LOCATION: 5 miles north of downtown Harbor Springs ADDRESS: 2500 True North Drive, Harbor Springs, MI 49740 ARCHITECT: James Engh, Golf Digest’s 2003 Architect of the Year YEAR OPENED: Summer 2004 PHONE: (800) TRUENORTH WEB SITE: www.truenorthgolf.com

TRUE BEAUTY. TRUE LOVE. TRUE NORTH. YOU CANNOT BUY TRUE BEAUTY OR TRUE LOVE, BUT TRUE NORTH? ONE VISIT TO THIS HEAVEN ON
heaven on earth and you’ll fall in love forever.

Driving up the serpentine tree-lined road toward the pinnacle of the property and glimpsing only peeks at the course, you anticipate a rare treat. Finally the view opens up to the clubhouse, a gorgeous building of stone, dark woods, and many windows which bring the northwoods inside.

True North Golf Club was designed by noted architect Jim Engh, Golf Digest Magazine’s inaugural ‘Golf Course Architect of the Year’. True North made the top 10 in Travel and Leisure Golf Magazine’s ‘Best New Private Courses’ ranking in 2004. Don’t let the ‘Private Course’ notation dissuade you from visiting: new owner John Hover opened the course to public play and is keeping it that way for the foreseeable future.

True North is a mix of elevation, woodlands, wetlands, and ponds maintained by natural methods worthy of the club’s distinction as a Silver Signature member in the Audubon International program. Nearby Harbor Springs is the perfect complement to the ambiance True North elicits: small town summer life reminiscent of fun-filled vacations and quaint seaside villages.

Course conditioning at True North deserves Golf Digest’s exclusive ‘perfect 10’ rating, where faultless greens and unmarred fairways are the norm.

Director of Golf Dave Mocini has been at True North since construction began and is anxious to showcase the club to people who appreciate great golf in an even greater setting. “We try to keep the play well-spaced so that your experience here will not be marred by seeing groups of golfers everywhere."

The course traverses 325 acres and each hole has practically its own collection of hardwoods and pines lining the sides. However, the design is extremely playable with few forced carries and numerous elevated tees providing grandiose vistas that soothe the soul.

It is difficult to pick a signature hole. They all are. The double fairway 555-yard par 5-18th offers one last chance of risk-reward. Choose your path wisely: any follies are spectator sport for golfers perched above on the outdoor deck overlooking the green complex.

Autumn colors at True North are exceptionally breathtaking, especially on the par-5 7th. What could be better than emerald green grass, cerulean blue skies, and the vermilions, rubies, and golds of a northern Michigan October? Only you, playing golf in the middle of it.