Michigan Golf Journal May 2022

Michigan’s Ray Hearn Is Tackling Several Projects at BOYNE Resort Michigan-based architect Ray Hearn has worked on courses across the country for 25 years, but his mos t recent projects are closer to home and may have a more far-reaching impact. Stephen Kircher, Boyne’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and Bernie Friedrich, Senior Vice-President of Golf, brought in Hearn, who has headquarters in Holland, Michigan, to tackle a variety of projects. One of the most interesting is on the Donald Ross Memorial course at Boyne Highlands Resort. Bill Newcomb was the original architect of the Donald Ross Memorial course. Each of its 18 holes is a reproduction of classic holes from other famous courses that he designed in the early part of the century. The Ross Memorial course opened in 1989 and Golf Digest tabbed it the ‘Best New Resort Course By Len Ziehm Michigan Golf Journal

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