Popular lakeside Michigan resort to add new short course with Hall of Fame designer
Harbor Shores Resort in Benton Harbor, Michigan, has announced it will add a nine-hole pitch-and-putt course to be designed by British golf star Colin Montgomerie.
The new short layout will be named the Wee Course and will be built on five acres adjacent to the cottages along the first hole of the resort’s main Jack Nicklaus Signature Design course. The lighted short layout will feature holes of 60 yards or less in length, with the holes modeled after nine of the holes on the main Nicklaus course. Each hole will feature multiple tee boxes, creating the opportunity to play 18 distinct shots.
Best of all, kids will play free and there will be a focus on youth programming. The course will be supported through donations from Corewell Health, one of Michigan’s largest non-profit healthcare systems.
“It’s a perfect use of the land,” Jeff Fettig, former chairman and CEO of Whirlpool Corporation – the visionary behind the Harbor Shores expansion and a leading contributor through the Fettig Family Foundation – said in a media release announcing the new course. “We've been talking over the last several years about what other amenities we could add. We percolated the idea, focusing on families, kids, non-golfers, and golfers – wondering what we could do to make this an even more successful magnet for people in our community. This project will fit that need. It will be a fun pitch-and-putt course that anybody can play.”
The resort plans to begin construction early this year with preview play possible this fall, then a main opening in the spring of 2026.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Harbor Shores in Michigan to add new short course by Colin Montgomerie
