Arcadia Bluffs is no stranger to the Player’s Choice Awards, having been the fan favorite all but one year since its inception in 2001. The Rick Smith/Warren Henderson-designed stunner took home the top spot again this year.

Welcome to the 2007 Player’s Choice Awards, where all the stars come out to see and be seen. The usual suspects are all here, sitting in the front row, right between the Tom Hanks and Steven Spielbergs of the golf world, sipping champagne while signing autographs for their adoring fans. Look, right there! It’s Arcadia Bluffs, looking stunning as ever. And over there! It’s Whistling Straits, escorted by its favorite leading man, Pete Dye. But wait, who’s that? With the great curves and wearing that stunning, Mike DeVries design? Why, it’s everyone’s latest darling, Greywalls Golf Course! It seems there are many new faces here this year. So without further adieu, it’s time to get the show started. The envelopes, please …

Best Course in the Midwest
1. Arcadia Bluffs
2. Whistling Straits
3. Treetops Resort (Jones Course)
When it comes to our finalists for the Best Course in the Midwest, there’s no real loser. But in the end, our readers gave a slight edge to the sunsets found on the shores of the simply sensational Arcadia.

Best Course in Indiana
1. Bear Slide
2. Prairie View
3. Crooked Stick
When it comes to golf in Indiana, players enjoy variety. That’s why they voted beautiful Bear Slide as their favorite this year, for its lovely links-style front nine, and wonderfully woodsy back, that keeps them
coming back.

Best Course in Illinois
1. Cog Hill (Dubsdread)
2. Medinah CC
3. The Glen Club
The addition of private-club eligibility couldn’t strike dread into the hearts of Cog Hill, whose Dubsdread took home the top spot in Illinois yet again. Although Medinah Country Club, site of last year’s PGA, came awfully close.

Best Course in Michigan
1. Arcadia Bluffs
2. Treetops (Jones Course)
3. Oakland Hills CC (South Course)
Our Midwest’s Best winner was a shoo-in for Best in Michigan, although Oakland Hills’ South Course was hot on the heels of Treetops, nearly keeping up with the Jones’s votes.

Best Course in Ohio
1. Longaberger
2. Muirfield CC
3. Firestone CC
Apparently, one king can beat a pair of Jacks. The unquestioned best public course in the state, Longaberger handily bested a pair of Jack Nicklaus
private courses, in Muirfield Village and Firestone Country Clubs.

Best Course in Wisconsin
1. Whistling Straits
2. Black Wolf Run
3. The Bull
The voters were pretty clear about their favorite places to play in Wisconsin, and they’re all within a few miles of each other. The Straits shot straight to the top, while Blackwolf Run and The Bull helped make one beautiful golf triangle in Kohler Country.

Best New Course in Midwest
1. Greywalls
2. Sundance
3. Erin Hills
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is home to some of the Midwest’s most dramatic terrain, as the sheer stone cliffs at Marquette’s new Greywalls Golf
Club will show you. Our voters told us the course is also the Midwest’s Best New Course, narrowly beating out newcomers Sundance Golf Club and
Wisconsin’s Erin Hills.

Best Value
1. El Dorado
2. Pilgrim’s Run
3. Trophy Club
Eldorado owner Bob Meyer has made a career out of making the deal of the century and his club’s patrons say they get the steal of the century, every time they play the course for under $60.

Best Service
1. Prairie View
2. Tree Tops
3. The Bull
Maybe it’s Head Pro Darren Thomas’ megawatt smile. Maybe it’s the bag boys or GPS on the carts. Or maybe it’s all sorts of little things that make Prairie View’s service so special.

Most Beautiful Course
1. Arcadia Bluffs
2. Whistling Straits
3. Point O’ Woods
It could be pure coincidence that the top two courses in the Best of the Midwest voting also finished 1-2 in Most Beautiful. It also could be coincidence the sun rises in the east and sets in the west every day, too.

