Bay Pointe Golf Course

West Bloomfield sits in the heart of Oakland County, one of Michigan's most golf-saturated corners — a region dense with courses ranging from blue-collar publics to prestigious private clubs. This part of metro Detroit has long embraced golf as a year-round obsession, even if the season itself runs roughly April through November before the lakes freeze and the fairways go dormant under snow.

Bay Pointe's name signals what this stretch of suburban Detroit does best: water. Oakland County is defined by its chain of interconnected lakes, and courses in this corridor almost invariably work around or alongside them. That setting tends to produce layouts where water comes into play on multiple holes, rewarding accurate ball-strikers over those who just swing hard and hope.

Playing to a par of 71 rather than the standard 72, Bay Pointe likely features a design that leans on variety — perhaps a shorter par 4 or an absence of a 5th par 5 — which can make scoring feel deceptively accessible until the course shows its teeth.