Pinecroft Golf Course

Beulah sits at the heart of Benzie County, one of the more quietly beautiful corners of northwest lower Michigan — cherry orchards, inland lakes, and the kind of rolling, wooded terrain that naturally lends itself to golf. Pinecroft Golf Club occupies this landscape in the way you'd expect of a course that grew up alongside a small resort community: unhurried, scenic, rooted in the pleasures of the game rather than the performance of it.

As a par 72 layout in this part of Michigan, Pinecroft almost certainly works with the natural contours of the land — elevation change, mature pines, and the occasional glimpse of water are the default vocabulary of courses built in this corner of the state. The region's short but intense summer season means conditions tend to be well maintained during peak play, and the pace of life in Benzie County generally carries over to the course itself.

This is golf as a northern Michigan summer tradition: unpretentious, pretty, and worth the detour whether you're staying in Beulah or passing through on your way to Sleeping Bear Dunes.