Michigan Golf Journal February 2018

ŽǀĞƌ ƐƚŽƌLJ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ƌŝŐŚƚ ʹ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉůŝŵĞŶƚ the cozy downtown of French >ŝĐŬ͘ dŚĞ ĐŝƌĐƵůĂƌ tĞƐƚ ĂĚĞŶ ^ƉƌŝŶŐƐ ,ŽƚĞů͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ŚƵŐĞ skylight dome reaching 100 feet into the air and measuring 200 feet across the radius between ŝŶƚĞƌŝŽƌͲǀŝĞǁ ŚŽƚĞů ƌŽŽŵ balconies, is so elaborate that at ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ŝƚ ƌĞĂĐŚĞĚ ϴƚŚ ǁŽŶĚĞƌ of the world status in 1902 by ŵĞĚŝĂ͘ :ĂǁͲĚƌŽƉƉŝŶŐ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞƐ the feeling of walking through the front door and into the massive, ŝŶĚŽŽƌ ŽƉĞŶͲƐƉĂĐĞ ĂƚƌŝƵŵ͘ Although built several ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŐŽ ǁŚĞŶ ŵĂŶLJ ůŽĐĂů ŵŝŶĞƌĂů ƐƉƌŝŶŐƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ĂƩƌĂĐƟŽŶ͕ ƚŽĚĂLJ͛Ɛ ƌĞƐŽƌƚ ŝƐ ĮŶĞůLJ ĂƉƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ features of indoor and outdoor ƉŽŽůƐ͕ ƐƉĂ ĂŵĞŶŝƟĞƐ͕ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ƌĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚƐ͕ Ă ĐĂƐŝŶŽ͕ ĐŽŶǀĞŶƟŽŶ center and outdoor gardens. dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŵĂŶLJ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ in the area with an indoor water ƉĂƌŬ͕ ƉůƵƐ ƚƌĂŝůƐ͕ ĐĂƌƌŝĂŐĞ ƌŝĚĞƐ ĂŶĚ the French Lick Scenic Railway. My wife is not a golfer but enjoyed the best horseback ride of her life at the resort on Hank, ƚŚĞ ďůƵĞͲĞLJĞĚ WŝŶƚŽ͘ ;ŚƩƉƐ͗ͬͬ ǁǁǁ͘ĨƌĞŶĐŚůŝĐŬ͘ĐŽŵͬĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐͬ ŽƵƚĚŽŽƌͬƐƚĂďůĞƐͿ dŚĞ ĐŽŵƉůŝŵĞŶƚĂƌŝůLJͲƉĂŝƌĞĚ &ƌĞŶĐŚ >ŝĐŬ ^ƉƌŝŶŐƐ ,ŽƚĞů ǁĂƐ ǀŽƚĞĚ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϱ ďLJ ƌĞĂĚĞƌƐ ŽĨ USA Today ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐ ŚŽƚĞů in the country. Grab one of the dozens of rocking chairs on the ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ ĨƌŽŶƚ ƉŽƌĐŚ ĂŶĚ ƵŶǁŝŶĚ͘ DŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ at: www.frenchlick.com .