Detroit and surroundings in October

Thanks again to those who recommended courses, and also thanks for the Holdens Party Store suggestion. I had a nice sandwich and replaced some key discs there.

Courses played:

Addison Oaks County Park
Bandemer Park
Bay Court Park
Cass Benton Hills
Firefighters Park
Kensington Black Locust – Blue
Kensington Black Locust – Green
Kensington Toboggan
Palmer Park Junior
Rudolf Steiner High School (9)
Sorensen Park
Stony Creek – Buckhorn South
Tadpole Beach
Whippets Run (9)
Whitmore Lake Community DGC (9)
Willow Metropark

Kensington Toboggan was definitely the highlight, but the Detroit area has a remarkable number of very good courses in a fairly compact area. I have to say that Willow Metropark was the lowlight – the rough there was just ridiculous.

I'm up to 29 courses played in Michigan, and hope to write some reviews in the next few days.

Funny note: Monday morning was in the 50s, so I wore a long sleeve dry fit shirt and shorts. Surprisingly, downtown Ann Arbor was filled with people wearing winter jackets and wool caps.

I thought Michiganders were tougher about cool weather than Marylanders, but perhaps not. ;)
 
Ann Arbor is just weird like that. 🤣

Sounds like a great trip!! Looking forward to some reviews.
 
Glad you got to play so many of the area courses!

You nailed it saying Metro Detroit has a lot of "very good" courses. We're blessed (cursed?) with a bunch of courses I think fall solidly in the 3.25 -3.75 range, with few actually being worthy of legit 4.0 (i.e truly excellent).

Toboggan is the only one that really separates itself, not only in terms of challenge, but in sheer "wow" factor.
 
Thanks again to those who recommended courses, and also thanks for the Holdens Party Store suggestion. I had a nice sandwich and replaced some key discs there.

Courses played:

Addison Oaks County Park
Bandemer Park
Bay Court Park
Cass Benton Hills
Firefighters Park
Kensington Black Locust – Blue
Kensington Black Locust – Green
Kensington Toboggan
Palmer Park Junior
Rudolf Steiner High School (9)
Sorensen Park
Stony Creek – Buckhorn South
Tadpole Beach
Whippets Run (9)
Whitmore Lake Community DGC (9)
Willow Metropark

Kensington Toboggan was definitely the highlight, but the Detroit area has a remarkable number of very good courses in a fairly compact area. I have to say that Willow Metropark was the lowlight – the rough there was just ridiculous.

I'm up to 29 courses played in Michigan, and hope to write some reviews in the next few days.

Funny note: Monday morning was in the 50s, so I wore a long sleeve dry fit shirt and shorts. Surprisingly, downtown Ann Arbor was filled with people wearing winter jackets and wool caps.

I thought Michiganders were tougher about cool weather than Marylanders, but perhaps not. ;)

Ann Arbor is just weird like that. 🤣

Sounds like a great trip!! Looking forward to some reviews.
LOL.....most people wandering around downtown AA are probably not from Michigan.
 

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