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Port Austin sits at the very tip of Michigan's Thumb, where Lake Huron wraps around a peninsula so remote it can feel like the edge of the freshwater world. Pointe Aux Barques — named for the rocky point a few miles up the shore, long notorious among Great Lakes sailors — occupies some of the most dramatically positioned golf real estate in the Lower Peninsula. The surrounding landscape is flat farmland broken by wooded stretches and shoreline bluff, and the prevailing winds off Huron are a constant, unpredictable presence that can completely reframe a round depending on the day.
At par 69, this is not a course built around power or brute length. Layouts like this tend to reward shot-shaping, course management, and an honest reckoning with your own game — the kind of place where scrambling skills matter as much as a clean iron game.
The Thumb draws a loyal regional following of golfers who return for the unhurried pace and the scenery as much as the golf itself. Up here, away from the resort corridors of Traverse City or Petoskey, the game feels a little more informal and a little more honest.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middle · men | 5,112 | 64.8 | 109 | 69 |
| Forward · women | 5,112 | 69.3 | 117 | 69 |
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