Michigan Golf Journal October 2019

15 October 2019 ǁǁǁ͘ŵŝĐŚŝŐĂŶŐŽůłŽƵƌŶĂů͘ĐŽŵ the Cove, opened for play ŝŶ ϮϬϬϬ͘ Natural pine forests, rolling landscape, and the ĚƌĂŵĂƟĐ ůĂŬĞĨƌŽŶƚ Ăůů ĂĚĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů͛Ɛ ďĞĂƵƚLJ͘ >ƵƐŚ njĂůĞĂƐ ĂŶĚ ŇŽǁĞƌŝŶŐ Dogwoods are reminiscent of nearby Augusta EĂƟŽŶĂů͘ dŚĞ ƌĞĞŬ ůƵď is the only private track at Reynolds, and was designed by :ŝŵ Engh , who put together Michigan’s Tullymore Resort course – and there is some resemblance in ĞdžĐĞƉƟŽŶĂů ŵĂŶͲŵĂĚĞ shaping used to accentuate great natural terrain. The ƌĞĞŬ ůƵď ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϳ and Engh was charged to create something with a ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĨĞĞů ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĮǀĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ Ăƚ ZĞLJŶŽůĚƐ͘ ,Ğ did it. What stands out as most unique is the 18 th hole. Engh couldn’t decide ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚƌĞĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ŐƌĞĞŶ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ of the valley, so they built all three and management rotates which one closes out your round that day. tĞ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŐƌĞĞŶ that was tucked around a corner of trees to the right. If playing the third green golfers have an elevated ĮŶŝƐŚŝŶŐ ƐŚŽƚ͘ Any visit to Reynolds Lake Oconee (formerly referred to as Reynolds WůĂŶƚĂƟŽŶͿ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ a stop at the <ŝŶŐĚŽŵ ŽĨ 'ŽůĨ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ďLJ dĂLJůŽƌDĂĚĞ . It’s one of ŽŶůLJ ƚǁŽ ƐƵĐŚ ĂŵĞŶŝƟĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ ĂŶĚ ŽīĞƌƐ ƚŽƉͲŶŽƚĐŚ ŐŽůĨ ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĐůƵď ĮƫŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ latest technologies and a personal touch. Behind the indoor/outdoor training building that hits out onto the driving range ƐŝƚƐ ĂŶ ĞŶŽƌŵŽƵƐ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ ĂƌĞĂ ƐĞƩůĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ƐŵĂůů valley with three large greens, chipping areas and approach shot-making ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ƚƵŶĞ ƵƉ anyone’s game. Other than golf, Reynolds ŚĂƐ ŵĂŶLJ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĨŽƌ ǁĂƚĞƌ ƐƉŽƌƚƐ͕ ďŽĂƟŶŐ͕ ƐǁŝŵŵŝŶŐ͕ ĮƐŚŝŶŐ͕ ĐůĂLJ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ͕ ǁĂůŬŝŶŐ ƚƌĂŝůƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ʹ ĞǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ ǁŝůů ĮŶĚ ĨƵŶ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ Ăƚ ZĞLJŶŽůĚƐ Lake Oconee. Whether a northern ŶĂƟǀĞ ŝƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ ĨŽƌ Ă winter home in the south, Žƌ Ă ůƵdžƵƌŝŽƵƐ ǀĂĐĂƟŽŶ spot to visit, Reynolds Lake Oconee should be on the shopping list.