

More: Michigan has some of the best resort golf courses in America "They're very undulating and quick, but they're nice, big greens." "The best thing about our course is the greens," Davis said. Playing at 6,511 yards, the par-70 course is relatively open off the tee, but gets tricky near the pin. Reid, the club opened in 1923 and remains well off the beaten path in a lightly wooded area known for wildlife, from turkeys and rabbits to deer and the occasional coyote. Festivities start at 2:30 p.m.ĭesigned by Wilfrid A.

To celebrate, there will be a day of activities which includes a nine-hole scramble, Woah! Tacos & Smokehouse BBQ food trucks, giveaways and a live band (standing room only). More: I played the newly restored South Course at Oakland Hills in Michigan. More: Ranking metro Detroit's Top 10 Public Golf Courses: Here's who made the list and why

"I'd say that's the best thing about it." "All the regulars who have been with us for years, the returning customers, seeing the people who have stuck with us. "It's withstood the test of time," general manager Brett Davis said Thursday. The club celebrates its 100-year anniversary on Saturday. While it's not "a monster," Brae Burn Golf Club in Plymouth has a hole known as "The Monster." From the tips, the 13th hole is believed to be the longest par-5 in the state at 666 yards, a double dogleg that has become the course's signature hole. He won the tournament, his sixth of the eventual nine major titles in his storied career, and would later describe the course with two words with which it has forever been associated: "a monster." Open at Oakland Hills South Course in Bloomfield Hills. The year was 1951, when Ben Hogan played in the U.S. View Gallery: Brae Burn Golf Club in Plymouth: Photos
