Michigan Golf Journal March 2018

ĐƌŽǁŶŝŶŐ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ ŐŽůĨ course design. In its inaugural season the LJĞĂƌ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ůĂƐƚ͕ ĂƉĞ tŝĐŬŚĂŵ Links on King Island, Tasmania, ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂ͕ ǁĞŶƚ ĨƌŽŵ ŶŽǁŚĞƌĞ to the No. 24 ranked course for ϮϬϭϲ ŽŶ 'ŽůĨ ŝŐĞƐƚ͛Ɛ tŽƌůĚ ϭϬϬ 'ƌĞĂƚĞƐƚ ŽƵƌƐĞƐ ůŝƐƚ͘ ͞&ƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ / ƐĂǁ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŵĂŐŶŝĮĐĞŶƚ ŐƌŽƵŶĚ ĨŽƌ Ă ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ /͛ǀĞ ĞǀĞƌ ƐĞĞŶ͕͟ ĞsƌŝĞƐ ƐĂŝĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂŶ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ͘ ͞tŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ŝƚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͕ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽĂƐƚůŝŶĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ŝŶ ŝƚƐĞůĨ͕ ďƵƚ also it has extremely diverse ĐŽĂƐƚůŝŶĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ϮϬͲƚŽͲϱϬ ĨŽŽƚ ƌŽĐŬ ĐůŝīƐ͕ Žƌ Ăůů beach, or dunes that separate the golf course from the ocean. ͞/ƚ ǁŽƌŬƐ ŝƚƐ ǁĂLJ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ ŝŶ ĚŝĨĨĞƌĞŶƚ ǁĂLJƐ͘ ^Ž͕ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ĐůŝĨĨͲƚŽƉ ŚŽůĞƐ͕ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŚŽůĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĚŽǁŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƚĞƌ͕ ƚĞĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ŽƵƚ ŽŶ ƌŽĐŬƐ ǁŝƚŚ ǁĂǀĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐŚ ƵƉ ƚŽ LJŽƵ͕ and No. 18 has a sandy cove ďĞĂĐŚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŝŶ ƉůĂLJ͘͟ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ǁŚŽ ǁĂŶƚ Ă ƚƌĞĂƚ Ăƚ ƐŽŵĞ ůŽĐĂů ĞsƌŝĞƐ ĚĞƐŝŐŶƐ Ă ƚƌLJ ĐĂŶ ĮŶĚ ƉůĞŶƚLJ ŽĨ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ŽƉƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ǁĞƐƚ Michigan – such as WŝůŐƌŝŵ͛Ɛ ZƵŶ͕ Diamond Springs and The Mines , plus 'ƌĞLJǁĂůůƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h͘W͘ ;EŽ͘ ϳϳ ŽŶ 'ŽůĨǁĞĞŬ͛Ɛ dŽƉ ϭϬϬ DŽĚĞƌŶ ŽƵƌƐĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h^ Ϳ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶƐ ĐŽƵůĚ ƉůĂLJ ƚŚĞ private <ŝŶŐƐůĞLJ ůƵď ;EŽ͘ Ϯϭ ŽŶ ƐĂŵĞ ůŝƐƚͿ͘ KŶ ƚŚĞ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƉĂŐĞƐ ǁĞ͛ůů take a closer look at Diamond ^ƉƌŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ 'ƌĞLJǁĂůůƐ͘ ǁǁǁ .devriesdesigns.com ĂƉĞ tŝĐŬŚĂŵ ŝŶ ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂ ĂƉĞ tŝĐŬŚĂŵ ŝŶ ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂ Feature: Designer Mike DeVries