Best Conditioned Course
1. Forest Dunes
2. Arcadia Bluffs
3. The Bull
When it comes to pristine play, nobody does it better than the folks at Forest Dunes, in the little town of Roscommon, Michigan. From tee to green and everything in between, Forest Dunes is always in much better shape than you are.

Best Par 3
1. No. 17 Eagle Eye
2. No. 10 Elk Ridge
3. No. 3 Red Hawk
You could argue that it’s almost unfair, considering Eagle Eye’s stellar 17th is an exact, to-the-millimeter replica of perhaps the most famous par 3 in the whole wide world. You could argue, but like so many balls hit into this green, you’d be all wet.

Best Par 4
1. No. 18 Whistling Straits
2. No. 16 Kemper Lakes
3. No. 7 Bay Harbor (Quarry)
The hole’s named “Dyeabolical” for good reason: 489 yards from the tips, over a ravine (twice). Some have called the hole patently unfair to the mere mortals. Their names were Chris DiMarco and Justin Leonard, who lost to Vijay Singh in a playoff in the 2004 PGA Championship there.

Best Par 5
1. No. 18 Tullymore
2. No. 16 Red Hawk
3. No. 13 Prairie View
You want drama? Tackle Tullymore’s fearsome finisher. Try 535 yards from the tips, around a lake, to a spectacular green complex. And try not to smile, even if you fail.

Best Finishing Hole
1. Bucks Run
2. Tullymore
3. Oakland Hills (South Course)
At 469 yards from the back tees, this perilous
par 4 is a sheer pleasure to play. You’ll have to conquer
Fisher Lake to claim your prize, first in a fearsome
forced carry, then on your approach home.

Best Greens
1. Forest Dunes
2. Arcadia Bluffs
3. Brickyard Crossing
The Midwest’s best-conditioned course not surprisingly has the Best Greens, as well. What is surprising, however, is just how true the greens at Forest Dunes really are.

For the Good of the Game
1. Treetops
2. Boyne
3. Black Wolf Run
For nearly two decades, Treetops has hosted its fall charity invitational tournament, an event that’s grown into a 400-plus-player national draw, and raised a half a million dollars for Gaylord, Mich., charities over the years. Treetops is good for far more than just the game.

Best Fam ily Golf Resort
1. Crystal Mountain
2. Double JJ Ranch
3. Grand Geneva
The family that plays together, stays together, and nobody gets you playing more than the folks at Crystal Mountain in Northern Michigan. Water park, tubing, climbing walls, outdoor movies, and — here’s the best part, parents — inroom babysitters.

Best Golf Trip in the Great Lakes
1. Gaylord, MI
2. Kohler, WI
3. Traverse City, MI
Michigan’s answer to Myrtle Beach has 21 great golf courses, minus all the day-glo pink and fish fries. With courses by Tom Fazio, Rick Smith, Robert Trent Jones, Tom Doak, and even Gary Koch, you can’t go wrong by going to Gaylord.

Best golf course restaurant
1. Arcadia Bluffs
2. Garland
3. Little Traverse Bay
Arcadia Bluffs, in addition to having the best, most beautiful course in the Great Lakes, also is home to the best restaurant, too. The best thing on the menu? It’s something you can’t get anywhere else: location.

Best 19th Hole
1. Bolingbrook
2. Garland
3. Grand Traverse Resort
Just like everything at Bolingbrook Golf Club, they spared no expense when it came to creating The Nest Golfer’s Grill. From the great casual fare found there (steak & eggs, anyone?), to the elaborate eagle sculpture behind the bar, it may be the 19th hole, but its 1st in our hearts.

Best Breakfast Sandwich
1. McDonald’s
2. Red Hawk
3. Elk Ridge
When it comes to pre-round nourishment, our readers decided to stuff their stomachs with the magical meals from Mickey D’s. When it comes to breakfast, it’s best to leave it to the experts.

Best Pro Shop
1. Carl’s Golfland
2. St. Ives Golf Club
3. Bay Harbor
Carl’s Golfland has been named to GolfWeekBusiness as one of the top 100 in the game for the past 16 years. It’s also become popular with patrons, who love it for always having the right gear at the right prices.