14710 Northwood Hwy,
Arcadia, Michigan 49613
Office
+1 (800) 494 8666 (toll free)Pro shop
+1 (231) 889 3006Fax
+1 (231) 889 0117Website
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Zack Chapin (PGA Head Golf Professional)The Course:
18 holes. Open links-style. Undulating terrain - several slopes to climb.
Surroundings:
Seaside (Lake Michigan), open countryside and woodland.
Designer:
Rick Smith in collaboration with Warren Henderson.
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2.5 mi S of Arcadia / 52 mi SW of Traverse City.
Arcadia Bluffs
Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club: Located directly alongside Lake Michigan, Arcadia Bluffs is a wonderful example of the new breed of top-quality "retro-links" golf courses. These inspiring and headline-grabbing layouts replicate "seaside golf as it used to be". The golf course and onsite facilities puts this superb Stay&Play venue in the same elevated league as the likes of Whistling Straits, Bandon Dunes and Canada's Cabot Links.
Played through huge fescue-covered sand hills, the layout is as authentic and inspiring as any of the modern designs that tip their hats to the links courses of old. In an environment where busy roads and housing play no part, all the key characteristics of a great links course are here in abundance. Laid out on open undulating treeless terrain, the good-width slivers of fairway are routed through towering himalayan dunes. Sod-faced revetted bunkers, large sandy waste areas and expansively undulating greens support the overall links-style character of Arcadia Bluffs.
The layout contains a wealth of wonderfully crafted, memorable and challenging holes. From the Lodge and clubhouse, and just about every hole on the course, you enjoy wonderful vistas onto mighty Lake Michigan.
Starting the back-nine loop, the par-4 10th and par-5 11th take you lakewards from the impressive red-roofed clubhouse. Both these holes will feel a little tighter than much of the front-nine, as they wriggle downhill between the dunes. At the par-4 12th you play along the shoreline, albeit perched on the bluffs a couple of hundred feet above the lake (the far-side of which lies a mere 50 miles to the west). Although a relatively recent addition, Arcadia Bluffs is a pure links layout, offering all the thrills and spills of duneland "seaside golf", and then some.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends during golf season (mid-April thru' mid-Nov).
Must book in advance.
Credit cards accepted. Contact club for full details, discounts, Stay&Play packages, etc. [Last updated: 2018].
Non-metal spike facility. Walking permitted at certain times. Golf carts are fitted with GPS. Caddies and forecaddies available.
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Just 20 miles to the north of Arcadia Bluffs, on the same Lake Michigan shoreline, is the also stunning, but private golf course of Crystal Downs Country Club.
2019/20 Golf Digest rating: 68th best course and 13th best public course in the USA; 3rd best course in Michigan.
14710 Northwood Hwy, Arcadia, MI 49613.
+1 (231) 889 3016
Visit websiteThe Lodge at Arcadia Bluffs is located on the second level of the beautiful Nantucket coastal estate-style clubhouse and has 15 comfortably appointed guest rooms. Ten rooms face west with breathtaking views of Lake Michigan, while the other five offer sunrise views. Each room is furnished with king bed, desk and chair, flat screen television, stand up shower, and private walk-out porch.
Arcadia Bluffs
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Crystal Downs.
2700 Orchard Hwy, Manistee, MI 49660
+1 (231) 723 1535
Visit websiteLittle River Casino Resort is owned and operated by the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians. The hotel offers 292 luxury rooms and suites attached to the onsite casino. Facilities include a fitness center, indoor pool, sauna, and hot tub, as well as several dining options.
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Arcadia Bluffs (14 mi)
Tournaments:
Women’s major championships: the month of June sees two women’s majors: the US Women’s Open (June 3-6), with A Lim Kim defending, and the Women’s PGA Championship (June 24-27), with Sei Young Kim defending.
Senior PGA Championship: the revered Southern Hills in Oklahoma hosts the 81st staging of this event (May 27-30); Ken Tanigawa holds the title from its last playing in 2019.
Who's Who:
Phil Mickelson: in winning the 2021 PGA Championship, the world’s most famous “leftie” became the oldest winner of a golf major championship.
Hideki Matsuyama: became the first Japanese professional to win a men’s major championship, when he triumphed in this year’s Masters Tournament.
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
American Dunes opens for play following Nicklaus transformation
Nicklaus Design has transformed the former Grand Haven Golf Club in Michigan into the American Dunes Golf Club, a new public course that is now open for play
New course opens for play at Barnbougle
Bill Coore designs 14-hole layout with “sporty” holes on dune ridge above Lost Farm (golf carts allowed).
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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