Future Game Plan

Kirk Cousins spent the fall of 2022 saving more NFL games and golf courses from becoming housing developments than any other player in football.

As Minnesota Vikings quarterback, he had an NFL record-tying eight game-winning drives, including the largest comeback in league history after trailing the Indianapolis Colts 33-0. As an avid golfer, 11-handicap, history buff and man of considerable means with over $201 million in career earnings before endorsements, he and his wife, Julie, purchased Clearbrook Golf Club near their beachfront home on Lake Michigan when it appeared the course might not live to see its centennial celebration in 2026.

Clearbrook, a public course, sits in the small town of Saugatuck, Michigan (population: 865, including Kirk, Julie and golf-loving sons Cooper, 6, and Turner, 4). It's nine minutes from the Cousins' NFL offseason home and 10 from Holland Christian High School, where 35-year-old Kirk's football journey began.