Best Detroit Golf Courses, Stores, Driving Ranges & More
Over the next few minutes you will hopefully be learning a whole lot about the local Detroit golf scene. Courses, stores, driving ranges, Topgolf, and miniature golf in your area will all be covered as this blog moves forward.
With that said the best public and private golf courses near you have to kick us off since they are the star of the show. Once they have been discussed in detail the best golf stores to buy new clubs, bags, balls, tees, apparel, and any other gear you might need will get a mention.
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Detroit driving ranges and putting greens are great for when you need to get some practice swings in. Then we will give a shout out to both Topgolf and miniature golf courses in town if they apply.
Don’t leave before you see our map towards the conclusion that will help you figure out which courses and venues are closest to your current area. Anyone that is interested is welcome to read all of our posts about golfing in the Midwest right there.
Best Golf Courses In Detroit
When you want to play at one of the best public and private golf courses in Detroit head to:
Detroit Golf Club has two 18-hole courses, its South course has a par of 68 and 5,967 total yards while its North course has a par of 72 and a total length of 6,936 yards.
Rouge Park Golf Course is one of the most challenging 18-hole courses near you and it has a length of 6,325 yards for a par of 72. The second hole is one of the most difficult in the city and 9 of its holes have water hazards.
Chandler Park Golf Course opened in 1929 and has 18 holes with a par of 68, a course rating of 67.3, slope rating of 109, and 5,928 total yards.
Dearborn Country Club and Rammler Golf Club have 18-hole courses with 73.4 and 69 course ratings, 131 and 113 slope ratings, and lengths of 6,787 and 6,305 yards for pars of 72 and 71 respectively.
Dearborn Golf Course opened in 1923 and has 18 holes and a length of 4,495 yards for par of 60.
Maple Lane Golf Club has three courses with 18 holes each, its West course has a par of 71 and 6,154 total yards, the East course offers a length of 5,780 yards for a par of 70, and the North course has a par of 71 for 5,926 total yards.
Whispering Willows is a great local golf course that first opened in 1968 and features 18 holes with a course rating of 71.1, slope rating of 117, and a length of 6,056 yards for a par of 72.
Anyone who’s looking for a fast and fun round of golf can head to Somerset Golf Club where you will find a par 30 9-hole course with a total length of 1,863 yards.
Sylvan Glen has an 18-hole par 70 course with a length of 6,700 yards, 71.3 course rating, and 115 slope rating that opened in 1922.
People starting playing at Grosse Pointe Club back in 1897 and it has a private 18-hole par 72 course with a 123.4 slope rating and 7,100 total yards as well as a 9 hole par 3 course.
Lochmoor Club and Bushwood Golf Club have 18-hole par 72 courses with total lengths of 6,900 and 6,500 yards respectively.
There is a fun 18 hole course with a length of 6,380 yards for a par of 71 at Springdale.
Many people have been playing at Knollwood Country Club’s private 18-hole par 71 course since 1894 which has a total length of 6,532 yards.
Anyone looking for the best golf lessons in your area might be interested to know that Lochmoor Club, Knollwood Country Club, and X-Golf Novi have PGA certified trainers on staff.
Best Local Golf Stores
You will be able to buy new clubs, balls, bags, apparel, or anything else at one of these golf stores:
Play It Again Sports is an all around sporting goods store that can be a great place to buy new and used golf clubs near you along with bags, balls, tees, and more depending on what they currently have in stock. High quality sportswear and golf equipment are sold at Dunham’s.
PXG offers golf clubs, sportswear, and everything in between plus they have large staging areas and state of the art simulators with TrackMan technology.
A wide selection of clubs, apparel, and equipment from top brands are available at Golf Galaxy. Carl’s Golfland features experienced PGA professionals and has 4 private fitting suites that are equipped with TrackMan IV technology and live ball flight.
Since 1992 Golf Tech Custom Clubs and Repair Center has been offering golf lessons, repairs, and customization services in Novi.
Driving Ranges & Indoor Simulators
These driving ranges and indoor simulators near you are the perfect place to step up your game:
Obviously your local golf courses will also have driving ranges and putting greens to practice on. Kubica is an indoor complex with PGA certified trainers that give great golf lessons in Novi.
Topgolf In Your Area
There is a Topgolf in the Detroit Metro in Auburn Hills at 500 Great Lakes Crossing.
Miniature Golf Near You
Have some fun without all of the stress at one of these miniature golf courses in your area:
Zap Zone offers fully themed miniature golf with 18 holes including fun locations like the streets of New York City, carnivals, pyramids of Egypt, underwater adventure with dolphins, sharks and sunken treasure as well as green tropical jungles and a prehistoric world filled with lava, flying pterodactyls, and a 40 foot brontosaurus.
Novi Putting Edge has fun a 18-hole miniature golf course near you.
For the time being that is all we have to share but we will be back to update this page often. After learning about the best public and private golf courses, local shops, driving ranges, practice putting greens, Topgolf, and miniature golf courses in your area you should be ready for whatever comes next.
Go ahead and let us know if we got anything wrong or if anything we posted has become dated in the comments. Now go have fun playing golf in Detroit.
