By: Rob Harris

Those headed this weekend for a round of golf at TimberStone are cautioned to check their GPS to make sure they are headed to the right place, and aren’t upset with the greens fees or the qualifications of the golf professionals.

The owners of TimberStone Golf Course in Iron Mountain, Michigan have filed a federal lawsuit against the owners of TimberStone Golf Course in Caldwell, Idaho–some 1700 miles away–claiming the latter has committed myriad violations of law that effectively usurp the rights of Michigan’s TimberStone to its name and identity. Plaintiff claims that the Idaho course is diluting the brand of the award winning Michigan course by offering a name-confusing product whose greens fees are less and caliber of instruction is inferior.

For its part, the Idaho owner asserts that the name of its course tracks the name of it’s director’s landscaping business.