Photo: Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club via GoogleForest Dunes & Arcadia Bluffs
Architecture pilgrimage between two top-100-public anchors — Arcadia Bluffs on Lake Michigan and Forest Dunes in the Huron forest, with Tom Doak's reversible Loop as the novelty that justifies the drive. 2.5 hours between the two resorts.
Courses
9 courses
$$$Arcadia Bluffs — The Bluffs Course
★ 4.718 holespublic
★100 Greatest Public Courses ...
Rick Smith and Warren Henderson (1999)
$$$Arcadia Bluffs — The South Course
★ 4.618 holespublic
★100 Greatest Public Courses ...
Dana Fry and Jason Straka (2018)
$$$Forest Dunes Golf Club
★ 4.518 holespublic
★100 Greatest Public Courses ...
Tom Weiskopf (2002)
$$$The Loop at Forest Dunes
★ 4.618 holespublic
★100 Greatest Public Courses ...
Tom Doak (2016)
$Bootlegger at Forest Dunes
★ 4.518 holespublic
★100 Greatest Public Courses ...
Keith Foster (2019)
$$Treetops Resort - The Premier
18 holesresort only
★100 Greatest Public Courses ...
Tom Fazio (1987)
$$$The Bear at Grand Traverse Resort
★ 4.418 holesresort only
★100 Greatest Public Courses ...
Jack Nicklaus (1985)
$$A-Ga-Ming Resort - Sundance Course
★ 4.518 holesresort only
★100 Greatest Public Courses ...
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Manistee National - Cutters Ridge
18 holesresort only
★100 Greatest Public Courses ...
Photos by Google
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Recent Groups
Based on recent trips to this destination
4 golfers · 3 rounds
April 2026
~$1,400/person
6 golfers · 4 rounds
March 2026
~$1,850/person
3 golfers · 2 rounds
February 2026
~$980/person
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