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BOYNE HIGHLANDS RESORT - The Moor 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 is one of the largest in the U.S. and offers 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.
The Moor Course Review
The Moor, Arthur Hills, 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 A variety of golf packages are available at the Inn at Bay Harbor, The
Highlands, and Boyne Mountain. 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.
There are six sets of tee boxes on The Moor, that play to distances and slopes measuring 6850 yards/144 slope, 6597 yards/136 slope, 6236 yards/133 slope, 6043 yards/130
slope for men and 136 slope for women, 5764 yards/124 slope and 5099 yards with a slope of 127 from the forward tees for women. Fifty-five soft sand bunkers are strategically
positioned greenside or near the landing zones off the tee, and water hazards come into play on 11 of the holes. The green complexes on this course vary in size and shape, but
many slope from back to front and are quick rolling with subtle breaks. The landing zones off the tee are generally ample, but distance control on the contoured par fours is an
important scoring element.
The Moor is known for its interesting design which features numerous doglegs. The front nine is advantageous for the right handed power fade-hitter, as holes 1, 2, 7 and 9 all
bend from left to right off the tee. The two par fives on the front side dogleg to the left on the approach. The back opens with what we felt was the most challenging hole, a tight
driving par four with a pond situated in front of the green that leaves little room for error. The par five 18th is a great finishing hole, a snaking design with water in play to the left off
the tee and to the right greenside. This is a great design and a lot of fun to play - highly recommended! For more info, visit our page for the course, with direct link to their website by clicking here.
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