Michigan Golf Journal November 2019

13 November 2019 ǁǁǁ͘ŵŝĐŚŝŐĂŶŐŽůłŽƵƌŶĂů͘ĐŽŵ ,ĂƌďŽƵƌ dŽǁŶ 'ŽůĨ >ŝŶŬƐ Ăƚ dŚĞ ^ĞĂ WŝŶĞƐ ZĞƐŽƌƚ Arguably the best-known course at Hilton Head Island is ,ĂƌďŽƵƌ dŽǁŶ 'ŽůĨ >ŝŶŬƐ͕ ŚŽƐƚ ƐŝƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŶƵĂů Z ,ĞƌŝƚĂŐĞ W' dŽƵƌ ĞǀĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ dŚĞ DĂƐƚĞƌƐ ĞĂĐŚ Ɖƌŝů͘ EŽǁ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŶŐ ŝƚƐ ϱϬ th Anniversary, the course is a Pete Dye design with ĐŽŶƐƵůƚĂƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ :ĂĐŬ EŝĐŬůĂƵƐ͕ ƚŚĞ 'ŽůĚĞŶ ĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ĮƌƐƚ ĞǀĞƌ͘ LJĞ ĐƌĞĚŝƚƐ ƚŚĞ ĂĐĐĞƉƚĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĂĚŵŝƌĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ,ĂƌďŽƵƌ dŽǁŶ ƚŽ ƌĞĂůůLJ ůĂƵŶĐŚŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ͘ ĐŽŵŵŽŶ ĚĞƐĐƌŝƉƚŽƌ ĨŽƌ ƚĂĐŬůŝŶŐ ,ĂƌďŽƵƌ dŽǁŶ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ playing it well takes brains, ŶŽƚ ďƌĂǁŶ͘ ͞zŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŽŶ ĞǀĞƌLJ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ƐŚŽƚ͕͟ ƐĂLJƐ :ŽŚŶ &ĂƌƌĞůů͕ ůŽŶŐƟŵĞ ŚĞĂĚ ŐŽůĨ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů Ăƚ ,ĂƌďŽƵƌ dŽǁŶ͘ ͞dŝŐŚƚ ĨĂŝƌǁĂLJƐ͘ ŽŐůĞŐƐ͘ ^ŵĂůů ŐƌĞĞŶƐ͘ WĞƚĞ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ Ă ϲϵϬϬͲLJĂƌĚ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ has – and will – stand the test ŽĨ ƟŵĞ͘ tŚŝůĞ ŵŽƐƚ W' dŽƵƌ events see scores -20 and lower, last year’s winner was ŽŶůLJ ϭϮ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƉĂƌ͘͟ Holes 16-18 are perhaps ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĐůŽƐŝŶŐ ŚŽůĞƐ / ŚĂǀĞ ĞǀĞƌ ƉůĂLJĞĚ͘ Hole 16 is a par 4 dog leg ƚŚĂƚ Ɛƚŝůů ƌĞƐĞŵďůĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĨŝƌƐƚ 15 holes with tree trouble and sand waste guarding the elbow – but turns 90 ĚĞŐƌĞĞƐ ůĞĨƚ ƚŽǁĂƌĚ ƚŚĞ ĂŵĂnjŝŶŐ ďĂĐŬĚƌŽƉ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂůŝďŽŐƵĞ ^ŽƵŶĚ͘ ,ŽůĞƐ ϭϳ and 18 open up along the ďĞĂƵƚŝĨƵů ^ŽƵŶĚ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ĨŽƌ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƚŚĞĂƚĞƌ͘ ,ŽůĞ ϭϳ ŝƐ a shorter par 3 with water and bunkering guarding the ůĞĨƚ ƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĞŶ͘ Hole 18 is the iconic par 4 lighthouse hole (414 yards ĨƌŽŵ ŵŝĚĚůĞ ƚĞĞƐͿ ƚŚĂƚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ƚŚĞ ǁŝĚĞƐƚ ĨĂŝƌǁĂLJ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ W' dŽƵƌ ďƵƚ ǁŝƚŚ huge wetlands to navigate and clear to reach the tiny ŐƌĞĞŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ͘ more memorable closing ŚŽůĞ ŝƐ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ĨŝŶĚ͘ dŚĞ ^ĞĂ WŝŶĞƐ ZĞƐŽƌƚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ƚǁŽ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĂǁĂƌĚͲ winning courses - Heron Point and Atlantic Dunes by ĂǀŝƐ >ŽǀĞ ///͘ dŚĞ ZĞƐŽƌƚ ǁĂƐ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůLJ ƌĂŶŬĞĚ EŽ͘ ϱ ĨŽƌ 'ĞŶĞƌĂů džĐĞůůĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ 'K>& DĂŐĂnjŝŶĞ͛Ɛ ůŝƐƚ ŽĨ ͞dŽƉ ϭϬϬ ZĞƐŽƌƚƐ ŝŶ EŽƌƚŚ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ͘͟ DŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽ Ăƚ͗ ǁǁǁ͘^ĞĂWŝŶĞƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ WŚŽƚŽ ƌĞĚŝƚ͗ ZŽď dŝƉƚŽŶ ŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ŽŶ ŶĞdžƚ ƉĂŐĞ хх