2 MI Golf Courses Among Nation's Top 100: Golf Digest

MICHIGAN — Two Michigan golf courses were picked as among the best in the nation, according to a popular golf publication.

Golf Digest recently published "America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses." To determine the ranking, the group looked shot options, challenge, layout variety, aesthetics, conditioning and character.

Here are the two Michigan golf courses that were ranked among the best in the nation:

No. 15 Crystal Downs Country Club, Frankfort

This course's par four 5th hole and the par five 8th hole are frequently cited as two of the greatest golf holes in the world.

"Whomever did it, Crystal Downs has fairways that zigzag and rumble over the glacial landscape and greens that have doglegs in them," according to Golf Digest.

No. 20 Oakland Hills Country Club's South Course, Bloomfield Township

The South Course reopened in 2021 after a restoration project by Gil Hanse. It hosted the U.S. Junior Amateur in 2024 and is scheduled to host the 2034 and 2051 U.S. Opens, as well as other USGA championships.

Arcadia Bluffs was on the last Golf Digest list, but did not make the cut this time around.