An Unlikely Golf Destination
When you hear the phrase golf destination, what’s the first state that comes to mind? Show of virtual hands, who said Michigan?
Perhaps the most unexpected of all golf getaway states, Michigan is actually home to the second highest number of courses in the United States. In fact, Michigan has more golf courses than both California and Texas.
Go figure, right?
Our top 2 courses on this list are particularly noteworthy. The #1 course, as you’ll find out later, is ranked among the very best in the country, while the #2 course has the dubious distinction of being the first Top 10 in any state to close before the rankings published.
To build our list of the best golf courses in Michigan, we turned to TheGrint and to real golfers just like you.
About Our Rankings
To generate our rankings, we used data from TheGrint, a golf handicap and stat tracking service that also allows golfers to rate the courses they play. Here are the pertinent details:
- Ranking derived from over 200,000 golf course reviews
- Only reviews from the last 365 days are considered
- A course must have a minimum of 30 reviews is required in order to qualify for ranking
Nearly every aspect of a golf course review is subjective and there’s always going to be a difference of opinion, so healthy (and hopefully polite) debate is to be expected.
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David Dimmich
4 years ago
About 5 years ago, I was blessed to play Arcadia, and two weeks later, I played Cypress Point, Spyglass Hill, and Pebble Beach on 3 consecutive days. I’ve told a lot of folks that Arcadia was the equal of any of those 3 on the Monterey Peninsula.. I know Cypress is ranked #2 in the world, and it is indeed iconic and spectacular., but about half the holes are reasonably ordinary, compared to other really nice tracks. Pebble was special to be sure, but it’s reputation makes it a want-to -play location. Other than about 3 or 4 holes, Spyglass would never have a world class rating, IMHO. I think for beauty, conditioning, and challenge, Arcadia can’t be beat. I played it again last summer along with the new Chicago Golf Club style South Course, and I once again was thrilled by the experience. I played with a friend from Ohio who has played many of the major event venues around the USA, (including Cypress and Pebble…) and he said Arcadia was as nice, and probably the most challenging course he had ever played!!