Michigan Golf Journal March 2019

ĂƐŝŶŽ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ ďLJ >/E<^ DĂŐĂnjŝŶĞ͘ dŚĞ WĞƚĞ LJĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞĚ Ă ƌĂƌĞ ĚŽƵďůĞ ŚŽŶŽƌ in 2009 by being selected as America’s best new course ďLJ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ŐŽůĨ ƉƵďůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ ʹ 'ŽůĨ ŝŐĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ 'K>& DĂŐĂnjŝŶĞ͘ What stands out the most ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ LJĞ ŽƵƌƐĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ illusion that many holes are suspended in air as they appear to “hang” onto the ƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ Ă ůŽŶŐ ŵŽƵŶƚĂŝŶŽƵƐ ƌŝĚŐĞ͘ dŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͛Ɛ ĨŝƌƐƚ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƐ ŽĨ ĂŶ /ŶĚŝĂŶĂ ůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ƌĞĨůĞĐƚƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂůŝƚLJ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ,ŽŽƐŝĞƌ EĂƚŝŽŶĂů &ŽƌĞƐƚ ĂƌĞĂ ŝƐ ĞƐƐĞŶƚŝĂůůLJ ĨŽŽƚŚŝůůƐ leading to the mountainous <ĞŶƚƵĐŬLJ ƌĞŐŝŽŶ͘ ͞/ ŚĂǀĞ ƐƉĞŶƚ ŽǀĞƌ ĮǀĞ ĚĞĐĂĚĞƐ ĚĞƐŝŐŶŝŶŐ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ Ăůů ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͕ including courses on great ĐŽĂƐƚĂů ƐŝƚĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ at French Lick is on arguably ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŝŶůĂŶĚ ƐŝƚĞ / ŚĂǀĞ ĞǀĞƌ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ŽŶ͕͟ LJĞ ŚĂƐ ƉƌŽĐůĂŝŵĞĚ͘ Ɛ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐ ŽŶĂůĚ ZŽƐƐ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ŝƚ ƵŶĚĞƌǁĞŶƚ Ă Ψϰ͘ϲ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ƌĞƐƚŽƌĂƟŽŶ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ŝŶ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ LJĞĂƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ brought the course back to ZŽƐƐ͛Ɛ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ŐĞŶŝƵƐ ƉůĂŶƐ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞ ZŽƐƐ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ƚĂůŬ͕ ǁŚĂƚ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ ŝƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ƚĞůů ĨƌŽŵ Ă ƌŝĐŚ ŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƐŝƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϮϰ W' ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ won by the legendary Walter Michigan Golf Journal ŽǀĞƌ ^ƚŽƌLJ͕ &ƌĞŶĐŚ >ŝĐŬ ZĞƐŽƌƚ ŽŶĂůĚ ZŽƐƐ ŽƵƌƐĞ͕ EŽ͘ ϭϰ