The Alpine Valley Resort in Elkhorn is located in the Kettle Moraine of southeast Wisconsin along the banks of Sugar Creek. The resort is comprised of 120 motel rooms and four suites, including a bride-and-groom suite, indoor and outdoor pools and hot tubs and a game room. It touts “Wisconsin’s #1 award-winning mountain bike trails”, along with…
The Grand Geneva Resort & Spa is a sprawling 1,300-acre, AAA Four Diamond property, home to 355 rooms and 29 new villas. It's a four-season destination with the Mountain Top ski and snowboard facility and the 225-room Timber Ridge Lodge & Waterpark, an indoor-outdoor waterpark. Sandwiched between Milwaukee and Chicago, Grand Geneva invites city…
The Geneva National Resort & Club in Lake Geneva sits above the shores of Lake Como with 54 holes of golf designed by Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Lee Trevino. Guests get access to five dining options, a fitness center, indoor and outdoor pools, a salon and spa, a marina with watersport rentals and outdoor activities. Choose from multi-bedroom…
Lake Lawn Resort is set upon 250 wooded acres on the shores of Delavan Lake in the Lake Geneva vacation region of Wisconsin. Revived by new owners after a brief closure in 2011, the historic property has been entertaining guests for more than 130 years. Its 271 rooms offer either a patio or balcony to bring the outdoors to guests. Resort amenities…
The Nippersink Golf, Banquets & Hotel in Genoa City features a historic golf course, banquet facilities overlooking a private lake and a newly remodeled hotel. Established in 1922, Nippersink was designed by James Foulis, Jr., the second winner of the U.S. Open. The 6,627-yard routing is guarded by two ponds that impact four holes. Hotel rooms…
The 2017 U.S. Open won by Brooks Koepka put Erin Hills on the map. This outpost in the Kettle Moraine of central Wisconsin continues to expand its offerings. Overnight guests can enjoy an evening hanging out in the caddie barn. The Drumlin putting course opened in 2020 and is lit for night play. Accommodations include dormer rooms in the lodge…
Lake Geneva is less than 90 minutes from Chicago and even closer to Milwaukee, but it's a world away. The 9-mile-long lake is surrounded by a historic town, some of the best golf courses in Wisconsin, a four-star resort that began as a Playboy Club resort, and a string of enormous summer mansions built ín the 1800s by Americas most famous industrialists.
Golfers have long seen Milwaukee as little more than a waypoint between home and Destination Kohler, the legendary modern golf resort an hour north of town that is home to Blackwolf Run and Whistling Straits. But Cream City is more than just a travel hub. With a metro-area population of more than 1.5 million, it is a vibrant city with plenty to do both on and off the course.
There are three nine-hole courses at Evergreen Golf Club, which has been a local favorite since opening the North-South nines in 1973. While Evergreen isn't a trophy course, it probably has a more "bang for your buck" quotient and you have a better chance to shoot a number. To some golfers, those options are more significant, Jason Scott Deegan writes.
A picturesque setting unfolds at Geneva National Golf Club in Lake Geneva. With courses designed by Lee Trevino, Gary Player and Arnold Palmer, Geneva National is the second-largest golf facility in the state. The Player Course is the most fun to play. The Trevino plays tough because of its narrower fairways and hard-to-read greens. While the Palmer takes advantage of its Lake Como setting.
Lake Geneva -- a small lakeside town in southern Wisconsin -- has always been "Chicago's playground." Chicagoans can hop in the car and within two hours be fishing or boating on one of the region's three major lakes or teeing it up on a scenic resort golf course kissing their shores. With top-notch golf -- Grand Geneva Resort & Spa and Geneva National, to name two -- resorts and restaurants, it's easy to see why Lake Geneva is a popular destination.
The Lake Geneva, Wisconsin area is known as Chicago's playground, although it's actually closer to Milwaukee. About an hour and a half north of the Windy City, Lake Geneva was founded by Chicago's wealthy families around 100 years ago. Narrowing down the best golf isn't easy, but here are five golf courses that won't do you wrong.
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, easily accessible from airports in Milwaukee and Chicago, is a great lake-and-golf destination. The roster of strong courses goes deep. Jason Scott Deegan presents his list of 10 courses to consider in Lake Geneva.
Sure it was beer that made Milwaukee famous, but it has golf history, and its future seems unlimited. Milwaukee-area golf is a winner. Here's a look at the options.
With the 2017 U.S. Open in the rear view mirror, more and more golfers will be trekking to Wisconsin eager to explore the state's golf offerings. If cost is a concern, fear not. Budget-conscious golfers can play some outstanding golf near Milwaukee over three days for less than $200.
In an effort to have the course at its best for a worldwide audience, Erin Hills has closed until just after the 2017 U.S. Open. The result should be Augusta-like.
With the 2017 U.S. Open in the books, it's time to reflect about the performance of golf's newest major championship venue. Should it host another major?
The USGA will bring the U.S. Open, the richest tournament in golf, to Wisconsin, and an unproven golf course, Erin Hills, for the first time this June.
The scene is 2017 U.S. Open host Erin Hills. Fescue is waving on a wild prairie framed by rolls and dips. Fairways are fast and firm. If you want to play the course this year, do it before Oct. 3.
Located in Zion, just miles from the Wisconsin border, Shepherd's Crook Golf Course treasures the traditions of Scotland. It's not a true links course, but it pays homage to those gems across the Atlantic. There's not much to Shepherd's Crook except the course itself -- and that's all you need.
One of the favorite daily-fee facilities in the Lake Geneva area, Hawk's View Golf Club not only offers a well conditioned and scenic 18-hole championship course, but an 18-hole short course as well.
Dating back to 1968, today's Grand Geneva Resort and Spa is family friendly and quite diverse. Golf remains central to the resort's amenities, which include horseback riding, zip-lining, mountain biking, tennis, swimming, skiing, snowmobiling, fine dining, and the luxuriousness of the WELL spa. Kiel Christianson offers a look at Grand Geneva's Brute and Highlands golf courses.
Considered one of the toughest golf courses in the Midwest, The Brute at Grand Geneva Resort is arguably one of the prettiest as well with elevated tees, large greens, 68 bunkers and impeccable playing conditions. The course, which was designed by Robert Bruce Harris, plays to nearly 7,100 yards from the tips but its most predominant feature might be the large greens, which average more than 8,000 square feet with deceiving slopes.
Lake Geneva, a small resort town in southern Wisconsin, serves an escape from city life for Chicago and Milwaukee residents. Lake Geneva, Lake Como and Lake Delavan provide scenery and recreation, from boating and fishing to golf.
Erin Hills, like Chambers Bay in 2015, is a new, untested venue hosting the 2017 U.S. Open, a first for the state of Wisconsin. How will players like the nuances designed by Dr. Michael Hurdzan, Dana Fry and Ron Whitten?
Erin Hills, site of the 2017 U.S. Open and the 2011 U.S. Amateur, is undoubtedly one of America's most stunning courses. And when the wind is up, it's also one of the most difficult.
Slated to host the 2017 U.S. Open, Erin Hills climbs and tumbles over natural dairy cattle pastureland. What makes the course so special? I posed this question to co-designer Dr. Michael Hurdzan. Here are his thoughts.