Michigan Signature Golf Courses

Michigan is home to a great number of fine public facilities with a diverse assortment of physical characteristics.
Whether playing a layout within a huge forest, filled with mature trees or tackling a lakefront design blanketed with freshwater hazards, golfers will encounter a variety of different natural hazards to test every aspect of their games.
Golfer’s Guide points out the best of the best for a test of your skills with its list of signature courses below.

Michigan Signature Golf Course List

Lyon Oaks Golf Club
Lyon Oaks Golf Club

Lyon Oaks offers an exciting mix of holes with the ideal risk-reward options on each hole, enabling all golfers the opportunity to play to thier highest potential. With perfectly manicured bentgrass tees, greens, and fairways, Lyon Oaks offers the much-sought-after "country club ... more

Devil's Ridge Golf Club
Devil's Ridge Golf Club

Recognized by Golf Digest as one of the three best courses in Southern Michigan, Devil's Ridge Golf Club provides a wonderful Northern Michigan look and feel. With five different teeing areas this 18-hole premier championship course provides a challenging experience to golfers of... more

Sycamore Hills Golf Club

Sycamore Hills Golf Club is a 27 hole championship public course that will please the most discrimating golfer. The three 9 hole courses offer a adiversified challenge to any golf enthusiast that is seldom found in one location.Whether you are playing the South,West,or North Cour... more

Northville Hills Golf Club
Northville Hills Golf Club

Northville Hills is the ultimate expression of Arnold Palmer’s guarantee of uncompromising standards in golf course design. Generous fairways lined with towering trees and undulating, contoured greens surrounded by lush wetlands, blend seemlessly into the natural Michigan terra... more

Hidden Valley Golf Course

Hidden Valley provides golfers with an enjoyable time at a competitive price. Water hazards are a common feature and an occasional strategically placed bunker is sure to add interest to a pleasant experience. The course features one of those holes golfers LOVE TO HATE. Not only i... more

Cheshire Hills Golf Course

Cheshire Hills Golf Course features 27 holes of enjoyable golf. The course is family owned and operated and has matured into one of the best layouts in the area,pride in conditioning shows on every hole and every green. The bunkers are strategically placed throughout the course. ... more

King's Challenge
King's Challenge

This 6,593-yard Arnold Palmer-designed course is situated on Northern Michigan’s Leelanau peninsula. Water, native grasses and woods, sloping greens and deep bunkers, all set against the natural splendor of Lake Michigan and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, enhance 18 ... more

Pilgrim's Run Golf Club
Pilgrim's Run Golf Club

Experience Michigan’s newest hidden gem! Pilgrim’s Run may be the best kept secret in West Michigan Golf. The course layout is challenging and beautiful. This masterpiece, designed on 400 acres, takes you down rolling fairways through a curtain of tall pines and blac... more

Brookwood Golf Course
Brookwood Golf Course

Brookwood is fun and challenging 18-hole golf course that is family owned and operated. The back nine, the origional nine, was built in 1965. The front nine opened in the early 70's. Brookwood offers a scenic challenge with it's narrow, tree lined fairways and rolling terrai... more

Pine View Golf Course

This is Pine View Golf Course, where you, the public, are always welcome. Here at Pine View it is our goal to meet or exceed the expectations of each person who uses our facility, resulting in total player satisfaction. Our facility and professional staff strive to reflect the pr... more

The Dream
The Dream

THE DREAM AND THE NIGHTMARE Two fabulous championship 18 hole courses that put the West Branch area on the map of Michigan's must play golf destinations. The Dream was carved out of a natural forest with elevation changes of 100 feet and has wide fairways which keep the ball in ... more

Blackberry Patch Golf Club

Blackberry Patch Golf Club is Southern Michigan's premiere public golf facility. The course is under new ownership and management.... more

Mystic Creek
Mystic Creek

Mystic Creek, located just outside of Milford in Camp Dearborn, houses three uniquely challenging golf courses. The Meadows offers winding fairways with a network of ponds and well bunkered greens. Water comes into play on 8 of the nine holes on the Lakes. The Woods is carved o... more

