The Natural Golf Course at Beaver Creek Resort, Gaylord, MI

The Natural hosts more rounds per year than any golf course in the Midwest golf mecca of Gaylord, Mich., due in large part low green fees that encourage local play.

Though located at Beaver Creek Resort, this Jerry Matthews design is no resort course and some local knowledge goes a long way here. There are blind shots, lay-ups and tricky doglegs, and the 8th and 18th are very difficult par 4s with long marsh carries. Matthews employs his trademark "natural course design" here; very little earth was moved and wetlands come into play on many holes.