Michigan Golf Journal September 2020

13 September 2020 www.michigangolfjournal.com We get rave reviews, and almost everybody says we exceeded their expectations. Our word of mouth is very good, and when it comes to couples’ golf getaways, I am reasonably confident that we can compete with just about anything you can do anywhere.” For two years running, the Elk Tour has been recently awarded the “Best of the Best” in the “Adventure” category by Destinations Magazine . Speaking of Golf: Three golf experiences are included in the Getaway Package – at Thunder Bay, plus Red Hawk and Black Lake – three courses designed as a loop to hit Red Hawk in Tawas on the way north, two nights at Thunder Bay, then finish at Black Lake to the northwest on day 3. But they can be played in any order golfers desire. Thunder Bay doesn’t have a famous designer’s name affiliated with the layout, but it’s a nice parkland style course surrounded by trees, outside of Hillman. The first three holes start out with tree-lined fairways before Holes 4-7 open up on a piece of land across the street with wider fairways and large greens. Once the routing goes back across the same residential road, you’ll never encounter a straight fairway again, sans the par 3s. Every hole 8-18 has some amount of turn in them that in all but one case hides the green from view of the tee box. Continues on next page >> Red Hawk, Hole 3 downhill par 3