Superior Golf south of Lake Superior

 

We are smiling big after finishing golf today not because we did so great but because we were winding up playing two days of exceptional golf here at the Island casino resort. We played yesterday at a course called Sweetgrass which is basically on the grounds of the casino. It was an open links design and surely the best maintained course we've ever been on. Played with 2 ex-cops (their terminology) from outside Milwaukee. So fun and one of them was surely the worst golfer I've ever seen -- and with the best attitude and sense of humor imaginable. The other was much more serious and talked about golf all the time -- also hard of hearing so we mostly listened. Below was our introduction to the course:



             We're told he hangs out somewhere here every day. When he bites it's painful but not lethal!

Today we played at an even more challenging and exciting course, Sage Run, also part of the reservation but about 15 minutes away. There are two more courses which we didn't see but are told are as nice. The whole casino/hotel is very nice. Owned by the Potawatomi tribe. I don't know how large the reservation is but this seems to be the only establishment anywhere around. Many of the people we've talked to are repeat patrons. We finally decided last night (after a nap!)  to go down and at least play bingo, since we don't understand any of the machines people are totally engrossed in, only to find there is no bingo on Monday or Tuesday. Actually most of the restaurants here also do not operate on Monday or Tuesday. Guess our planning could have been better.

But the golf could not have been more fun. Tried both days to take some good pictures but it was hard to capture how great they both were. Yesterday the course was a bit crowded but today the starter had the 2 of us start of #10 since there were several 4-somes in front of us starting on #1.  So on a perfect weather day we essentially had this exceptional course all to ourselves. We had a wonderful time.

Vic heads uphill

We saw some of the real ones also




Lakes were the only flat places


We're already leaving again tomorrow. Back in the car and more exploring. We'll head south via Mackinac Bridge which separates Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. Looking forward to seeing another part of Michigan, a part we keep hearing about as beautiful. We'll spend 3 days just looking around, mostly on or near the eastern Lake Michigan shoreline.






















 






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