GRAND BLANC, Mich. — Jack Nicklaus, the Ohio State Buckeye decked out in his typical scarlet polo, doesn't consider his regular trips to Michigan to be crossing into enemy territory. He's won a U.S. Senior Open here, at Oakland Hills in 1991.
He's built two of the state's most-talked about courses, The Bear in Traverse City, and American Dunes in Grand Haven. He's a regular visitor to The Ally Challenge, the state's only annual Champions Tour event, taking place this week in suburban Flint.
Last year, Nicklaus and wife Barbara even spent two weeks getting out of the scorching south Florida sun and vacationing in Charlevoix — though, even in his 80s, the pace of play didn't exactly suit him.
