LITTLE APPLE

The rolling farmland of north-central Ohio provides an honest test where strategic bunkering and elevated greens reward course management over pure distance. Mid-iron approaches demand precision to multi-tiered putting surfaces that can turn routine pars into frustrating bogeys if you're on the wrong level. What elevates this daily-fee gem above countless Ohio tracks is the routing's clever use of natural elevation changes that create blind shots and downhill lies you'll remember long after the round.