Michigan (Lower Peninsula)
Michigan offers a vast spread of public golf courses. Bay Harbor Golf Club offers scenic bay views at virtually all holes while Robert Trend Jones Sr's Masterpiece course at the well-regarded Treetops resort makes the most of the natural landscape of valleys, plains and ravines. During your exploration of Grand Rapids' abundant natural beauty and electric nightlife, reserve the afternoon(s) for the championship layout at Thousand Oaks Golf Club or challenging, nationally-ranked course at Tullymore Golf Resort.
Visitors welcome
Traverse City
Rick Smith in collaboration with Warren Henderson.
Visitors welcome
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
Arthur Hills & Steven Forrest in collaboration with Stephen Kircher.
Visitors welcome
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
(Closed in 2019)
Gaylord
Tom Doak
Visitors welcome
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
Visitors welcome
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
Robert Trent Jones Sr
Visitors welcome
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
Arthur Hills
Visitors welcome
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
William Newcomb, Jim Flick and E. & S.Kircher
Visitors welcome
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
William Newcomb, Jim Flick and E. & S.Kircher
Visitors welcome
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
William Newcomb designed both courses at Boyne Mountain: Alpine course (1970), Monument course (1985).
Visitors welcome
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
Harry Bowers
Private club
Traverse City
Dr. Alister MacKenzie in collaboration with Perry Maxwell.
Visitors welcome
Grand Rapids
Chris Lutzke in collaboration with Pete Dye.
(Closed in 2016)
Gaylord
Jerry Matthews
Visitors welcome
Gaylord
Rsrt guests only
Gaylord
Private club
Detroit
Visitors welcome
Traverse City
Visitors welcome
Traverse City
Visitors welcome
Grand Rapids
Visitors welcome
Grand Rapids
Visitors welcome
Grand Rapids
Visitors welcome
Grand Rapids
Visitors welcome
Grand Rapids
A Jack Nicklaus Signature Design
Visitors welcome
Grand Rapids
Visitors welcome
Traverse City
John F. Robinson
Visitors welcome
Grand Rapids
Visitors welcome
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
Bruce Matthews III
Visitors welcome
Gaylord
Kevin Aldridge designed the Gailes (1992) and Blackshire (2001) courses; Bruce & Jerry Matthews designed the Seradella course (1969).
(Closed in 2019)
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
Jeff Gorney
Private club
Chicago
Tom Doak
Visitors welcome
Detroit
Private club
Detroit
South course originally designed by Donald Ross (1918); modifications by Rees Jones (2006) and Gil Hanse (2019). North course originally designed by Donald Ross (1922); redesigned by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1969).
Visitors welcome
Detroit
Visitors welcome
Gaylord
Visitors welcome
Grand Rapids
Visitors welcome
Gaylord
Visitors welcome
Gaylord
Tom Weiskopf
Visitors welcome
Gaylord
Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay
Visitors welcome
Detroit
Visitors welcome
Grand Rapids
Jerry Matthews
Visitors welcome
Grand Rapids
Visitors welcome
Gaylord
Tom Fazio
Visitors welcome
Gaylord
Robert Trent Jones Sr.
Visitors welcome
Gaylord
Rick Smith
Private club
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
Visitors welcome
Grand Rapids
Jim Engh
Visitors welcome
Detroit
Original design by Dr Alister MacKenzie (1931); renovated by Arthur Hills (1994).
Tournaments:
US Women's PGA Championship: located just outside Philadelphia, the famed Donald Ross layout of Aronimink Golf Club hosts the third women’s major championship of 2020 (Oct 8-11).
Scottish Open: first played in 1972, this year’s championship is again played on the Tom Doak-designed Renaissance Club course, which sits alongside mighty Muirfield in East Lothian (Oct 1-4).
Who's Who:
Jim Furyk: in winning the Pure Insurance Championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links, “The Grinder” joined Arnold Palmer and Bruce Fleisher as the only players to win their first two starts on the PGA Tour Champions.
Georgia Hall: recorded her first win in an LPGA Tour event on American soil at this year’s Portland Classic, played at Columbia Edgewater Country Club … on the edge of the Columbia River.
Traigh Golf Course (pronounced "try", and meaning "beach" in Gaelic): You'll find this nine-hole seaside gem on the scenic coast road (as opposed to the more inland and quicker A830) between Arisaig and Morar. Although not on the well-beaten path of Scotland's "trophy" courses, if you are passing through this area, it's a must play.
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Cullen Links Golf Club: "immensely scenic", "quirky as golf can get", "short!", "hugely enjoyable" ... Cullen Links attracts as wide a variety of comments as it lays down golfing challenges. Shoehorned into this 4,600 yard treasure trove are ten par-3s, seven par-4s and a good-length par-5. Here you'll find all the seaside scenery a golfer could ask for, and a lot more besides. Read More...
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