A private, gated community, True North Golf Club boasts a championship-caliber golf course by Jim Engh. The course is carved from Michigan's beloved north woods and could become known as one of the state's finest rounds.
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Timber Ridge Golf Club is only a 10-minute drive from Michigan State University's sprawling campus, but it seems a lot farther than that when you get to the course. This is anything but a bustling, crowded scene. Instead, you get a course in the trees with some unexpected elevation change.
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Sweetgrass Golf Club in Harris is the newest addition to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, part of the Island Resort & Casino. Designed by Michigan-based architect Paul Albanese, the course plays on gently rolling and at most points wide-open land - that's a change from nearby Greywalls and Timberstone, which that feature great elevation changes.
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Greywalls Golf Course at Marquette Golf Club was designed by Mike Devries, who is a Michigan native and interned under Tom Doak. Devries has a similar minimalist approach, moving very little land here. That's apparent, as there are few flat lies to be found and the course can make a golfer's first time here a little uncomfortable, especially considering some of the most difficult holes come right out of the gate.
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Eagle Eye Golf Club takes the trees out of Michigan golf. Instead, it's all about tight shots into a links-style design. There are little pot bunkers, big bushes and a mammoth 145 slope rating. Located near MSU, Eagle Eye is a golf course that can beat up a golfer playing it for the first time, but you'll remember the par 3s.
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Timberstone Golf Course at Pine Mountain Resort is located in Iron Mountain in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This Jerry Matthews design is remote and a real knockout, offering up the quintessential northern Michigan golf experience. It features plenty of nature, with deer scampering around the fairways, and just about each hole is lined with thick forest.
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Schuss Mountain at Shanty Creek Resorts in Bellaire is a classic, northern Michigan golf course built in the mid-1970s by Michigan architect William Newcomb. While it doesn't feature slopes and elevation changes as severe as many of the modern northern Michigan courses, it does have some roll on many holes as well as a few elevated tee boxes, especially on the back nine - which features more peaks and valleys along with added hole variety.
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Cedar River is one of four golf courses at Shanty Creek Resorts in Bellaire. The course was built by Tom Weiskopf and opened in 1999 and plays through rolling, wooded hills. It's one of the most scenic golf courses in northern Michigan with plenty of elevated tees and ponds.
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Forest Akers is a 36-hole golf facility on the campus of Michigan State University that delivers very green fairways at very reasonable prices. If you want the tough course, you play Forest Akers West and deal with its Michigan trees. If you're looking for a more relaxed, quick-in-and-out play, go across the street to Forest Akers East golf course.
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Hawk's Eye Golf Club is one of seven golf courses in Bellaire, northern Michigan. It's also the newest, opening its full 18 holes built by architect John Robinson in 2004.
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