Ridge Golf Course Review

Ridge Golf Course Review

Ridge
Level: c
Teacher’s comment: A good design for a chainsaw is needed.

Ridge is one of three courses under the umbrella in Loon Golf Resort, Michigan. Others are lakes and lazy people of the same name.

Previously known as “Swamp Ridge”, the course was designed by Mike Husby, who also arranged the bluffs of lazy and savage.

The ridge is typical of northern Michigan resorts in many ways, with the route with forested fairways, drastic height changes, and a lot of swamps and water. It doesn’t have one, but two sharply downhill three-pointers, which seems to be a necessary feature of the Northern Michigan State course.

The route takes full advantage of the ridge’s name. Start on the ridge first. The second fall onto the valley floor. There were two and three and four games before climbing to the fifth tee, which was a downhill shot. Six climb up and so on. Very interesting.

That being said, while the ridge has good bones, it can be used with a makeover. My script found the course was overgrown, with trees, branches and brushes invading on the game line. The course is tough enough without having to worry about cutting branches. Sometimes it is difficult to enjoy the lessons of its predicted narrow feeling.

My favorite hole is the fifth. After the billiards passed through a relatively tight window, the fairway jogged to the right and opened the rolling, twisted fairway.

For large batsmen, it is possible to split the green into two points. However, a pond extends from the left to the front of the green. There are fairways on the right, but that won’t split the player in two.

I like the decision space for the second shot: what yardage do I want to lie down (I can’t get one part)? To the left or right?

The eighteenth is a similar hole, but with annoying carry.

Talking about carriers: Downhill 172 yards, 3rd and 10th are fun.

From the rear T-shirt, the ridge extends to 6,231 yards and plays to 71.2/132. However, the hills, carrying and overgrown makes it harder to play than the score suggests.

The conditions on the day I played were not very good. The fairway suffers, and there is water accumulation in many places. Narrow play line of trees and branches.

I don’t think there is any problem with the classes that chainsaw and brush whip can’t solve. Cut the trees and branches off the fairway to open the match line and let the light enter. I read in multiple places that golf turf requires 50% to 80% sunshine in summer to be healthy. The lack of sunlight is the easiest explanation of sparse fairways and vegetables I’ve found.

If I had some signs that a group of lumberjacks had already experienced it, I might be back to the ridge. Otherwise, if I live in a resort, I will stick to laziness and lakes.

Ridge Golf Course Review was first published on March 8, 2025 and was taken in a round of photos that were played in the 2024 season. For a list of all Michigan golf course reviews for GolfBlogger, please visit the link.

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