Michigan golf and travel articles from MichiganGolf.com

Greywalls course at Marquette Golf Club: Upper Peninsula gem is rock solid

no_email@example.com (Brandon Tucker) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:57:53 GMT

Michigan native Mike Devries, a former intern under Tom Doak, takes natural, minimalist golf course design to the next level at Greywalls at Marquette Golf Club. The result is a course with tumbling, rugged fairways with few flat lies, some awkward-looking shots and rugged rough and bunkering. This is a one-of-a-kind golf course, Brandon Tucker writes.

College Fields Golf Club is filled with wild turkeys but the course itself - near Michigan ...

no_email@example.com (Chris Baldwin) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:39:07 GMT

When you first arrive at College Fields Golf Club, your expectations are likely to be as tempered. Then, a funny thing happens. Golfers get out on the course and start smiling. Even in today's time of great overhype, some things still step up and deliver unexpected delights.

True North Golf Club - Harbor Springs, Michigan

no_email@example.com (PremierAerials.com) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:49:51 GMT

A private, gated community, True North Golf Club boasts a championship-caliber golf course by Jim Engh. The course is carved from Michigan's beloved north woods and could become known as one of the state's finest rounds.

By Dye it's all right: Par 3 power saves Eagle Eye Golf Club from being a boring slog

no_email@example.com (Chris Baldwin) — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:47:02 GMT

If you're looking for a challenge, Eagle Eye Golf Club in Bath will bring it and then some. There are professional loan sharks who don't do as good a job of pummeling someone as Eagle Eye. It's a brute that can sneak up on you, too, Chris Baldwin writes.

Timber Ridge Golf Club in East Lansing, Michigan

no_email@example.com (Chris Baldwin) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:47:17 GMT

Timber Ridge Golf Club is only a 10-minute drive from Michigan State University's sprawling campus, but it seems a lot farther than that when you get to the course. This is anything but a bustling, crowded scene. Instead, you get a course in the trees with some unexpected elevation change.

Sweetgrass Golf Club in Michigan's Upper Peninsula

no_email@example.com (Brandon Tucker) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:41:11 GMT

Sweetgrass Golf Club in Harris is the newest addition to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, part of the Island Resort & Casino. Designed by Michigan-based architect Paul Albanese, the course plays on gently rolling and at most points wide-open land - that's a change from nearby Greywalls and Timberstone, which that feature great elevation changes.

Three-of-a-kind: Michigan's Upper Peninsula boasts Vegas-style gaming and a triangle of great golf

no_email@example.com (Brandon Tucker) — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:16:18 GMT

Folks in Michigan's Upper Peninsula - or "Yoopers" - are rightly proud of their best golf courses. Timberstone and Sweetgrass, which, along with Greywalls in Marquette, complete a triangle on the western side of the U.P., are three gems worthy of national attention, but they're hardly similar to each other, native son Brandon Tucker writes.

Greywalls Golf Course at Marquette Golf Club

no_email@example.com (Brandon Tucker) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:27:15 GMT

Greywalls Golf Course at Marquette Golf Club was designed by Mike Devries, who is a Michigan native and interned under Tom Doak. Devries has a similar minimalist approach, moving very little land here. That's apparent, as there are few flat lies to be found and the course can make a golfer's first time here a little uncomfortable, especially considering some of the most difficult holes come right out of the gate.

Eagle Eye Golf Club near Lansing, Michigan

no_email@example.com (Chris Baldwin) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:03:42 GMT

Eagle Eye Golf Club takes the trees out of Michigan golf. Instead, it's all about tight shots into a links-style design. There are little pot bunkers, big bushes and a mammoth 145 slope rating. Located near MSU, Eagle Eye is a golf course that can beat up a golfer playing it for the first time, but you'll remember the par 3s.

Timberstone Golf Course at Pine Mountain Resort in Iron Mountain, Michigan

no_email@example.com (Brandon Tucker) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:38:39 GMT

Timberstone Golf Course at Pine Mountain Resort is located in Iron Mountain in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This Jerry Matthews design is remote and a real knockout, offering up the quintessential northern Michigan golf experience. It features plenty of nature, with deer scampering around the fairways, and just about each hole is lined with thick forest.