Public golf in Detroit area - Forum Archive

bmctigue 07-05-2009, 08:28 PM

I am going to be spending a week with the in-laws in the Detroit area (Birmingham) next week with plenty of free time. Anyone have any suggestions for good public courses in the area? Don't mind driving a bit.

golfbum22 07-06-2009, 07:34 AM

Originally Posted by bmctigue I am going to be spending a week with the in-laws in the Detroit area (Birmingham) next week with plenty of free time. Anyone have any suggestions for good public courses in the area? Don't mind driving a bit.

I recommend Shepherds Hollow in Clarkston MI. 27 holes of great golf. it is in great condition and priced very fair phone # 248-922-0300 enjoy

bambam 07-06-2009, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by golfbum22 I recommend Shepherds Hollow in Clarkston MI. 27 holes of great golf. it is in great condition and priced very fair phone # 248-922-0300 enjoy

I second this. Although I haven't had the chance to play it, many of my old friends from the Clarkston area have and highly recommend it.

They built this course right on top of some excellent dirt bike trails we used to ride as kids!

Lots of good public golf courses in Oakland County at just about any price point.

MD78 07-06-2009, 03:26 PM

I have not played Shepherd's Hollow either but a friend who is a member at Oakland Hills and has given me good recommendations in the Boyne area recommended Shpeherd's Hollow as the best public course in the Detroit area. Unfortunately that was during Final Four week and the weather was winterlike so I didn't play.

bmctigue 07-09-2009, 01:51 PM

Thanks . Sounds like Shepherd's Hollow is worth a go. I'll definitely check it out. BamBam, my wife's brother's used to ride BMX bikes pretty seriously in the area, probably late 70's early 80's. Did you know any BMXers?

bambam 07-09-2009, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by bmctigue Thanks . Sounds like Shepherd's Hollow is worth a go. I'll definitely check it out. BamBam, my wife's brother's used to ride BMX bikes pretty seriously in the area, probably late 70's early 80's. Did you know any BMXers?

I lived within a mile or two from the property where Shepherd's hollow was built, and it was the mid-to-early 80's when BMX was most popular in our neighborhood. There were a bunch of guys that road BMX and came in from other areas to ride around there, but I was born in the late 70's and they were all older than me. I was just happy they let me hang out with them, and I don't remember any names...my brother and I were the little neighbor kids hanging around the 'cool older BMX guys', and I traded my bike for a basketball by the mid-eighties.