Grand Traverse Resort and Spa Announces 2024 Golf Events, Packages, and Specials By Brian Weis

Grand Traverse Resort and Spa Announces 2024 Golf Events, Packages, and Specials

By Brian Weis

ACME, Mich., March 5, 2024 - We are counting down the day until the golf season begins at Grand Traverse Resort and Spa! The Bear, The Wolverine and Spruce Run will be opening soon and if you are looking to get in on the action, we have you covered with golf events, packages, and more.

Late June to mid-September: Dave Pelz Scoring Game School Returns
The internationally renowned Dave Pelz Scoring Game School applies a practical, scientific approach to golf instruction, honed through years of research and providing golf lessons to many of the game's top professionals. To enroll, visit pelzgolf.com and choose from three programs:

3-Day Scoring Game Schools: Premier golf instruction program offered by Pelz Golf, including three
full days of putting, chipping, pitching, wedge, and sand play instruction.

2-Day Short Game Schools: The 2-Day Short Game School focuses on the wedge (no putting
instruction). Learn the mechanics of short game shots plus essential skills from 100 yards and in.

1-Day Scoring Game Clinic: The 1-Day Scoring Game Clinic includes six hours on the basics of the
short game and putting

April 27, 2024: Spring Par 3 Shootout
$130 per team, includes golf, cart, and prizes
Think you have what it takes to conquer The Bear? We turn every hole into a Par 3 in this two-person scramble.

May 12, 2024: Mother's Day Golf Special
Celebrate Mother's Day with complimentary golf for women on all three courses! Book your tee times early for this popular day.

May 24-27, 2024: Memorial Day Weekend Golf Special
$89 The Bear & The Wolverine; $59 Spruce Run
Kick-off the summer season with Memorial Day weekend golf specials.

June 15-21, 2024: Golf Your Daylights Out
$139 for Resort guests, $169 for non-Resort guests
This special is perfect for golfers who can never get enough time on the links! Play as many holes as you can squeeze into a day as we celebrate the summer solstice and extended daylight in northern Michigan. Try to conquer each of our three courses or hone your craft on one.

June 29-July 7, 2024: National Cherry Festival Golf Special
$119 The Bear & The Wolverine, $79 Spruce Run
National Cherry Festival week is the time to come play at Grand Traverse Resort and Spa. With events happening on property and in town, you will get the full Traverse City experience on and off the course.

July 5, 2024: Cherry Golf Scramble
$130 per team, includes golf, cart, and prizes
Join us for a "cherry" good time at our National Cherry Festival Golf Scramble on Spruce Run.

August 30-September 2, 2024: Labor Day Weekend Golf Special
$89 The Bear & The Wolverine, $59 Spruce Run
Say goodbye to the summer season with special pricing all Labor Day weekend. Exceptional course conditions make for a day of golf you will never forget, and our special pricing makes it easy to try out each of our three highly acclaimed courses.

October 5, 2024: 13th Annual Big Hole Golf Tournament
$260 per team, includes golf, cart, and prizes
This four-person scramble on Spruce Run features gigantic, impossible-to-miss 10' cups!

October 20, 2024: 15th Annual Tuff Enuff Golf Tournament
$130 per team, includes golf, cart, and prizes
Play one of Michigan's toughest courses, The Bear, at its absolute hardest. We turn The Bear into 7,000+ yards of long-range tee boxes, aggressive greens, and challenging hole locations.

Golf Package
One-night Golf Package (midweek and weekend options available - can be booked more than one night)
· One night of accommodations
· One day of unlimited golf per person (midweek), one round of golf on any course per person (weekend)
· One medium bucket of range balls per person

For current golf rates or to reserve a tee time, call 231-534-6000, visit our Pro Shop, or book online.

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the mastermind behind GolfTrips.com, a vast network of golf travel and directory sites covering everything from the rolling fairways of Wisconsin to the sunbaked desert layouts of Arizona. If there’s a golf destination worth visiting, chances are, Brian has written about it, played it, or at the very least, found a way to justify a "business trip" there.

As a card-carrying member of the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA), International Network of Golf (ING), Golf Travel Writers of America (GTWA), International Golf Travel Writers Association (IGTWA), and The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG), Brian has the credentials to prove that talking about golf is his full-time job. In 2016, his peers even handed him The Shaheen Cup, a prestigious award in golf travel writing—essentially the Masters green jacket for guys who don’t hit the range but still know where the best 19th holes are.

Brian’s love for golf goes way back. As a kid, he competed in junior and high school golf, only to realize that his dreams of a college golf scholarship had about the same odds as a 30-handicap making a hole-in-one. Instead, he took the more practical route—working on the West Bend Country Club grounds crew to fund his University of Wisconsin education. Little did he know that mowing greens and fixing divots would one day lead to a career writing about the best courses on the planet.

In 2004, Brian turned his golf passion into a business, launching GolfWisconsin.com. Three years later, he expanded his vision, and GolfTrips.com was born—a one-stop shop for golf travel junkies looking for their next tee time. Today, his empire spans all 50 states, and 20+ international destinations.

On the course, Brian is a weekend warrior who oscillates between a 5 and 9 handicap, depending on how much he's been traveling (or how generous he’s feeling with his scorecard). His signature move" A high, soft fade that his playing partners affectionately (or not-so-affectionately) call "The Weis Slice." But when he catches one clean, his 300+ yard drives remind everyone that while he may write about golf for a living, he can still send a ball into the next zip code with the best of them.

Whether he’s hunting down the best public courses, digging up hidden gems, or simply outdriving his buddies, Brian Weis is living proof that golf is more than a game—it’s a way of life.