Michigan Golf Journal February 2018

'ŽůĨ dƌĂǀĞů ƚŚĂƚ /͛ǀĞ ĞǀĞƌ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ to work with.” dŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů ŽƵƌƐĞ ŝƐ Ă ƚŚƌĞĞͲϵ layout by Tom Fazio that has ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚ ĞůĞǀĂƟŽŶ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ Žī ƚĞĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƵƉ ƚŽ ŐƌĞĞŶƐ ǁŚŝůĞ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ǀŝĞǁƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ KĐŽŶĞĞ ZŝǀĞƌ sĂůůĞLJ͘ DĂŶLJ ŚĂƌĚǁŽŽĚ ƚƌĞĞƐ ŵĂŬĞ ƵƉ ƚŚŝƐ area of the overall region. The Landing Course is the resort’s ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ĚĞƐŝŐŶ͕ ĮƌƐƚ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ŝŶ ϭϵϴϲ͕ ĂĐƋƵŝƌĞĚ ďLJ ZĞLJŶŽůĚƐ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϱ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ƌĞǀĂŵƉĞĚ ʹ ĂƐ were most of the six courses, in the early 2010s. The Creek Club is the only ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ƚƌĂĐŬ Ăƚ ZĞLJŶŽůĚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ďLJ :ŝŵ ŶŐŚ͕ ǁŚŽ ƉƵƚ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͛Ɛ dƵůůLJŵŽƌĞ ZĞƐŽƌƚ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ʹ ĂŶĚ there is some resemblance in ĞdžĐĞƉƟŽŶĂů ŵĂŶͲŵĂĚĞ ƐŚĂƉŝŶŐ used to accentuate great natural ƚĞƌƌĂŝŶ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞĞŬ ůƵď ŽƉĞŶĞĚ in 2007 and Engh was charged to create something with a ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĨĞĞů ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĮǀĞ courses at Reynolds. He did it. What stands out as most ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ϭϴ th hole. Engh couldn’t decide between three ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ŐƌĞĞŶ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ end of the valley, so they built all three and management rotates which one closes out your round. tĞ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŐƌĞĞŶ ƚŚĂƚ was tucked around a corner ŽĨ ƚƌĞĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ͘ /Ĩ ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ the third green golfers have an ĞůĞǀĂƚĞĚ ĮŶŝƐŚŝŶŐ ƐŚŽƚ͘ Any visit to Reynolds Lake Oconee (formerly referred to ĂƐ ZĞLJŶŽůĚƐ WůĂŶƚĂƟŽŶͿ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ Ă ƐƚŽƉ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ <ŝŶŐĚŽŵ ŽĨ 'ŽůĨ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ďLJ dĂLJůŽƌDĂĚĞ ;ĂďŽǀĞ ƉŚŽƚŽͿ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ŽŶůLJ ƚǁŽ ƐƵĐŚ ĂŵĞŶŝƟĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ ĂŶĚ ŽīĞƌƐ ƚŽƉͲŶŽƚĐŚ ŐŽůĨ ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĐůƵď ĮƫŶŐ with the latest technologies and Ă ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ƚŽƵĐŚ͘ ĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ indoor/outdoor training building that hits out onto the driving ƌĂŶŐĞ ƐŝƚƐ ĂŶ ĞŶŽƌŵŽƵƐ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ ĂƌĞĂ ƐĞƩůĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ƐŵĂůů ǀĂůůĞLJ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ůĂƌŐĞ ŐƌĞĞŶƐ͕ ĐŚŝƉƉŝŶŐ ĂƌĞĂƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ƐŚŽƚͲ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ƚƵŶĞ ƵƉ anyone’s game. tŚĞƚŚĞƌ Ă ŶŽƌƚŚĞƌŶ ŶĂƟǀĞ ŝƐ in the market for a winter home in the south, or a luxurious ǀĂĐĂƟŽŶ ƐƉŽƚ ƚŽ ǀŝƐŝƚ͕ ZĞLJŶŽůĚƐ Lake Oconee should be on the ƐŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ ůŝƐƚ͘