Michigan Golf Course Reviews
LochenHeath Golf Club in Williamsburg makes miracle comeback after two-year closure
The reopening of LochenHeath Golf Club after a two-year closure can be traced to the unwavering commitment of a handful of its original members. But can the course maintain its momentum in a state that is losing more players than it is gaining? Jason Scott Deegan has more on LochenHeath.
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Looking for northern Michigan golf without the drive? Try Devil's Ridge Golf Club in Oxford
If you want to play golf in northern Michigan, here's a way to shave off about four hours from your drive. Go to Devil's Ridge Golf Club in Oxford instead. The course itself is a tale of two terrains. The first half wanders through lowlands. You'll fish the ball out of all sorts of wetlands and ponds. On the back, you'll often lose sight of your ball as it climbs over a ridge or falls out of view over a cliff. Heck, just the views are worth the small price of admission.
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Player's club: Forest Dunes Golf Club in Roscommon is a feast for the skilled
The course is one part forest, one part dunes and a sum far greater than its parts. Now enjoying 10 years since it reopened, Forest Dunes Golf Club remains one of northern Michigan's top plays. Set within a 1,200-acre development within the Huron National Forest, this makes for one of the area's better splurges. For golfers who want a break from the busier, multi-course resorts of northern Michigan, Forest Dunes' isolated, one-off setting is ideal.
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Looking for northern Michigan golf without the drive? Try Devil's Ridge Golf Club in Oxford
If you want to play golf in northern Michigan, here's a way to shave off about four hours from your drive. Go to Devil's Ridge Golf Club in Oxford instead. The course itself is a tale of two terrains. The first half wanders through lowlands. You'll fish the ball out of all sorts of wetlands and ponds. On the back, you'll often lose sight of your ball as it climbs over a ridge or falls out of view over a cliff. Heck, just the views are worth the small price of admission.
... full article »Player's club: Forest Dunes Golf Club in Roscommon is a feast for the skilled
The course is one part forest, one part dunes and a sum far greater than its parts. Now enjoying 10 years since it reopened, Forest Dunes Golf Club remains one of northern Michigan's top plays. Set within a 1,200-acre development within the Huron National Forest, this makes for one of the area's better splurges. For golfers who want a break from the busier, multi-course resorts of northern Michigan, Forest Dunes' isolated, one-off setting is ideal.
... full article »At Lakewood Shores Resort in northern Michigan, they're in the British Open spirit at The Gailes
Since 1992, The Gailes at Lakewood Shores Resort in Oscoda has been considered one of northern Michigan's top links-inspired golf course designs. The day after Darren Clarke won the 2011 British Open at Royal St. George's, Brandon Tucker played a round at The Gailes. Did The Gailes pass the test?
... full article »For pros and joes: The Orchards brings stellar public golf to metro Detroit
Only a handful of tournament-tested courses are a joy to play for the Joe Hackers of the world. Count the Orchards Golf Club in metro Detroit as another in a long line of courses designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. that appeals to the masses and still challenges the best. It's no small feat when a course architect finds the perfect balance between playability and tournament toughness.
... full article »Black Lake Golf Club up in Onaway: Out of the way, worth the play
Those who make the effort to get to Black Lake Golf Club are in for a treat. It's a quiet, peaceful course scattered across 300 acres of dense, hardwood forest and marsh, part of the United Auto Workers' 1,000 acres of almost entirely natural property. It fits easily into northern Michigan's top 10 plays, perhaps its top five, though it can get lost in the shuffle, Brandon Tucker writes. Black Lake G.C. may just remind you a bit of Pinehurst.
... full article »Hidden River Golf and Casting Club: A golf course tucked away among northern Michigan's crowded scene
Northern Michigan is filled with big resorts and top-notch golf courses, but there's a quiet, family owned and friendly place you can go to get away from it all -- Hidden River Golf and Casting Club. While Hidden River may be a notch below the area's nationally acclaimed golf courses, it should still be part of your northern Michigan golf tour.
