Michigan Golf Journal February 2019

ŽǁŶĞƌ͛Ɛ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƵŐŚĞƐƚ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŝŶ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͘ EŝĐŬůĂƵƐ ĞŶĚĞĚ ƵƉ ƌĞůĞŶƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĚŝĚ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ ĂƌŐƵĂďůLJ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƌĚĞƐƚ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ƐƚĂƚĞ͘ dŚĞ ĞĂƌ ŚĂƐ ƐƚŽŽĚ ƚŚĞ ƚĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƚĞƐƚĞĚ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ͛ ƉĂƟĞŶĐĞ ʹ ďƵƚ ŚĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ŵŽƐƚůLJ ƉƌĂŝƐĞ͘ ϰͿ dŽŵ &ĂnjŝŽ WƌĞŵŝĞƌ Ăƚ Treetops, Gaylord The only Tom Fazio design in Michigan has all of the ƋƵŝŶƚĞƐƐĞŶƟĂů &ĂnjŝŽ ƚƌĂŝƚƐ ʹ ŚĂƌŵŽŶŝŽƵƐ ƌŽƵƟŶŐ͕ ŵƵůƟƉůĞ ĂŶŐůĞƐ ŽĨ ĂƩĂĐŬ ĨŽƌ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ of various skill levels and ŝŵƉĞĐĐĂďůĞ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶŝŶŐ͘ To steal the name from one of Treetops’ other courses, Fazio’s greens are 18 individual ‘masterpieces’ ǀĞdžŝŶŐ LJŽƵ ǁŝƚŚ ƟĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƵŶĚƵůĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚƵƌŶ Ă 10-footer for birdie into Ă ƚŚƌĞĞͲƉƵƩ͘ ŶĚ ŝĨ LJŽƵƌ friendly wagers are all square ĂŌĞƌ ϭϴ͕ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƐĞƩůĞ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ at what may be the best par- ϯ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ʹ ƚŚĞ adjacent Threetops. D':͗ dƌĞĞƚŽƉƐ ŶŽ ĚŽƵďƚ ŽīĞƌƐ Ă ǁŝĚĞ ǀĂƌŝĞƚLJ ŽĨ ŽƉƟŽŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌƐ &ĂnjŝŽ͕ ZŝĐŬ ^ŵŝƚŚ ĂŶĚ ZŽďĞƌƚ dƌĞŶƚ :ŽŶĞƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ƌŽůůŝŶŐ ƚĞƌƌĂŝŶ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ 'ĂLJůŽƌĚ͘ dŚƌĞĞƚŽƉƐ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůLJ ŝƐ ǁŽƌůĚͲ ĐůĂƐƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŚĞ ŵĂĚĞͲĨŽƌͲds ƉĂƌ ϯ ƉƌŽ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ ƌĞƚƵƌŶƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŽŶĞ ĚĂLJ͘ DĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ǁŝůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚƌLJ ŶĞǁ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ŵĂŶLJ ĂǁĂƌĚƐ ĨŽƌ ŝƚƐ ŚĞůƉ ƚŽǁĂƌĚ ĂĐƟǀĞ ŵŝůŝƚĂƌLJ ĂŶĚ ǀĞƚĞƌĂŶƐ͘ ϱͿ dƵůůLJŵŽƌĞ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď͕ Stanwood Northern Michigan ;ƌŝŐŚƞƵůůLJͿ ŐĞƚƐ ƉůĞŶƚLJ ŽĨ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ŝƚƐ ĂƌƌĂLJ ŽĨ wonderful courses, but ƚŚĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĂů ƟĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ůĞŌ ŽƵƚ͘ &Žƌ half the drive from Detroit to Traverse City, you can get every bit of the same quality at the Tullymore Golf Resort, in Stanwood. The Treetops 2016 The Premeir 9 Must Play Golf Courses