Michigan Golf Journal August 2021

A New 9 at Saskatoon Golf Club By Tom Lang Michigan Golf Journal Course Review The already bustling Saskatoon Golf Club near Caledonia opened a new 9 holes in mid-June called the Silver Course that’s drawing more attention than the club thought it would. That’s understandable, because it’s an excellent layout that adds new features on the property that already had four sets of 9-hole courses and is a popular home for league play that alone accounts for more than 1,300 golfers each week all summer. The Howard family has had to allow play only four days a week in the beginning to give the new and still tender grass on the Silver time to recuperate from the traffic. The first hole is a very attractive par 4, with a sand trap left and a stand of trees sticking out from the right at a distance where many drives land. On the tee you can see the green trying to peek through those same trees, where all the lower branches are trimmed, and ground brush is gone for golfers to retrieve and hit balls out from trouble more easily. The second hole is a blind tee shot starting the long par 5. The 4 th and 5 th holes are separated by several dozen tall White Pines framing both holes, providing a distinct “Up North” vibe. All the fairways have some