Brentwood Golf Club

White Lake sits in Oakland County's lake country, about 40 miles northwest of Detroit — a landscape of glacially carved lakes, wooded lots, and the kind of unhurried suburban Michigan that still has room for a proper round of golf. The region's mild summers and fiery autumn foliage make it a natural fit for golf, and Oakland County as a whole supports one of the denser concentrations of courses in the Midwest.

Brentwood Golf Club carries the character of a classic Michigan semi-private or daily-fee layout — the sort of course that serves as the reliable anchor of a local golf community rather than a destination resort. Par-72 designs in this part of the state tend to work with the rolling, tree-lined terrain the glaciers left behind, rewarding course management over raw power and offering a different look in every season.

For golfers based in the western Oakland County area, Brentwood fills the role of a genuine local track — familiar enough to develop a real relationship with, and varied enough that it doesn't wear out its welcome.