Pine Hollow Golf Club

Pine Hollow Golf Club is under new ownership.The new Pine Hollow has seen numerous improvements. Irregation has been installed and the new owner has worked hard to bring the course up to great shape.... more

The Huntmore Golf Club
The Huntmore Golf Club

Huntmore Golf Club, designed by Patrick Grelak in 1999, offers a beautifully designed championship layout in a natural setting of nearly 300 acres. Our picturesque landscape features gently rolling meadows, hardwood forests, native grasses, untampered wetlands and natural lakes t... more

Wabeek Country Club
Wabeek Country Club

Wabeek Country Club "Since 1972" A prestigious 18-hole championship golf course designed by Jack Nicklaus and Pete Dye. Rich in Tradition... now affordable to join Wabeek Country Club now offers - Lifetime Memberships from $5,000 - Low Monthly Dues and Minimums - Ze... more

Dunmaglas
Dunmaglas

Discover the unrivaled pleasure of golf in its purest form at Dunmaglas. This par 72, 6,897-yard masterpiece features 18 scenic and challenging holes. Dunmaglas is meticulously maintained and offers breathtaking views of Lake Michigan and Lake Charlevoix. Ranked one of the Best 5... more

Thornapple Pointe
Thornapple Pointe

Opened in 1997 as the first championship-style facility in Grand Rapids, the golf course winds along more than 7,000 feet of the Thornapple River and features various ravines and elevation changes. One of the most popular features is the full-color GPS yardage system that prov... more

Pohlcat
Pohlcat

PGA-quality golf and made-for-fun accommodations make this a great getaway! Play along the scenic Chippewa River as you enjoy this creation of Mt. Pleasant native and PGA touring professional Dan Pohl. Pohl’s vision was for golfers of all skill levels to enjoy the Pohlcat. With i... more

Bucks Run Golf Club
Bucks Run Golf Club

Bucks Run Golf Club, a Jerry Matthews design, is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The 18-hole layout is one of the premier courses in Michigan, providing an upscale daily fee facility with country club playing quality, service and atmosphere. Matthews has blended 18 holes wit... more

Sylvan Glen Golf Course
Sylvan Glen Golf Course

Sylvan Glen Golf Course has been a fixture in the City of Troy since 1922. In 2006, the course underwent a stream bank restoration project that stabilized the infrastructure.Many different types of foliage and countless new wildlife species now call Sylvan Glen home and new wetla... more

Heritage Glen Golf Club

Heritage Glenn is filled with views that truely deserve the adjective BEAUTIFUL. Nestled in the heart of West Michigan's wine country,the immaculate fairways wind through pines,hardwoods,and wetlands.Some holes are pure up north,with dramatic elevation changes and trees on all si... more

Eagle Glen Golf Course
Eagle Glen Golf Course

In the tradition of Scotland’s finest courses, Jerry Matthews and Ray Hearns transformed picturesque rolling terrain into Central Michigan’s premier public course. Natural wetlands and 72 bunkers border the bentgrass tees, greens & fairways. Sand surrounds the gigantic undulating... more

Reddeman Farms
Reddeman Farms

Reddeman Farms was the sight of Lima Township dairy, and now boasts a 6,525-yard championship layout. Rolling fairways are featured in a peaceful country setting with challenge and excitement for all players. The undulating greens are intimate, challenging and in excellent condit... more

Brae Burn
Brae Burn

Brae Burn Golf Club, ”Home of the Monster,” is an 18-hole championship course known for its fast, undulating greens. It also offers one of Michigan’s toughest public golf holes, “The Monster,” a 617-yard, par-5, double dogleg. Brae Burn specializes in outings and tournaments, and... more

Pine View Golf Club

Pine View Golf Club showcases 36 holes of championship golf that provides the golfer with a quality golfing experience in a friendly atmosphere. The HEMLOCK Course is the most popular of the two courses and is fun to play. It is tree lined and gently rolling,it is important to ke... more

