Booking your next tee time for some of Indiana’s best golf courses is a breeze with Visit Lafayette-West Lafayette’s Stay and Play Program. Their 5 courses include 2 Pete Dye designs and one Hale Irwin, providing the perfect opportunity for a challenging day of play. Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex is home to the two Pete-Dye courses, Ackerman-Allen and Kampen-Cosler. Ackerman-Allen is an 18-hole, parkland-style, par-72 championship golf course featuring large bent-grass greens, fairways and tees. The layout presents a challenge for golfers of all abilities with rolling hills, tree-lined fairways, white sand bunkers, and minimal water hazards. Across Cherry Lane is Kampen-Cosler, an 18-hole, links-style, par-72 championship golf course featuring large bent-grass greens, fairways and tees. The layout presents a challenge for golfers of all abilities with vast sand bunkers, native grasslands, ponds, and a natural celery bog. In late 2024, Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex will boast a newly constructed clubhouse. Minutes away from Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex is the serene Coyote Crossing, featuring the Hale Irwin course. On the outskirts of the Greater Lafayette area are Battle Ground Golf Club and Harrison Hills Golf Club as well, suitable for everyone! Our partner hotels are full-service hotels; enjoy big-city amenities with warm, small-town hospitality. Lafayette-West Lafayette cannot wait to have you for your next golf trip!

Experience Championship Flavor At The Pete Dye Clubhouse – The New Boilerhouse Prime Is Open!

After a round on the legendary Kampen-Cosler Course at Purdue University, elevate your day with a visit to the new Pete Dye Clubhouse. This stunning facility offers panoramic views of one of Indiana’s finest courses and is home to Boilerhouse Prime, a steakhouse that brings big flavor to Boiler Nation. Boilerhouse Prime blends classic steakhouse tradition with a bold, modern twist—perfect for post-round celebrations or a memorable night out in West Lafayette. Reserve your table and taste the tradition!

LYNX Golf Club in Otsego, Michigan has become a favorite stop in Michigan for Chicagoland golfers! With upgrades to the clubhouse and outdoor areas, spectacular events and great customer service – this is a great gift for Dad! If you haven’t had a chance to play this scenic course that winds through the Kalamazoo River, you are in for a serene experience. The outdoor patio has fantastic food with breathtaking views of the panoramic forestry, the Kalamazoo River and the beauty of Southwest Michigan golf. The team at LYNX has now partnered with several of the nearby hotels for “Stay and Play” packages ... so you can stay for a couple of days and play LYNX and several other nearby courses! Call the golf course for more information or visit www.LYNXGC.com.

Ravines Golf Club in Saugatuck, Michigan is one of our favorites hands down. An Arnold Palmer Signature Design is waiting to greet you on the first tee. Tucked away through a quiet, winding tree-lined residential neighborhood, a challenging, beautiful and scenic golf course is waiting for you. We have organized many couples trips and buddies trips in the past and Ravines is always on the list when we head to Michigan. Great service, fantastic course conditions and some of the best golf Michigan has to offer make it a great choice for the day or the weekend getaway! We highly recommend Ravines for your next golf trip! Visit at www.RavinesGolfClub.com. 

Thornapple Pointe’s expansive 18-hole course, located In Grand Rapids, Michigan, features bent grass fairways and impeccably groomed tees and greens. Winding along 7,000 feet of frontage on the breathtaking Thornapple River, your game guides you over gently rolling hills, through hardwood-lined fairways, and near three of the most enchanting, untouched wetlands found in the Midwest. Also, be sure to check out Thornapple Pointe’s LiveGolf Studios PGA golf simulator facility and bar open annually from fall through early spring. For more information, visit www.ThornapplePointe.com.

Heritage Glen Golf Club, designed by architect Jerry Matthews in the mid-1990s, sits in the heart of Michigan’s wine country in Paw Paw, Michigan. This player-friendly course provides you with two different settings to enjoy an 18-hole round of golf. Certain holes weave through thick pine forests while other parts of the course have a Scottish links feel. Playing at 6,630 yards from the back tees Heritage Glen is located 12 miles west of Kalamazoo just north of Interstate 94. When playing a round at Heritage Glen Golf Club you will encounter a lot of uneven lies. For a right-handed player a ball above your feet will tend to go left so be sure to aim right of your target, whereas a ball below your feet will tend to go right so you need to aim a little further left of your target. For more information, visit www.HeritageGlenGolf.com.

Surprise Dad With Tickets To The NV5 Invitational As It Returns To Glenview This Summer! 

There’s nothing like summer in Chicago, and the 2025 NV5 Invitational will be one of the hottest tickets on the North Shore. Speaking of tickets, general admission will be complimentary this year thanks to a partnership with the Big Ten Network.

The annual Korn Ferry Tour championship will return July 24-27 at The Glen Club in Glenview, Illinois. This will be the third year the NV5 Invitational will be contested in the middle of a critical closing stretch of the Korn Ferry Tour calendar, with a talented field of golf’s rising stars competing for a coveted promotion to the PGA TOUR.

The NV5 Invitational has been a major stop along the road to PGA TOUR stardom in recent years. World Number 1 and two-time Masters Champion, Scottie Scheffler won the inaugural championship in 2019, and Cameron Young captured the title in 2021. Harry Hall, who won in 2022, has already notched a PGA TOUR victory. Thomas Rosenmueller, the 2024 champion, is playing on the PGA TOUR this year. In all likelihood, the 2025 winner – and as many as 19 other players – will join him.

All proceeds from the event benefit the Evans Scholars Foundation and its mission of sending youth caddies to college.