It is truly amazing!

The Midnight Golf Program – Golf Practice Facility offers a unique urban land-use plan, incorporating state-of-the-art sustainability practices, such as minimalist site-impact, water conservation and environmentally conscious fertilization and maintenance. It features a large practice putting green, a large sand bunker, two practice tee areas to accommodate up to 26 hitting bays and a 5-hole short course. World renowned golf course architect, Tom Doak provided the design and construction oversight as an in-kind donation. Doak has designed over 30 courses worldwide, four of which are rated among the top 100 courses in the world.

Renowned architect Tom Doak designed a course in the heart of Detroit pro bono at the request of the SI Golf Group. The five-acre facility has four par 3s, a putting green and a double-ended practice range.

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DETROIT — On Monday afternoon, 17-year-old Leticia Gittens was among 130 or so high-school seniors who helped Tom Doak usher in his latest design, a five-hole short course on the leafy campus of Marygrove College. With her peers watching her, photographers shooting her, and traffic rumbling by on McNichols Road behind her, Gittens stepped between two tee markers to strike a ceremonial first shot.

In a sporty white zip-up and capri pants, she eyed her target, a flagstick about 75 yards away, then looked down at her ball and swung.

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Mentors are helping hundreds of metro Detroit kids by teaching them life lessons and golf. Click here to watch the video.

Detroit — Supermodel Niki Taylor made an appearance downtown today on behalf of Reader’s Digest to present the city with a $1,000 check that will benefit the Midnight Golf Program that helps teach life skills to students.

Taylor, who was recently on NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice” show, said the money will help the high school students with financial planning, college preparation and picking up golf skills.
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“This program actually gets them to make that first step and to push them because it is a rough world out there,” Taylor said. “What a great program. And they get to learn how to play golf, which I think it’s fantastic.”

Taylor was representing the Reader’s Digest “We Hear You, America” tour that doles out funds to causes around the country. The recreational vehicle tour plans to visit 100 cities in 100 days and distribute $5 million. Detroit could get more money for its midnight golf program if people vote for the program on the magazine’s web site.

Detroit was picked, Taylor said, “because it’s such a great town and (Detroiters) are very resilient. You guys are fighters and they wanted to spotlight Detroit.”

A representative from the mayor’s office accepted the money.

This week he stopped by the Detroit Golf Club to get in a round and learn more about the Midnight Golf Program.

Action News anchor Carolyn Clifford is going along with McDaniel as he tours the city. If you have a hot spot you think he’d enjoy, post it in the comments section below and we’ll pass it along to him.