Review of Holiday Meadows Golf Course

Holiday meadows
Durand, Mich
Grade: B
Teacher’s Notes: Surprisingly delicious. Nine holes that left me wanting more.

I came across Holiday Meadows completely by chance. I was on my way home from another job, saw a sign and decided in a split second to stop by and check it out.

I’m glad I did. Holiday Meadows turned out to be surprisingly delicious.

Holiday Meadows is part of the Holiday Shores RV Resort. Until I saw Holiday Shores, I would have said an “RV Resort” was a place where campers and Winnebagos stopped for a weekend of communing with nature. Those at Holiday Shores were much more permanent in nature, with extensions and even floors. Most were more like modular homes in a manufactured home community.

But back to golf. Holiday Meadows is a nine-hole parkland course designed by Dave Atkinson in 2001. The route runs around several large ponds and over some very gently undulating terrain. A small hill provided elevated tee boxes for two holes. Another had a slightly elevated green going up and a slightly elevated tee going down.

The ponds (and a large stream) are mostly located on the edges of the holes, threatening wayward shots but not requiring a carry.

All in all, well done on the routing.

The individual holes were also clever. Six of the nine are doglegs of varying degrees, with fairway bunkers pinching lines.

My favorite hole was the double dogleg, par 5, seventh. It starts from a slightly elevated tee, heading right and then right again, with a large pond running the length of the inside bend.

The green is located on a piece of peninsula, with bunkers left and right. The judge is lucky because he caught my approach shot that would otherwise have rolled into the pond.

What I liked about the hole was that there were three options to decide how much risk you wanted to take with the water. Playing outside left all the time will keep the water out of the way (but possibly bring one of the two bunkers online). Risking the water off the tee and then playing the second and third tees will shorten the hole significantly.

Decisions, decisions.

From the back tees, Holiday Meadows would clock in at just over 7,000 yards if played as a full eighteen. This isn’t a pitch and putt.

Holiday Meadows does not have a published rating and slope.

The conditions on the day I played Holiday Meadows were excellent. Tee boxes, fairways and greens were all in excellent condition and the edges of the holes were well manicured. It was one of the better conditioned courses I played in the summer of 2025.

All in all, Holiday Meadows is a very nice course.

I thoroughly enjoyed my play Holiday Meadows and would not hesitate to perform again if I were in the area. The fact that it was only nine holes left me wanting more.

The Holiday Meadows Golf Course Review was published on January 29, 2026 from notes and photographs taken during a round played during the 2025 season. Follow the link for a list of all of GolfBlogger’s golf course reviews.

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