Michigan Golf Journal February 2018

'ŽůĨ dƌĂǀĞů ƐŚŽƌĞůŝŶĞ͕ ƉŽŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ĐƌĞĞŬƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞ ŶĂǀŝŐĂƟŶŐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ďƵƚ ĂƌĞ gorgeous to view. Fairways are wide and although ƚƌĞĞͲůŝŶĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂƌĞĂƐ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚƌĞĞ ĐĂŶŽƉŝĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĐůĞĂŶĞĚ ŽƵƚ ƐŽ Ă ůŽƐƚ ball is rare. My favorite stretch is ŚŽůĞƐ ϭϱͲϭϴ͘ dŚĞ ϭϱ th is a slightly ĚŽǁŶŚŝůů ƉĂƌ ϯ ƚŽ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ŐƌĞĞŶ ŽŶ Ă ƉĞŶŝŶƐƵůĂ ĨŽƌŵĞĚ ďLJ ƚǁŽ ƐŵĂůůĞƌ ŝŶůĞƚƐ ŽĨ ǁĂƚĞƌ Žī >ĂŬĞ KĐŽŶĞĞ͘ sĞƌLJ ƚƌĂŶƋƵŝů͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌ ϰ ϭϲ th ŚŽůĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶͲůĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐƌĞĞŬ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ůĞŶŐƚŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŝƌǁĂLJ ĂŶĚ ƐƉůŝƫŶŐ ŚŝƫŶŐ zones (the 12 th hole is similar and ƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐͿ͘ dŚĞ ϭϴ th hole is one of ƚŚĞ ĮŶĞƐƚ ĮŶŝƐŚŝŶŐ ŚŽůĞƐ ŝŶ ŐŽůĨ ʹ Ă ƉĂƌ ϰ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŵĞ ƚĞĞƚŚ ĂŶĚ a fairway that runs all along the shoreline with wonderful views of Ă ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ ƉŽƌƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĂŬĞ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ŽīĞƌƐ ĮǀĞ ƐĞƚƐ ŽĨ tees that avail to a huge challenge ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƟƉƐ͕ ďƵƚ Ă ŐŽƌŐĞŽƵƐ ĚĂLJ ƐƉĞŶƚ ŽƵƚĚŽŽƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚĞĞƐ ŵŽƌĞ forward. dŚĞ WƌĞƐĞƌǀĞ ŽƵƌƐĞ ŝƐ Ă Žď ƵƉƉ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ǁŝƚŚ ĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ W' dŽƵƌ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ &ƵnjnjLJ ŽĞůůĞƌ ĂŶĚ ,ƵďĞƌƚ 'ƌĞĞŶ͕ ƚǁŽ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ that infused some fun into the design. In 2016 the course had ƐŽŵĞ ƵƉŐƌĂĚĞƐ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚ ďLJ ƵƉƉ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ Ă ŶĞǁ ƌŽƵƟŶŐ ĐĂůůĞĚ ƚŚĞ ͚YƵŝĐŬ ^ŝdž͕͛ Ă ůŽŽƉ ŽĨ Ɛŝdž ƐŚŽƌƚ ŚŽůĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ŝŶ about one hour. The Great Waters Course is Ă :ĂĐŬ EŝĐŬůĂƵƐ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ŶĂŵĞĚ for the fact every one of holes ϭϭͲϭϴ Ăůů ŚĂǀĞ >ĂŬĞ KĐŽŶĞĞ ƐŚŽƌĞůŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŶůĞƚƐ ŝŶ ƉůĂLJ ʹ ĂŶĚ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŽŶ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĚŝƐƉůĂLJ ĂƐ Ă ǀŝƐƵĂů ŵĂƌǀĞů͘ ƋƵŽƚĞ ĨƌŽŵ :ĂĐŬ EŝĐŬůĂƵƐ ƌĞĂĚƐ͗ ͞/ ƚŚŝŶŬ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƚƌĞĞͲůŝŶĞĚ ŚŽůĞƐ͘ tĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ǁĂƚĞƌ ŚŽůĞƐ͘ tĞ͛ǀĞ ƵƟůŝnjĞĚ the lake to a large degree for ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚŽůĞƐ͘ Ƶƚ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ĂůƐŽ ƚĂŬĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŽůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƵƟůŝnjĞĚ ƚŚĞ ůĂŬĞ ĨŽƌ ǀŝĞǁ ĂŶĚ ŬĞƉƚ ƚŚĞ ŚŽůĞƐ Žī ŽĨ ŝƚ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂůůLJ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƉŝĞĐĞƐ ŽĨ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