Michigan Golf Scene

Gaylord’s Best Double-Play

The recent purchase of the golf course at Marsh Ridge Resort by the same folks who’ve run the unique resort and also The Natural just down the road are giving travelers to Northern Michigan a spectacular double-play package as good as anything the Tigers can turn down in Motown.

The courses are both 4-Star Golf Digest Places to Play and have a similar relaxing ambiance, but are decidedly different tests. Mike Husby’s Marsh Ridge design features fairways lined with mature trees and changes in elevation that make the par-71 layout play much longer than its listed 6,231 yards. Marsh Ridge makes players get to think their way from shot to shot. The par-3s have some stunning panoramic views and most also require forced carries over marshland. The signature par-5 18th is reachable in two with a great drive and a dry second that negotiates a pond front and left of the green. 

In the last half-dozen years, Tiger Woods has won the Buick Open at Grand Blanc’s Warwick Hills twice, as has Vijay Singh with Jim Furyk taking home a title as well. But nobody received roars any louder than Brian Bateman when he rolled in a 12-foot birdie at the final hole to hold off three seasoned winners, Jason Gore, Justin Leonard and Woody Austin and claimed his first TOUR win last summer.

They’ll likely ALL be back in the Flint area when the Buick Open returns June 23rd-29th, especially with the PGA Championship coming to Oakland Hills just six weeks after.

Players love Warwick Hills’ tight fairways and lush greens. Particularly, they love the crowds that turn the event into an “event”. The throng at the beautiful par-3 17th, possibly the loudest on TOUR east of Phoenix.

St. Ives Golf Club

St. Ives rolling fairways, protected wetlands, and lush forests create a beautiful backdrop for a wonderful day of golf. If you enjoy breathtaking vistas, dramatic elevation changes, and abundant wildlife, then St. Ives will certainly provide you with a fun day of golf. You owe it to yourself to experience this Michigan masterpiece.

Let St. Ives Resort create for you a one of kind golfing adventure.

Tullymore Golf Club

Ranked in the Top 100 Greatest Golf Courses in America, and the 14th Greatest Public Golf Course in America, by Golf Digest, Tullymore truly offers a world class golfing experience. Its winding fairways flow over 800 acres of Michigan’s most beautiful terrain. You’ll enjoy its natural wetlands, native grass, and impressive bunkers. Its five sets of tees make it playable for anyone.

Tullymore Golf Club will test your game, restore your spirit, and permanently win your heart.

Fieldstone Golf Club of Auburn Hills has quickly become one of Mid-America's most prestigious public-access courses. A 4-Star Golf Digest Place to Play, this Arthur Hills design was also voted one of the top three public courses in Southeast Michigan by the Detroit Free Press.

Impeccable course conditions, a great diversity of shot options, smaller than average greens, bunker positioning and a fabulous set of par-3 s are highlights at Fieldstone. The Buick Open regularly uses Fieldstone as a qualifier for its PGA TOUR event.

The only thing more inviting than the gorgeous state-of-the-art practice facility, Clubhouse and veranda that can accommodate over 200 guests is the "customer comes first" attitude of the people who work inside and out to make your day enjoyable.

Taking advantage of the recent and proposed area courses being turned into housing developments, Twin Lakes Golf and Swim Club is adding a third, unique, nine holes to its already award-winning 18 this July.

An Arnold Palmer Facility; One of Arnie’s Best

Surrounded by wilderness, The Ravines Golf Club is an Arnold Palmer Signature Championship Golf Course near the southern shore of Lake Michigan and is one of Arnie’s best! Meadows, woods, wetlands and ravines distinguish this rugged design made playable for the average player and challenging for all by the legendary “King.”

 “In my career, I’ve enjoyed playing with amateurs, so I know what course-designed features make the game fun for the average player,” Palmer explains. “Like any of my courses, this one can be difficult, based on a player’s choices.”

There is an allure associated with private golf club membership that few golfers will realize in a lifetime. The concept of having exclusive access to a perfectly conditioned course, its extensive country club facilities, and a golf shop staff that greets you by name, is one that is foreign to most of us. Today however, Michigan’s golfing public is about to discover the appeal.

Located in the beautiful lake region of Southwest Michigan, Gull Lake View Golf Resort offers five championship courses and on-site accommodations for up to 256 guests in their Fairway Villas. With its convenient location just 45 minutes southeast of Grand Rapids and only two hours from both Detroit and Chicago, Gull Lake View provides the beauty of Northern Michigan golf with half the drive.

When Rees Jones agreed to design Thousand Oaks Golf Club more than a decade ago, he knew his first Michigan project would be compared to the
courses authored here by his father, the legendary Robert Trent Jones Sr.

The elder Jones – consiered by many to be the preeminent American golf course architect of the 20th century – gained a large measure of his notoriety for his modern renovation of Oakland Hills (South) and his original
designs at Point O’Woods and Treetops. Later, Rees’ brother, Bobby, designed The Orchards in suburban Detroit. Eventually, it was time for the youngest member of the Jones clan to weigh in with a Michigan masterpiece of his own. And he did just that in Grand Rapids with Thousand Oaks.