Heather golf course at Boyne Highlands Resort in Harbor Springs

HARBOR SPRINGS, Mich. - The Heather golf course at Boyne Highlands Resort in northern Michigan is a classic golf design from Robert Trent Jones Sr. that was one of the area's first nationally ranked courses. It is one of four 18-hole courses at the Boyne Highlands Resort.

The Heather is a championship caliber golf course that has hosted the Michigan Amateur Championship and plays 7,118 yards from the championship tees. It features Jones' signature tight, tree-lined doglegs, raised greens and splashed bunkering. Three of the four par-3 holes require a carry over water and the par-5 ninth hole is the longest at Boyne Highlands Resort, playing 617 yards.

The 18th hole is one of northern Michigan's most dramatic, a par-4 playing downhill before the approach shot much carry about 150 yards of water in order to reach the green.

Boyne Highlands Resort has installed a caddie program at this walker-friendly course.

Boyne Highlands Resort - Heather golf course - hole 3

The Heather golf course at the Boyne Highlands Resort in Harbor Springs, Mich.

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Boyne Highlands Resort - Heather course - hole 4

The fourth hole of the Heather course at the Boyne Highlands Resort is a par 3 that plays entirely over water.

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Boyne Highlands Resort - Heather G.C. - hole 5

Boyne Highlands Resort's Heather course's par-5 fifth hole is a dogleg left around water the entire way.

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Boyne Highlands Resort - Heather golf course - hole 6

Boyne Highlands Resort's Heather course's par-3 sixth hole is 161 yards over a pond.

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Boyne Highlands Resort - Heather G.C. - hole 7

Boyne Highlands Resort's Heather course's par-4 seventh hole is a dogleg left to a green tucked behind bunkers.

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Boyne Highlands Resort - Heather golf course - hole 8

Boyne Highlands Resort's Heather course's par-4 eighth hole is 450 yards from the championship tees.

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Boyne Highlands Resort - Heather course - hole 9

The Heather course's par-5 ninth hole is the longest at Boyne Highlands Resort, playing more than 600 yards.

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Boyne Highlands Resort - Heather golf course - hole 11

Boyne Highlands Resort's Heather course's par-5 11th hole is guarded heavily around the green by bunkers.

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Boyne Highlands Resort - Heather golf course - hole 12

Boyne Highlands Resort's Heather course's 12th hole is a par 3 that plays 174 yards over water.

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Boyne Highlands Resort - Heather golf course - bunkers

Boyne Highlands Resort's Heather golf course features signature Robert Trent Jones Sr. raised greens and large, splashed bunkers.

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Boyne Highlands Resort - Heather G.C. - caddies

Caddies are offered on the walker-friendly Heather course at Boyne Highlands Resort.

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Boyne Highlands Resort - Heather golf course - hole 18

Boyne Highlands Resort's Heather course's 18th hole is a long par 4 that plays downhill and requires a long approach shot over water.

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