Many years in the making, the Golf Club at Harbor Shores is officially opened with the Champions for Change charity skins game event held Aug. 10 in Benton Harbor. Course designer Jack Nicklaus invited fellow golfing legends Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and Johnny Miller to play for $1 million in prize money -- which was all donated to the First Tee and Boys and Girls Club of Benton Harbor.
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Continually ranked as one of the best public golf courses in Michigan since 2000, Shepherd's Hollow Golf Club sits on 350 acres of rolling terrain that you'd be more likely to find in northern Michigan over southeast Detroit. Most holes tumble up and down, and there are a fair amount of elevated tees and greens.
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The Orchards Golf Club in Oakland County is the metro Detroit area's tournament test everyone can play. Opened in 1993 and designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., the course sits on 525 scenic acres well away from metro Detroit.
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Leslie Park Golf Course, one of two municipal courses in Ann Arbor, is a classic design on the northern side of the city that has been renovated and redesigned by Arthur Hills. Leslie Park has received many improvements in recent years and was voted the top municipal golf course in Michigan in 2009.
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Tom Fazio's first foray into Michigan does not lack for drama. The Fazio Premier, as with every golf course at Treetops Resort in Gaylord, doubles as a ski resort in the winter. As a result, it features features dramatic undulation and elevation changes.
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Since opening in 2001, Tullymore Golf Club at the St. Ives Resort in Stanwood has quickly emerged as one of Michigan's best public golf courses. The course sits on over 800 acres of wetlands, and water is always a threat here, from the par-5 first hole to the finishing par 5.
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The Threetops par 3 course at Treetops Resort in Gaylord is considered one of America's best short courses and offers possibly the best public-access play. Designed by co-owner Rick Smith, the nine-hole, par-27 course features holes ranging from 140-219 yards and is set on similarly undulating hills, with elevation changes of up to 170 feet.
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In northern Michigan, Boyne Resorts consist of three separate four-season resort properties and eight golf courses, making it the area's largest and most diverse player in the summer golf market. Each resort is within about 30 miles of each other: Boyne Mountain, Boyne Highands and Bay Harbor.
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Dunmaglas Golf Course is a lesser-known, Scottish-inspired course just around the corner from nationally recognized Bay Harbor Golf Club and Crooked Tree Golf Club. Dunmaglas was originally built in 1992 by owner Chuck MacGillivray, who with the help of Larry Mancour and Dean Refram, built a very difficult course set on nearly 900 acres.
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Bay Harbor Golf Club is one of northern Michigan's most spectacularly placed golf courses, set on bluffs overlooking Little Traverse Bay and Lake Michigan. The course was designed by Arthur Hills and is an upscale, semi-private facility with GPS in the carts and a clubhouse and restaurant overlooking the lake.
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