Fact Sheet and Awards
| Golf is the number one tourism activity in the Gaylord Area. |
| Direct dollar impact from Green Fee/ Carts, Driving Range, Food and Beverage, and Pro-Shop Sales is over 18 million dollars annually. |
| The Gaylord Golf Mecca does over 350,000 rounds of golf annually over a 6-month period from May through October. | |
| The Gaylord Golf Mecca was founded in 1987 with a total of seven courses. The area now offers 21 Championship golf courses and 18 hotel properties all with in a 45-minute drive. | |
| Great Lakes Golf Magazine selected Gaylord as the "Number one golf destination in the Midwest." | |
Golf Magazine has awarded two facilities in the Gaylord Golf Mecca the prestigious Silver Medal Award- Garland Resort and Treetops Resort.Other national awards include: |
- Top Ten Places To Play Before You Die - Golf Week
- Golf Digest "Top 75 Resorts in America"
- Golf Digest Top 75 Resort Courses in America.
- Golf digests 3rd Best New Resort Course in America.
- Golf Magazine Top 100 You Can Play
- GolfWeek Best Courses in America.
- GolfWeek Top 100 Modern Courses
The Gaylord Golf Mecca plays host to the Par 3 Shootout at Treetops Resort. An 18 hole par three skins game featuring members of the PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour.
- Sports Illustrated "Top 10 New Course" - the Tribute
- Top 100 Player Friendly Courses by Golf for Women
- The only AAA four-diamond resort property in the Midwest.
- Top 4 New Public Courses in America - Golf Digest
- Top 10 New Courses You Can Play in United States - Golf Magazine
- Top 100 Modern Courses in United States - Golfweek
- Top 50 Modern Public courses in United States - Golfweek
- Best Public Course in Northern Michigan - Detroit News
- Best Public Course in Northern Michigan - Great Lakes Golf
- "Best combination of Gaylord's Resort Courses" - Golf Digest
- Readers Survey Best Golf Value in Gaylord - Great Lakes Golf Magazine
- Golf Digest 2nd Best New Course in America
- Golf Digest America's Top 75 Upscale Public Courses
- Golf Digest Women One of the 50 best places to play for women.
- "Top 10 You Can Play" - Golf Magazine 2000
- "America's 100 Greatest Public Courses" - #25 2005
- Golf Digest "Best Places to Play" 2008/2009
- Golf Digest "Hole #2 is the best par 3 in all of Michigan" 2008
- Top 100 player friendly courses by Golf for Women

