There are lots of contests out there offering a dream trip for your foursome. Here’s one that offers a golf trip for you and twenty three of your closest friends. You can sign up online for this one.

Enter the 2012 West Michigan
Golf Show Giveaway! 
The West Michigan Golf Show will take place at DeVos Place in downtown Grand Rapids, Feb. 10-12, 2012!  One lucky winner in the Golf Show Giveaway will receive the Ultimate Group Golf Outing at Treetops Resort!

PRIZE PACKAGE DETAILS:
24 players total
1 overnight stay in the Inn or Chalets at Treetops Resort based on double occupancy in room, 12 rooms total.  Upgrades are available.
18 holes on the Tradition with cart.  Upgrades are available.
18 holes on their choice (based on availability) with cart.
Overnight stay must be on a Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.
Winners must provide their own transportation to and from Treetops Resort.

I just received this press release from the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame:

(Dexter , Mich. ) Sadly the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame notes the passing of Bob Babbish who was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1989. On January 24, Babbish died in hospice care in Florida with his wife, Del and children Byron and Happy at his side.
“Bob was one of the classiest guys around,” Hall member Glenn Johnson said. “He was an all-around player, long hitting and had all the shots.”
Babbish won many tournaments, including the 1935 Michigan Amateur and his top victory was the Western Amateur. He’s the only Michigan player to ever win perhaps the most rigorous test in amateur golf. He won the year after legendary Michigan amateur Chuck Kocsis was defeated in the Western final.

Group portrait of Capt. Filker, Bloomfield, Kidston, Becker, and Smoot, golfers, University of Michigan, sitting on porch stairs of a clubhouse in or near Chicago, Illinois.

From the Library of Congress

From the Library of Congress.

Warwick Hills—former host of the Buick Open—will host a US Open Sectional Qualifier in 2013.

The Flint, Michigan, club also is hopeful that a Champions Tour event will be held there starting in 2013.

I hope so. With its golf-mad population, its a shame that Michigan doesn’t have a pro event.

The famous Treetops Resort in Gaylord, Michigan is giving away rounds of golf for the 2012 season. The only catch is that you need to attend the West Michigan Golf Show in Grand Rapids on Feb. 10 - 12 to get the coupon.

Tickets for the West Michigan show are available at the door as well as online at westmichigangolfshow.com, and until Dec. 25 half-price tickets are available as “stocking stuffers” on line. Click on “buy tickets,” and add “STOCKING” in the promotion code.