Michigan Golf Journal February 2019

Tullymore course is newer and more highly rated than its older sibling, St. Ives—but ďŽƚŚ ĂƌĞ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ƚĞƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ screaming bargains. The Jim Engh-designed Tullymore was named America’s Best New Resort Course in 2002, and it sprawls out through more than 800 acres of forest and wetlands. D':͗ tŚĂƚ ƉŽƉƐ ŽƵƚ ĂƐ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ Ăƚ dƵůůLJŵŽƌĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ďƵŶŬĞƌŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞ ďŽƩŽŵ ŽĨ ĞĂĐŚ ďƵŶŬĞƌ ŚĂƐ ǀĞƌLJ ůŝƩůĞ ƐĂŶĚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ĨĂĐƚŽƌŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚĂůů͕ ƐƚĞĞƉ͕ ŐĞŶĞƌŽƵƐ ŵŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ĞǀĞƌLJ ƐĂŶĚ ƚƌĂƉ ʹ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐĂƚĐŚĞƐ ŐŽůĨ ďĂůůƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĞŶĚƐ ƚŚĞŵ ƚƵŵďůŝŶŐ ĚŽǁŶǁĂƌĚ ʹ ŝƚ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂůůLJ ĚŽƵďůĞƐ Žƌ ƚƌŝƉůĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƌĐƵŵĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ĞĂĐŚ ŽŶĞ͘ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĂƐƐŽƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŚŽůĞ ĚĞƐŝŐŶƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽŽĚůĂŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ůĂŬĞƐ ƌĞŐŝŽŶ͘ Ŷ ŽǀĞƌŶŝŐŚƚ ƐƚĂLJ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůƵdžƵƌŝŽƵƐ ZĞƐŝĚĞŶĐĞ ůƵď ĂŶĚ Ă ŵĞĂů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵƵƐĞ ƌĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ ĂƌĞ ŵƵƐƚ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJ ĨŽƌ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ͘ ϲͿ ^ƚŽĂƟŶ ƌĂĞ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď͕ Augusta A course located in Augusta has a lot to live up to, even if we’re talking about a town in Southwest Michigan instead of Northeast Georgia. The newest course at the Gull >ĂŬĞ sŝĞǁ ZĞƐŽƌƚ͕ ^ƚŽĂƟŶ Brae, can certainly handle ƚŚĞ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ͘ tŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ǁŝĚĞͲ ŽƉĞŶ͕ ϯϲϬͲĚĞŐƌĞĞ ǀŝĞǁƐ cascading down from the highest point in the county, you’d never know you were on a former apple orchard. Designed by a team of associates who work under Tom Doak at Renaissance Golf Design, it’s a worthy member of the extended Doak family. D':͗ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ĨĂǀŽƌŝƚĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ǀĞƌLJ ĂīŽƌĚĂďůĞ ƚƌĞĂƚ͘ dŚĞ ŶĞǁĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ůŝƐƚ͕ ^ƚŽĂƟŶ ƌĂĞ ŝƐ ƉůĂLJĂďůĞ͕ ĨƵŶ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐ Ăůů ^ƚŽĂƟŶ ƌĂĞ ŐƌĞĞŶ ϯϭ February 2019 ǁǁǁ͘ŵŝĐŚŝŐĂŶŐŽůłŽƵƌŶĂů͘ĐŽŵ