Michigan Golf Journal October 2021

Michigan Golf Journal Top V lue Courses Michigan Leads Golf.com Ranking of the Top 100 Value U.S. Courses for $150 or Less Reprinted with Permission. This story first appeared in Detroit Free Press on Aug. 20 By Carlos Monarrez I’ve played a lot of golf all over the country. I’ve played in golf hotbeds like California, Florida, Arizona and Hawaii. I’ve even played internationally (OK, it was Windsor, but still). After playing so many courses in so many states over several decades, there’s something I’ve long suspected about Michigan’s golf courses but that I wasn’t able to quantify or prove. Until now. Thanks to the recent legwork of a select group of 10 raters at Golf.com, my suspicion has been confirmed: Michigan leads the country in top value courses you can play for $150 or less. That’s right. Not California, Texas, Florida or even New York — all of which have least twice Michigan’s population of about 10 million. It’s the Great Lakes Stoatin Brae