The Links #3 - Bay Harbor

Getting To Know: Bay Harbor Golf Club

An Insightful Interview With Rob Fuhrman, Head Golf Professional

By Brian Weis

Whether you have played a course 20+ times a year or looking to play the course for the first time, insights from an insider can help enhance your golf experience. Below is an interview with Rob Fuhrman who shares some valuable tidbits about the course, memorable holes and must eats and treats at the 19th.

Give Our Readers An Overview of the Golf Course/Property
Bay Harbor Golf Club has Twenty Seven holes that have exceeded all expectations. The Links- windswept shoreline holes and 160-foot bluffs redolent of Scotland. The Preserve traditional woodland and meadow fairways. The Quarry routed through 40 foot gorges of a former shale quarry.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
Golf magazine chose the Links and the Preserve courses as # 8 in the nation's top fee based courses and names the Quarry one of the country's most unique golf setting. With breathtaking views of Lake Michigan and twenty seven holes of golf that offers outstanding championship golf. course Architect: Arthur Hills

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
Pay attention to the prevailing winds and all putts break to the water.

Also all golf cars are equipped with GPS to aid and assist golfers.

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
~Golfworld 2010 top 50 resorts course
~Golf Digest Best new golf course 1999
~Golf Course of the year 2007 Michigan golf course owner association
~Hosted Shells Wonderful World of Golf (Mickelson/Lehman)

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Links #7 Prettiest hole anywhere, this par five plays into the prevailing winds and sits 150 feet above Lake Michigan. Your backdrop is the beautiful blue skies and the water of Lake Michigan.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
Links # 3 plays along Lake Michigan with Bay Harbor Lake as the back drop to this short but challenging hole offers great views of the area and great shot making for all ability's. stay on the upper fairway to have a better angle into the green. you can also hit to the lower fairway but be careful as it is all carry to this landing zone and then has an uphill shot to the green. I recommend the upper fairway for a better shot into the green as stated earlier.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
The Links Grille offer many regional favorites to enjoy while overlooking the Quarry Golf Course with Lake Michigan as your back drop.

~ Featured Items
Hole in One: Perch Basket(lightly battered perch, house fries, remoulade & lemon
Flatbread: Buffalo Chicken, Veggie Pesto

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
Chad Tate Quarry/Preserve 65
Doug Labelle Links/Quarry 67 PGA Tour Player no course record Preserve/Links

Back Tee Stats
Par: links/quarry 72 quarry/preserve 71 preserve/links 71
Yardage: links/quarry 6827 quarry/preserve 6747 preserve/links 6784
Slope: links/quarry 145 quarry/preserve 146 preserve/links 142
Rating: links/quarry 73.0 quarry/preserve 73.1 preserve/links 72.9

More Information
Bay Harbor Golf Club
5800 Coastal Ridge Dr.
Bay Harbor, Michigan, 49770
231-439-4028
www.boyne.com

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the mastermind behind GolfTrips.com, a vast network of golf travel and directory sites covering everything from the rolling fairways of Wisconsin to the sunbaked desert layouts of Arizona. If there’s a golf destination worth visiting, chances are, Brian has written about it, played it, or at the very least, found a way to justify a "business trip" there.

As a card-carrying member of the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA), International Network of Golf (ING), Golf Travel Writers of America (GTWA), International Golf Travel Writers Association (IGTWA), and The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG), Brian has the credentials to prove that talking about golf is his full-time job. In 2016, his peers even handed him The Shaheen Cup, a prestigious award in golf travel writing—essentially the Masters green jacket for guys who don’t hit the range but still know where the best 19th holes are.

Brian’s love for golf goes way back. As a kid, he competed in junior and high school golf, only to realize that his dreams of a college golf scholarship had about the same odds as a 30-handicap making a hole-in-one. Instead, he took the more practical route—working on the West Bend Country Club grounds crew to fund his University of Wisconsin education. Little did he know that mowing greens and fixing divots would one day lead to a career writing about the best courses on the planet.

In 2004, Brian turned his golf passion into a business, launching GolfWisconsin.com. Three years later, he expanded his vision, and GolfTrips.com was born—a one-stop shop for golf travel junkies looking for their next tee time. Today, his empire spans all 50 states, and 20+ international destinations.

On the course, Brian is a weekend warrior who oscillates between a 5 and 9 handicap, depending on how much he's been traveling (or how generous he’s feeling with his scorecard). His signature move" A high, soft fade that his playing partners affectionately (or not-so-affectionately) call "The Weis Slice." But when he catches one clean, his 300+ yard drives remind everyone that while he may write about golf for a living, he can still send a ball into the next zip code with the best of them.

Whether he’s hunting down the best public courses, digging up hidden gems, or simply outdriving his buddies, Brian Weis is living proof that golf is more than a game—it’s a way of life.