Article: Ultimate water hazards Courses on Lake Michigan have a Pebble Beach feel

Who said the Monterrey Peninsula had the monopoly on spectacular golf courses overlooking a large body of water?

Two new courses on opposite sides of Lake Michigan Whistling Straits in Haven, Wis., and the Bay Harbor Golf Club in Petoskey, Mich. offer the kind of unique golf experiences that can be found on the California coast.

Golf Digest magazine went so far as to proclaim Whistling Straits and Bay Harbor the "Pebble Beaches of the Midwest" last year. The comparison is not a reach. Bay Harbor, designed by Arthur Hills, is a 27-hole layout built on the site of an abandoned quarry and cement works above Little Traverse Bay. The wind-swept Links nine rolls along the bay, offering ...

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