Michigan Golf Journal September 2021

Championships, the 2019 U.S. Senior Women’s Open and the upcoming 2022 U.S. Women’s Open. To play at Pine Needles — and, of course, its sister course across Midland Road, Mid Pines — is to live and breathe Donald Ross golf. Mid Pines was impeccably restored by Franz in 2013. The renovation was honored with GOLF Magazine’s Best U.S. Resort Renovation and Restoration of the Year. The Village of Pinehurst Area Chapter of the National Golf Course Owners Association named the  New Course at Talamore its “Course of the Year 2018.” The prestigious award came after a major restoration. Talamore’s partner property, the Arnold Palmer-designed Mid South Club , also underwent a similar golf course restoration and greens conversion along with numerous other club enhancements. Both have also risen in state rankings since then. And, of course, Tobacco Road Golf Club in Sanford has changed the face of Pinehurst- area golf ever since architect Mike Strantz’s masterpiece debuted in 1998. If you are planning a trip to the region, booking a round at Tobacco Road is something you need to seriously consider. And there are plenty more outstanding, if lesser known, layouts in the area that are especially enjoyable during autumn’s picturesque appeal. Legacy Golf Links in Aberdeen is a memorable Jack Nicklaus II Design, with more than 7,000 yards picturesquely Tobacco Road Continues on next page >> 13 September 2021 www.michigangolfjournal.com