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Apple mountainFreeland, MIGrade: B+Teacher’s Notes: So much water. So much sand. Nice and well maintained. Built around a now decommissioned ski hill, Apple Mountain Golf Course is a residential and park-style golf course with an abundance of water and bunkers. Apple Mountain was built in 1998 to a design by John Sanford. A little research […]
Bello BosMacomb, MichGrade: DTeacher comments: Poor conditions and pedestrian design. Bello Woods offers 27 holes of golf in a park-like and wooded setting. I played the red and gold nines. The second on Bello Woods’ Gold is a par 4 of 314 meters. The Gold Nine is largely forested and often so cramped that it […]
Golf course on the riverBattle Creek, MIGrade: CTeacher’s comments: A pleasant design that deserves better conditions. Once a private club, Riverside has been open to the public since 2011. It is a park-style course, with surprising elevation changes. There has been a golf course on the site since 1926, but Bruce and Jerry Matthews are […]
The fifth at Wequetonsing is a 288-yard par 4. Harbor Point playing and Wequetonsing in Harbor Springs, Mi In the last few days I have had the pleasure of playing two classic courses: Harbor Point and Wequetonsing. Both private clubs date from 1896; Both have designed courses by one of the Foulis family from Scotland; […]
Golf blogger weekly highlights: 27 July – 2 August If you have missed them, here are a few stories from 27 July to 2 August on Golfblogger.com Milestone of GAM membershipThe Golf Association of Michigan hit a large milestone – 100,000 members strong! Proof of the lively golf community of the state. Read more here. […]
In the last few days I have played two new courses and returned to a classic. The classic is Belvedere (shown above), of which I think it is in the conversation for the best publicly accessible golf course in Michigan. The course designed by Willie Watson dates from 1925 and has all the characteristics of […]
