Press Releases

Sweetgrass Golf Course Named NGCOA National Golf Course of the Year ESCANABA, MI – Island Resort & Casino’s original course, Sweetgrass, has been named the 2022 Golf Course of the Year by the [...]

EAST LANSING, MI – Island Resort & Casino’s original course, Sweetgrass, has been selected as the 2021 Michigan Golf Course of the Year by the Michigan Golf Course Association (MGCA). One of [...]

Harris, MI – Call it the Spartan Invitational, even though Michigan State University’s men’s golf team was about seven hours away from home. The Spartans dominated the two-day Island [...]

HARRIS, Mich. — The 9th stop on the 2021 “Road to the LPGA” takes the Symetra Tour to Sweetgrass Golf Club in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for the tenth-annual Island Resort [...]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Symetra Tour released the preliminary “Road to the LPGA” 2020 schedule today, featuring 20 tournaments and $3.6 million in total purses with an average purse size of [...]

Harris, Mich. – The newest golf course in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Sage Run at Island Resort & Casino has been named to Golf Digest’s prestigious list of “Best New Courses, 2019.” Sage Run [...]

HARRIS, Mich. — The 12th stop on the 2019 “Road to the LPGA” takes the Symetra Tour to Sweetgrass Golf Club in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for the ninth annual Island Resort Championship from [...]

June 10, 2019 Symetra Tour’s Island Resort Championship at Sweetgrass Tees Off at Island Resort & Casino With ‘Major’ Implications, June 21 – 23 Evian Championship Berths for Winner, [...]

HARRIS, Michigan – On May 22 2018, professional Symetra Tour golfer, Shannon Fish, participated in the annual media tour to help promote the upcoming Island Resort Championship scheduled [...]

(HARRIS, Michigan) – The second golf course that Hannahville Indian Community is building as part of its Island Resort & Casino will be called Sage Run, and like existing Sweetgrass, the name [...]