Shanty Creek Resort – The Legend Golf Course Photos
By the time we reached The Legend at Shanty Creek resort, I had already played 54 holes of golf in two days.
And I’d only been golfing for about a year.
Apparently we saved the Arnold Palmer course for last just to make sure I really wanted to keep playing this game.
The Legend was the final course of my first real golf weekend.
We had started Friday morning at The Summit, followed it with Schuss Mountain that afternoon, then got up Saturday and did it all over again.
Cedar River was first on Saturday.
The Legend was the finale.
Another 18 holes.
Let’s go.
The Legend was designed by Arnold Palmer, and even though I don’t remember many specifics about individual holes all these years later, I do remember it wasn’t exactly a gentle way to finish the weekend.
There are elevation changes, doglegs, water, and plenty of places to get yourself into trouble.
And after playing 54 holes, I probably didn’t need any additional help finding trouble.
The course also has some beautiful Northern Michigan views, including looks toward Lake Bellaire and across the Shanty Creek property.
Did I fully appreciate all of that at the time?
Probably not.
I had been golfing for about a year. By that point in the weekend, I was likely concentrating on finding my golf ball, getting it moving in the correct direction, and convincing my body that we only had a few more holes to go.
But I finished.
Seventy two holes in two days.
Four golf courses.
And one very tired new golfer.
What I remember most clearly actually happened after the golf was over.
On the drive home Sunday, I was proud of myself.
Really proud.
I’d only taken up golf about a year earlier, and somehow I had just made it through an entire golf weekend and played 72 holes in two days.
It didn’t matter what I shot.
I had done it.
Looking back now, after all the courses we’ve played and all the golf trips that have followed, that weekend feels like the beginning of something.
Golf Up North wouldn’t come along until years later. I wasn’t photographing every hole. I wasn’t writing about courses. I wasn’t keeping track of stories for a newsletter.
I was simply discovering how much I enjoyed golf.
The Legend was the 18 holes that finished my first golf weekend.
And somewhere on that drive home, tired and pretty darn pleased with myself, I was already becoming the golfer who would eventually want to do it all again.
And again.
And apparently again. ⛳
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The Legend Golf Course – Bellaire, Michigan
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