"Federal law prohibits a golf periodical from publishing any best of list that doesn't include a course in northern Michigan. The Kingsley Club fills that requirement for this list, and it may be the most architecturally ambitious layout in the bunch. Mike DeVries did the design work, with visions of Crystal Downs and Sand Hills dancing in his head. His 6,911-yard course includes a par-5 on the back nine that plays 617 yards from the ego tees. Despite that one colossus, the rest of this Audubon-approved golf landscape is a study in the shotmaker's art."
Links profiles Mike DeVries
The Fine Art of Mike DeVries
Golf Course News features Kingsley
DeVries debuts first solo course design
GolfWorld profiles Kingsley
Proof Michigan may have the best pure golfing terrain in the nation. Mike DeVries let a rolling landscape of hills and sink holes dictate his routing, then spiced it up with shaggy, woolly old-school bunkering.
Golf Course News features Kingsley
Great site, great soils at Kingsley Club
Golf Digest on Pilgrim’s Run
"But the ultimate committee project may be fourth-place Pilgrim's Run Golf Club, north of Grand Rapids, Mich. After former superintendent Kris Shumaker drew up a routing, owner Bob Van Kampen (of Chicago's Van Kampen Mutual Funds) invited six employees to design three holes apiece. Young golf architect Mike DeVries then designed the greens and bunkers and consulted on the building of the course."
GolfWeek Profiles Mike DeVries
DeVries' influences appear Crystal clear
Pilgrim’s Run in Golf Course News
Six men and a golf course - Pilgrim's Run comes to life for armchair architects.