Old Channel Trail Golf Course

Old Channel Trail takes its name directly from that geographic identity — the historic outlet channel that once connected these waters is the defining feature of the land and the reason the terrain behaves the way it does. A par 71 suggests the routing includes at least a couple of shorter holes that demand precision over power, breaking from the default assumption that every track needs length to offer a test.

This is the kind of Michigan course that gets busy on summer weekends with regulars who know every slope and every prevailing wind off the lake — the sort of place where the back-nine becomes familiar fast, but mastering it takes considerably longer.