Par 3 or 9 Hole Course near Detroit - Suggestions?

[Steve_Roths]

Travelling to Detroit this Summer and looking for a Par 3 or short course in that area.


Anything interesting worth playing?

Thanks!

[Chris_Blakely]

Fox Hills in Plymouth, MI has an 18 hole par 3 course called Strategic Fox that is not bad


Wyandotte Shores in Wyandotte, MI has a very good Jerry Mathews 9 hole regulation course that plays right along the Detroit River.  It has been discussed on this website before.


Riverview Highlands in Riverview, MI has 3 9 holes courses (nothing great here).


If you are going to be close to Birmingham, MI they have two solid 9 hole courses:


Springdale (built in 1929) and Lincoln Hills (Bruce & Jerry Mathews course)


There are other options, but off the top of my head these are solid options.

[Brett Hochstein]

Hickory Hill.


It's my favorite public course in the whole Detroit area. True tucked away mom and pop course, designed I believe by the family that has owned it forever.  Some really good greens and hole strategies using the land brilliantly. And I even like the trees, which are scattered about randomly and naturally, coming directly into play on 1, 4, and 9. At 4, a single centerline tree plays a Principal's Nose role in tightening the ideal side from which to approach the tilted green.


I've long wanted to do a "my home course" feature or something like that on it to help get the word out.  It's Michigan's version of Eagle Springs, though much less extreme.

[Sean_A]

If we are talking about the sticks of Detroit, may as well try the back 9 at Huron Hills in Ann Arbor.

My last game at Wyandotte Shores left me unimpressed. The course has been dumbed down from its original setup. Very different presentation.

Ciao

[Steve_Roths]

Awesome.  Thanks!  I report back.

[Brett Meyer]

Try Silver Lake in Waterford. I played it in a match in high school and it had some of the craziest greens I've ever seen. I went back a few years later to double check and my first impression was right--there's some pretty special stuff.

I have no idea about its origins, but I wouldn't be surprised if there's some interest there.

I'm not as enthusiastic about Hickory Hill as the other Brett, but if you're out on the west side of town, it's a pleasant 9-holer.