Plum Hollow has been a cornerstone of Detroit-area private golf since its founding in 1924, and its reputation extends well beyond Oakland County. The course earned its place in golf history as the site of the 1951 U.S. Women's Open, one of the few major championships to have been played in Michigan, cementing its standing as a layout serious enough to test the best players of an era. The club takes its name from the plum thicket hollows that once characterized this stretch of suburban landscape before Southfield developed around it.
The design reflects the parkland character typical of classic Midwest private clubs — mature hardwoods framing fairways, firm and contoured greens, and the kind of measured, strategic demands that reward course management over raw power. It plays as a genuine par 72 test without relying on excessive length to defend itself.
Southfield sits at the heart of metro Detroit's dense and competitive private club belt, making Plum Hollow a club that members tend to hold with quiet pride — old enough to have history, well-maintained enough to still matter.
