Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club (Bluffs)

Arcadia, MI Public

Overview

Can a 100 Greatest course be a sleeper? The Bluffs Course at Arcadia Bluffs has been overshadowed by No. 21 Pacific Dunes ever since it finished second to it in the Best New Upscale Public Course race of 2001. And likewise it’s been second-fiddle to No. 14 Crystal Downs, a northern Michigan neighbor that every visitor wants to play, even though it’s private and Arcadia is public. And even by No. 26 Whistling Straits, the imitation links on the opposite side of Lake Michigan that Arcadia Bluffs resembles, although the sand dunes at Arcadia are natural, not manmade. More recently, the Bluffs faces competition from within, the newly-opened sister layout, the South Course at Arcadia Bluffs, designed by Dana Fry in the style of C.B. Macdonald and Seth Raynor.

About

Holes 18
Length 7412
Slope 132
Price $230
Facility Type Public
Year Opened 1999
Designer Warren Henderson/Rick Smith

Awards

100 Greatest
100 Greatest Public
Best Courses in Every State

Ranking history:

100 Greatest: Ranked since 2005.
2023-'24 ranking: 92nd.
Previous ranking: 83rd.
Highest ranking: 46th, 2007-'08.

100 Greatest Public: Ranked since the inaugural edition in 2003.
2023-'24 ranking (and previous): 14th.
Highest ranking: 10th, 2005-'12.

Best in State: Ranked third, 2011-'24. Ranked inside the top 5, 2003-'10.
Current ranking: 3rd.

Panelists

Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

4.5

100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

Shot Options
7.5157
Character
7.6159
Challenge
7.5038
Layout Variety
7.5802
Fun
7.5524
Aesthetics
8.0363
Conditioning
7.4795

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