Birchwood Farms Golf & Country Club (Birches/Woods)

Overview: The Birches/Woods routing is one of the combination rounds at Birchwood Farms Golf & Country Club in Harbor Springs. It joins two of the club’s three nine-hole layouts across a private northern Michigan community of hardwood forest, rolling ground and views toward Lake Michigan. The Birches section is the strategic, tree-lined half of the experience, while The Woods adds the newer terrain and the more dramatic sense of elevation for which Birchwood is known. The result is a distinctly regional round, shaped less by exposed resort landscaping than by forest corridors, changing lies and glimpses of the water beyond the property.

History: Birchwood’s golf story began with its original 18 holes in the early 1970s, developed through the Matthews family’s Michigan design tradition. Jerry Matthews later added The Woods as a third nine in 1998, expanding the club to 27 holes and allowing several combinations to be played. That history matters for this directory identity because Birches/Woods is not a generic Birchwood profile: it is a precise pairing within a larger three-nine facility. Current club material also makes clear that the club is private, so the course should be presented as a members’ and invited-guests destination rather than as ordinary daily-fee golf.

Did You Know? Birchwood offers 27 holes but the three nines can be paired in different ways. The Birches/Woods label therefore describes a real routing choice within the club, with The Woods providing the added nine that changed Birchwood from an original 18-hole club into a larger golf community.