The best of Boyne Resorts in northern Michigan

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. Golf packages through Boyne can combine any of the three resorts and eight golf courses.

The largest of the Boyne resorts for golf is Boyne Highlands in Harbor Springs, home to four 18-hole championship golf courses, highlighted by the Heather course, a Robert Trent Jones Sr. classic that is a regular tournament host, including the 2011 Michigan Amateur. The Moor course is located next door and a similar, classically designed test. Newer courses, the Donald Ross Memorial and Arthur Hills course are located at a separate facility with its own clubhouse and driving range a short drive away from the main, chalet-style lodge.

The original Boyne property, Boyne Mountain, has two golf courses of its own, the Alpine course and Monument course, and is home to many family-friendly activities along with the golf, as well as the Nike Junior Golf School.

The most high-profile of the eight courses is Bay Harbor Golf Club, a Top 100 Arthur Hills design with 27-holes on the shores of Lake Michigan, including the ever-unique Quarry nine set in an old shale quarry. Just down the road is Crooked Tree Golf Club, a stand-alone, 18-hole, player-friendly golf course overlooking the lake.

Hills golf course at Boyne Highlands

The Hills Course at Boyne Highlands opened in 2001, the fourth golf course to come to the resort.

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Boyne Highlands resort

The Alpine-style lodge at Boyne Highlands is where most golfers stay when playing the four courses at the resort.

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Crooked Tree golf course

Crooked Tree Golf Club is located high above the Little Traverse Bay, just around the corner from Bay Harbor.

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Ross Memorial golf course at Boyne Highlands

The Ross Memorial at Boyne Highlands features 18 replica holes of legendary architect Donald Ross.

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Ross Memorial at Boyne Highlands - hole 18

No. 18 at the Ross Memorial is a replica of the famous 16th hole from Oakland Hills South.

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Hills course at Boyne Highlands - hole 13

The most spectacular tee shot at Boyne is the par-5 13th hole of the Hills course at Boyne Highlands.

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Boyne Highlands - Heather Course - hole 9

The Robert Trent Jones-designed Heather course's ninth hole is the longest at Boyne, playing over 600 yards.

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Bay Harbor G.C. - Links Course - hole 4

Bay Harbor's par-3 fourth hole on the Links nine plays along Little Traverse Bay.

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Quarry golf course at Bay Harbor - hole 9

Both the Links and Quarry nines at Bay Harbor have lake frontage, including the par-4 ninth hole of the Quarry.

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Heather course at Boyne Highlands - hole 18

No. 18 on the Heather course at Boyne Highlands is a long par-4 with a wide fairway but demands a long carry over water.

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Inn at Bay Harbor

The Inn at Bay Harbor is Boyne's luxury golf resort, one of Michigan's finest, just down the road from Bay Harbor Golf Club.

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Preserve golf course at Bay Harbor

Bay Harbor has 27 holes, including the Preserve nine which is played more by members than visitors.

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