Raymond Hearn

Ada, MI

Quail Ridge Golf Club sprawls across 300 acres of rolling hills just east of Grand Rapids in Ada, Michigan. Designed by Michigan architect Raymond Hearn and opened in 1998, the 18-hole championship course features generous fairways, large greens, and five sets of tees that make it playable for all skill levels. Large trees, gentle hills, water, and bunkers come into play throughout. Known for excellent conditioning and one of the premier public golf experiences in West Michigan.

Plymouth, MI

Saint John's Resort in Plymouth, Michigan occupies the grounds of a former 1940s Catholic seminary, now redeveloped as a hotel, conference and golf resort. The property covers about 200 acres of rolling and flat land northwest of Detroit. An 18-hole course originally opened here in 1979 with nine more holes added in the 1990s. Beginning in 2022, architect Raymond Hearn redesigned the entire golf complex, replacing the old holes with a new 18-hole championship course called The Cardinal, along with a seven-hole par-3 course and a large putting course, all of which opened to the public in 2024. The Cardinal is open to public play rather than restricted to resort guests, and profits from the resort support the Pulte Family Charitable Foundation. The course features around 50 bunkers and seven ponds across a mix of hills and flatland.

Ludington, MI

Hemlock Golf Club is a public 18-hole course near Ludington, Michigan, on the state's western shore. It was designed by golf architect Raymond Hearn and opened for play in 2002, quickly earning attention from Golf Digest, Golf Magazine and the Wall Street Journal for its low-profile layout. The par-72 course stretches to more than 7,000 yards from the championship tees and is built into sandy, tree-covered dunes typical of the Lake Michigan coastline, with several greens set at ground level and framed by natural sand waste areas rather than conventional bunkers. Holes carry names such as Top O' The Hill and Dune Beast. Golf Magazine ranked Hemlock among the top new courses built in the U.S. in 2002. The course remains open to the public year-round, weather permitting, and continues to draw golfers to this stretch of West Michigan.