Michigan, with its vast supply of golf courses and a robust appetite for the game like few other states, has never been accused of being a golf desert.

But when it comes to professional golf tournaments, there was a time, not that long ago, when the major tours were nowhere to be found. Just a little over a decade ago, back in 2013, none of the major professional golf tours were holding annual tournaments in the state of Michigan.

Now, this year, from June to August, all four major golf tours ? the PGA Tour, LIV Golf, PGA Tour Champions and the LPGA ? plus a prestigious amateur tournament will make stops in Michigan.

If you like watching really good golf in person, stock up on sunblock and get yourself some comfy walking shoes.

“It’s really cool to see the world of professional golf realizing they were overlooking the most-passionate golf state in the country,” said Bill Hobson, host of the Michigan Golf Live TV and radio shows.

“And they all just kind of came pouring back in at once.”

Here’s a look at a jam-packed four months of golf in Michigan:

June 12-15

The Meijer LPGA Classic is the longest-running active major-tour pro golf tournament in Michigan, now in its 11th year at Blythefield Country Club in Belmont. The tournament has been fully embraced by west Michigan, with some of the best crowds that LPGA players see all season, outside of the majors. On Sunday, it’s not rare to see fans five or six deep coming down the stretch on the back nine. The star-studded field definitely helps; the best of the best usually play.

The tournament is more than just about golf. It’s also about the food and drink, particularly the local flavors to be found at the popular J. Brewer’s and Frederik’s hospitality tents (which are bigger this year, thanks to demand).

“Every LPGA player loves to come play in this event, just because of what the tournament offers,” eight-time LPGA winner Brittany Lincicome said. “We really feel welcome.”

The defending champion is Lilia Vu, who won in a three-hole playoff with Grace Kim and 2015 winner Lexi Thompson, who is back in the field this year despite retiring as a full-time player at the end of the 2024 season.

June 26-29

The PGA Tour had a decadelong absence from Michigan between the final Buick Open, in 2009, and the first Rocket Classic, in 2019. The Rocket now is in its seventh year at Detroit Golf Club, and this is a big year for the tournament, which began with a bang and some big crowds, but then saw its momentum halted by COVID-19 in 2020. Rocket officials and the PGA Tour are holding off an extension until after the 2025 tournament; currently, the deal goes through 2027.

A better field will help, and there are signs that could be coming. Last year’s Rocket, won by Cam Davis (also the 2021 winner), didn’t have a single player inside the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking. Rumblings are the 2025 tournament will have at least one in the top 10, and maybe more than one. Stay tuned.

The Rocket has been good, from a visibility and financial standpoint, for DGC, which will undergo a $16-million renovation to the North Course after the 2025 tournament is complete.

Being held the same four days is the LPGA’s two-person team event at Midland Country Club, the Dow Championship, which also debuted in 2019. Atthaya Thitikul and Yin Ruoning are the defending champs.

July 14-19

One of the game’s biggest amateur tournaments, the Women’s Western Amateur, is coming to Red Run Golf Club in Royal Oak - the first time the tournament has been held in Michigan in more than a decade.

Most of the women’s game’s top college stars will tee it up at Red Run, where the greens are the main defense of the course but likely won’t be rolling as lightning-quick as the members are used to. The Western Golf Association, operators of the tournament, are being cautious with their requests on that front.

“We are very excited, we’re very honored,” said Joe Marini, general manager of Red Run. “I’m really looking forward to it. I love it, because I love youth golf. I think that’s the future of the sport.”

Held uninterrupted since 1901, the Women’s Western Amateur has featured competitors who’ve gone on to win more than 340 LPGA titles and over 130 major championships. Admission will be free for the tournament, with stroke play the first two days, and then match play the last three, including the championship match on July 19.

Aug. 22-24

LIV Golf, the rival to the PGA Tour, debuted in 2022, and in 2025, it will make its Michigan debut, hosting its season-ending team championship tournament at The Cardinal and Saint John’s. LIV, led by the likes of Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka and Jon Rahm, will descend on the longtime resort which, in 2024, opened a new championship course.

Saint John’s, which landed the marquee LIV Golf event in part thanks to the Pulte family’s friendship with President Trump (a big LIV Golf booster), is expecting tens of thousands of fans to take in the action over three days. The tournament will arguably feature the biggest-named golf field in Michigan since the 2008 PGA, held at Oakland Hills.

“The LIV-to-Michigan announcement caught everybody off guard, certainly me,” said Hobson, of Michigan Golf Live. “It’s never a bad thing to have another big-time golf event in the state.

“I’m sure they will have a huge crowd because of the population center and the curiosity.”

It could come at the expense of the PGA Tour Champions’ Ally Challenge, which is being held the same three days at Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club in Grand Blanc. That event, launched in 2018, was won by Stewart Cink in 2024.

Other key dates

• June 6-8: Epson Tour, Battle Creek Country Club

• June 9-12: Michigan Open, Shanty Creek, Bellaire

• June 13-15: Epson Tour, The Highlands, Harbor Springs

• June 17-21: Michigan Amateur, Belvedere, Charlevoix

• June 20-22: Epson Tour, Sweetgrass, Harris

• June 21-22: John Shippen Men’s Invitational, Detroit Golf Club

• June 23: Rocket Classic Monday qualifier, Fieldstone, Auburn Hills

• June 23-25: Michigan Women’s Open, Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville

• July 7-11: Michigan Women’s Amateur, Eagle Eye, Bath Township

• Sept. 8-10: Folds of Honor Collegiate, American Dunes, Grand Haven

• Sept. 28-29: Jim DeLapa Collegiate, Point O’ Woods, Benton Harbor