ROSCOMMON, MI – One of Michigan premier golf resorts is adding a fourth course.

Forest Dunes in Roscommon announced this week that it is developing a new private course called SkyFall designed by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner.

The club will also allow resort guest play, but tee times will be limited.

“The opportunity to have Gil and Jim craft their first original design in Michigan on what is the most compelling property at Forest Dunes is really exciting,” said Rich Mack, who owns Forest Dunes alongside business partner Tom Sunnarborg.

“I’m also pleased that we will work with Gil and Jim a second time in our career and create something really special here in Michigan.”

Sunnarborg called Hanse and Wagner “two of the most influential golf course architects of our era.”

SkyFall will feature elevation changes of up to 70 feet, with the course weaving through 300 acres of forest land adjacent to the current Forest Dunes public play courses.

Hanse will take inspiration from some of his other course designs, notably the sandy and rustic expanses that punctuate Ohoopee Match Club in Georgia combined with the strategy and naturalism found at Castle Stuart in Scotland and the rolling charm of the firm’s latest projects, France’s Les Bordes.

“This design is focused on the key landforms on the property,” Hanse said. “When you look at some of the great old courses by (A.W.) Tillinghast or (Donald) Ross, there tends to be a landform they go away from and return to.”

“That’s also the case at SkyFall, and it is those features that are the key to creating a truly compelling design. Jim and I also really look forward to working with Rich and Tom again. They have high standards and expectations for this project, and so do we.”

The resort’s other courses include Forest Dunes, which is designed by British Open champion Tom Weiskopf and is routinely ranked among the top public courses in the U.S., The Loop, Tom Doak’s highly touted, innovative reversible layout and a popular short course named The Bootlegger, designed by Keith Rhebb and Riley Johns.

Early-stage construction activities on SkyFall are set to begin in late 2025 or early 2026.