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Lost Dunes Golf Club

New Buffalo, MI

🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴4/5 grail

Designed by Tom Doak · 4.8★ players

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✈ ORD 69 mi · Chicago 55 mi

Why it’s a grail

Designed by renowned minimalist architect Tom Doak, Lost Dunes Golf Club offers a rugged, naturalistic links-style experience set among inland dunes in southwest Michigan.

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The Kelly Cares Foundation Raised Nearly $300,000 at Second Annual Golf Invitational at Lost Dunes Golf Club

Benefits Lou Holtz Foundation — Lou Holtz-upper Ohio Valley Hall Of Fame — arts, Culture & Humanities.

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Golf Outing at Exclusive Lost Dunes Golf Club from Bridgman Education Foundation - FOGOLF

Benefits Bridgman Education Foundation — Bridgman Foundation For Educational Excellence — supports educational programs.

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About the course

Lost Dunes Golf Club is a private club situated in New Buffalo, Michigan. Acclaimed architect Tom Doak designed the course, which opened in 1999, transforming a former sand quarry into a celebrated inland links-style layout. The design emphasizes a natural, minimalist aesthetic, featuring dramatic elevation changes, strategic bunkering, and firm, fast-playing conditions that evoke classic Scottish and Irish courses. It offers a pure golf experience admired for its strategic depth and authentic feel.

Course timeline

1999Opened

Player reviews

Google 4.8★ · 71 ratings

5★ · Scott Medin · a year ago

What an incredible place, nestled in a beautiful landscape. I had no idea you could do so much with the land in Michigan. Only about 1/2 Mike from the lake, the land should be flat and somewhat limited, but Tom Doak did an amazing job here. A very intelligent

5★ · Mike Lanciotti · 11 months ago

Just an amazing course with challenges formal skill levels. Staff extremely positive and helpful.

5★ · Hayden Shieh · 5 years ago

Wow! This hidden course off of the highway is truly a magnificent golf experience. A classic Doke design within the rolling sand dunes of Michigan is a wonderful design that every golfer will enjoy. Every hole is right in front of you with no blind shots, dema

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Kelly Cares Foundation Hosts 5th Annual Kelly Cares Golf Invitational benefiting Lou Holtz Foundation and the Ara Parseghian Me
Charity outing benefiting Illinois PGA
Golf Outing at Exclusive Lost Dunes Golf Club from Bridgman Education benefiting Bridgman Public Schools
Charity outing benefiting Illinois PGA