Century Oaks Golf Club

Century Oaks is a full 18-hole layout playing to a par of 70, which typically signals a design that leans on precision over pure power — shorter par 4s that demand placement, perhaps a pair of par 5s that reward smart course management rather than brute distance. The mature oak trees suggested by the name would be a defining presence in this part of Michigan, framing fairways and punishing anything offline.

The Thumb doesn't draw destination golfers the way Traverse City or Harbor Springs does, but that's precisely its appeal — uncrowded conditions, affordable golf, and a genuinely local atmosphere that bigger resort corridors have long since traded away.