This used to be a great course for what it was. Now that Little River Casino took it over, it is AWFUL! They removed several trees to "improve the fairway". When they cut the trees down, they pushed the stumps into piles around the course. Not only does it look awful, if you end up anywhere near these piles, kiss your ball good bye!
In the past the rough was maintained. Now, it is long matted down grass that eats balls. I had several balls land, roll into this mess and I saw where they went in, I could not find one of them! When the course was the Highlands, all of this was maintained, it was pretty hard to lose a ball, not anymore. I don't even want to hear how this simply makes the course more challenging, nonsense. It is cheaper to maintain, that is it!
Greens- I've always enjoyed the greens at this course, largely they unchanged, so that is good. But as another posted mentioned, they are hard. There are several greens that have trenches and some sort of construction going on. So if you roll off the green, you are in a seriously churned up dirt pit.
Please, fix the course. For now I will go to Manistee National. It is many tiers better, only a few dollars more, which I will save by the not having my balls eaten by the rough. I want to support this location, but it's condition really makes it hard! I really wish the Healthlands was still open, that was fantastic course! read more