Arcadia Bluffs Golf Course
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Arcadia Bluffs Golf
Club, designed by Warren Henderson and Rick Smith, was founded in 1999 in Arcadia, Michigan. The course is built on the bluffs above the shore of Lake Michigan
on approximately 245 acre (0.9914807 km²). The course drops 225 feet (68.6 m) from its highest point down to the bluff, 180 feet (54.9 m) above lake level and has 3100 feet (944.9 m) of lake frontage. The golf course was designed to resemble seaside Irish
links, with rolling terrain and windswept natural fescue
s throughout.
Arcadia Bluffs is a daily-fee golf club, open to the public seven days a week, weather permitting, from mid-April to mid-November. GPS-equipped golf carts and caddies
are available. Guests can use a full practice range and separate short-game facility. The Restaurant at Arcadia Bluffs is open to the general public from May through September each year.
Golf Digest
selected Arcadia Bluffs as one of the 100 Greatest Golf Courses in the United States in 2005. The club was ranked #10 in America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses list and #56 in the 100 Greatest Golf Courses list. In addition to the Golf Digest ranking, Golfweek magazine ranked Arcadia Bluffs at #24 in their listing of The 100 Best Courses in United States.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
Club, designed by Warren Henderson and Rick Smith, was founded in 1999 in Arcadia, Michigan. The course is built on the bluffs above the shore of Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States. It is the second largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the third largest by surface area, after Lake Superior and Lake Huron...
on approximately 245 acre (0.9914807 km²). The course drops 225 feet (68.6 m) from its highest point down to the bluff, 180 feet (54.9 m) above lake level and has 3100 feet (944.9 m) of lake frontage. The golf course was designed to resemble seaside Irish
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
links, with rolling terrain and windswept natural fescue
Fescue
Festuce is a genus of about 300 species of perennial tufted grasses, belonging to the grass family Poaceae . The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, although the majority of the species are found in cool temperate areas...
s throughout.
Arcadia Bluffs is a daily-fee golf club, open to the public seven days a week, weather permitting, from mid-April to mid-November. GPS-equipped golf carts and caddies
Caddy
In golf, a caddy is the person who carries a player's bag and clubs, and gives insightful advice and moral support. A good caddy is aware of the challenges and obstacles of the golf course being played, along with the best strategy in playing it. This includes knowing overall yardage, pin...
are available. Guests can use a full practice range and separate short-game facility. The Restaurant at Arcadia Bluffs is open to the general public from May through September each year.
Golf Digest
Golf Digest
Golf Digest is a monthly golf magazine published by Condé Nast Publications in the United States. It is a generalist golf publication covering recreational golf and men's and women's competitive golf. Condé Nast Publications also publishes the more specialized , and Golf World Business. The...
selected Arcadia Bluffs as one of the 100 Greatest Golf Courses in the United States in 2005. The club was ranked #10 in America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses list and #56 in the 100 Greatest Golf Courses list. In addition to the Golf Digest ranking, Golfweek magazine ranked Arcadia Bluffs at #24 in their listing of The 100 Best Courses in United States.
External links
- Official site
- Arcadia Bluffs Review
- http://www.areagreens.com/course/ArcadiaBluffs.php