A slumping golfer will try anything to improve his or her game, such as softly kissing a limited-edition Bob Hope Cabbage Patch Kids doll before each drive. Give yourself an opportunity to break out of a slump with today's Groupon: for $28, you get an 18-hole round for two plus a cart at Arrowhead Golf Course (up to a $64 value), located in Lowell, about 20 miles east of Grand Rapids. This deal expires in three months.
Open since 1963, Arrowhead Golf Course offers a pristine resort and a tree-lined course. Hop into one of the course’s speedy carts, which are available any time of the week with a reservation, and embark on a duel with the challenging course. The 383-yard Hole 3 requires swingers to delicately shoot past imposing forests, while Hole 11's steep hill, located just beyond the green, welcomes golf balls to roll into the Great Pit of Carkoon and be digested by its monstrous Sarlacc. With autumn approaching, the course will be undergoing a multicolored foliage makeover, and Mother Nature will be breathing her brisk breath, upping the course's enjoyment factor by at least 15. Call to reserve your tee time.
Must be used in one visit.
Arrowhead Golf Course
Sculpted into the landscape a half-century ago, Arrowhead Golf Course enhances the native scenery with dense tree lines that frame every hole and creeks and ponds that bisect lush fairways. The front nine features more straight-on layouts with undulating greens, and the back nine can test any bag of trick sticks with numerous ponds and sweeping doglegs on the final two holes. On the par 4 18th hole, the course’s hardest rated hole, a dogleg left is guarded by an oak tree at the bend that swats shots trying to cut the corner and a fairway-splitting stream that lures thirsty golf balls.
Course at a Glance:
18-hole, par 72 course
6,188 yards from the back tees
Four tee options
See details on each hole