Michigan Golf Journal August 2018

^ƵŵŵĞƌ ZŽĂĚ dƌŝƉ ŽŶ ƐƉĞĞĚ͕ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ Ăƚ ƟŵĞƐ ŵĂĚĚĞŶŝŶŐ ŝĨ LJŽƵ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƉĂLJ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ͘ tŚĞŶĞǀĞƌ / ǁƌŝƚĞ ĂďŽƵƚ Ă ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ / ƚĞŶĚ ƚŽ ƉŝĐŬ Ă favorite stretch of three holes to highlight. At Belvedere, that is Ă ƚĂůů ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ Įůů ĂƐ ĞĂĐŚ ŚŽůĞ ŝƐ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ŽǁŶ ƌŝŐŚƚ͘ zĞƚ /Ĩ ĨŽƌĐĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŚŽŽƐĞ͕ ƵŶƐƵƐƉŝĐŝŽƵƐ Holes 12-14 could very well be ŝƚ ;Žƌ ĞƋƵĂůůLJ ϳͲϵͿ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ƚĂŐŐŝŶŐ ϭϱ ĂŶĚ ϭϲ ŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƐƵƌĞ͘ ,ŽůĞ ϭϮ ŝƐ Ă ƉĂƌ ĨŽƵƌ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ďůŝŶĚ ƚĞĞ ƐŚŽƚ ƚŽ Ă ƉĞĂŬ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŝƌǁĂLJ ƚŚĂƚ needs to be cleared to unblock the view of the challenging green down below. dŚĞŶ ϭϯ ŚĂƐ Ă ƐůŝŐŚƚ ƌŝŐŚƚͲƚŽͲůĞŌ ĚƌĂǁ ƚŽ Ă ŐƌĞĞŶ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ƐŚŽƚ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵůůLJ ĨƌĂŵĞĚ ďLJ Ă ƐƚĂŶĚ ŽĨ ƚƌĞĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ůĞŌ ĂŶĚ ƐŝĚĞ Śŝůů Žī EŽ͘ ϭϮ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ Ă ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ŚŽůĞ ďƵƚ ŝƐ ƐŝŵƉůLJ ĞůĞŐĂŶƚ to view. The 14 th is a wonderful ƉĂƌ ϯ ƚŽ ĂŶ ĞůĞǀĂƚĞĚ ŐƌĞĞŶ ĂůƐŽ framed by woods. dŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ ƚǁŽ ŚŽůĞƐ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ really stand out as unique to the course layout and are ĚĞĮŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ƐĞǀĞƌĞ ĐŽŶƚŽƵƌƐ͘ ,ŽůĞ ϭϱ ŝƐ Ă ƉĂƌ ϱ hard dogleg right. The tee shot ŶĞĞĚƐ ƚŽ ƐƚĂLJ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƵƉƉĞƌ ƟĞƌ before the second shot turns hard right and down to a lower ƉůĂƚĞĂƵ͘ EŽ͘ ϭϲ ŝƐ Ă ƐŚŽƌƚĞƌ ƉĂƌ ĨŽƵƌ ŝŶ ĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ ďƵƚ ǁŝƚŚ a second shot into the green ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƉůĂLJĞƌ͛Ɛ knees shake. The green is so ŚŝŐŚůLJͲĞůĞǀĂƚĞĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƌŽƵƟŶŐ ŐŽĞƐ ďĂĐŬ ƵƉŚŝůů ƚŚĂƚ ĂŶLJ ƐŚŽƚ to the right side of the green ǁŝůů ƐůŝƉ Žī ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĞŶ ĐŽŵƉůĞdž ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ĂďŽƵƚ ϯ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ ƚĂůů ŽŶ that side. hƉĐŽŵŝŶŐ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂĚĚ ƚŽ ĞůǀĞĚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ůŽƌĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϵ h͘^͘ ,ŝĐŬŽƌLJ KƉĞŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ŵĂũŽƌ ĨŽƌ ŚŝĐŬŽƌLJ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ ʹ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ŵĂƚĞƵƌ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞĚ ĨŽƌ ϮϬϮϱ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵď͛Ɛ ĐĞŶƚĞŶŶŝĂů͘ “Belvedere is a classic, classic course,” said Rick Meyer, the ĐůƵď͛Ɛ ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ͘ ͞/ƚ ŝƐ ŽůĚͲ school in small town America. tŚĞŶ ĚƌLJ ĂŶĚ Įƌŵ͕ ŝƚ ƉůĂLJƐ ĨĂƐƚ and requires a hickory style ground game. Our club and ƚŚĞ ŚĂƌůĞǀŽŝdž ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĚ ƚŽ ĂŶĚ ǁŝůů ŚŽƐƚ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ;ŶĂƟŽŶĂůͿ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ͘͟ dŚĞ h͘^͘ ,ŝĐŬŽƌLJ KƉĞŶ ĂŶŶƵĂůůLJ ĂƩƌĂĐƚƐ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĮĞůĚ ŽĨ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ǁŚŽ ƉůĂLJ ǁŝƚŚ ĂƵƚŚĞŶƟĐ ƉƌĞͲϭϵϯϱ ŚŝĐŬŽƌLJ ƐŚĂŌĞĚ ŐŽůĨ ĐůƵďƐ Žƌ ĐĂŶ ĂůƐŽ ƉůĂLJ ƌĞƉůŝĐĂ ŚŝĐŬŽƌLJ ĐůƵďƐ͘ ŽŵƉĞƟƚŽƌƐ ĂůƐŽ ĚƌĞƐƐ ŝŶ ƉĞƌŝŽĚ ĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ ĂƉƉĂƌĞů͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŬŶŝĐŬĞƌƐ͕ ƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ũĂĐŬĞƚƐ͘ tŝƚŚŽƵƚ Žƌ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŚŝĐŬŽƌLJ ƐƟĐŬƐ͕ ŝĨ LJŽƵ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ĞůǀĞĚĞƌĞ͕ ŵĂŬĞ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŽ take advantage of the limited ƉƵďůŝĐ ƉůĂLJ ŽƉƟŽŶƐ ǁŚĞŶ traveling to northern Michigan.