Newberry at Newberry Country Club

Newberry Country Club sits in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where the course occupies terrain characteristic of the region's northern hardwood forests and relatively level topography. Mike Husby, a Michigan-based architect who has designed and renovated courses primarily across the Great Lakes states, laid out this nine-hole facility to serve the small community of Newberry, located roughly midway between Lake Superior's southern shore and Lake Michigan's northern reaches.

The course reflects the practical design approach common to rural Upper Peninsula golf, working with the natural pine and hardwood corridors that define the playing corridors. The routing takes advantage of modest elevation changes and natural drainage patterns typical of the area's glacially influenced landscape. Fairways are generally tree-lined, and greens are modest in scale, suited to the maintenance capabilities and playing volumes of a small-town club.

Newberry Country Club functions as a community gathering place in a region where the golf season is compressed into the warmer months between late spring and early autumn. The club serves both local members and summer visitors exploring the Upper Peninsula's outdoor recreation opportunities. The course provides straightforward golf in a quiet, forested setting, representative of the unpretentious character found at many rural Michigan courses where the game serves as much a social function as a competitive one.