Michigan Golf Journal July 2018

Focus on Design Courses You Can Play (public) list. While previously working for legendary Michigan ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌ :ĞƌƌLJ DĂƩŚĞǁƐ͕ ůďĂŶĞƐĞ ĂůƐŽ ǁĂƐ ĂĐƟǀĞ ŝŶ ƉƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ dŝŵďĞƌ^ƚŽŶĞ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď ŝŶ ŶĞĂƌďLJ /ƌŽŶ DŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ ;ĂƌŐƵĂďůLJ EŽ͘ ϭϭͿ͘ Albanese’s build partner Chris Lutzke, who has worked for Pete Dye since driving a bulldozer as a teenager in Wisconsin, designed and built Eagle Eye near Lansing and was instrumental in the Sweetgrass and Sage ZƵŶ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ͘ ĂŐůĞ LJĞ ŝƐ ƌĂŶŬĞĚ Ăƚ EŽ͘ ϴ ŝŶ Michigan on the same GolfWeek list. The duo also has a long track record managing course builds for Dye, including &ƌĞŶĐŚ >ŝĐŬ͕ /ŶĚ͘ “The land is very hilly; a lot of vistas where LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƐĞĞ ϮϬ ŵŝůĞƐ͕͟ dŽŶLJ DĂŶĐŝůůĂ͕ 'ĞŶĞƌĂů DĂŶĂŐĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ /ƐůĂŶĚ ZĞƐŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ĂƐŝŶŽ ƚŽůĚ ŵĞ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϲ͘ ͞:ƵƐƚ ŵLJ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ůĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƐŽ ŐŽŽĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝĨ ;ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ďĞĐŽŵĞͿ ƚŽƉͲϱ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ ĨŽƌ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ͕ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ǁĞ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ƐĐƌĞǁĞĚ ŝƚ ƵƉ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŝĐĞ͘͟ /ƐůĂŶĚ ZĞƐŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ĂƐŝŶŽ ŝ Ɛ ŽǁŶĞĚ ĂŶĚ operated by the proud people of the ,ĂŶŶĂŚǀŝůůĞ /ŶĚŝĂŶ ŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƵƟůŝnjŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽƉĞƌůLJ ĐĂƌŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ the land is their top priority. That was part of ƚŚĞ ĂƩƌĂĐƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ůďĂŶĞƐĞ ƚŽ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ second golf course project. ͞/ƚ͛Ɛ ŵLJ ŽǁŶ ƉŚŝůŽƐŽƉŚLJ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ EĂƚŝǀĞ American philosophy that we always try to make the design fit the land, and truly allowing it to reflect the principles of EĂƚŝǀĞ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶƐ͛ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ůĂŶĚ͕͟ Albanese said. /ƚ͛Ɛ Ăůů ĂďŽƵƚ ůĂŶĚ ĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶƐ͗ Albanese described the main feature of the ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ ĂƐ Ă ͞ĚƌƵŵůŝŶ͕͟ Ă ůŽŶŐ͕ ƐůŽƉŝŶŐ ƌŝĚŐĞ that’s an outcome of past glacier movement ^ĂŐĞ ZƵŶ ,ŽůĞ ηϱ ^ĂŐĞ ZƵŶ ,ŽůĞ ηϭϱ