Michigan Golf Journal July 2018

Focus on Design in the region. He said it runs through the heart of the property and is very prominent. “The drumlin is the focal point for the golf ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ĂůůŽǁ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ŝƚ Ăůů ŝŶ͕͟ ůďĂŶĞƐĞ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞/ƚ ĐůŝŵďƐ ϭϬϬ ƚŽ ϭϮϬ ĨĞĞƚ ŝŶ some areas. The goal is to allow the golfers to experience the drumlin throughout the ĞŶƟƌĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͘ tĞ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ǁĂŶƚ ŝƚ ƚŽ ďĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ beginning then you never saw it again, or the ƌĞǀĞƌƐĞ ŽĨ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŝŶ ůŽǁĞƌ ůLJŝŶŐ ĂƌĞĂƐ and then it just hits you at the very end. “Our goal is like a piece of music where the theme, or the chorus of the music if you will, is the drumlin, where the chorus comes back every so number of bars of music for LJŽƵ ƚŽ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͕͟ ůďĂŶĞƐĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ͘ “The drumlin comes back into play several ƟŵĞƐ͕ ŝŶ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶƐ͖ ƵƉ͕ ĚŽǁŶ ŽǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͘ /ƚ ƌĞĂůůLJ ŝƐ Ă ŶŝĐĞ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ of variety. We are very happy with how the ƌŽƵƟŶŐ ĐĂŵĞ ŽƵƚ͘ tĞ ĂƌĞ ƌĞĂůůLJ ĞdžĐŝƚĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŽŶĞ͖ ŝƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƚŽƉͲƐŚĞůĨ͘ / ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ƐĞĞ how this one won’t be one of the top courses ŝŶ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͘͟ ^ĂŐĞ ZƵŶ ŝƐ ĂďŽƵƚ Ɛŝdž ŵŝůĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƚĞůͬ casino on adjacent Hannahville land, and is ƉůĂLJĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚǁŽͲƚŚŝƌĚƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚƌĞĞƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƌƵŐŐĞĚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ůŝŬĞ ŶŽŶͲŵĂŶŝĐƵƌĞĚ ďƵŶŬĞƌ edging. A sprinkler system was installed down the middle of each fairway but the intent is to allow the grass to brown out toward the fescue edges. The design called for a drivable par 4 on each 9, and a good mix of long and short par 3s and 4s. ZĞŐĂƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ůŽŽŬ͕ ůďĂŶĞƐĞ ĂĚĚĞĚ͗ ͞dŚŝŶŬ ZŽLJĂů ŽƵŶƚLJ ŽǁŶ͘ >ŽƚƐ ŽĨ earth tones, browns, tans, as it’s what the landscape calls for. “One of the keys to this is to be able to get up and down the drumlin in an enjoyable ǁĂLJ͕͟ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞WĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƐŽŵĞ holes go gently up the hill and to do that ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ƉĞƌĐŚĞĚ ŐƌĞĞŶƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞLJ Įƚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Śŝůů ŝŶ Ă ŐĞŶƚůĞ͕ ŝŶƚĞŐƌĂƚĞĚ ǁĂLJ͘͟ ^ĂŐĞ ZƵŶ ,ŽůĞ ηϭϲ