Bird Creek Golf Course

Save your long drive for the first tee and bring that camera out to today’s feature: $20 for 18 Holes with Cart and Range Balls at Bird Creek Golf Club in Port Austin ($52 Value. Expires October 31, 2011.)

By land or water, come out and see what the finest daily fee golf club in the “thumb” of Michigan has to offer. This beauty happens to be located just inland of historic Port Austin and the Saginaw Bay. Bird Creek Golf Club has been a part of the Michigan golf tradition since 1990 and boasts some of the best turf conditions you’ll find in the state.

Bird Creek Golf Club lacks neither in tranquility or the challenges it presents to players of all skill sets and has a course/slope rating of 71.3/126. Measuring up to 6,508 yards from the tips with four additional sets of tees, this par-72 W. Bruce Matthews III masterpiece can accommodate golfers of all length and ball-striking abilities.

Dust off the clubs at the range before your round and make sure you have those tee shots on point, as you’ll need it for the first hole, a long par-4 with bunkers that threaten any drives that wander left and right. Word has it that if you walk away from No. 1 with a bogey-5, you’re in fair shape, especially considering No. 2 is a relatively short par-5 that has potential to help you make up any lost ground.

Moving on, it won't take long to see that Bird Creek Golf Club is a shot-maker's course that calls on any club in your bag at a moment's notice. Because the course features water on roughly 9 of its captivating 18 holes and has strategic, challenging bunker placements along both fairways and greens alike, you'll do well to bring your ‘A’ game along with your camera.

So come out to lovely Port Austin, tee it up on a stunning Michigan course and take some shots with that camera – either way it’s a shot worth taking!