Michigan Golf Journal February 2018

DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ EĞǁƐ YƵŝƚĞ ƐŝŵƉůLJ͕ ƚŚĞ DĂũĞƐƟĐ ŝƐ ĂƉƚůLJ ŶĂŵĞĚ͘ The course sits on an incredible ƉŝĞĐĞ ŽĨ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ ŝŶ ĂŶ ƵŶƵƐƵĂů ĂƌĞĂ ʹ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ h͘^͘ Ϯϯ Highway in Hartland on the ĐŽƌƌŝĚŽƌ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƌŝŐŚƚŽŶ ĂŶĚ &ůŝŶƚ͘ /ƚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ĂŶ ͞hƉ EŽƌƚŚ͟ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ LJĞƚ ŝƐ ůĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ŽŶĞͲŚŽƵƌ ĚƌŝǀĞ ĨƌŽŵ downtown Detroit. dŚĞ DĂũĞƐƟĐ ǁĂƐ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůLJ named the 2017 Michigan Golf Course of the Year by the DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ;D' Ϳ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŝƚ ĞůŝŐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů 'ŽůĨ ŽƵƌƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ award. ͞dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ƉŝĞĐĞ ŽĨ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ ĨŽƌ Ă ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕͟ ŽƉĞƌĂƟŶŐ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌ ŝůů &ŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ said. “Once you are out there on the course you rarely see another golfer. The course is laid out the ǁĂLJ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƐŚĂƉĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ŐůĂĐŝĞƌƐ long ago.” dŚĞ DĂũĞƐƟĐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁƌĂƉƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƉƌŝŶŐͲĨĞĚ >ĂŬĞ tĂůĚĞŶ͕ ŝƐ ĐŽŵƉƌŝƐĞĚ ŽĨ Ϯϳ ŚŽůĞƐ͘ ,ŽůĞƐ ϮͲƚŚƌŽƵŐŚͲϭϰ ĐŽŶƟŶƵŽƵƐůLJ ǁŝŶĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ǁŽŽĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƵƉ and down the rolling terrain, truly ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůĂLJŽƵƚ Ă ŵĂũĞƐƟĐ ĨĞĞů͘ MICHIGAN GOLF KhZ^ K& d, z Z LJ dŽŵ >ĂŶŐ