Bay Harbor Golf Club - Golf course in Bay Harbor - 5800 Coastal Ridge Dr, USA

Gorgeous course! I honestly can’t comment on the golf because I was there to ride along with my boyfriend as he played (though he kept saying it was such a nice course, challenged by the holes, etc). We were there one an overcast misty day so it was not busy. The staff and course hosts were incredibly nice and welcoming. They let me ride along when I wasn’t really dressed for golf in flip flops. The club house was beautiful with outstanding lake views. We were able to buy sandwiches and hot dogs at the turn. Beverage cart checked in on us a couple times. Really lovely experience.

Me and my family went to this golf course on a golf trip. When we arrived, we ate lunch and had some wonderful sandwiches with a great view of lake michigan. When we got to warm up, the range and putting green were top notch. We played the links-quarry and this was the best experience i’ve ever had in my life. The course conditions were insanely good, and on the links course, almost every hole was next to lake michigan. The quarry course is also amazing. You are literally playing golf on a mine and it’s wonderful. Greatest golf course i’ve been to.

Bay Harbor has been one of my favorite places to play back home in Michigan for a long time and lived up to the hype once again! I live in the Dallas area now so it's always a gift to come back and experience what Bay Harbor has to offer with course conditions, views, and overall atmosphere. Thank you again for a great time!

Beautiful views (obviously) and the course was kept in great condition, definitely get what you pay for! Husband & I played The Quarry and The Preserve and we hope to return next year to hit up The Links. I actually had my best 9 to date on The Preserve, as a new golfer! Couldn’t give 5 stars because there was a few missing touches and to be able to charge what the course charges, these aspects shouldn’t be missing. There was no ranger at the start to review anything with us or send us off, so we circled back around to the bag drop-off to confirm we could go. The staff overall could have been a little more welcoming, have felt the customer service presence at other courses to be a little more attentive. The ice machines had no ice in them, which was needed since we only saw the cart girl twice. Was bummed that we stayed after strictly for an espresso martini and after about 10 minutes after placing our order, we were informed the coffee machine was down. I will say, even though a ranger didn’t send us off, I was happy we weren’t constantly nagged about pace of play, (a lot of reviews mention this and it had me concerned as a new golfer, that can be intimidating and not make the game fun), hopefully when we return we receive that same experience since most reviews mention this. Hope to be back! Happy Golfing! ⛳️

The course was majestic, and though we ran short on time at the end because of darkness we had a great experience

The course was beautiful. Played links/quarry. I was disappointed in the amenities of the course though. The range was out of balls and the bucket at my bay had multiple empty beer cans in it. There was no water bottles or jugs on the course either. When paying $340 for a round of golf I expected all these things to be pristine. I asked my friends what they would’ve felt comfortable paying for the course and we all said somewhere around $125-150.

Beautiful Club House! The courses were in Beautiful shape, Beautiful views and just an absolute beautiful day. Our only issue was that we were being pushed to play fast. We were hit into 3 different times and the one time the ball landed 5 feet from where I was standing with no warning. The people playing the course were snobby to us and we were just playing normal golf at normal speeds. We had a foursome in front of us with nowhere to go, so we just kept pace and still got pushed. Beautiful course in northern Michigan, but will never go back due to the people playing the course.

No golf trip to Northern Michigan is complete without a visit to Boyne Resorts near Petoskey, MI. In my mind, no other Michigan golf resort offers the variety of golf courses that Boyne has. Golfers have the opportunity to play ten uniquely different golf courses; stay in a variety of accommodations designed to meet anyone’s needs and dine at some incredible restaurants. Recently, I was able to play several courses in the Boyne Resorts lineup including my favorite course, Bay Harbor. Bay Harbor may well be the crown jewel of the Boyne courses. This Arthur Hills masterpiece offers 27 holes that can be played as 3 challenging and scenic 18-hole championship courses. The design, quality, and playing conditions on each layout are consistent but each course is truly unique. Stunning views of Lake Michigan played a major influence in the design of Bay Harbor Golf Club with each course having at least one impressive view of the bay as you play. The Links/Quarry combination is the most popular and closely follows the rugged coastline, highlighting the magnificence of Lake Michigan and the existing quarry that was preserved to give the layout a dramatic finish. The Links Nine lives up to its name and is situated on the shoreline of Lake Michigan. Move inland for a few holes and you’ll encounter windswept dunes and huge bluffs. This is Arthur Hills at his best, creating a golf course with unique topography that fits seamlessly into its natural surroundings. The Quarry Nine is situated in, around, and through a massive shale quarry and features 40-foot gorges, stone cliffs, mountain ponds, and a peaceful waterfall. The course requires strategically placed tee shots and well-executed approaches with a few risk-reward opportunities thrown in. Although it may not get the notoriety of its sister courses, The Preserve is a members' favorite. Maybe it’s because of the way it meanders through native wetlands filled with a multitude of wildlife or the way it weaves the lush grasses and native wildflowers into the scenery of the golf course. Or maybe it’s because the tranquil sounds of golf are interrupted only by the sound of waves crashing along the Lake Michigan shoreline. For me, it’s the finishing hole, a par 3 with a large green that slopes to the left and funnels balls on the right side down to the hole. Boyne continues to reinvest in the infrastructure of their golf courses which will pay huge dividends down the road and have an immediate impact on their golf courses. For example, work was recently completed on the Central Irrigation installation on Donald Ross Memorial and Arthur Hills courses. This new system can be controlled remotely and is significantly more efficient. There were also upgrades to the pump houses and irrigation systems on several other courses and a brand new system that services The Heather and The Moor courses. Other improvements include over five miles of new cart path on The Heather, Arthur Hills, and Donald Ross Memorial golf courses, and taking measures to speed up play on a couple of courses. Perhaps the biggest news at Boyne this year is that during the summer of 2023, construction began on the Ray Hearn completely redesigned nine-hole short course which will be routed across a sloping site set among fescue grasses. Hole length will range from 8 to 120 yards. “Hearn will be recreating nine of his favorite greens from Scotland, Ireland, and England. With no formal tees golfers will have the opportunity to put tees anywhere they want so they can play shots from different lies and angles.