Michigan Golf Journal January 2019

Freeways and Fairways Freeways and Fairways dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŝŶ Ă ŶĞǁ occasional series that looks at golf courses found along DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ĨƌĞĞǁĂLJƐ ʹ ƚŚŽƐĞ LJŽƵ ĚƌŝǀĞ ďLJ ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚůLJ͕ Žƌ ŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ĂŶŶƵĂů ǀĂĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ďƵƚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ƐƚŽƉ ĂŶĚ ĞdžƉůŽƌĞ͘ DĂLJďĞ LJŽƵ ƐŚŽƵůĚ͘ THORNAPPLE POINTE 'ƌĂŶĚ ZĂƉŝĚƐ͕ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ǁǁǁ͘ƚŚŽƌŶĂƉƉůĞƉŽŝŶƚĞ͘ĐŽŵ Length : Ranges from ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ƚĞĞƐ ŽǀĞƌ ϳ͕ϬϬϬ LJĂƌĚƐ͕ ƚŽ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ Ăƚ ũƵƐƚ ƵŶĚĞƌ ϱ͕ϬϬϬ LJĂƌĚƐ͘ History lesson ͗ ĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ďLJ tŝůůŝĂŵ EĞǁĐŽŵď ĂŶĚ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϳ͕ dŚŽƌŶĂƉƉůĞ WŽŝŶƚĞ ŝƐ ŬŶŽǁŶ ůŽĐĂůůLJ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ͞WůĂŶĞƐ͕ dƌĂŝŶƐ ĂŶĚ Automobiles” golf course – but it should also add ǁĂƚĞƌĐƌĂŌ ;ƐĞĞ KǀĞƌǀŝĞǁ ďĞůŽǁͿ͘ Most memorable : What ƉŽƉƐ ŽƵƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚLJ ŽĨ par 4s and 5s have a turn in ƚŚĞ ĨĂŝƌǁĂLJ͖ ŶŽƚ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌŝůLJ Ă ŵĂũŽƌ ĚŽŐůĞŐ͕ ďƵƚ ǁŚĞŶ standing at most of those tees the green is not easily ǀŝƐŝďůĞ͘ ŝƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞůĞǀĂƟŽŶ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ͕ Ă ďĞŶĚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ Ă ƐƚĂŶĚ ŽĨ ƚƌĞĞƐ͕ Žƌ ďŽƚŚ͘ dŚĞ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ƐŚŽƚ Ăƚ