Based on the response to the poll, the Ryder Cup will be held on May 30 - June 1, 2008. The format will be US v. Canada if there is enough Canadians (if not looks like its young v. old) The location is up in the air at this point due to Treetops change of price and Boyne's change of price and the need to drive approx 1/2 hour to each course.
Treetops has changed their prices for that weekend to their peak season rates. Therefore for Hotel rooms ONLY with 2 round of golf without any meals the price is $325. The courses or nice but I do not think they are worth that much.
Boyne. Boyne has also slightly increased their prices this week (they were going to give us 2007 prices last week). The biggest problem with Boyne is the driving that we will have to do to all the courses. The prices for Boyne will be approx $240-$250 per person for 2 days of unlimited golfing, 2 breakfast buffets, 2 nights lodging in condos (older condos), and a $25 voucher for the casino nearby). The biggest drawback for Boyne is the courses are very far apart from each other (almost 45 minutes from Boyne Mountain to Boyne Highland). Based on previous experience, this is not conducive to the format that we have.
A third choice is Otsego Club. www.otsegoclub.com
This is a golf resort that has a real nice course called the Tribute and a sister course called Black Forest. They are offering a package that includes 2 rounds (one of the tribute and one of Black Forest), lodging (one large condo and a bunch of hotel rooms) a dinner (order from the menu up to $30) for $270 per person. The tribute is a real nice course and Otsego is located right off of I-75 in Gaylord so it is about 1/2 hour closer than Boyne Mountain and more than one hour closer than Boyne Highlands.
There are still the choices of Shanty Creek or The Chief
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
2008 Coptic Ryder Cup
Gentlemen:
The time has come to start planning the Fourth Coptic Ryder Cup. Yes, I know. . . it's more than 4 months away but I am tired of dealing with wedding stuff and thinking about golf is the only thing that will keep me from loosing it completely. With that being said, several decisions need to be made with regards to the 2008 tournament.
1. When should be schedule it? I have tentatively scheduled it for May 30 - June 1, 2008. This is the weekend after Memorial Day in the US and two weekends after Victoria Day in Canada. The benefit to this is that most courses are still offering decent packages (most raise their rates the following weekend). The weekend after is also a possibility June 6-8, 2008?
2. Where should we go? We could go back to one of the ones we've played before (Shanty Creek, The Chief, or A-Ga-Ming) or we could do to a new place (Boyne or Treetops). I have called both Boyne and Treetops. Boyne is the better bargin $220 (unlimited golf, breakfast buffet on sat. and sun. lodging in hotel rooms) we can play any of the courses except for Bay Harbor. Several of us have played these courses and the Donald Ross and Crooked Tree are very nice courses. The web site is www.boyne.com. Treetops is a great golf resort. . The package for treetops is $225 (2 rounds of golf and lodging in hotel rooms). Both have condos available for approx 30 more per person. The lodging at Boyne will be nicer than the lodging at treetops. Neither will be as nice as the condos from A-Ga-Ming or at the Chief. The one problem with Boyne is that the courses are a 20 - 30 minute drive from where we are staying. I personally have no problem with going back to any of the three that we played before (Shanty Creek, The Chief, and A-Ga-Ming). They will all give us very good deals. . .
3. Format? The guys from Canada have been wanting to make this a Canada v. US competition.
The time has come to start planning the Fourth Coptic Ryder Cup. Yes, I know. . . it's more than 4 months away but I am tired of dealing with wedding stuff and thinking about golf is the only thing that will keep me from loosing it completely. With that being said, several decisions need to be made with regards to the 2008 tournament.
1. When should be schedule it? I have tentatively scheduled it for May 30 - June 1, 2008. This is the weekend after Memorial Day in the US and two weekends after Victoria Day in Canada. The benefit to this is that most courses are still offering decent packages (most raise their rates the following weekend). The weekend after is also a possibility June 6-8, 2008?
2. Where should we go? We could go back to one of the ones we've played before (Shanty Creek, The Chief, or A-Ga-Ming) or we could do to a new place (Boyne or Treetops). I have called both Boyne and Treetops. Boyne is the better bargin $220 (unlimited golf, breakfast buffet on sat. and sun. lodging in hotel rooms) we can play any of the courses except for Bay Harbor. Several of us have played these courses and the Donald Ross and Crooked Tree are very nice courses. The web site is www.boyne.com. Treetops is a great golf resort. . The package for treetops is $225 (2 rounds of golf and lodging in hotel rooms). Both have condos available for approx 30 more per person. The lodging at Boyne will be nicer than the lodging at treetops. Neither will be as nice as the condos from A-Ga-Ming or at the Chief. The one problem with Boyne is that the courses are a 20 - 30 minute drive from where we are staying. I personally have no problem with going back to any of the three that we played before (Shanty Creek, The Chief, and A-Ga-Ming). They will all give us very good deals. . .
3. Format? The guys from Canada have been wanting to make this a Canada v. US competition.
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