community," says Joshua Doxtator, general
manager, Harbor Shores Golf Club.
"The signage on each hole gives a visual
reminder of what stood here before there
was such beauty and promise. To be able
to provide jobs and beautiful amenities for
this community keeps our team humbled,
grounded and inspired to do whatever
it takes to help this community thrive."
When Doxtator joined the Harbor Shores
team in 2019, he saw the potential
to bring a higher, more-manicured
maintenance standard to the property
while elevating the service and food
and beverage experiences. The result
has been well-received with on-course
food and drink sales doubling and
merchandise sales trending upward along
with overall per-golfer revenues. "We're
attracting a discerning clientele from
all over the Midwest," Doxtator says.
This year's KitchenAid Senior PGA
Championship will be played at Harbor
Shores, May 18 – 23, showcasing the
golf course's photogenic setting along
the coastal dunes of Lake Michigan.
The inspired layout at Harbor Shores
delivers beauty, challenge and strategy
at every turn. The course, which Jack
Nicklaus has tabbed as one of his 18
favorite designs of all time, runs over
four remarkably diverse terrains in a
spectacular topographical locale.
When a golf course has hosted a
major, visitors arrive on the first
tee with elevated expectations. The
inspired layout at Harbor Shores, built
improbably on a site that housed
abandoned auto parts factories and
a massive dump site, delivers beauty,
challenge and strategy at every turn.
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