s instructional staff was also recognized this past fall when GOLF Magazine rated Crystal Mountain Golf School among the Top 25 in America, one of just three schools in the Midwest to receive the distinction.

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King’s Challenge, the Arnold Palmer golf course located north of The Homestead will re-open on Friday, July 10th for the first time this season since a group of local investors purchased the course on May 1st.

Since acquiring the course, significant changes have been made to the course’s entrance, parking areas and club house. And, with the help of Arnold Palmer’s Design folks and Wadsworth golf construction a few of the changes to the course which were originally planned for later this fall or early next spring are being done now.

Completion of a new cart barn is also underway. This new home for the carts will not only keep them safe from the northern weather, it will provide a venue for special events and private parties in the future.

As the first rounds are enjoyed by guests and local residents this next week, you can be sure that we are working to create some value-added packages which will include accommodations and meals at The Homestead with golf at King’s Challenge.

For now, rates are $70 per person for 18 hole with a cart. Twilight rates begin at 3pm when 18 holes with a cart will be $49 per person. Call 231.334.5900 for tee times.

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Get your family on the greens for a serious—or not so serious—round of golf. Our award-winning courses offer a playable yet challenging environment. At Crystal, perfecting your swing can be a family thing!

Make reservations for tee times and lessons by contacting the Pro Shop at (800) 968-7686 extension 4000.

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