Shoreacres Golf Club
Shoreacres is ranked the 54th best golf course in the United States and possesses perhaps the most fascinating topography upon which Seth Raynor ever created a golf course. A remarkable assertion given that most of the playing surfaces are dead flat, though the in between spaces are cut through by winding depressions and several deep ravines. Raynor infused the design with his usual collection of suspects, including No. 3 (Leven), No. 6 (Biarritz), No. 7 (Double Plateau), No. 8 (Eden), No. 10 (one of the best Road Hole interpretations in the U.S.) and No. 14 (Redan) all playing along the plateaus that edge the gullies and ravines that feed into Lake Michigan. The stretch of 11, 12 and 13, playing across a ravine, down into it and back out of it with a blind tee shot, are as unique a stretch of holes as can be found anywhere on a 100 Greatest course. The tight turf, rivaling the firmest conditions of any parkland course, add to the challenge, and when playing as fiery as usual shots played into the sensuously bubbled greens often have to be landed 10 or 15 yards short and play the hop. The winning bidder will receive a threesome and play with Chris Gumbach. The round is to be played in the month of October. Caddie fees not included.
Tee time to be arranged by Chris Gumbach.