What is the best golf course in Michigan?

Lake Michigan bluffs, Upper Peninsula rock, northern pine country and classic parkland. Two courses at a time, one pick each, and the order is whatever the golfers voting decide.

1. 1
   Arcadia Bluffs

   Links-style course on bluffs high above Lake Michigan, near Arcadia.
2. 2
   Arcadia Bluffs South Course

   The inland second course at Arcadia Bluffs, built around classic template holes.
3. 3
   Belvedere Golf Club

   A 1920s design in Charlevoix and a longtime host of the Michigan Amateur.
4. 4
   Black Lake Golf Club

   Rees Jones design near Onaway, cut through northern Michigan hardwoods.
5. 5
   Diamond Springs

   Wooded course in Hamilton, west Michigan, with more elevation than the region usually offers.
6. 6
   The Loop at Forest Dunes

   Tom Doak's reversible course: played clockwise one day and counterclockwise the next.
7. 7
   Forest Dunes (Weiskopf Course)

   Tom Weiskopf's original course at Forest Dunes in Roscommon, set in sandy pine country.
8. 8
   Greywalls at Marquette Golf Club

   Routed over rock outcrops above Lake Superior, in the Upper Peninsula.
9. 9
   Harbor Point Golf Club

   One of the state's oldest courses, on the Harbor Springs peninsula, open to the public only in the shoulder seasons.
10. 10
    Harbor Shores

    Jack Nicklaus course in Benton Harbor along Lake Michigan, and a Senior PGA Championship host.
11. 11
    Indian River Golf Club

    Northern Michigan course in Indian River, near the Inland Waterway.
12. 12
    Pilgrim's Run

    Wooded course in Pierson, north of Grand Rapids.
13. 13
    Sage Run

    Course at Island Resort in the Upper Peninsula, near Escanaba.
14. 14
    Stoatin Brae

    Hilltop course near Augusta with long views over the Kalamazoo River valley.
15. 15
    Sweetgrass

    Island Resort's first course in the Upper Peninsula, named for a grass sacred to the Potawatomi.
16. 16
    The Heather at Boyne Highlands

    Robert Trent Jones Sr. design at Boyne Highlands in Harbor Springs.
17. 17
    Timberstone

    Course in Iron Mountain in the Upper Peninsula, with big elevation changes through hardwood forest.
18. 18
    Tullymore

    Jim Engh design in Stanwood, known for its sculpted bunkers.
19. 19
    Washtenaw Golf Club

    Parkland course in Ypsilanti with a classic, walkable routing.
20. 20
    Kingsley Club

    Private Mike DeVries design near Kingsley, firm and fast in the links style.
21. 21
    Point O'Woods

    Private club near Benton Harbor, for decades the home of the Western Amateur.

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