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Great Lakes USA – The Ryder Cup Golf Region
In 2020, the Great Lakes USA region plays host once again to the Ryder Cup when the biennial competition takes place in Whistling Straits, Kohler in Wisconsin, 22-27 September.
This is the fourth time since 2004 that the Ryder Cup has taken place in the region, which consists of the states of Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ohio. In 2016, it was held at Hazeltine Golf Club in Minnesota which hosts it again in 2028. Medinah, Illinois was the destination in 2012 and in 2004 Oaklands Hills in Michigan hosted the event. The sheer’¯number of courses,’¯their top quality, their affordability and the sunny weather,’¯with an average temperature of 26 degrees’¯<span 1px="" 2010="" 2015="" 2017="" 2020="" 500="" 60="" 8aaaaaaaaaach5baeaaaialaaaaaafaaqaaaiilgaxcchrtcgaow="=" );"="" a="" and="" background-color:="" be="" border-bottom:="" class="SpellingError SCXW237686065 BCX0" course="" courses.="" cup="" data-ccp-charstyle="spellingerror" data-ccp-props="{" data-contrast="none" data:image="" div="" erin="" events="" ever="" expected="" first="" for="" generation="" golf="" great="" hartford="" hills="" home="" host="" hosted="" in="" is="" lakes="" largest="" mecca="" north-west="" of="" one="" p="" paraeid="{c2e22b4f-9c4c-4ecb-b137-5dc2829a6957}{152}" paraid="1316649458" pga="" played="" public="" r0lgodlhbqaeajecap="" resorts="" ryder="" segoe="" solid="" span="" sporting="" state="" states="" straits="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-position: left bottom; background-image: url(" summer="" that="" the="" to="" ui="" us="" whistling="" xml:lang="EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Lawsonia at Green Lake, which dates back to 1930, has 36 holes of championship-quality golf – the Links Course, with gently rolling terrain and 90 steep bunkers, and the Woodlands Course, with tree-lined fairways and about 80 traps.
Minnesota
Golfers will find more than 500 courses scattered throughout Minnesota, 90 percent of which are public. The season can stretch from April to November depending on the weather. The wide variety of places to tee off ranges from city and suburban courses to rugged north woods terrain and sweeping Mississippi River Valley vistas.
The Ryder Cup was held in Minnesota in 2016, at the magnificent Hazeltine National Golf Club. And as far as public courses are concerned, The Classic at Madden’s Resort in Brainerd, The Quarry at Giants Ridge in Biwabik, and The Wilderness at Fortune Bay, Tower, are reckoned to be the three best in the state.
The Legend at Giant‘s Ridge is set on more than 250 acres. The course, designed by Jeff Brauer, plays alongside the base of the resort’s ski mountain and has gentle undulations up and down. The third hole has a most unique feature — a giant paw-shaped bunker, paying tribute to the legend of the Ojibwe Native American legend of Mesabi, a giant who lived in the area and collected treasures, which would come to be the area’s abundant wildlife.
Ohio
Ohio is home to many beautiful golf courses, some of which are recognised nationally for their difficulty, landscape and competitions. Muirfield Village Golf Course in Dublin (near Columbus) was founded by Jack Nicklaus and he holds the’¯Memorial Tournament‘¯there every June; it was also the location for the 1987 Ryder Cup.‘¯Inverness Club in Toledo will host the 2021 Solheim Cup.
Great public courses include Virtues Golf Club near Columbus, a top 100 ranked course and The Quarry Golf Club near Cleveland which is built on an old quarry dating back to the 1800’s. The Avalon Lakes course at the semi-public Avalon Lakes Golf and Country Club in Warren is a parkland layout designed by world-renowned golf-course architect Pete Dye.
A must–see attraction in Ohio for golf enthusiasts is the Jack Nicklaus museum in his hometown of Columbus. Here you can take an immersive tour through the great golfer’s career and view one of the greatest collections of golf memorabilia.
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Michigan
Northern Michigan is known as America’s Golf Capital. This region has lured the world’s finest golf architects in search of the perfect setting to create 29’¯championship golf courses. Featuring bent grass fairways and greens, A
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