Wild Bluff Golf Course

Beautiful course, and very affordable with twilight rounds starting at 2pm for $50. The fairways were well taken care of and the greens while fast (10.5) were very enjoyable. Lots of trees, and a 20-30 second cart ride through the woods between each hole. Lots of elevation changes, but what a great course!

The course is situated on a natural bluff overlooking Waishkey Bay and Lake Superior and features deep and natural ravines with winding rivers and streams that border the Hiawatha National Forest. Most of the holes are situated on the bluff and offer tremendous views of the bay. You’ll find gently rolling terrain as most of the land on top of the bluff is relatively flat with undulation built into them. There are only a few holes that show the course’s natural elevation changes and luckily all of them play downhill. This beautiful parkland-style course features wide, Bentgrass fairways that are tree-lined, although you must be having a really bad day if you keep finding the trees! You’ll find a few forced carries but nothing that can’t be handled easily. It’s the ravines and natural areas you need to steer clear of. The greens are large, roll true, and very puttable. Many are often elevated and/or crowned. The easiest way to play them is to knock it close on approach! All in all, the course is designed so that every player can find a reasonable and fair challenge and enjoy themselves. Wild Bluff is certainly not the easiest course you will find, but if you keep the ball in play and hit a lot of fairways, you’ll score well. Wild Bluff has several memorable holes, starting with the risk/reward factor on the first tee. Number one starts you off from a very elevated tee box. It's a dogleg right and the green sits just right of the furthest bunker on the left. The green is reachable, but you will need to carry a lot of trees and rough off the tee. Mishit it and you may as well retee! A hybrid or 3-wood is all you need to find the fairway and will leave a short pitch shot into a large, well-undulated green. Number 18 is a very picturesque finishing hole that starts from a very elevated tee box that overlooks Waishkey Bay with Canada in the background. The hole plays 386 yards from the White tees and features strategically placed fairway bunkers on either side of the landing area off the tee. You’ll need to finish your round with an accurate approach shot and avoid the pond right of the green. The putting surface is elevated, slopes back left to front right, and is protected by sand left and water right. End with a par and consider the day a success Before your round, hit a few balls on the range. Wild Bluff boasts some pretty impressive practice facilities with a double teed driving range, expansive chipping area, and a large practice putting green. There are four target greens on the range in the shape of a heart, club, diamond, and spade. Inside the clubhouse, you’ll find a pro shop filled with all kinds of logoed apparel and some of the latest golf equipment designed to improve your game. Wild Bluff Golf Course is part of the Bay Mills Resort & Casino, located across the street. Bay Mills is a full-service casino with numerous slot machines and all the standard table games. The hotel side offers comfortable accommodations, as well as convention and meeting facilities, and a few restaurants to choose from, including the Back Bay Grill and Games, which is home to the World’s Best French Onion Soup. My wife agrees!

This course is awesome. Great golf carts. They include large screen GPS that keeps you informed of yardage, and every other thing imaginable, including a hole flyby every time you pull up to another hole. Staff and clubhouse were very nice. Course was pleasantly longer, full of character, and plenty of elevation changes. It was very well kept. Fairways, when I could hit them, were great. Rough was punishing where it needed to be, and the greens had a great speed and were delightfully undulated. There were a few times I would have thought the golf carts may benefit from being governed while going down hills. I definitely recommend. If I'm in the area again, I will absolutely be back.