The Loop Black Course at Forest Dunes

Roscommon, MI Public

Overview

The idea of a reversible golf course is as old at the Old Course at St. Andrews, and golf architect Joel Goldstrand built a series of nine-hole reversible courses for small clubs in Minnesota, Iowa and North Dakota back in the 1980s. But give Tom Doak credit for convincing a client to take a chance on an 18-hole reversible layout. “The goal is to have two very different courses over the same piece of ground, so people will want to stay over to play it both ways and compare and contrast the two.” says Doak. For our 2016 Best New competition, Doak wanted the entire 36 holes considered as one entry. We allowed that, and it won. For subsequent rankings, we’ve separated the two into conventional 18-hole candidates. The Black Course is the clockwise routing, slightly shorter and ranked slightly higher than its reverse image Red Course.

About

Holes 18
Price $200
Facility Type Public
Year Opened 2018
Designer Tom Doak

Awards

100 Greatest Public
Best Courses in Every State

100 Greatest Public: Ranked since 2019-'20.
Highest ranking: 45th, 2019-'20.
Previous ranking: 59th.
2023-'24 ranking: No. 58.

Best in State: Ranked eighth, 2017-'20. Ranked 10th, 2021-'22.
Current ranking: Ninth.

Panelists

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

4.3

100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

Shot Options
7.1208
Character
7.3704
Challenge
6.948
Layout Variety
7.2771
Fun
7.1891
Aesthetics
6.6678
Conditioning
7.2013

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