Ypsilanti's 'Miles of Gold' is heaven for golfers

Kids have Disney Land, teenagers have text-messaging, the elderly have Columbo, and golfers have Ypsilanti. Miles of Golf is one of the largest public courses in the nation - and it's in Ypsi.

The saying, "you're like a kid in a candy store," could be changed to, "you're like a golfer at Miles of Golf in Ypsi." Yeah, it doesn't quite roll off the tongue like the former, but you get the point.

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Far closer to my home in Illinois is the great golfing state of Michigan.

Not only are there more public courses in Michigan than any other state in the nation (believe it or not), there are monuments to all things golf, including some of the best golf stores, golf academies, and club-fitters in the nation.

One of the largest is Miles of Golf in Ypsilanti. For golfers, Miles of Golf makes The Epcot Center look small and dull.

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