“You
watch this,” said God.
The
pastor stood on the first tee. He raised his club. God raised his almighty
hands. The pastor swung. God brought down his hands. The club struck the ball.
Sailing the entire length of the par four fairway, the ball hit the green,
rolled and dropped into the hole. The pastor was flabbergasted. So was the
angel.
“Just
watch,” said God.
On
every single hole, God made the pastor get a hole-in-one. At first, the man's
glee and pride grew and grew. And then gradually, the pastor began to appear
dejected. After the last hole, the preacher went home, his shoulders slumped in
despair. He never again skipped church to go golfing.
“What
happened?” said the angel. “I don't understand.”
“Well,”
said God, “who was he going to
boast to?”
When
you first encounter Tagalong, you might feel a bit like that pastor: Here is a golfing phenomenon that's too
good to be true. But it is impossible to stay quiet about it. You see, Tagalong
is not your normal golf course. Oh sure, they've got your pro-shop, complete
with the best in clubs, equipment and apparel. They've got a fabulous clubhouse
where you can eat, drink and lie about your scores. They've got your carts and
all that good stuff.
But
Tagalong is not typical.
For
one thing, they are world-class. Originally designed in the 1920s and featuring
imported Scottish greens, the course itself is modeled after the world famous
St. Andrews of Scotland. The elegantly restored stone clubhouse still carries a
faint reminder of bagpipes echoing from the treeless mountaintops. For another
thing, this is the only golf course in the Northwoods that sits right on a
lake. That's right: this is golf on the lake.
Tagalong's
director of condominiums, Bruce Weegman, says: “Here you have the kind of
first-class amenities you'd expect to find in the Brainerd area, but not as
pricey, and without the bumper-to-bumper traffic on Friday nights and Sunday
afternoons.”
The
best thing is, when night comes, you don't have to go home. You see, Tagalong
combines world class golf, fine dining, the lake and exquisite lodging. You can
choose from a one, two, or three bedroom condominium. Whichever one you get will be fully furnished, and it will
have a kitchen, a fireplace, a patio or balcony, and a sleeper sofa in addition
to the queen sized bed (or beds). You'll probably get a lake view. If not,
you'll have to suffer through watching the sun go down on the quiet, clipped
grass of the golf course.
You
want to swim? Tagalong has got you covered. There is an indoor pool, along with
a jacuzzi and a weight room in the Lochaven Building. If you don't like that,
you can go jump in the lake (that's not recommended in January). If you do
happen to be outside in January, you can also warm up those cold muscles with a
therapeutic massage.
If
you have golf-prone relatives, they will thank you profusely for having your
wedding at Tagalong. If you want, you can invite up to two-hundred of them. You
yourself might be pleased by a ceremony in the fresh air by the lake, under a
tent by the golf course, or in the formal ballroom. Tagalong's banquet planning professionals will make the
reception a breeze, and a day to remember. And you won't have to go far – say,
a few steps – to a great honeymoon location by the lake.
Maybe
all this talk about golf, the lake, and weddings has you envious, because right
now, you need to be doing business. The envy is natural, of course, but why not
have your next conference, banquet or corporate retreat right at Tagalong? You
can mix business and pleasure. Or better yet, business and golf (which, of
course can be either a pleasure or a pain). Tagalong can accommodate groups from ten up to 200. If you
need six bedrooms or less, you can sleep your whole group in the bunkhouse. On
the other hand, for a very special event, Tagalong will close the entire resort
to the public so that the only people there belong to your group. Of course,
almost any option between these two is possible. There are at least seven
different meeting and/or banquet rooms to choose from for your group.
All the amenities listed above, with
lodging, apply to the for-sale units as well as the fireplaces, the
furnishings, the custom mill work and granite counter tops. Once again, you'll
be faced with the choice of either the lake or the fairway to look out upon.
Decisions, decisions.
Tagalong
sits on Wisconsin's Red Cedar Lake between Rice Lake and Spooner, and not too
far from Hayward. It's the perfect distance from the Twin Cities – far enough
to really get away, but not so far that you have to mortgage the house for
gasoline to get there. Between the lake, the golf course, the food, and the
amenities, there really is something here for everyone. Maybe you should tag
along some time soon and see for yourself.
