Bay harbor
Yardage: 6825 Slope/Rating: 143/72
The first nine holes, The Links, is reminiscent of the Great Irish Seaside courses, The Links has miles of Lake Michigan shoreline forming a backdrop for this incomparable beauty. Accented with towering bluffs and dunes this course is a stunning achievement in the sport of golf.
The second nine, the Quarry Course features a forty-foot gorge with shale cliffs, ponds and waterfall make this natural course a truly unique experience with the fi nal three holes along Lake Michigan .
“GOLFWEEK” selected the Links/Quarry 43rd among “America’s 100 Best Modern Courses” for 1997, 61st for 1998 and 33rd for 1999. “GOLF Magazine” chose the same combination 8th in the 1998 category of “Top 100 Courses You Can Play in the U.S.”
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Links at casa de campo
Yardage: 6461 Slope/Rating: 124/70
Water, Water, Everywhere
The Links course, also designed by Pete Dye, has a
moderately hilly track with tall bahia and guinea grass roughs as well as plenty of sand traps to keep you on your toes.
Thought by some to be reminiscent of traditional British and Scottish courses, there are several lagoons and even lakes with wading birds. There are fi ve holes where water comes into play on this course making it a challenge unto itself.
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The Heather
Yardage: 6815 Slope/Rating: 136/74
Named “Michigan’s best resort course” by Golf Digest, The Heather, designed by Robert Trent Jones, features
wide tree-lined fairways, sculpted bunkers and serveral daunting water hazards.
A classic layout winding it’s way through north woods
forest and a blueberry bog. A shotmaker’s favorite, this course features excellent risk reward challenges.
Ranked #55- Top 100 courses you can play
-Golf Magazine
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Hollow Ground
Yardage: 6511 Slope/Rating: 138/72
A rolling, up and down hill links-style course. Despite its wide open appearance,it is quite diffi cult. Tall grasses line the fairways (sometimes splitting it) and surround
the greens.
Deep sand traps are in “all the wrong places”, if you are off slightly on your shot, you will likely hit one.
Large marsh/water hazards will also tempt you to “go forit”, when it may be wiser to play it safe.
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Myrtle Beach Tour
Yardage: 6621 Slope/Rating: 130/71
A compilation of the signature holes from eighteen of the fi nest courses in the Myrtle Beach area. Provides a sampler of the best the Grand Strand has to offer.
Not overly diffi cult from the front tees, but can be a challenge from the tips.
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Old Palm
Yardage: 7106 Slope/Rating: 140/74
Course architect and Honorary Club Chairman Raymond Floyd provides an unrivaled design with Old Palm Golf Club’s 18-hole championship course which features
stacked sod wall bunkers, cascading water features, lakes and an undulating terrain.
The par 72 championship course measures 7,272 yards from the tournament tees, and features heavily mounded terrain not often seen in a watery Florida course.
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Parkland
Yardage: 6876 Slope/Rating: 135/74.5
Designed by Greg Norman, the course creates areas that mimic the area’s local natural habitats...the cypress swamp, the low hammock and the pine fl atland.
The golf course promises to challenge all levels of players and ages. Broad fairways are soft and continuous, luring the big hitters to let go with the driver, only to fi nd deep
bunkers of many sizes and shapes to catch the errant shot.
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Pebble Beach Golf Links
Yardage: 6719 Slope/Rating: 142/74
Since 1919, the exquisite beauty and unique challenge of Pebble Beach Golf Links has thrilled golfers and spectators alike. Pebble Beach has been the site of golf’s
most prestigious tournaments, including the annual AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, the 1972, ‘82,‘92 and 2000 U.S. Open Championships.
Pebble Beach Golf Links is ranked the No. 1 Public Course in America by Golf Digest in 2003 - 2004.
Designed by Jack Neville and Douglas Grant, the course hugs the rugged coastline, providing wide-open vistas, cliffside fairways and sloping greens. It is a delightful challenge for all players.
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The Preserve
Yardage: 6719 Slope/Rating: 143/36.4
Laces its way through a pristine hardwood forest set just off the shore of Lake Michigan.
A spectacular course offering excellent risk/reward throughout. A natural beauty.
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Red Rock Valley
Yardage: 5204 Slope/Rating: 110/65
A wide open desert course with large greens that are fairly fl at.
Tees are spread out to allow for beginner play, but this is a fun course for seasoned veterans. Unique scenery.
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Ross Memorial
Yardage: 6771 Slope/Rating: 136/75.5
Over fi ve hundred golf courses were designed by Scotsman Donald Ross, the “Michelangelo” of golf course architecture. His designs refl ected the philosophy
that golf courses should be subtly deceptive rather than unduely penal... a true test for skilled players yet enjoyable for golfers of all abilities.
Eighteen recreations of the master’s greatest holes. St. Andrews, Pinehurst, Royal Dornoch, Inverness, Oakland Hills and others pay tribute to this accomplished designer. Greens are painstakingly detailed. Rated one of Michigan’s fi nest by Golf Digest.
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Shady Dunes
Yardage: 6854 Slope/Rating: 140/72
A fairly fl at course, lined with towering bald cypress and live oaks.There are expansive, forgiving fairways, but little room for error outside of that.
You will fi nd yourself hitting out of the many large sand traps more times than you would like.
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Teeth of the Dog
Yardage: 6934 Slope/Rating: 140/74.1
Consistently rated by Golf Magazine and others as the #1 golf course in the Caribbean and one of the top 35 courses in the world, this Pete Dye creation is a must play for any serious golfer. The course features 7 holes on the ocean’s edge with outcropped peninsula tees and greens.
The course gets its name from the signature # 5 par 3 which resembles a dog’s mouth from above.
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Tuscany Reserve
Yardage: 6755 Slope/Rating: 143/72
The par-72 course at Tuscany Reserve Golf Club is collaborative design by Greg Norman and Pete Dye, two of golf’s most infl uential architects.
Reserve’s championship course meanders along terraced hillsides with water features slowly spilling over aging stone walls into narrow fi nger-lakes and channels.. A picturesque farm-like landscape of olive groves and fl owering orchards helps create the look and feel of Tuscany.
The Tuscan landscape is refl ected in the topography of the golf course, with a variety of uphill and downhill holes.
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Venetian
Yardage: 6650 Slope/Rating: 136/74
Reminiscent of the work of the early masters of golf course architecture, the golf course at Venetian Golf & River Club is an 18-hole, par-72 masterpiece.
Fairways throughout the course are generous and are framed with natural looking mounds, strategically located bunkers and an abundance of grass hollows. Hazards are configured in a manner to make forced carries optional.
With fi ve sets of tee markers, Venetian provides players of all abilities with a dynamic golfi ng experience.
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