Michigan Golf Journal August 2018

ŽǀĞƌ ^ƚŽƌLJ ƌĐĂĚŝĂ ^ŽƵƚŚ ŽƵƌƐĞ to get there,” GM Bill Shriver ƐĂŝĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƌĐĂĚŝĂ͛Ɛ ĞdžƉĂŶƐŝŽŶ͘ “The fact that the South ŽƵƌƐĞ ŝƐ Ă ƉŽůĂƌ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ ;ŝŶ ƐƚLJůĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůƵīƐ ĐŽƵƌƐĞͿ ŝƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĐŽŵƉůŝŵĞŶƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ĞdžĐŝƚĞĚ about it.” tŚŝůĞ ƌĐĂĚŝƐ ůƵīƐ ŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ of a shot-makers design set against the large hills and swales of the Lake Michigan sand dune shoreline, the ^ŽƵƚŚ ŽƵƌƐĞ ŝƐ ŵƵĐŚ ŇĂƩĞƌ͘ The bunker features are ĂůƐŽ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůLJ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞ ^ŽƵƚŚ͛Ɛ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ŝŶĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ĂŶŐůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĚĞƉƚŚ ŽĨ ĮĞůĚ ĨŽƌ ŝůůƵƐŝŽŶ ʹ ĂŶĚ ŐĞŽŵĞƚƌŝĐ ƐŚĂƉŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ it stand alone. dŚĞ ^ŽƵƚŚ ŽƵƌƐĞ ŝƐ ŵĞĂŶ ƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉůĂLJĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ǁĂůŬĂďůĞ͕ two key factors. Golfers can ƉůĂLJ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ Ăŝƌ or along the ground, making ŝƚ ĂŶ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĞǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůĞǀĞů ŽĨ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ͘ &Žƌ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ͕ ŽŶĐĞ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ŐĞƚ Žī ƚŚĞ ƚĞĞ͕ ƉĂƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƌŽƵŐŚ ĂŶĚ into the fairway, 17 of the 18 ŚŽůĞƐ ĐĂŶ Ăůů ďĞ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵŶĚ͘ KŶůLJ ,ŽůĞ ϭϯ ŚĂƐ Ă line of rough and two bunkers that golfers must carry to reach the green; the other 17 ŚŽůĞƐ Ăůů ŚĂǀĞ ŐĞŶĞƌŽƵƐ ƌƵŶƵƉ areas from fairway to green, ƐĂŶƐ ,ŽůĞƐ ϱ ĂŶĚ ϵ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂǀĞ ďƵŶŬĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĐŝƌĐƵŵǀĞŶƚ ϮϬͲϯϬ yards in front of the greens. tŚĂƚ ĂůƐŽ ƐƚĂŶĚƐ ŽƵƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ϭϯ th green is that it has ƌŽƵŶĚ ďŽƌĚĞƌƐ ŽŶ ŝƚƐ ƉƵŶĐŚďŽǁů ƐŚĂƉĞ ʹ ďƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƐƵĐŚ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽŵŵŽŶĂůŝƟĞƐ ŚĂůƚ͘ Every other green on the ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ ŚĂƐ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ŽŶĞ square-cut corner, but most ŚĂǀĞ ϮͲϰ͘ dŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉĞĂů ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͖ ŐƌĞĞŶ ĐŽŵƉůĞdžĞƐ ŝŶ Ăůů ŬŝŶĚƐ ŽĨ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ŐĞŽŵĞƚƌŝĐ ƐŚĂƉĞƐ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ĂƌĞ ƐƋƵĂƌĞ͕ ŽŶĞ ŝƐ ƐŚĂƉĞĚ ůŝŬĞ Ă ďĂƐĞďĂůů ŚŽŵĞƉůĂƚĞ͕