Golf Awards & Accolades

"Top 50 International Resorts"
(June 2000)
Golf Design (1 of 6 Criteria) Treetops Resort ranked 3rd behind Pinehurst and Pebble Beach

"Places to Play" (April 2008)
Robert Trent Jones, Sr. "Masterpiece" 4.5 Stars
Tom Fazio "Premier" 4.5 Stars
Rick Smith "Signature" 4.5 Stars
Rick Smith "Tradition" 4.5 Stars

"America's Top 75 Golf Resorts" Ranked #56 (December 2006)

"Best by State" Ranked #13
(December 2006)
Robert Trent Jones, Sr. "Masterpiece"

"Top 25 Golf Schools" Rick Smith Academy (May 2005)

"Best New Resort Courses"
Robert Trent Jones, Sr. "Masterpiece"
Ranked #2 (1987)
Tom Fazio "Premier" Ranked #3 (1992)

Rick Smith "Signature" Ranked #4 (1993)

"Resort Profiler" (March 2000)

"Quality of Main Golf Course"
Treetops Resort #7 - Tom Fazio Premier

"Value" Treetops Resort #4

"Quality of Additional Golf Courses"
Treetops Resort #7 -
Robert Trent Jones, Sr., Masterpiece
Rick Smith Signature & Tradition

"Top 100 You Can Play"
(September  2000)
Tom Fazio "Premier" ranked #71

"The Midwest: 25 More You Can Play" (2000)
Rick Smith "Signature" ranked #2 for the best of the Midwest

"America's Top 25 Golf Schools" (2005)
The Rick Smith Golf Academy, the only Top 25 School with a 2:1 student to teacher ratio, from
Golf Magazine.

"Silver Medal Resort" Eight-Time Recipient (March 2008)

"Top 40 Resort Courses in America" (2001)
Rick Smith "Signature" #18

"Number One Par 3 Course in America"
Threetops (December 2002)

"Top 50 Courses for Women"
(August 2007)
Rick Smith "Signature" Ranked #29

"America's Best Top 100 Resort Courses"
Rick Smith "Signature" Ranked #35
(December 2004)
Tom Fazio "Premier" Ranked #65
(December 2004)

"America's Top 40 Resort Courses"
Rick Smith "Signature" Ranked #28
(November 2002)

"America's Best Par 3 Course"
Threetops Ranked #1

"America's Top 100 Modern Courses"
(March 2000)
Modern Courses, Rick Smith "Signature" #83
Modern Courses, Tom Fazio "Premier" #71"America's Best State by State" (2008)
Rick Smith "Signature" #6
Tom Fazio "Premier" #13

"America's Best Courses for Michigan" (2006)
Rick Smith "Signature" #8
Tom Fazio "Premier" #14

"America's Best Resort Golf Courses"
Rick Smith "Signature" #51 (January 2009)
Tom Fazio "Premier" #87 (January 2009)

"Ten Golf Resorts to Visit Before You Die"
(Dec. 2004)

"For the Good of the Game"
"Treetops" Ranked #1 (2007)

"Person of the Year"
"Rick Smith, Treetops" Ranked #1 (2007)

"Best Golf Trip"
"Treetops" Ranked #1 (2005)

"Best Pro Shop"
"Treetops" Ranked #3 (2005)

"Best Golf Resort in the Midwest"
"Treetops" Ranked #1 (2002)

"Best Family Golf Resort in the Midwest"
Treetops Ranked #3 (2007)

Luxury Golf & Travel's "Top 50 Resorts in North America" (March 2006)

Michigan Golf Course Owners Association

"Golf Course of the Year"
Treetops (2006)

"America's Top Par 3 Courses"
Threetops (May/June2008)

"Golf Course of the Year"
Treetops (2006)

"Best Golf Resort" (May 2006)

"Best Michigan Golf Resort" (April 2006)

People's Choice Awards (September 2008)
"#1 Golf Course"
"#1 Place to Get a Massage"
"#1 Resort"
"#1 Day Care Center - Treetops Adventure Center"

"Favorite Guys Getaways" - Four Featured Destinations (Premier Issue 2007 Edition
Survey from PGA Professionals)

Treetops Resort
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort
Pebble Beach Resorts
Las Vegas, Nevada

"Top 10 Places to take Dad on Father's Day"

Golf Destination Review

"Best Conditioned Courses Northern Michigan"
(2008-2009)

Exclusive Readers Travel Poll (November/December 2006 Issue)
"Which of the following Midwest resorts
would you most like to visit?"

1)         The American Club         68%
2)         Treetops Resort           46%
3)         Inn at Bay Harbor          37%
4)         Grand Geneva               23%

"Best Golf Resort in the Midwest" 2008
"Best Resort for Buddy Trips" 2008
"Most Underrated Resorts" 2008

"Best Conditioned Courses Northern Michigan"
(2008-2009)