... full article »Par-3 Strategic Fox course makes Fox Hills the ultimate golf facility in metro Detroit
Strategic Fox rounds out Fox Hills Golf & Banquet Center in metro Detroit with an opportunity for beginners to learn the game -- or better players to get in a quick round. You won't find any of the area's highest-ranked courses here at Fox Hills, but you will find three courses filled with locals who play their weekly game here because the value and shots are all there.
... full article »Shepherd's Hollow Golf Club north of Detroit: A peaceful, but never easy, feeling
At Shepherd's Hollow Golf Club north of Detroit, the land dictates the golf. It seemed an easy decision but results in steeply elevated greens and tees and not many even lies. Few holes here offer easy pars, and thick forest lines most fairways to swallow stray drives. Shepherd's Hollow is the golf course to play when you can't make it to northern Michigan, writes Brandon Tucker, and it may rank as a better value and experience.
... full article »Play golf in Ann Arbor like a local at revamped muni Leslie Park Golf Course
The UM football team may be in the middle of its worst stretch ever. But at least Ann Arbor's golfers can smile. Their two municipal courses, led by Leslie Park Golf Course, are shining as bright as ever. Leslie Park's 2009 nomination as the top muni in Michigan capped a run of improvements to a course that had withered on the vine for the better part of the decade. A new commitment to both conditioning and customer service has paved the way for Leslie Park's return to glory. Are you listening, Coach Rich Rod? It can be done!
... full article »The Orchards Golf Club in Washington: Metro Detroit's (public) tournament stage
You don't need a membership to play The Orchards Golf Club near Detroit. It's tournament-tested and will take Johnny Public's money every day of the week. The Orchards sets out to offer a "club-for-the-day" experience in a city full of prestigious clubs you can't play, Brandon Tucker writes.
... full article »- Rev up your golf game at these five metro Detroit golf courses
- TPC Michigan in Dearborn: You can play the execs' urban golf playground
- Little-known Dunmaglas Golf Course in Charlevoix: A northern Michigan knockout
- Greywalls course at Marquette Golf Club: Upper Peninsula gem is rock solid
- College Fields Golf Club is filled with wild turkeys but the course itself - near Michigan State - isn't one
- By Dye it's all right: Par 3 power saves Eagle Eye from being a boring slog
- Timber Ridge Golf Club in Lansing: The unexpected height of central Michigan golf
- Belvedere Golf Club a traditional test in northern Michigan's resort country
- Kingsley Club in northern Michigan gains national attention as a modern golf throwback
- Beeches Golf Club in South Haven: Who says a new golf course has to be expensive?
- Make the short journey to Pilgrim's Run north of Grand Rapids
- Bring your thinking cap to Tom Doak's Black Forest in Gaylord, Mich.
