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ch.articles = [ {article_id : 3113,head : 'Summer golf in northern Michigan: Great climate and even better courses',image_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/images/courses/bay-harbor-golf-club.jpg',teaser : 'While scorching summer temperatures are keeping golfers away from southern destinations like Myrtle Beach, Las Vegas and Scottsdale, another destination equally rich in golf is just starting to heat up: northern Michigan.',author : 'Brandon Tucker',publish_date : '',type : 'Destination Guide',article_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/destination-guides/summer-golf-northern-michigan-golf-courses-5894.htm'},{article_id : 3012,head : 'Belvedere Golf Club: Tom Watson\'s teenage playground holds its own in northern Michigan',image_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/images/courses/belvedere-gc.jpg',teaser : 'Luxury golf resorts such as Bay Harbor, Treetops and Grand Traverse have transformed northern Michigan golf in recent years, but 80-year-old Belvedere Golf Club remains a favorite among old Wolverine State golf hands like Tom Watson.',author : 'Brandon Tucker',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/departments/coursereviews/belvedere-golf-club-charlevoix-tom-watson-5770.htm'},{article_id : 2956,head : 'Kingsley Club in Michigan gains national attention as a modern golf throwback',image_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/images/courses/kingsley-gc.jpg',teaser : 'Leave the black tie and ballroom gown at home. The new private Kingsley Club, south of golf-happy Traverse City, Mich., is getting back to the game of golf\'s understated traditions - proving luxury doesn\'t always mean flashy accessories.',author : 'Brandon Tucker',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/departments/coursereviews/kingsley-club-golf-course-modern-throwback-5701.htm'},{article_id : 2931,head : 'After the nationally ranked resorts, try Northern Michigan\'s underdog golf courses',image_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/images/features/belvedere-gc.jpg',teaser : 'Northern Michigan has no shortage of high-profile golf gems, but don\'t head home until you experience a few of the north\'s overachieving lesser-known gems. A golf course is around every corner in this neck of the woods. Here are some of the most memorable and unique you may not know about.',author : 'Brandon Tucker',publish_date : '',type : 'Feature Story',article_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/departments/features/northern-michigan-under-appreciated-golf-courses-resorts-5681.htm'},{article_id : 2907,head : 'Golf- and resort-rich Bellaire in northern Michigan out to become its own destination',image_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/images/features/cedar-river-shanty-creek.jpg',teaser : 'Does northern Michigan have room for another golf destination? The golf-rich village of Bellaire thinks so. Located west of northern Michigan\'s most trafficked and marketed golf spot, Gaylord, and north of the region\'s biggest hub, Traverse City, Bellaire offers its own niche.',author : 'Brandon Tucker',publish_date : '',type : 'Feature Story',article_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/departments/features/golf-resorts-bellaire-northern-michigan-destination-5646.htm'},{article_id : 2881,head : 'Beeches Golf Club in South Haven: Who says a new golf course has to be expensive?',image_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/images/courses/beeches-golf-club.jpg',teaser : 'You won\'t find many developers looking to build a golf course in the United States with greens fees of under $50 these days - not when trends are shifting most projects private or north of $100. There are anomalies, like the new Beeches Golf Club in South Haven, Mich.',author : 'Brandon Tucker',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/departments/coursereviews/beeches-golf-club-south-haven-michigan-5622.htm'},{article_id : 2883,head : ' Reader returns to Hartland\'s Dunham Hills Golf Club for a round of golf to remember',image_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/images/dunham-hills-golf-club.jpg',teaser : '"I played a twilight round of golf with my wife on Sunday, June 24, at Dunham Hills Golf Club in Hartland, Mich. I had forgotten what a great golf course this was."  ',author : 'GolfPublisher Staff',publish_date : '',type : 'Reader Letters',article_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/departments/readers-review/dunham-hills-golf-club-course-hartland-5617.htm'},{article_id : 2733,head : 'Detroit\'s Metro Airport is well-served by some of the area\'s best golf courses',image_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/images/features/fox-hills-gc.jpg',teaser : 'Business travelers are certain to have a layover in Detroit eventually. As in most areas of golf-obsessed Michigan, many golf courses and driving ranges are close enough that you can squeeze in a round without missing your connection.',author : 'Brandon Tucker',publish_date : '',type : 'Feature Story',article_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/departments/features/detroit-metro-airport-area-golf-courses-5455.htm'},{article_id : 2711,head : 'Northern Michigan\'s True North Golf Club delights reader despite high green fees',image_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/images/true-north.jpg',teaser : 'In a northern Michigan area noted for great golf, True North Golf Club ranks near the top of one MichiganGolf.com reader\'s list for its views, risk-reward layout and excellent conditioning.',author : 'GolfPublisher Staff',publish_date : '',type : 'Reader Letters',article_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/departments/readers-review/true-north-golf-club-harbor-springs-5395.htm'},{article_id : 2546,head : 'Pilgrim\'s Run Golf Club a surprise gem north of Grand Rapids, Michigan',image_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/images/courses/18th-at-pilgrims-run.jpg',teaser : 'In an unassuming location north of Grand Rapids, built by six unknown designers, lies an unlikely pick for the Grand Rapids area\'s finest round of golf. Pilgrim\'s Run Golf Club in Pierson rivals other upscale courses in the area and does quite well, thanks.',author : 'Brandon Tucker',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/departments/coursereviews/pilgrims-run-golf-club-grand-rapids-pierson-5232.htm'},{article_id : 2053,head : 'Bring your thinking cap to Doak\'s Black Forest Golf Course in Gaylord',image_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/images/courses/black-forest-18.jpg',teaser : 'Tired of the lack of a challenge provided by most of Michigan\'s resort golf courses? Thankfully there\'s Black Forest, Wilderness Valley\'s newer big, bad brother and the subject of rave reviews nationally. With dark,tree-lined holes and small, difficult green complexes, designer Tom Doak isn\'t out to do you any favors.',author : 'Brandon Tucker',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/departments/coursereviews/gaylord-black-forest-golf-course-4574.htm'},{article_id : 1906,head : 'The Crown\'s as close to \'metro golf\' as you get in Traverse City',image_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/images/courses/crownfront.jpg',teaser : 'For a town with more than 100 courses about a half-hour\'s drive from Traverse City, there aren\'t too many worthy tracks just a hop, skip and jump away. But located just minutes from downtown Traverse City lies The Crown Golf Course, an overachieving property with a family, blue-collar atmosphere to it.',author : 'Brandon Tucker',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/departments/coursereviews/crown-golf-course-traverse-city-3374.htm'},{article_id : 1715,head : 'New course at A-Ga-Ming Golf Club is bigger and badder but don\'t dismiss the original',image_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/images/courses/sundance3.jpg',teaser : 'It takes some guts to open up a new course in northern Michigan, an area with an oversaturated golf market - more than 100 tracks within an hour of Traverse City and a struggling economy. But A-Ga-Ming Golf Club in Kewadin is flying in the face of stiff competition. Last spring the club added a second course, the Sundance, to complement its original 18 holes, named the Torch.',author : 'Brandon Tucker',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.michigangolf.com/departments/coursereviews/a-ga-ming-golf-club-traverse-city-2523.htm'},{article_id : 2333,head : 'Going for the green at Eagle Ridge Resort and Spa in Illinois',image_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/images/features/general-course.jpg',teaser : 'Offering an incomparably majestic setting, four award-winning courses and The Eagle Ridge Golf Academy, it\'s perfectly natural that Golf Digest ranked Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa in Illinois one of the best Golf Resorts in America.',author : 'GolfPublisher Staff',publish_date : '',type : 'Client Feature',article_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/departments/clientfeatures/eagle-ridge-resort-spa-galena-illinois-4975.htm'},{article_id : 2291,head : 'Frank Thomas, longtime USGA gear guru, out to simplify the mystery of golf club and ball technology for average golfers',image_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/images/clubhouse/frank-thomas.jpg',teaser : 'It\'s difficult to find an ally in the ever-saturated and expensive golf equipment world. For years, it\'s been former USGA Technical Director Frank Thomas\' mission to give consumers an honest helping hand, sorting golf\'s goods from the junk.',author : 'Brandon Tucker',publish_date : '',type : 'Personality Profile',article_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/departments/clubhouse/profiles/frank-thomas-usga-golf-technical-guru-4936.htm'}]