Michigan Golf Journal October 2021

Michigan Golf Journal Boyne Updates Changes abound at Boyne Highlands n orth of Petoskey with really cool and sophisticated, modern updates to 87 rooms at the iconic Main Lodge, which has operated with an English Tudor-style design for several decades. Also seeing updates is the work on the Donald Ross Memorial Course’s opening hole, which is a replica of Seminole No. 6 along the coastline in Florida. A completely restyled green is going in right now to be more accurate with Seminoles’ design plus changes to the fairway surround has more sand and fescue and fewer northern Michigan trees, all to add increased authenticity to the hole’s overall look. The initial goal from the beginning was to replicate as much as possible some excellent Donald Ross holes from around the country. The Boyne team some 30 years ago picked from over 400 hole designs and narrowed the choices down to those that fit the Boyne topography the best they could, to help make the replications that much more accurate. The course won Golf Digest’s ‘Best New Resort Course in the U.S.’ in 1990. It was never constructed to be a “top 18” type course, but rather one that fit the land’s authenticity and give golfers a strong flavor of Boyne Highlands Remodels Hotel and Donald Ross Memorial Golf Course By Tom Lang