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An amazing spectacle of design and beauty and a must-play course for every golfer, Arthur Hills is a colossal course that demands patience and respect — just like its course designer namesake.

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A signature course that lives up to the legendary reputation of its namesake, the Arthur Hills course is widely recognized as one of the finest in Michigan — a bucket list essential for avid golfers throughout the U.S. With its wide, bunker-dotted fairways, narrowing approaches, and fascinating greens, this scenic course provides excellent playability.

With a gentle dogleg to the right, the tee shot will be best suited down the left center of the fairway. This will open up the best angle to attack this green that is flanked by a bunker on the front right and some tricky moguls to the left.

Hole 1

Play safely out to the right or challenge the natural dune area and hit your tee shot towards the green. Though you may not make it there, it will set up a closer approach to this elevated green. Those taking the safer route should ensure their tee shot doesn't run through the fairway and into the rough.

Hole 2

There is a long bunker stretching the right side of the fairway. You will need to play to a line where you can carry your ball across the short grass. From here, you are faced with more bunkering on the left and all the way up to the green. The fairway makes a zig-zag as it approaches the thin strip of green that slopes from right to left.

Hole 3

Plenty of room to the right off the tee, a pond on the left will be in play the entire hole. Avoid the pond and use the natural contours of the green to access the back hole locations. The green will feed any balls that are hit to the center into that quadrant of the putting surface.

Hole 4

Arguably the toughest par 4 at The Highlands – this hole is just long. Smash a drive between the stripes, and, at all costs, avoid the rows of pines that frame the outer edges of the hole. The green is well bunkered and falls off hard to the right, creating a number of different ways to play from, none of which are very easy.

Hole 5

Two pot hole bunkers in the fairway will be a tough way to play your second from. Try to fit your drive on the right side of the fairway. Your second shot should be down the right too, as there is further bunkering in the landing area. The green has two levels, and it is very important to be on the proper tier for the best shot at a bird.

Hole 6

A small target, the seventh hole has a deep front bunker and sits elevated to the rest of the surrounding area. This makes chipping and pitching increasingly difficult. Be sure to double check the wind here and make your best swing.

Hole 7

A wide landing area is made somewhat smaller by another one of Arthur Hills' fairway pot bunkers. The longest bunker on the golf course can be reached off of the tee, but will see the most action up near the green. An overhanging tree will force you to shape a shot around it if your tee shot is too far down the left-hand side.

Hole 8

The green is a mere ribbon of short grass. A natural wetlands area runs all the way down the right-hand side and in front. The right side is a classic challenge of uneven lies that can make an up-and-down very difficult. If you aren't in good shape here, it's not a bad time to try to limit the damage. If you are looking at bogey... don't make double.

Hole 9

A short start to the back nine, the tenth is your best shot at hitting the green from the tee on the Arthur Hills course. A safe, long iron or fairway wood can also be played to set up a short approach. The difficulty here is around the green. Deep bunkers and steep run-off areas descend sharply from the green's edge. It is like a Donald Ross hole on the juice.

Hole 10

The tee shot here is not difficult, but it is important. A wide landing area ends to the right at the edge of a pond that can be cleared with a long tee shot. Playing to the left side can result in being blocked out by a large hill. The next shot is blind, so if it is your first time, take a look and pick a tree to aim at. A challenging green complex will keep you on your toes until the little ball goes.

Hole 11

Number 12 keeps right on climbing up the hill. A cavernous bunker on the left side challenges you to play short, creating a longer approach, or play to the right and risk being blocked out by a cluster of trees on the left. The green slopes from the left to the right, and playing from the left side of the green can be trickier than back up the hill from the collection area on the right.

Hole 12

BOYNE Golf's Everest! If you've ever wondered what it would be like to hit a driver as hard as you can from the top of one of our ski slopes...here is your chance! Arguably a signature hole for all of northern Michigan, the fairway is wide enough to let the next three groups play through together. Further down the hill, some will go for the green in two, some will lay up short leaving a wedge shot approach. The green slopes generally from the left front to the right rear, so placing your approach shot is key to paring this hole. Get a good read and go for it.

Hole 13

Be careful when choosing a club here. Your first reaction may be to take one less because it feels downhill; however, the green runs on a diagonal from front left to back right. This means that to carry the ball to the 'front edge' on the right side is more like a middle yardage or more. Anyone ignoring this advice will find out that the false edges from earlier in the round were just little babies compared to this monster. Picture John Daly in 1999 at Pinehurst or Phil Mickelson at Torrey Pines in 2008 when the ball keeps coming back to your feet. Some will seek the forgiveness of a max 10 from their partners.

Hole 14

Your last plunge to the bottom of the hill, this elevated tee shot drops down to a fairway that doglegs to the right. Bunkers on the right side guard the hole from the greedy golfer, yet they can be cleared if you have a favorable wind. Make sure to take an extra club to the back left of this green. If the pin is up front or on the right side, go ahead and be aggressive to try and make a late-round birdie.

Hole 15

If you didn't fall in love with the bunker on #8 earlier in the round... it wanted a chance to charm you again. The 16th green sits on a perch just above the bunker on the other side from the eighth. A good tee shot is huge, but if you do miss, the right side is the best for most hole locations.

Hole 16

A split fairway awaits you. Depending on the hole and tee location, this hole can play like 4 different holes on any given day. From left tee to right pin, left tee to left pin, etc. Towering trees help to shape the hole from the inside out. The green is divided into multiple sections as well, and as always, being on the proper tier can lead to a much better scoring opportunity.

Hole 17

Your final shot at glory, this hole will certainly test your game. A tee shot down to the left has to flirt with the water but will set up the only chance at clearing the water on your second shot to the edge of the green. A safer play to the right involves fairway bunkers and playing around the pond. The green slopes hard to the water. It is very easy to get greedy and run one by, so be aggressive only if you are under the hole.

	Yardage	Par	Rating	Slope
Brown	7312	73	75.4	144
Purple	6919	73	73.3	140
Orange	6352	73	70.3	131
Blue	6127	73	69.3/75.9	128/138
Green	5615	73	67.3/73.0	122/130
Silver	4811	73	63.4/68.6	114/122

Arthur Hills

A LEGENDARY VISION

Arthur Hills

Hole 1

Ross Golf Center Practice Area