Michigan Golf Journal October 2020

The one and only Golden Bear has recently completed what will be a one-of-a- kind golfing experience in Michigan – American Dunes. Now… you might find a few courses around the country that have a rich mix of contrasting green grasses and naturally rolling, exposed sand dunes. But playing American Dunes will be as much or more about the overall experience than it is just hitting a little white ball. American Dunes – the former Grand Haven Golf Club that became the founding location of the Folds of Honor developed by Lt. Col. Dan Rooney – truly is an incredible place to chase after your Titleist or Callaway. But Rooney and his followers, as passionate as they are about golf, are quadruple passionate about honoring veterans and military men and women by providing education scholarships for children of fallen and disabled soldiers – 28,000 scholarships so far since 2007. “What’s on my soul is that when people come here to golf, they’re going to play the most heroic round of golf they’ve ever played – and that means you’re not playing for yourself, you’re playing for someone else when you come to American Dunes,” Rooney said in late September at what was the first playing of the course by media and some investors and sponsors, with both American Dunes Set to Open May 1 Jack and Barbara Nicklaus dedicated it Sept. 29 Michigan Golf Journal American Dunes By Tom Lang