Best Midwest Courses for 10+ Handicappers

By Steve Silverman

Best Midwest Courses for 10+ Handicappers
Playing golf in the Midwest can be challenging during the rainy spring and the harsh winter, but it is great during summer and fall. There are a wide variety of courses that will challenge the high-handicap golfer and lead to an outstanding day of golf.

Walnut Creek Golf Course

Walnut Creek Golf Course in Marion, Indiana, is a beautiful course that gives the high-handicap golfer a chance to score well and challenge his abilities at the same time. The course is in a heavily forested area, but the fairways are wide and the greens are welcoming.

Walnut Creek Golf Course
7553 E. 400 S
Marion, Indiana 46953
(765) 998-7651

The American Club

The American Club in Kohler, Wisconsin, offers the Midwestern golfer one of the most beautiful and challenging rounds of golf available. There are four Pete Dye-designed courses at the facility; they offer spectacular views and are challenging without being punishing. The courses have wide fairways and the hazards are fair.

The American Club
419 Highland Drive
Kohler, Wisconsin 53044
(800) 344-2838

Bay Harbor

Bay Harbor Golf Course in Bay Harbor, Michigan, offers a spectacular waterfront setting for one of prettiest courses in the Midwest. It has been cited by Golfweek magazine for its beauty. While the course is challenging, it is not intimidating; the greens will hold good fairway shots and offer the golfer an excellent chance for bogeys and the occasional par.

Bay Harbor
3600 Village Harbor Dr.
Bay Harbor, Michigan 49770
(231) 439-4028

About The Author

Steve Silverman is an award-winning writer, covering sports since 1980. Silverman authored The Minnesota Vikings: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and Who's Better, Who's Best in Football -- The Top 60 Players of All-Time, among others, and placed in the Pro Football Writers of America awards three times. Silverman holds a Master of Science in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism.
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