The second is to drive the ball longer, and a little further left, over more intervening rough, to a position where you can play down to the green.
The hole gives a golfer two choices: the first is to play straight out on the lower end, parallel to the pond and just short of the mound, culminating in a totally blind shot over the dune. The outer curve of the hook is to the left of the tee box, and a little higher. The lower two thirds (in terms of elevation) run along a pond, ending abruptly at a series of huge, bunker studded dunes. My favorite hole was the 331 yard par 4 third (above), which has a hooking fairway. The third at Eagle Eye is a 331 yard par 4 with a split fairway.
For the mid- to high-handicapper, the whites at 5,923 offer a fun day. The Blacks are at 6,881 and the blues, 6,412. That’s enough course for anyone, and way too much for me. From the tips, Eagle Eye measures an impressive 7,323 yards and plays to a 75.9/145. The man-made dunes isolate the holes as much as “Up North” Michigan holes are isolated by forest.Įagle Eye has five sets of tees. It would have been easy enough to route a course on a sod farm where every hole has a view of four or five others. All of those mounds - some with impressive heights - serve not only to offer variety to play, but also to shield the holes from each other. Open is not quite the way to describe Eagle Eye, though. The tenth at Eagle Eye is a 398 yard par 4 There are a few traditional Michigan holes, with tree lined fairways, but for the most part Eagle Eye is open. Holes wind their way between large artificial “dunes,” along ponds and near marsh. It is part of a family of local courses, which include the 27 hole Hawk Hollow, the Falcon Executive Course, the 9-hole Woodside and the 18 hole putting course, Little Hawk.ĭesigned by Chris Lutzke (in collaboration with Pete Dye, whatever that means), Eagle Eye is a former flat sod farm that has been transformed into a rolling, mounded design. Mentally Challenging.Įagle Eye is a premium golf course in Bath, Michigan, just outside of Lansing. Teacher’s Comments: A very nice mid-Michigan course. The seventeenth at Eagle Eye is a 135 yard par 3