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Brent Carlson

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Traverse City Recommendations?
« on: July 15, 2008, 09:27:13 PM »
Hi Everyone,

Great Message Board,

I am making the trip up to northern Michigan this weekend and playing Arcadia Bluffs, High Pointe, and Black Forest, with room for one more round.

What other course would you recommend fitting in to the rota?

PS - Looking forward to seeing TD's work at HP and BF again.  Pics to follow.

Thanks!
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Bill_McBride

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Re: Traverse City Recommendations?
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2008, 09:28:19 PM »
Quote from: Brent Carlson on July 15, 2008, 09:27:13 PM
Hi Everyone,

Great Message Board,

I am making the trip up to northern Michigan this weekend and playing Arcadia Bluffs, High Pointe, and Black Forest, with room for one more round.

What other course would you recommend fitting in to the rota?

PS - Looking forward to seeing TD's work at HP and BF again.  Pics to follow.

Thanks!

I really liked Forest Dunes in Roscommon an hour east.

http://www.forestdunesgolf.com/courses.php
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Steve Lang

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Re: Traverse City Recommendations?
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2008, 09:43:52 PM »
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logistic issues are what direction is home, how much time, 2 a day? where are you staying..  and eating?

take in Boones Inn at Long Lake for a great steak on SW side of TC..
take in Carruso's in Alba , just nW of BF via beeline (but ne of mancelona on M31) for really great pizza and other italian special fare

echo.. Forest Dunes if you're heading SouthEast from BF..

might chance Dunmaglas near Charlevoix to N from BF or just take in Treetops E of Gaylord very close to BF..

Kingsley is S of TC..


will be near BF in late July, early aug..   advise conditions//
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Brian_Sleeman

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Re: Traverse City Recommendations?
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2008, 10:00:14 PM »
Go to Building 50 and eat at Trattoria Stella instead ;)

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Richard Hetzel

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Re: Traverse City Recommendations?
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2008, 11:23:14 PM »
Dunmaglas is excellent and 50 miles north of Traverse City. The Leelanau Club is also very nice and maybe 30 miles away. At the Traverse Resort I feel that the Wolverine is the best offering of the 3 courses there.

Pics of Dunmaglas here:

http://hetzelfamily.org/golf/Dunmaglas/

Pics of the Leelanau Club here:

http://hetzelfamily.org/golf/Leelanau%20Club/

Pics of The Wolverine here:

http://hetzelfamily.org/golf/Wolverine/
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George Freeman

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Re: Traverse City Recommendations?
« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2008, 11:42:18 PM »
If you can get a round at the Kingsley Club, which is doable, that would be my definite first choice. 

If not, I second Forest Dunes in Roscommon, however it is about an hour and twenty from TC. 

Bay Harbor (Links/Quarry) also is a pretty spectacular round, despite what some on this site may say...

If playing at the Grand Traverse Resort, the Wolverine is THEIR best course IMO, but they also are operating Lochenheath this summer, which is just up the road and a very nice course; better than the three the resort owns. 

There are definitely plenty of options...
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cary lichtenstein

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Re: Traverse City Recommendations?
« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2008, 11:57:02 PM »
Crystal Downs or Kingsley Club, some begging might work ;D
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Jim Thompson

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Re: Traverse City Recommendations?
« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2008, 12:45:42 AM »
Brent,

I'll second Stella inTC as a great place for a meal.  Feel free to give the owner Paul a little grief as well!  One of my fraternity brothers from Hillsdale.  IF you are headed back from north of town, swing back through Elk Rapids and eat at Pearl's.  It's fantastic!

As for the other round.  My brother and I really ewnjoyed our round at LochenHeath over Memorial weekend. Tee-times are made through Grand Traverse Resort.

Cheers!

JT
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Re: Traverse City Recommendations?
« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2008, 10:07:10 AM »
I just got back from a weekend in TC.  Enjoyed Highpointe.  Played the other 2 rounds at A-Gam-Ing resort.  Their "Torch" course is nothing special and doesn't really have anything worth seeing.  Their sundance course was fun to play in the wind.
From talking to the bag-boys around different courses, Lochenheath is the place to play up there.  They all like it better than The Bear.
If you're up for a drive, you might want to consider Belvedere.  I played that earlier this year and was smitten with it's understatement.
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Jay Flemma

Re: Traverse City Recommendations?
« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2008, 01:00:14 PM »
Give Forest Dunes a shot and tell the rest of us what you think...
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Brent Carlson

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Re: Traverse City Recommendations?
« Reply #10 on: July 16, 2008, 07:06:09 PM »
Thank you all for the recommendations. 

Can't wait to get up there.
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