Michigan Golf Journal September 2019

appeal with the course; greens in all kinds of various geometric shapes. Some are square, one is shaped like a baseball homeplate, one shaped like what I’d say is a chef’s hat or loaf of bread. No. 12 is a horseshoe green, with the tips of the horseshoe pointing back toward the tee and a bunker placed in the middle. Bunkers are also unique. Most are long and skinny, rectangular (there’s that word again) and run parallel and perpendicular to fairways. Most lay flat and often wrap around the corners of the square cut green edges, with 90-degree turns. My favorite stretch of holes is 15-17. No. 15 is a short par 4 that also goes downhill but is littered with strategically placed bunkers to add to the risk- reward factors. Hole 16 is a par 3 that appears easy (except its length) and looks flat at first glance. But the left half of the area in front of the green dips deep to a point you cannot see the flag for a chip if your tee shot lands short of the putting surface. Play to the right if you cannot reach the green. Hole 17 is a par 4 with three ominous step South Course new clubhouse Michigan Golf Journal Arcadis Bluffs is Growing