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THE GOG BLOG by RORY SPEARS, Editor and Director of Content. Follow Rory to the Loop at Forest Dunes Golf Club, and on Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter @GogBlogGuy.
This past weekend I attended the Chicago Golf Show, and it was great to visit the destination golf property booths that were on the show floor.
One booth in particular caught my eye.
The Forest Dunes and the Loop Course booth that was. I made a visit late last June up to Forest Dunes and the Loop, to see the new Loop course.
The Loop is the reversable course that was designed by Tom Doak, it is quite concept and it is being copied by other architects in other places in the country. My visit to Forest Dunes a fantastic Top 100 rated course and property by mulitple national publications was not only to play the courses, but write a story on the new Loop golf course. To my surprise last August, CDGA used my story of the Loop and the new Mike Keiser Sand Valley design in Wisconsin as the cover story. Always a proud moment for those in the writing business.
L-R Forest Dunes Operations Manager Don Helinski, GM Chad Maveus, Head Professional Elliott Oscar show off The Loop and Forest Dunes courses to Chicago Golfers.
As I toured the golf show last Friday, I went past the Forest Dunes and Loop booth, and what did I find.
But my story highlighted up on the easel of the booth. There’s a first time for everything, and that was my first golf show in booth promo.
For that, special thanks to Don Helinski, Chad Maveus and Elliott Oscar for the extra promotion of my work.
That being said, it’s easy to write and promote great facilities like Forest Dunes located in Roscommon Michigan. Now Roscommon is not a big town, it’s a bit remote and it’s located about 1 hour south east of Gaylord.
THE TEE MARKERS ON THE LOOP, and the flag on the 18th green of both the Black and the Red Routing of the Loop course.
WELCOME TO FOREST DUNES and how about this shot on the Par 3, 9th hole on the Forest Dunes Course.
While the Forest Dunes course doesn’t change much, the Loop course changes every day, from Black to Red and back to Black. So if you play one routing one day, you get the other direction and other color the next day.
Which direction will be your favorite route around the Loop, well travel to Forest Dunes and play the Loop, then decide for yourself.
For more information on Forest Dunes, see Forestdunesgolf.com or call (989)-275-0700. Then again visit CDGA.org, there is a story from last August you can read as well.