Press Releases
Arnold Palmer "Signature Course" is reborn in Leelanau County
Cedar, MI 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.
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June 5, 2011
Manitou Passage Golf Club Loses Pump House to Fire
Cedar, MI An early morning fire destroyed the pump house at the Manitou Passage Golf Club. No one was injured and no damage was done to the course or clubhouse. The course and clubhouse will continue to operate on a routine basis.
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November 1, 2010
Golfweek Magazine Selects Manitou Passage Golf Club Among Best New Courses in 2010
Glen Arbor, MI – Golfweek Magazine has chosen Manitou Passage Golf Club, located near the Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore in the Leelanau Peninsula, as one of its “Best New Courses” in 2010. The recognition of the 40 top new courses in the country appears in the October issue of the magazine.
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August 20, 2010
Son of critically acclaimed chef scores first Hole-In-One at Manitou Passage Golf Club
Cedar, MI – Northern Michigan has always been a destination for people to escape from the real world and create memories of a lifetime. This can honestly be said for critically acclaimed chef, Mario Batali, who summers up in Northport and frequently golf’s the new Manitou Passage Golf Club.
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May 1, 2009
Top golf coming to Leelanau County
Cedar, MI — A deal has been struck. Papers have been signed. The King’s Challenge Golf Course in Cedar is now under new ownership and promises to become one of the top golf destinations not only in northern Michigan but in the entire United States.