Ohio Golf Journal July 2018

GOLF IS BETTER IN PURE MICHIGAN With the sun shining and warm breezes blowing every Golfaholic’s mind wanders to traveling to new and exciting golf destinations. July, August and September are the perfect months to visit northern Michigan for one of the best golf trips a golfer could ever imagine. Most sources list over 1,000 courses in the peninsula state, so the problem becomes, how does one choose where to start? We recently completed a four-day tour of Michigan golf resorts and here is our report. Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club A great place to start any Michigan Golf Adventure would be Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club carved from huge sand dunes, perched above Lake Michigan that provide MAGNIÚCENT VIEWS 4HE "LUFFS Course opened for play in 1999 and has become one of the most popular public golf courses in the state. The course was built to resemble an Irish Links, with numerous deep bunkers and steep sand dunes, coveredwith tall fescue providing a stern challenge. On a day, when the fog rolls in from the lake, or the breezes blow while a light rain falls, golfers are transported to the land of the Shamrock. Once a player reaches the green, the large undulating putting surfaces make two- putts a thing to be cherished, three or even four putts are a common occurrence. Ohio Golf Journal