Michigan Golf Journal March 2018

Feature: Designer Mike DeVries COURSE REVIEW: GREYWALLS, MARQUETTE 'ƌĞLJǁĂůůƐ ŚĂƐ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ Ă ƚŽŶ ŽĨ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ƌŝŐŚƚůLJ ƐŽ͘ 'ƌĞLJǁĂůůƐ ŚĂƐ ǀĞƌLJ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ŐĞŽŐƌĂƉŚŝĐĂů ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝƐƟĐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĞsƌŝĞƐ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŽ ůŝĨĞ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ĂŶĚ ƌŽƵƟŶŐ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŝƐ located on rolling land high above ĚŽǁŶƚŽǁŶ DĂƌƋƵĞƩĞ ĂŶĚ >ĂŬĞ ^ƵƉĞƌŝŽƌ͕ ĮůůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŚĞĞƌ ŐƌĂŶŝƚĞ ǁĂůůƐ͕ ƐƚƌŝŬŝŶŐ ĞůĞǀĂƟŽŶ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ͕ rock outcroppings and more sand ƚŚĂŶ ĂŶLJŽŶĞ ĞdžƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ͘ ͞:ƵƐƚ ƚƌLJŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĮŐƵƌĞ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƉƵnjnjůĞ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŬĞ ŝƚ Įƚ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ǁĂƐ ƌĞĂůůLJ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ͕ ďƵƚ ĨƵŶ ƚŽ ĮŐƵƌĞ ŽƵƚ͕͟ ĞsƌŝĞƐ ƐĂŝĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŽƵƟŶŐ ŚĞ ŚŽƉĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ĂƐ ǁĂůŬͲĂďůĞ ĂƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͘ ͞ Ƶƚ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ŝƚ ĐĂŵĞ ŽƵƚ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂŶ ĞdžĐŝƟŶŐ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͘ /ƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ Ă ƌŽůůĞƌ ĐŽĂƐƚĞƌ Ăƚ ƟŵĞƐ ďƵƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƌĞĂůůLJ ŐƌĞĂƚ ŐŽůĨ͘͟ Despite the sand base that ƉŽƉƵůĂƚĞƐ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ƉŽƌƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĂĐŬ ŶŝŶĞ͕ ĞsƌŝĞƐ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ƚŚŝŶŬ ĂĚĚŝŶŐ Ă ƚŽŶ ŽĨ ďƵŶŬĞƌƐ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůLJ ŽƉƟŽŶ ƚŽ ĂĚĚ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ͘ dŚĞ course has 36 traps, and half are ƉůĂĐĞĚ ŽŶ ũƵƐƚ ƚǁŽ ŚŽůĞƐ͘ /ŶƐƚĞĂĚ͕ ĞsƌŝĞƐ ĐůĞĂƌůLJ ƵƟůŝnjĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƌŽĐŬ ĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶƐ ĂƐ ŚĂnjĂƌĚƐ ŝŶ ƐŽŵĞ cases. ͞/ƚ ŚĂƐ ƐŽ ŵĂŶLJ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ƌŽĐŬ ŽƵƚĐƌŽƉƉŝŶŐƐ͕͟ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞zŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ďƵŝůĚ ƚŚŽƐĞ͘ zŽƵ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ͘ ^Ž͕ ƵƟůŝnjŝŶŐ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĂƐ Ă ŚĂnjĂƌĚ Žƌ Ă ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ʹ ǁŚĞƌĞ ũƵƐƚ ůŝŬĞ ŝŶ Ă bunker you can get a good lie or a bad lie – you can get a good ďŽƵŶĐĞ Žƌ Ă ďĂĚ ďŽƵŶĐĞ Žī Ă ƌŽĐŬ ŽƵƚĐƌŽƉƉŝŶŐ͘͟ My favorite hole is No. 5, a short par 4 that requires a tee shot high and up onto a landing area of the ĨĂŝƌǁĂLJ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ĂďŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĞ ďŽdž ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ Ă ƐŚĞĞƌ ƌŽĐŬ ǁĂůů͘ It could resemble trying to hit a ŚŽŵĞ ƌƵŶ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ 'ƌĞĞŶ DŽŶƐƚĞƌ Ăƚ &ĞŶǁĂLJ WĂƌŬ͘ dŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĞŶ ĐŽŵƉůĞdž ŝƐ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚĞĚ ďLJ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ŐƌĂŶŝƚĞ ǁĂůůƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ŶŽ ĚŽƵďƚ LJŽƵ are in old mining country. 'ƌĞLJǁĂůůƐ ĂĐŬ ϵ 'ƌĞLJǁĂůůƐ WĂƌ ϯ