heather course at boyne highlands

Lots of fun on The Heather. Roomy fairways, enough challenge for a 14 HNDCP without being too tough. It was in great shape. Greens fee was $108. Didn't feel ripped off, especially since range balls were included. Range is the bottom of a ski run. by the way, with most shots traveling up hill.

I was told this was the first course at Boyne. I can't say enough about it. Challenging layout with 5 tee boxes to match your skills. Go ahead and play the tips, you will move forward every day. Staff is excellent. Love the place.

Of all their courses, Heather is most "user friendly". It's difficult but fair. Beautiful course, outstanding greens, some significant challenges, and is a course that rewards good shots. It is unique in the fact that golfers of all skill levels will like it equally.

Prefer the Arthur hills but all in great shape....check out the stay and play pricing...excellent staff very helpful and the kids were well trained as assistants

This is a terrific course, with lovely views of the surrounding hills from every hole and well thought out holes, all immaculately groomed. It's an older style course. Heavily bunkered, smaller, slightly elevated greens and narrow tree-lined fairways. A classic Trent Jones layout that rewards "target" golf. I played from the forward men's tees and had a most enjoyable round.

Excellent golf course, food and lodging! This golf course was just one out of nine championship courses in our unlimited golf package. All the Boyne courses are exceptional and the golf package is the best deal available.

The Heather course at Boyne Highlands was designed by Robert Trent Jones ... enough said ... I had the pleasure to meet and have lunch with him in Fort Lauderdale back in 1989 ... for certain one of the finest course designers ever. The course has a 74.0 rating from the Black tees with a 131 slope ... from the Blues a 73.7/131 ... down to Red 67.8/111. It is gorgeous. Rated by Golf Magazine as one of the top 100 courses in America. It has been around for over 30 years and the guy who commissioned the course was Everett Kircher who started the whole Boyne Resort Properties Group back in the 50's and 60's. Mr. Kircher never did anything bad. You will enjoy this course ... as well as the others available ... the lodging and restaurant facilities are top flight with a proximity to great fishing and boating in Harbor Springs Little Traverse Bay area ... enjoy.

I am only a decent golfer. At 57 years old I still cannot straighten out my slice with any certainty. Finally but a new driver that can compensate. Usually can hit 240 sometimes 260. First time at Heathers I read description of #15 which requires a towering long drive over the trees to take a shortcut on the dogleg left. My brother-in-law challenged me and well I lucked out went over the trees and landed 160 yards from green. Hit a 6 iron into the green it stuck and rolled to 7 feet. Well, when your a hacker you never hit 3 good shots in row. Sure enough I missed the eagle but still won the bet. Play this course. You will not be disappointed.

We played the Heather Golf Course a couple of days after the 95th Annual Michigan Amateur Championships. This was good and bad.The good: The golf course was in pristine condition, and the sand in the bunkers was “tour sand”, which actually had a crisper feel on contact, and allowed for better backspin. The bad: The rough hadn’t been cut, so anything out of the fairway was painful, to say the least. In the end, Kate wasn’t a particular fan of this course, but she did spend a lot of time in the rough, so it’s understandable.There’s a reason why this course was selected to host a Michigan Amateur: It’s tough. The first few holes provide a good start to what’s going to be a challenging round. The first par 3 (4th hole) is all carry over water, and when we played, the pin was in the front. No need to ask; yes, I did get wet.The 5th hole is a dogleg left, with a great view from the tee of Boyne Mountain. The green has a big bunker in front of it, making the approach very important.The 9th hole is one of those that starts out easy enough, but finishes strong. Maybe it’s the raised green, or maybe it’s the multiple bunkers surrounding the green. Either way, it made for a great approach. (I actually parred this, but the glee was short-lived).The 11th is a long, fairly straight hole (with lots of greenside bunkers, of course), but it provides a great view from the green looking back to the tee; you can see the mountain again!The back starts out simple enough… except for the bunkers. I have to say that I had plenty of opportunity to test the “tour sand” on the Heather course; I was on the beach A LOT. Robert Trent Jones is famous for his greenside bunkering, and it’s obvious that this is one of his courses. If your sand game isn’t on, RUN AWAY!!Other than the bunkers, the next few holes kind of flew by, until the 14th. We happened to see one of those things that you see in Northern Michigan from time to time; a fox casually following a cart path across the fairway. Kate isn’t accustomed to this, so she was really excited about it. That’s another benefit of golf: Seeing the wildlife in its natural environment.The Heather course finishes with an approach over water, to a very thin green, and large bunkers behind it. Hitting back to the green from these bunkers is quite the gut shot; the water is very close, and definitely in play.All in all it was a great round of golf, but the uncut rough made for a very difficult round. I’m sure that if the rough were normal, it would’ve been a much better experience.