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THE HIGHLANDS
The Hills Course
Michigan Golf Course Review
General Information
BOYNE Golf features three top notch resort properties with ten courses of some of the best championship golf in northern Michigan, all available for public play. With designs by
renowned architects Robert Trent Jones and Arthur Hills along with a course that plays tribute to Donald Ross, BOYNE Golf has received high recognition from national
publications including Golf, Golf Digest, Golf for Women, Michigan Golfer - with several layouts listed in Golfweek's Top 100 Resort Courses in the Country. For information on the
property as well as info on golf packages, visit the Properties' website by clicking here.
The Highlands is home to four championship courses. The Heather course serviced by a clubhouse adjacent to the resort with its own grass range and putting green. The Arthur
Hills, The Moor and Donald Ross Memorial courses share an expansive clubhouse about 2 miles away (free shuttle available for the resort). The range at the Ross Golf Center is
a large 32 acre facility and one of the largest in the U.S. including a sand bunker that can hold an entire group! The range is also home to a TrackMan Range. The nearby BOYNE
Golf Academy uses both trackman and GEARS to facilitate lessons and club fitting. The resort area also features a natural turf putting course, a par three course lit for night play,
the First Tee of Northern Michigan. The private Country Club of Boyne is also on property. For more info on the resort, visit our page for The Highlands with direct link to their
website by clicking here.
Arthur Hills Course Review
The Arthur Hills Course at The Highlands is a gorgeous championship design that offers expansive waste bunkers and challenging water hazards along a beautiful rolling terrain,
with ample landing zones off the tee and recovery areas greenside. The setting is one of the most serene of all the BOYNE Golf courses, with marsh and wooded areas providing
homes for abundant native wildlife. The sprawling waste areas and intricately designed traps that highlight the green complexes provide the need for careful shot placement.
Water comes into play on four holes and 57 sand bunkers are situated along the course.
This is the longest course of the 10 layouts in the BOYNE Golf portfolio, and from the tips it has the highest slope rating of the courses at Boyne Mountain or The Highlands. There
are six sets of tee boxes that play to distances and slopes measuring 7312 yards/144 slope, 6919 yards/139 slope, 6352 yards/130 slope, 6127 yards/128 slope for men and 138
slope for women, 5615 yards/123 slope for men and 134 for women, and 4811 yards with a slope of 117 from the front tees.
The Hills, Moor and Ross courses share one clubhouse, which features a nicely stocked pro shop, restaurant/lounge with lunch items, adjacent snack shop (breakfast
sandwiches are available), plus locker rooms with showers for men and women. Practice facilities include a spacious, targeted grass range, short game area with sand bunker,
plus multiple putting greens. Each course utilizes the color coded pin placement system, with red indicating front, white - middle and yellow the back of the green. 100, 150 and
200 yard blocks on located the fairways and sprinkler heads are also measured to the center of the green on all par fours and fives. All tee boxes also have posted measurements
The Arthur Hills Course has many memorable holes, including the par four 17th and par five 18th. The former alternates its tee boxes from both sides of a large lake with a split
fairway servicing each side, and number 18 doglegs left with the fairway narrowing on the tight approach to a challenging green complex. These are two of the most challenging
holes of the layout, creating an exciting finish. For more info, visit our page for the Arthur Hills Course with direct link to their website by clicking here.
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