This one has a swale running diagonally from front left to back right, creating two distinct plateaus, each guarded by deep, steam shovel-molded bunkers. Golfers then play up a large hill to the first of Pine Hills’ 18 outstanding greens. The opening tee shot plays over big folds in the land that cut in from multiple directions. Like Lawsonia, Pine Hills stomps the gas pedal on the 1st tee and doesn’t let off. Smead created Pine Hills in 1928, two years before Langford & Moreau finished Lawsonia Links, and the two courses bear a striking resemblance to each other. The greens are truly mind-bending, and I couldn’t help but stare at them and think of the diverse array of pin positions. His shaping style, driven by deft steam-shovel work, certainly indicates that.Īt Pine Hills, Smead set 18 holes on dramatic terrain, and he didn’t hold back at the green sites. While we don’t know much about Harry Smead, most believe that he falls from the Langford & Moreau architectural tree. Admiring the greens at Pine Hills-legallyĪfter studying the course more thoroughly (this time with permission and in the light of day), I was even more impressed. My brief jog led me to a simple conclusion. I jogged the first five holes, my excitement rising as I saw fairways draped over massive natural landforms and greens bearing the distinctive marks of the steam shovel. Fried Egg’s waning patience, I started running. My first glimpses of Pine Hills breathed an energy into me rarely felt on hour four of seven-hour drives. (There wasn’t an actual fence, and I don’t recommend doing this.) We parked outside Pine Hills, and I channeled an activity from my youth: hopping the fence to see a golf course. “I gotta stop for a minute and go see something.” It was the second such request I had made on our long drive back to Chicago.
Fried Egg and I were nearing Sheboygan when I turned to her. On our trip back from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula earlier this year, around 5 p.m., Mrs.
Another buddy told me Pine Hills had the best greens he had ever played on. Allegedly, Herb Kohler tried to buy the Sheboygan, Wisconsin club in before he developed any of the Destination Kohler courses. I had heard stories about Pine Hills Country Club.
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