Michigan Golf Journal August 2018

ŽǀĞƌ ^ƚŽƌLJ ƌĐĂĚŝĂ ^ŽƵƚŚ ŽƵƌƐĞ ƌĐĂĚŝĂ 'ƌŽǁƐ ǁŝƚŚ EĞǁ ^ŽƵƚŚ ŽƵƌƐĞ By Tom Lang For most of this 21 st ĞŶƚƵƌLJ͕ ƌĐĂĚŝĂ ůƵīƐ ĂůŽŶŐ the Lake Michigan shoreline has been tagged by many ůŽĐĂů ĂŶĚ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŵĞĚŝĂ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ EŽ͘ ϭ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŝŶ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ʹ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJ ĨŽƌ ϭϴ links-style holes – making it a ĚĞƐƟŶĂƟŽŶ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͘ Now that the highly- Ă ŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ ^ŽƵƚŚ ŽƵƌƐĞ o ne-mile down M-22 has ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ; ƵŐƵƐƚ ϭͿ͕ ƌĐĂĚŝĂ ŚĂƐ ĚŽƵďůĞĚ ŝƚƐ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ĨŽƌ ĚĞƐƟŶĂƟŽŶ ĚŝƐƟŶĐƟŽŶ͘ ĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƐŚŽƚ ǁĂƐ ƐƚƌƵĐŬ͕ ϯ͕ϬϬϬ ƚĞĞ ƟŵĞƐ ŚĂĚ already been booked for this fall on its second links course. dŚĞ ŶĞǁ ^ŽƵƚŚ ŽƵƌƐĞ ŝƐ Ă ĂŶĂ &ƌLJ ĂŶĚ tĂƌƌĞŶ ,ĞŶĚĞƌƐŽŶ ĐƌĞĂƟŽŶ͕ designed with features to honor the styles of legend ͘ ͘ DĂĐ ŽŶĂůĚ͕ ǁŚŽƐĞ ŵĂƐƚĞƌƉŝĞĐĞƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵĞĚ ŚŝĐĂŐŽ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď ;ϭϴϵϯͿ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ƉƌŽƚĠŐĠ Seth Raynor. A new South ŽƵƌƐĞ ĐůƵƵƐĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ built near the 18 th green this winter to be ready for the 2019 season. “Our mission statement ŝƐ ƐŝŵƉůĞ͖ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĞƐƚ ŐŽůĨ ĚĞƐƟŶĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ hŶŝƚĞĚ ^ƚĂƚĞƐ͕ ƐŽ LJŽƵ͛ǀĞ ŐŽƚ to have these things in order