Michigan Golf Journal August 2018

^ƵŵŵĞƌ ZŽĂĚ dƌŝƉ /Ĩ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ Ă ŐŽůĨĞƌ ǁŚŽ ůŝŬĞƐ ƉĞĂĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƋƵŝĞƚ ʹ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ quiet – then give The Rock at ƌƵŵŵŽŶĚ /ƐůĂŶĚ Ă ƚƌLJ͘ ƌƵŵŵŽŶĚ /ƐůĂŶĚ ŝƐ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƐƚĞƌŶ ƟƉ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ hƉƉĞƌ Peninsula, which aides in ŬĞĞƉŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ϭϯϯ ƐƋƵĂƌĞ ŵŝůĞ ĂƌĞĂ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ƌĞŵŽƚĞ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ being only an hour from dŚĞ ƌŝĚŐĞ͘ LJ ĐŽŵƉĂƌŝƐŽŶ͕ DĂĐŬŝŶĂǁ /ƐůĂŶĚ ŝƐ ŵƵĐŚ smaller and much, much ďƵƐŝĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƌƵŵŵŽŶĚ /ƐůĂŶĚ͘ Once you drive your car onto the year-round ferry that takes about 10 minutes from DeTour to Drummond, you can ƐĞŶƐĞ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŝŶ ĨŽƌ Ă ƵŶŝƋƵĞ adventure. dŚĞ ƌƵŵŵŽŶĚ /ƐůĂŶĚ ZĞƐŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ ĞŶƚĞƌ͛Ɛ ĐĞŶƚĞƌƉŝĞĐĞ ŝƐ dŚĞ ZŽĐŬ ŐŽůĨ course. The new management team honestly admits that the ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ŽǁŶĞƌ ůĞƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ decline, but during my visit in ŵŝĚͲ:ƵůLJ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂĐĞ ůŽŽŬĞĚ ŐƌĞĂƚ͘ zĞƐ͕ ƐŽŵĞ ƚǁĞĂŬƐ ĂŶĚ ƵƉĚĂƚĞƐ are coming, but the golf course was looking good. ZhDDKE /^> E ͗ d, ZK < By Tom Lang