A-Ga-Ming Golf Resort - Torch Course

A-Ga-Ming Golf Resort's Torch Course opened in 1973 on a ridge overlooking Torch Lake in Kewadin, northern Michigan, Roy Wetmore designed the original nine with touches from Jerry Matthews, and major-champion golfer Chick Harbert returned in 1986 to build the second nine and redesign portions of the original routing. Jerry Matthews has continued to refine the course over the years. Golf Digest awarded the Torch four stars, the kind of regional recognition that Up-North Michigan regulars tend to keep quiet about to preserve tee-time availability. Fairways flow across rolling glacial terrain with Torch Lake's clear blue water visible from multiple elevated tees. The resort's sister course Sundance (Matthews II, 2005) was named 2023 Michigan Golf Course of the Year. Peak green fee runs $65-110. Fits a Traverse City trip as the Torch Lake-overlooking change-of-pace round between the Bay Harbor and Grand Traverse Resort stops.