Ravines Golf Club
Ravines Golf Club

Located near the southern shore of Lake Michigan, Ravines Golf Club is truly one of Arnie's best. Typical of Palmer's designs, many holes offer options on almost every shot setting up trademark "risk-reward" scenarios. Meadows, woods, wetlands and ravines distinguish this rugged ... more

Twin Brook Golf Club
Twin Brook Golf Club

The first nine holes built in 1969, with the second nine built some years later, Butternut Brook Golf Course is a lengthy and mature 18-Hole layout. The original owners did a wonderful job designing the links throughout 190 acres of nitrous soil and two defining brooks. Wit... more

Hickory Woods Golf Course

Hickory Woods Golf Course is a fun 9 hole course located in Ypsilanti.The course is wide open,which makes recovery easy. The difficult part will be making the putt on the undulating greens.If you are looking for a relaxing round and want to enjoy it with a friend,then stop and pl... more

Calderone Golf Club
Calderone Golf Club

Calderone Golf Club is a resort-quality golf course of championship-character with bentgrass tees, greens and fairways. Built on a spacious site through rolling hills with large greens and wide fairways, Calderone Golf Club challenges any golfer with five sets of tees, from 5,100... more

Hawks Eye
Hawks Eye

Hawk's Eye, a semi-private golf community is scheduled to open the balance of its 18 hole championship layout to the public in 2003. The reviews of the first nine holes have been simply incredible. Golfers enjoy the beautiful wooded surroundings, the large fairways and hufe, undu... more

Westwynd Golf Course
Westwynd Golf Course

One of Metro Detroit's most exceptional private golf clubs, The Wyndgate, lends some of its flavor and elegance to a new public facility, Westwynd. This 18-hole jewel designed by Craig Schreiner is a shotmaker's course, flowing across a broad tract of hills, tall fescue plots and... more

Caberfae Peaks

The Peaks Course is nestled in the heart of the Manistee National Forest and is a unique world class golfing experience as it fit into the natural beauty of the surronding land. The golfer crosses 10 bridges as he or she wind their way through a beautiful two mile nature trail. E... more

Bay Valley Hotel & Resort
Bay Valley Hotel & Resort

Bay Valley, a Nicklaus/Murihead design, conveniently located at exit 160 (Saginaw Rd), 1/4 mile west off I-75, offers you choices on how to experience the resort. First, as a destination to stay and play; second, as an overnight to be added to your Michigan experience; and third,... more

Ridgeview Golf Course

Built in 1970,this varied terrain,18 hole public course features many trees. Golfers will face narrow fairways that feature bermuda turf and putting greens that also feature bermuda turf.... more

The Emerald at Maple Creek
The Emerald at Maple Creek

Voted among top 100 courses nationally by Golf for Women magazine, the Emerald’s multiple tee placements provide enjoyment for all levels of play. Mid-Michigan’s finest golfing gem was designed by renowned architect Jerry Matthews. Surrounded by mature sugar maples, great oak t... more

Black Bear Golf Club
Black Bear Golf Club

Michigan's Only 19-Hole Golf Course Yes, 19! At Black Bear, you never have to wish you could start over when you get free par 3 “warm –up” hole prior to playing number 1. The remaining 18 championship holes are not long in length but offer some of the most diversified golfing te... more

Alwyn Downs Golf Club

Alwyn Downs Golf Club is located in Marshall Michigan and continues to be one of the most popular pubic courses in the area.With 18 holes of golf,you will find a user friendly course that can test golfers of all abilities.... more

Pheasant Run Golf Club

Nestled in the heart of Canton is a scenic, challenging, affordable golf club rapidly being "discovered" by Michigan's golfers. Pheasant Run is an 18-hole, 7,000 yard masterpiece designed by renowned golf course architect Arthur Hills. Covering 215 acres of rolling terrain, the c... more

