There truly is no place like home. But when home is far away, the  Alpine Lodge is a comfortably impressive substitute. Located in Gaylord, the Alpine Village, the Alpine Lodge is within minutes of all the best Northern Michigan has to offer -sprawling forests teeming with wildlife, challenging slopes for the avid skier, and a multitude of clear lakes and streams for swimming, boating or fishing.

The 24 beautifully sculpted courses in the area invite both beginning and seasoned golfers to their fairways, and the staff at the Best Western Alpine Lodge is poised to create a personalized golf package with your budget and style in mind. We'll also put you in touch with quaint little specialty shops, as well as sprawling franchise stores.

Whatever your needs and desires, we'll do our best to accommodate. Hotel amenities include an atrium with swimming pool, sauna and whirlpool, full-service restaurant and lounge, game areas and lounge areas, and a smiling staff standing ready to welcome you with hometown hospitality.

We know there's no place like home, but when home is far away, choose the Alpine Lodge.

Black Forest Golf Course

If you revel in the feeling of having a spectacular golf course almost to yourself, the best course in northern Michigan beckons you. At Black Forest, Tom Doak's first masterpiece of minimalist golf course architecture, each hole is carved through a lush canvas of pine, oak, and maple trees so thick that each hole is an island of isolated natural beauty and you may never see another group the entire round. The dramatic bunkering on Black Forest contrasts with the verdant forest backdrop, and when you arrive at the marvelously contoured greens the challenge has only begun.

Rated among the top new public courses by Golf Digest.

www.blackforestgolf.com

The Michaywe Pines Golf Course

The Michaywe Pines Course features secluded fairways winding through beautiful white birch and pine forests along the AuSable River. Strategic bunkering and a minimum of water hazards add to the character of this unique classic style course. The Pines was the site for the 1991 and 1996 Michigan Amateur Championship tournaments.

After 32 years, the Pines course was completely renovated and restored in 2004 by Don Childs, the original architect. Every hole features tee boxes carpeted with bent grass sod and each bunker is deeply shouldered with Bluegrass sod and filled with high quality sand. The positioning of the bunkers allows for a wide approach area into most of the greens.

The Pines course is quite female friendly due to the forward tees for the ladies, yet it plays over 7000 yards from the tips requiring strategies from tee to green on every hole.

www.michaywe.com