Norm Sinclair

In August, the 2016 U.S. Amateur Championship rolls into Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township.

In the 1980s, during the glory days of Michigan golf  — when more courses were built and opened here than anywhere in the country — layouts designed by the likes of Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Robert Trent Jones, Tom Weiskopf, and Tom Fazio transformed northern Michigan into a golfing mecca.

When the Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents decided to upgrade and modernize the college’s 25-year-old Eagle Crest Golf Club, part of the Ann Arbor Marriott Ypsilanti resort hotel complex, they decided the work...

More than 500,000 people of Middle Eastern descent live in metro Detroit, and, combined, they generated $36.4 billion in economic activity in 2015. While the road to self-reliance can take years due to language and cultural barriers, the influx of refugees has been a boon to the regional economy.

In a study of perseverance and determination, Bob and Ellen Thompson outlasted labor unions and built up one of the most successful charter school operations in the nation.

During the last two years of Peter Karmanos Jr.’s tenure as chairman of Compuware Corp., a Shakespearian-type drama unfolded that led the board to fire him and cancel more than $4.1 million in vested stock options.

Following 40 years at Compuware Corp., Peter Karmanos Jr. — with a group of 25 technologists — is out to revolutionize the $700-billion commercial automations systems industry.

For DTE Energy, drug stores have become a fertile ground for customers who traditionally stood in long lines at their payment centers.

 In a season that marks the 50th anniversary of the Radrick Farms Golf Course, the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is offering golf enthusiasts a long-awaited treat: public play on Radrick, as well...

Not wanting to add another pasture layout in northern Michigan, architect Tom Doak has designed one of the world’s first reversible golf courses.