Cedar River features wide landing areas, huge bunkers and large approachable greens. Weiskopf’s Cedar River Golf Club at Shanty Creek was the major champion’s first design in Michigan and was immediately named to Golf Magazine’s "Top 10 You Can Play" list. In 2000, Tom Weiskopf joined Arnold Palmer and the prestigious list of other nationally acclaimed architects who put their stamp on northern Michigan golf. The Legend, winding through beautiful hills and ridges while offering stunning views of Lake Bellaire below has been voted one of the top resort courses in the country by Golf Magazine. World-class golf at Shanty Creek Resort & Club started in the mid 1980’s when Arnold Palmer designed the Legend course, helping to fuel the golf boom in Northern Michigan. Shanty Creek Resort & Club is home to an unbeatable four-some of golf. Some notable HMC properties that Bill has been involved with include Five-Diamond properties such as the Arizona Biltmore Resort (Phoenix, Arizona), The Scottsdale Inn & Country Club (Scottsdale, Arizona), The Plaza of Americas (Dallas, Texas), and The Helmsley Place (New York, New York). Paterson has spent the last 20 years of his career with Hospitality Management Company of Chicago, involved in managing over 90 hotel, resort, and condominium properties. William Paterson has also been named Vice President of Finance for Shanty Creek Resort & Club. Jon’s most recent experience includes holding the position of Corporate Director of Marketing for the Abbey Group Resorts (a collection of three resorts including The Abbey Resort & Fontana Spa, Interlacken Resort & Country Spa, The Inns of Geneva National – all in Lake Geneva – and a corporate facility, Holiday Inn Westbrook, in the Chicago area. A hospitality career veteran, Jon has had the opportunity to become versed in many of the industry’s best practices. Meanwhile, Jon Stultz has been appointed Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Shanty Creek. "There is already a high level of excitement building about the resorts new direction among our employees and our customers, with the support of new ownership changes and improvements that have already been made at the resort with more in store for the future." Shanty Creek has an ambience and serenity that is unique to northern Michigan resort destinations", said Eslick. "The opportunity to come to Northern Michigan and be a part of an exciting new chapter in the life of Shanty Creek Resort & Club was one that I did not want to pass up. Jack has also served as Vice President of Operations for Promus Hotel Corporation, where had direct responsibility for all Embassy Suites hotel operations in a territory covering one-third of the United States. In addition Eslick represented two key resort destinations, the Kingston Plantation Resort in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and Beaver Creek Lodge in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Prior to joining Shanty Creek, Jack was Senior Vice President of Asset Management for FelCor Lodging Trust, one of the nation’s largest hotel real estate investment trusts. Jack Eslick has been appointed COO/General Manager. The new management team has immediately begun working toward reestablishing Shanty Creek as one of the premier northern Michigan resort destinations. Bellaire, Mich., (December 4, 2006) -Trinidad Resort & Club, LLC, a subsidiary of Apex Oil Company, and the new owner of Shanty Creek Resort & Club has appointed a new team of talented golf/ski hospitality professionals.
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