- Michigan's Crown Golf Couse is about as close to 'metro golf' as you'll get in Traverse City
- New course at A-Ga-Ming Golf Club is bigger and badder but don't dismiss the original
- The Mines explodes into the Grand Rapids golf scene in Michigan
- King's Challenge Golf Club near Traverse City: A classic northern Michigan course
- The Bear Course at Grand Traverse Resort in Acme remains one of Michigan's toughest golf tests
- Tanglewood in South Lyon: The Lion definitely stacks up with the best of suburban Detroit golf
- The Inn at St. John's in Plymouth resurrects into a hotbed of golf on sacred ground
- Timber Trace Golf Club in Pinckney gives southeast Michigan a taste of northern Michigan golf
- Get outta town! For the best public golf in Ann Arbor, go beyond the city limits
- Eagle Crest quietly turns into a premier golf facility in SE Michigan
- Angels Crossing spreads its wings on a southwest Michigan village
- Lyon Oaks in Oakland County: Your local muni never looked so good
- Eagle Eye soars over golf offerings in Central Michigan
- Wawashkamo Golf Club an island experience full of military history
- Fox Hills has something for every level of golfer, especially a few lessons
- The Warren Course at Notre Dame worthy of a truce
- Plymouth's Fox Hills is not only big, but it's versatile
- Hemlock Golf Club gaining attention in Michigan
- Wyandotte Shores Golf Course made in classic style of St. Andrews
- LochenHeath still public, for now
- Forest Dunes Golf Club well worth the effort
- Yarrow making a name for itself in southern Michigan
- Back to school at Michigan State also means back to golf at Forest Akers West
- Birds of a feather: Eagle Eye Golf Club opens at Hawk Hollow
- Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club: Another feather in northern Michigan's cap
- Head to Bay Harbor for the best -- in golf, and at the Inn
- Pinecroft G.C. in Beulah: Value-priced northern Michigan golf
- Ever-improving Timber Ridge Golf Club a solid play in East Lansing
- Shepherd's Hollow Golf Club: The King of Golf in Metro Detroit
- Bay Harbor Golf Club
- Grande Golf Club in Jackson: Grand Indeed!
- Purgatory Golf Club: A Superb Golfing Experience
- Quail Chase Golf Club: Louisville's Best Bet for Golf
- Rick Smith Signature
- Rick Smith Tradition
- St. Ives Golf Club: Michigan's Most Overlooked Course
- The Tribute: An Embarrassment of Riches
- Black River Country Club: Surrounded by Rich History
- Clearbrook Golf Club
- Copper Ridge Golf Club
- Fieldstone Golf Club
- Lakes of Taylor Golf Club
- The Majestic at Lake Walden
- Northville Hills Golf Club
- Ravines Golf Club
- The Grande Golf Club
- Thunder Bay Golf Resort: Where You're Part of the Family
- Elk Ridge Golf Club Offers Relaxing Atmosphere
- The Preserve Golf Club Enters a New Era in Michigan
- Pierce Lake Golf Course: One of Michigan's Best-Kept Secrets
- The Straits Course at Whistling Straits Ready to Take Center Stage
- Michigan State University Courses Earn Plenty of Praise
- Moose Ridge Golf Course: One of the Best New Courses in Michigan
- The Wolverine: Grand Traverse Resort and Spa
- Partly Cloudy Forecast at Perplexing Calderone Farms Golf Club
- Grand Haven Golf Club: Opportunity Knocks in Southern Michigan
- Mature Black River Country Club a tricky delight in Port Huron
- Hawk Hollow Golf Course: An Embarrassment of Riches
- Lyon Oaks Golf Club Highlights Options in Oakland County
- Oxford's Metamora Golf & Country Club: Where Course Management is a Must
- Michigan's Grand Ledge Country Club Designed for Comfort
- The Medalist Golf Club: Poised for Greatness
- Grandville's Maple Hill: Much More Than a Golf Course
- Hole Profile - The 10th Hole at Marsh Ridge is a Challenge
- Timber Ridge Golf Course: Even Better than Before
- Good price, great course: Fore Lakes Golf Club near Port Huron
- Beauty and the beast: Fazio Premier Course at Treetops Resort in Gaylord offers challenge
- Cheap price doesn't mean cheap golf at Marsh Ridge Golf Course in Gaylord
- Devil's Ridge Golf Club in Oxford brings the northern resort experience to metro Detroit
- The Majestic at Lake Walden Lives Up to its Name
- The Emerald at Maple Creek: the Gem of Mid-Michigan Golf
- Willow Wood Country Club Emerges from Michigan's Shadows
- The Medalist Golf Club Comes Through with an Olympic Effort
- Michigan's Treetops/Sylvan Resort is Truly a Masterpiece
- Quail Ridge Golf Club: Michigan's Newest Treasure
- Tullymore Golf Course
- Thunder Bay Golf Resort Course: A Real Sunrise SideSurprise in Hillman