Best Golf Courses In Michigan
Some of the best golf courses in Michigan have taken inspiration from golf’s history, whereas some others have added an engagingly quirky modern twist to the game’s landscape. The Wolverine State’s spectacular terrain of dense natural forests, heather-lined highlands and Great Lakes shorelines has been deployed by some top golf architects to craft some impressive, imaginative layouts.
Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club (Bluffs)
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- Location: Arcadia
- Designed by: Warren Henderson and Rick Smith
- Par: 73
- Yardage: 7,300 Yards
- Green fee: $75-$230
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This coastline layout has been crafted to resemble the landscape of a traditional links course and offers views of Lake Michigan from its windswept, wide fairways dotted with their sod-walled bunkers en route to some huge greens. The course runs along more that 3,000ft of coastline and the elevation change from the highest to lowest point on the layout is 200ft.
Bay Harbor Golf Club (Links/Quarry)
Bay Harbor Links 7th hole
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- Location: Bay Harbor
- Designed by: Arthur Hills
- Par: 72
- Yardage: 6,845 Yards
- Green fee: $250-$440
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There are three nine-hole courses here, of which the best combination is Links and Quarry. Links runs along the shoreline of Lake Michigan, and Quarry is routed through a shale quarry, and includes 40ft gorges, stone cliffs, natural ponds and a waterfall.
Crystal Downs Country Club
Crystal Downs Country Club
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- Location: Frankfort
- Designed by: Alister Mackenzie
- Par: 70
- Yardage: 6,518 Yards
- Green fee: Private
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This course was designed by Alister Mackenzie, but laid out by his assistant Perry Maxwell, who stayed on site. It is said that Maxwell added to his boss’s designs, enhancing the quirkiness of this course. The fairways tumble along like a storm-tossed Ocean surface and the steep green gradients reflect an age when putting surfaces were slower. Great, memorable, imaginative, and often tricky, holes abound. Designs flamboyantly exploit the hilly terrain, such as…
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