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Drummond Island sits at the northeastern tip of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, accessible only by ferry across the Detour Passage from the Lower Peninsula's shoreline. It's a remote, heavily forested island defined by limestone outcroppings, inland lakes, and the kind of quiet that's increasingly hard to find. Golf here isn't a resort amenity — it's a destination in itself, drawing players willing to make the journey for something genuinely off the beaten path.
The Rock is one of the more celebrated public courses in the Upper Peninsula, designed by Harry Bowers and opened in the early 1990s. It earns its name: exposed limestone rock formations are woven directly into the layout, giving the course a rugged, elemental character that sets it apart from anything you'd find downstate. Fairways move through dense northern forest of birch, pine, and cedar, and the natural terrain does most of the design work.
At par 71, the card runs slightly shorter than a traditional championship layout, but the landscape and isolation make this feel like serious golf. Players tend to come away talking less about their score than about the island itself — the ferry ride over, the deer on the fairways, the sense that they've played somewhere genuinely unlike anywhere else.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOLD · men | 6,691 | 73.1 | 136 | 71 |
| BLUE · men | 6,225 | 70.4 | 131 | 71 |
| WHITE · men | 5,660 | 67.8 | 126 | 71 |
| WHITE · women | 5,660 | 73.7 | 132 | 71 |
| GREEN · men | 4,918 | 64.7 | 112 | 71 |
| GREEN · women | 4,918 | 68.9 | 122 | 71 |
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