Michigan Golf Journal November 2019

15 November 2019 ǁǁǁ͘ŵŝĐŚŝŐĂŶŐŽůłŽƵƌŶĂů͘ĐŽŵ KLJƐƚĞƌ ZĞĞĨ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď͗ >ŽĐĂƚĞĚ ŶĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ƟƉ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƌƚŚĞĂƐƚ ƌĞŐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝƐůĂŶĚ͕ ŽǀĞƌůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ƉĂƌƚƐ ŽĨ WŽƌƚ ZŽLJĂů ^ŽƵŶĚ ʹ Ă ŬĞLJ ŝǀŝů tĂƌ ďĂƩůĞ njŽŶĞ ʹ KLJƐƚĞƌ ZĞĞĨ ŽīĞƌƐ ĂŶ ĞdžĐĞůůĞŶƚ͕ ůŽǁĞƌͲĐŽƐƚ ŽƉƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ǀĂĐĂƟŽŶŝŶŐ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ͘ ,ƵƌƌŝĐĂŶĞ DĂƩŚĞǁ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϲ Ăůů ďƵƚ ruined the bunkers at the course so ŝƚ ŐĂǀĞ ƐƚĂī ĂŶ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƐŽŵĞ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ͘ &Žƌ ƐƚĂƌƚĞƌƐ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ƌĞĚƵĐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ďƵŶŬĞƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ ϭϲϬ ƚŽ ϵϬ͕ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞĚ ƚŚĞŵ ǁŝƚŚ new, bright white sand, and updated Ăůů ƉƵƫŶŐ ƐƵƌĨĂĐĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŝŵƉĞĐĐĂďůĞ dŝĨͲĞĂŐůĞ ĞƌŵƵĚĂ͘ Ŷ ĞdžĐĞůůĞŶƚ ƐƚƌĞƚĐŚ ŽĨ ŚŽůĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌƐ ϰͲϳ͘ ,ŽůĞ ϰ ŝƐ Ă ƉĂƌ ϰ ĚŽŐůĞŐ ůĞŌ ƚŚĂƚ ŽƉĞŶƐ ƵƉ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞůLJ ƐŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ ƉŝŶĞƐ ĨŽƵŶĚ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ͘ dŚĞ ϲ th is the signature hole – a par 3 to an ĞůĞǀĂƚĞĚ ŐƌĞĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ ZŽLJĂů WŽƌƚ ^ŽƵŶĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚ͘ ,ŽůĞ ϳ ŝƐ Ă ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ĚŽŐ ůĞŐ ƵƉ Śŝůů Žī ƚŚĞ ƚĞĞ requiring a strong poke to have a clear approach shot to the green, which has a wrap-around bunker and tall pines ĂƐ ŝƚƐ ďĂĐŬĚƌŽƉ͘ KLJƐƚĞƌ ZĞĞĨ ŝƐ Ă ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ dŚĞ ,ĞƌŝƚĂŐĞ 'ŽůĨ ŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂůƐŽ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ĂŶ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂů ϯϲ ŚŽůĞƐ Ăƚ WŽƌƚ ZŽLJĂů 'ŽůĨ ůƵď ĂŶĚ Ϯϳ ŚŽůĞƐ Ăƚ ^ŚŝƉLJĂƌĚ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď ʹ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĞĂĐŚ ŶŝŶĞ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ŐŽůĨ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ͘ DŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽ Ăƚ͗ www ͘ ,ŝůƚŽŶ,ĞĂĚ'ŽůĨ͘ net ͘ ŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ŽŶ ŶĞdžƚ ƉĂŐĞ хх Fazio Course, Hole 16