Verona Hills Golf Club
Verona Hills Golf Club

Are you ready for golf at its best in a spectacular setting? Are you ready for lush, rolling, tree lines fairways? Are you ready for Verona Hills - a truly outstanding golf course facility that involves your inspection? You'll apprieciate Verona Hills, which is unmatched for ... more

Manistee National

A traditional layout,wandering through hardwoods and pine forest,this 18 hole course will test the best, yet will be playable for golfers of all skill levels.... more

The Pines At Lake Isabella
The Pines At Lake Isabella

We would like to personally invite you to play one of Michigan's finest public golf courses: The Pines At Lake Isabella. The Pines combines the beauty of Lake Isabella's 875 acre lake and the Chippewa River with Bruce Matthews' great design and superb playing conditions. At ... more

Hawkshead GC and Inn

This Arthur Hills design takes advantage of the natural resources and sculpts a wonderfully scenic, playable yet challenging links-style course reminiscent of those found in Scotland. Sharpen your skills on the largest practice greens and driving range in SW Michigan. The Inn’... more

The Chief Golf Course
The Chief Golf Course

From one of the orginal developers of the legend, The Chief is "The Spirit of the North". The course is typified by deep bunkers, huge elevation changes and beautiful surroundings that capture the true essence of northern michigan golf. Since its opening in 2000, The Chief has qu... more

Fox Hills - Strategic Fox
Fox Hills - Strategic Fox

Fox Hills is a 63-hole public course and banquet center featuring three distinctly different courses. Our 18-hole championship course, the Golden Fox, is an upscale links-style course designed by Arthur Hills with a magnificent 32,000 sq.ft. clubhouse. Our 27-hole Fox Classic... more

Gull Lake View Golf Club & Resort

Gull Lake View Golf Resort is Southwest Michigan's oldest and largest golf resort located in the beautiful Lake Region of Southwest Michigan. With five championship golf courses and accommodations for 264 guests and unparelled customer service to create the ideal environment for ... more

Hunters Ridge
Hunters Ridge

This Jerry Matthews-designed course features undulating topography amid 30 acres of natural wetlands. Designed with 68 bunkers, six ponds and heather rough, this course is a must for every caliber of golfer! After an enjoyable round of golf, the rustic “Superior Log” clubhouse is... more

Red Fox Run Golf Course

The Red Fox Run Golf Course is located on the former K.I.Sawyer Air Force Base and has been designed to implement all aspects of the game. The holes carefully blend rolling fairways,rich woodlands,and scenic wildlife. It is a challenging but playable course,and offers a panoramic... more

Red Hawk Golf Club
Red Hawk Golf Club

Red Hawk is a pure golf course with no residential development. Designed by renowned architect Arthur Hills, Red Hawk has received rave reviews since opening in June of 1999. The course is carved out of 205 acres of mature forests and features numerous elevation changes. Each hol... more

Bird Creek Golf Club

For many generations the community of Port Austin has served as a vacation destination for thousands of visitors. Already well known for its beautiful shoreline,sandy beaches and bountiful fishing.In 1987 the community built a new golf course in the area. The 6508 yard layout wa... more

Hankerd Hills Golf Course

Hankerd Hills Golf Course is located in Pleasant Lake, Michigan and offers 27 holes featuring 3 unique nines for every level of golfer.The course offers a scenic layout with Northern Michigan charm.A variety of bunkers,water hazards and narrow driving holes await the golfer.The c... more

Snow Snake Ski and Golf
Snow Snake Ski and Golf

Snow Snake Ski & Golf — an “up north course, close by.” This picturesque 18-hole course is known for its natural rolling terrain, tree-lined fairways and undulating greens. Natural hazards make this unique and challenging course a treat for any golfer. Play this Golf Digest 4-sta... more

Rustic Glen Golf Club

Rustic Glen expanded to 18 holes in 1999 and has continued to mature. The goal at Rustic Glen is to create a course where a golfer can enjoy themselves and enjoy the game with a very relaxing atmosphere.... more

