Michigan Golf Journal November 2019

DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ 'ŽůĨ :ŽƵƌŶĂů dZ s > ʹ ,ŝůƚ Ŷ ,ĞĂĚ /ƐůĂŶĚ WĂůŵĞƩŽ ƵŶĞƐ Ăƚ KĐĞĂŶĨƌŽŶƚ ZĞƐŽƌƚ͗ WĂůŵĞƩŽ ƵŶĞƐ ŝƐ ŚŽŵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚƌĞĞ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ͕ Ăůů designed by notable architects – ZŽďĞƌƚ dƌĞŶƚ :ŽŶĞƐ͕ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ &ĂnjŝŽ ĂŶĚ ƌƚŚƵƌ ,ŝůůƐ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ ǁŝŶĚ through, over and around an 11-mile man-made lagoon system, which ŵĂŬĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞ ƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐ ǀŝĞǁƐ͘ dŚĞ :ŽŶĞƐ ŽƵƌƐĞ Ăƚ WĂůŵĞƩŽ ƵŶĞƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ŵŝdž ŽĨ ƚƌĞĞͲůŝŶĞĚ ĨĂŝƌǁĂLJƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƉĞŶ͕ ůŝŶŬƐ ƐƚLJůĞ ŚŽůĞƐ ĂƐ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ǁĞĂǀĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁĂLJ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŶŝŶĞ͘ KŶĐĞ ƌĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ϵ th ƚĞĞ͕ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ƚƵƌŶ ƚŽǁĂƌĚ ƚŚĞ ƚůĂŶƟĐ KĐĞĂŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚǁŽ ĐŽŶƐĞĐƵƟǀĞ ƉĂƌ ϱƐ͘ dŚĞ ƚůĂŶƟĐ ŝƐ ĚŝƌĞĐƚůLJ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ϭϬ th ŐƌĞĞŶ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŽīĞƌƐ ĂŶ ĞdžĐĞůůĞŶƚ ǀŝĞǁ ŽĨ Ă ƉƵďůŝĐ͕ ƐĂŶĚLJ ďĞĂĐŚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŚƌŝŵƉ ďŽĂƚƐ ƚƌŽůůŝŶŐ ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽĐĞĂŶĨƌŽŶƚ͘ ^ƚĂƌƟŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ϭϬƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ĨĞĞůƐ ŵŽƌĞ ŽƉĞŶ ĂƐ ŵƵĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĂĐŬ ϵ ŝƐ played along a lagoon meandering ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŚŽůĞ ĚĞƐŝŐŶƐ͘ dŚĞ ǁĂƚĞƌǁĂLJ ŝƐ ǀĞƌLJ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ĨŽƌ ŬĂLJĂŬƐ and canoes and adds an extra ƚŽƵĐŚ ŽĨ ďĞĂƵƚLJ ǁŚŝůĞ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ some strategic thinking about club ƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶ͘ Every single hole has a dedicated ƐĞƚ ŽĨ ƚĞĞƐ ŵŽǀĞĚ ƵƉ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ĞǀĞƌLJ ŚŽůĞ ƉůĂLJ ĂƐ Ă ƉĂƌ ϯ ŽƉƟŽŶ͕ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ Ă ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ Ă ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŝĨ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů͘ WĂůŵĞƩŽ ƵŶĞƐ KĐĞĂŶĨƌŽŶƚ ZĞƐŽƌƚ ŝƐ Ă ĨĂǀŽƌŝƚĞ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ ŐŽůĨ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĞĂƐLJ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ǁŚLJ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ƐŚŽƌƚĂŐĞ ŽĨ ƐƚĂLJ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂLJ ƉĂĐŬĂŐĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ůŽƚƐ ŽĨ ŽīͲƚŚĞͲĐŽƵƌƐĞ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ĞŶũŽLJ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ZĞƐŽƌƚ͘ DŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽ Ăƚ͗ ǁǁǁ͘WĂůŵĞƩŽ ƵŶĞƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ Jones Course, Hole 10