Bay Harbor Golf Club (The Links/The Quarry)

Overview: Bay Harbor Golf Club's Links/Quarry combination is an 18-hole Arthur Hills design on the Lake Michigan shoreline in northern Michigan. The current club scorecards list a maximum of 6,845 yards and par 72, combining the 3,449-yard Links nine with the 3,396-yard Quarry nine. The opening holes follow shoreline bluffs and wind-shaped ground, while the Quarry returns through the remains of a former shale excavation. That contrast gives the round a clear two-part structure: open lake views and changing wind on the Links, then steep edges, stone, water and industrial landform on the Quarry. Shot placement matters because the dramatic scenery is also part of the hazard map.

History: Bay Harbor was created as a three-nine facility, with Arthur Hills designing The Links, The Quarry and The Preserve as distinct but combinable experiences. The Links nine dates from 1996 and the Quarry followed in 1997, when the former cement and shale landscape was transformed into golf. The directory entry is specifically the Links/Quarry combination, so its profile is based on those two nines rather than the separate Quarry/Preserve or Preserve/Links routes. The club's current course page describes the shoreline setting, the retained quarry and the three-nine concept, which is central to understanding why Bay Harbor has multiple valid 18-hole combinations.

Did You Know? The Quarry's eighth hole is often compared with Pebble Beach's seventh because both use a dramatic short hole beside a larger coastal landform. At Bay Harbor, the visual reference is framed by a forty-foot gorge, stone cliffs and the old shale quarry.