Riverwood Resort
Riverwood Resort

Nominated as one of the top resorts in Michigan, it’s 27 unbelievable holes of golf, deluxe fairway villas and gourmet mouth-watering food, all at one location. Play one of Michigan’s legendary courses, where LPGA touring pros Kelly Robbins, Cindy Figg-Currier and PGA Pro Dan Poh... more

Sauganash Golf Club

Sauganash Golf Club was established in 1924 and has continued to flourish. This 18 hole layout winds over rolling terrain and hugs a scenic river.The course offers a good variety of tight driving holes as well as its share of wide open holes.This makes Sauganash a great course fo... more

Clearbrook Golf Club

Long known as one of Southwest Michigan's finest golf facilities, Clearbrook only improves with age. Only 35 miles from downtown Grand Rapids and 10 minutes from Holland, Clearbrook has been a qualifying site for the Michigan Open and has hosted some of the areas finest players ... more

The Nightmare
The Nightmare

THE DREAM AND THE NIGHTMARE Two fabulous championship 18 hole courses that put the West Branch area on the map of Michigan's must play golf destinations. The Dream was carved out of a natural forest with elevation changes of 100 feet and has wide fairways which keep the ball in ... more

Lake Michigan Hills
Lake Michigan Hills

J ust minutes from the Lake Michigan shoreline, this is a perennial favorite of locals and in-bound visitors. Rated four stars in Golf Digest’s Best Places to Play, Lake Michigan Hills, located in Benton Harbor, is situated on 174 acres of contoured fairways and large rolling gre... more

Boulder Creek Golf Club
Boulder Creek Golf Club

Experience Michigan’s newest hidden gem! This masterpiece designed on 400 acres takes you down rolling fairways through a curtain of tall pines and black oaks to your destination – the undulating bentgrass greens. This is a “must play” for those players who enjoy the combination ... more

St. Clair Parkway Golf Course
St. Clair Parkway Golf Course

Come Play the Legend of Big Greens! The Parkway is renowned for its huge, beautifully-manicured greens – some in excess of 1/4 acre! Add to this wide contoured fairways, four sets of tees, practice facility, ride and play discounts and exceptional all-around service, and you have... more

Little Traverse Bay Golf Club
Little Traverse Bay Golf Club

Perched on one of the highest bluffs in the area, the Little Traverse Bay Golf Club and Restaurant has one of the best views in Michigan! This “hidden gem” is a must-see stop during a northern Michigan trip. Ranked in the “Top 15 in the Midwest” in the 20... more

Fieldstone Golf Club of Auburn Hills
Fieldstone Golf Club of Auburn Hills

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. I... more

Hidden Oaks Golf Course
Hidden Oaks Golf Course

Hidden Oaks' 18th hole is arguably one of Michigan's finest challenges when considering the magnitude of finishing holes in championship golf. The Par five, 500-yard gradual dogleg left provides plenty of risk-reward opportunities for the aggressive golfer.... more

Otsego Club - The Classic
Otsego Club - The Classic

THE CROWN JEWEL OF THE GAYLORD GOLF MECCA The Otsego Club & Resort offers a golf experience comprised of two uniquely-challenging PGA championship courses - The Tribute (designed by Rick Robbins and PGA Tour Professional, Gary Koch) and the Classic. Each course offers scenic ... more

Blackheath
Blackheath

Located just north of downtown Rochester, Blackheath was designed and built to reflect the traditional style of early golf course architecture. The par-71 layout offers straight fairway lines, tall rough and deep bunkers. A true test of golf, this course requires a strategy from ... more

The Natural at Beaver Creek Resort
The Natural at Beaver Creek Resort

The Natural at Beaver Creek Resort, designed by Jerry Mathews, takes advantage of rolling hills and scenic wetlands. The challenging layout offers great play for both the weekend and scratch golfer. We are sure you will enjoy your golfing experience again and again. Next door ... more

A-Ga-Ming Golf Resort
A-Ga-Ming Golf Resort

America's 3rd Best New Affordable Course in the Country One Golf Resort...Two Award-Winning Courses... The par-72 layout is spectacularly situated on high b