Michigan Golf Journal November 2019

31 November 2019 ǁǁǁ͘ŵŝĐŚŝŐĂŶŐŽůłŽƵƌŶĂů͘ĐŽŵ dŚĞ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ ůƵď Ăƚ 'ŽůĚĞŶ EƵŐŐĞƚ͗ ƉƌĞŵŝĞƌ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĂƌĞĂ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽƵŶƚƌLJ Club is open to the public ĂŶĚ ǁŝůů ƐŽŽŶ ƐĞĞ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ds ĂŝƌƟŵĞ͘ :ƵƐƚ recently announced, a ŶĞǁ W' dŽƵƌ <ŽƌŶ &ĞƌƌLJ tournament will compete ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝŶ DĂƌĐŚ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŝƐ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽƌƚĞƌ ƐŝĚĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƟƉƐ ĨŽƌ W' dŽƵƌ ƚĂůĞŶƚ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ Ă ĨƵŶ ƚĞƐƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĨĞĞĚĞƌ ƚŽƵƌ ĂŶĚ ǁŝůů ůŽŽŬ ŐƌĞĂƚ ŽŶ ds͘ In general terms, the ĨĂŝƌǁĂLJƐ ĂƌĞ ƌĞĂůůLJ ǁŝĚĞ ŽƉĞŶ ĨŽƌ ƌĞĐƌĞĂƟŽŶĂů ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ (the rough will be brought ŝŶ ĐůŽƐĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƐͿ͘ dŚĞ overall theme could be described as: wide open spaces with waste bunkers ʹ Ă ƚŽƚĂů ŽĨ ϭϱ ĂĐƌĞƐ ŽĨ ƐĂŶĚ ʹ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƚĞƌ ŝƐ ĨŽƵŶĚ ŶĞĂƌ ŬĞLJ ůĂŶĚŝŶŐ ĂƌĞĂƐ͘ KǀĞƌĂůů͕ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ŝƐ ǀĞƌLJ playable with a good variety ŽĨ ƐŚŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ůŽŶŐ ƉĂƌ ϰƐ͕ ĨĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ ǀŝƐƵĂůůLJ ƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐ ƉĂƌ ϯƐ͘ DLJ ĨĂǀŽƌŝƚĞ ƐƚƌĞƚĐŚ was holes 13-16, along the ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ ƐŚŝƉƉŝŶŐ ĐŚĂŶŶĞů͘ Despite being a resort ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů 'W^ ĐĂƌƚƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĞŶ ƚŽ next tee shot walk is more reminiscent to 100-year-old ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ͘ 'ƌĂLJ WůĂŶƚĂƟŽŶ͗ dŚĞ ƐĞŵŝͲƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŝƐ ĨƌĂŵĞĚ ďLJ ƐƚĂƚĞůLJ͕ ƚĂůů ^ŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ WŝŶĞƐ ʹ ďƵƚ ƚƌĞĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƉƵƐŚĞĚ ďĂĐŬ ĨƌŽŵ ŵŽƐƚ ĨĂŝƌǁĂLJƐ͘ EŽ ďŽƌŝŶŐ ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚĂǁĂLJƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ in this design as every hole (except the par 3s) has ƐŽŵĞ ƚƵƌŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŵ͘ >ĂƌŐĞ greens await with only the par three 8 th hole and long ƉĂƌ ĨŽƵƌ ϵ th ĂƐ Ă ƚǁŽͲƟĞƌĞĚ ƉƵƫŶŐ ƐƵƌĨĂĐĞƐ͘ 'ƌĂLJ WůĂŶƚĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ǀŝƐƵĂůůLJ gorgeous and challenging but nothing is tricked up – ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ĞdžĐĞƉƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϳ th hole, which is a ƚƌƵĞ ĚĞĮŶŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚĂƌŐĞƚ ŐŽůĨ͘ /Ĩ LJŽƵƌ ĚƌŝǀĞ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ůŽŶŐ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌ ϱ͕ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ĨŽƌĐĞĚ ƚŽ ŐŽ ǁŚĂƚ ĨĞĞůƐ like more sideways than ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ ƐĂĨĞ ůĂŶĚŝŶŐ ĂƌĞĂ͘ 'ƌĞĞŶ ĐŽŵƉůĞdžĞƐ ĂƌĞ shaped and bunkered in a visually appealing way, and ŽǀĞƌĂůů ĂďŽƵƚ ϰϬ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚŽůĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ǁĂƚĞƌ ŚĂnjĂƌĚƐ͘ ,ŽůĞƐ ϭϭ ĂŶĚ ϭϲ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ŚĂǀĞ ďŽŽŵĞƌĂŶŐ ƐŚĂƉĞĚ ůĞŌ ƚŽ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĨĂŝƌǁĂLJƐ ǁƌĂƉƉŝŶŐ around and crossing water to ĞĂĐŚ ŐƌĞĞŶ͘ ŽŶƚƌĂďĂŶĚ ĂLJŽƵ 'ŽůĨ ůƵď Ăƚ >͛ĂƵďĞƌŐĞ͗ zĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŶĂŵĞ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞƐ Ă ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŐůĂŶĐĞ͘ dŚĂƚ ͚ŚĞĞů͛ ƌĞŐŝŽŶ ŽĨ the Louisiana ‘boot’ was, 'ƌĂLJ WůĂŶƚĂƟŽŶ͕ ,ŽůĞ ϲ ŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ŽŶ ŶĞdžƚ ƉĂŐĞ хх