Michigan Golf Journal August 2018

^ƵŵŵĞƌ ZŽĂĚ dƌŝƉ The Rock has all the earmarks ŽĨ ĂŶ ƵƉ ŶŽƌƚŚ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ with tree-lined fairways, a nice ŚĂŶĚĨƵů ŽĨ ƌŽĐŬ ŽƵƚ ĐƌŽƉƉŝŶŐ͛Ɛ for layering of fairway levels ĂŶĚ ĂĞƐƚŚĞƟĐƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƉĂƌ ϯƐ ʹ ǁŝƚŚ ǁĂƚĞƌ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ĂŶĚ Ă ŵŝdž ŽĨ ŚĂƌĚǁŽŽĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉŝŶĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ are home for an abundance ŽĨ ǁŝůĚůŝĨĞ͘ dŚĞ ĨĞǁ ĞůĞǀĂƟŽŶ changes in the terrain are used ǁĞůů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞǀĂƚĞĚ green at the end of a hard ĚŽŐůĞŐ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŽŶ EŽ͘ ϱ͘ dŚĞ ŐƌĞĞŶƐ ĂƌĞ ŝŶ ƚĞƌƌŝĮĐ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶ͕ ƌŽůůŝŶŐ ǁĞůů ĂŶĚ ƌĞŵĂŝŶŝŶŐ ǀĞƌLJ ŐƌĞĞŶ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƐŽŵĞ ďƌŽǁŶ ƉĂƚĐŚĞƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ the layout. Greens average on ƚŚĞ ƐŵĂůůĞƌ ƐŝĚĞ͕ ƐŽ Ă ŐŽůĨĞƌ͛Ɛ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ŐĂŵĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚĞƐƚĞĚ the most of any shots in the bag. The overall design falls ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ǁŝĚĞ ŽƉĞŶ ĂŶĚ ƐƉĂĐŝŽƵƐ ĨĂŝƌǁĂLJƐ͕ ƚŽ ƚĂƌŐĞƚ golf. The course overall is not really all of either style but falls somewhere in between. EŽ͘ Ϯ ĂŶĚ EŽ͘ ϭϱ ĂƌĞ ĂƐ ƉůĞĂƐŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƐŚŽƌƚ ƉĂƌ ϯƐ ĂƐ LJŽƵ͛ůů ĮŶĚ ĂŶLJǁŚĞƌĞ ʹ ŝŶ ďŽƚŚ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƩƌĂĐƟǀĞŶĞƐƐ͘ ĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƟŽŶƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ resort are modern, comfortable ĂŶĚ ĐůĞĂŶ ʹ ĂŶĚ LJĞƚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ĂĞƐƚŚĞƟĐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ƌĞŵŝŶŝƐĐĞŶƚ of an outdoors lifestyle likened to a summer retreat or fall ŚƵŶƟŶŐ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞŵŽĚĞůĞĚ WŝŶƐ Bar & Grill has a good food ƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ůŽƚƐ ŽĨ dsƐ ĂŶĚ game entertainment. Kī ŽƵƌƐĞ͗ Ɛ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ͕ ƌƵŵŵŽŶĚ /ƐůĂŶĚ is meant to be a true getaway, ƚŽ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƋƵŝĞƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ abundance of natural resources. Visits to the sand and rocky beach ĂƌĞĂƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ Ă ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ŽĨ ĞŶĚůĞƐƐͲ horizon Lake Huron views to the south or dozens of island and bay views to the north. Drummond is famous for bird watching, with tons of walking ĂŶĚ ƐŶŽǁ ƐŚŽĞ ƚƌĂŝůƐ͕ ƉůƵƐ ϳϬ miles of groomed snowmobile ƚƌĂŝůƐ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂŝůƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƩƌĂĐƚ the most visitors in organized ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ƌĞŵŽƚĞ͕ ŽīͲƌŽĂĚ ǀĞŚŝĐůĞ ;KZsͿ ĂŶĚ :ĞĞƉ ƚƌĂŝůƐ stretching 100 miles on state- owned land on the island. ƚƌŝƉ ƚŽ ƌƵŵŵŽŶĚ ǁŝůů ĨĞĞů ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƚŚĂŶ ŵĂŶLJ hƉ EŽƌƚŚ ƌĞƐŽƌƚƐ ʹ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ͘ DŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽ Ăƚ͗ ǁǁǁ͘ drummondisland.com