Then west on M-72 and north on County Road 489 and the entrance will be on your right. Rates listed are peak season and include cart. With all the competition in northern Michigan golf, you would think Ron Otto, the owner and operator of Garland, might be concerned. You would think wrong. Otto isn't concerned about bracing for the latest big-name course to open because in his mind, there is no competition.
Garland is in a class by itself.
And in many ways, he's right. But Garland's story cannot be told justly with ratings and raw numbers. To understand Garland you have to know its history. The course was opened to the public in the 1960s and a second nine was added in 1973. Nine more holes were built in both 1978 and 1980.