Michigan Golf Journal June 2021

Few golf destinations match the variety found in Northern Michigan, which, depending on how much you’re willing to drive, runs about two dozen courses deep, including a collection of multi-course resorts highlighted by Boyne’s three properties. Rolling hills through hardwood forests make this the elevated tee shot capital of American golf. Dr. Alister MacKenzie’s private Crystal Downs heavily influenced modern architecture as a haunt of top architects Tom Doak and Mike DeVries, while Tom Watson played some boyhood golf at the historic, semi-private Belvedere in Charlevoix. Scores of affordable, off- the-beaten-path courses are waiting to be discovered. No visit here is complete without a visit to the lakeshore for Arcadia Bluffs and Bay Harbor , not to mention a jaunt to America’s greatest sand trap: Sleeping Bear Dunes. No. 9 New Zeeland No. 10 Augusta, Georgia World Top 100 Destinations: Nos. 51-100 In no particular order… Southwest Michigan Northern Michigan gets tons of attention (rightly so), but the southwestern quadrant of the state is home to a great roster of courses revolving around Grand Rapids, whose three area Mike DeVries designs – Pilgrim’s Run, Diamond Springs and Mines Golf Course – form a formidable, affordable trio. Nearer to Kalamazoo, Gull Lake View Resort’s six-course offering is topped by Stoatin Brae , one of the best public courses to open in the 2010s. To read details on the entire World Top 100 locations, go to: https://www.golfpass . com/travel-advisor/articles/world-top-100- destinations MGJ Sleeping Bear Dunes Diamond Springs Michigan Golf Journal World Top 100