Michigan Golf Journal August 2018

^ƵŵŵĞƌ ZŽĂĚ dƌŝƉ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ / ǁŽƵůĚ ƐŽŽŶ ďĞ ϱϬ LJĞĂƌƐ ŽůĚ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ /͛ŵ ĞǀĞƌ ŐŽŝŶŐ to do this, now is my chance.” >ĂƐƚ ǁŝŶƚĞƌ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ ǁĂƐ ĞǀĞƌ ŽƉĞŶ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐŶŽǁ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ͘ Bradley’s ƐƚĂLJĞĚ ŽƉĞŶ ƐĞǀĞŶ days a week, serving lunch and ĚŝŶŶĞƌ͘ ĞĂŶ ĂĚĚĞĚ Ă ĮƌĞ Ɖŝƚ and welcomed in snow-shoers, cross-country skiers and snowmobilers. Northern Michigan resorts ƉƵůů ŝŶ ƚƌĂǀĞůĞƌƐ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ͕ ďƵƚ ĞĂŶ͛Ɛ ŐŽůĨĞƌ market is the local summer lake home/cabin owners and those who work in the area. ͞/ƚ͛Ɛ ĂŶ ŽůĚĞƌ͕ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ƐƚLJůĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƉƵƐŚͲƵƉ greens, the way they built ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϲϬƐ͕͟ ĞĂŶ ƐĂŝĚ͘ “This is what we have, and ŝƚ͛Ɛ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞƐƋƵĞ͕ LJŽƵ͛ǀĞ ŐŽƚ ůĂƌŐĞ ƚƌĞĞƐ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƌĞĂůůLJ ŶŝĐĞ͘ ŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŝŶ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĂƐ ŐŽŽĚ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŐĞƚƐ ƵƉ ŚĞƌĞ͘͟ That sounds like a tall order, ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ǁĂƐ ŝŶ ƐƵƉĞƌď ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶ ŝŶ ůĂƚĞ :ƵŶĞ͘ ůŽĐĂů ǁŚŽ / ƉůĂLJĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĂƌŝƐŽŶ ƚŽ ũƵƐƚ ŽŶĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ƉƌŝŽƌ ǁĂƐ ŶŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ĚĂLJ͘ ,Ğ ĐŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ƐƚŽƉ ƉƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ the work Dean and Danbrook have done tomake the course ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ŽŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ͘ My favorite stretch of holes were Nos. 7-9. EŽ͘ ϳ ŝƐ Ă ĚƌŝǀĂďůĞ ƉĂƌ ϰ downhill – but clearing the creek in front and avoiding going long into more water ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĞŶ ŵĂŬĞƐ ůĂLJƵƉ Ă ǀĞƌLJ ĂƩƌĂĐƟǀĞ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ͘ No. 8 has the forward tee ďŽdž ŽŶ ĂŶ ŝƐůĂŶĚ ;ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŝƐůĂŶĚ ŐƌĞĞŶ ĨŽƌ ϳͿ ŚĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ Ă ŐĞŶƚůLJͲƌŝŐŚƚ ƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ƉĂƌ ϰ͕ which ends with a below-the- ĨĂŝƌǁĂLJ ƚǁŽͲƟĞƌĞĚ ŐƌĞĞŶ͘ ,ŽůĞ ϵ ŚĂƐ Ă ǀĞƌLJ ƟŐŚƚ ĨĂŝƌǁĂLJ Žī ƚŚĞ ƚĞĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŽƉĞŶƐ ƵƉ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ second shot, which requires ĐůĞĂƌŝŶŐ Ă ƐƚŽƵƚ ƐůŽƉĞ ƚŚĂƚ makes balls run away from and Žī ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĞŶ ŝĨ Śŝƚ ƚŽŽ ƐŚŽƌƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ůĞŌ ƐŝĚĞ͘ All-in-all a wonderful, 18- hole, very walkable layout that ĞǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ ĐĂŶ ĂīŽƌĚ͘ dƌLJ ŝƚ ƐŽŽŶ͘ www.interlochengolf.com. /ŶƚĞƌůŽĐŚĞŶ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ϭϳ