Indianwood Golf & Country Club

Few private clubs in metropolitan Detroit carry the quiet prestige of Indianwood Golf & Country Club. The club is home to 2 distinct 18-hole layouts — the Old Course and the New Course — and it's the Old Course that has earned Indianwood its reputation as one of Michigan's most respected examinations of the game. Designed by Harry Colt and Charles Alison in the 1920s, it belongs to a rare lineage of classic parkland courses shaped by the great British architects who worked across North America during that era. The Old Course has hosted USGA events and remains a benchmark in a state that takes its golf seriously.

Lake Orion sits in Oakland County, roughly 35 miles north of Detroit in the rolling, lake-dotted landscape of southeastern Michigan. The terrain here gives course designers natural movement and elevation change that flatter designs rooted in the traditional parkland style.

A par 70 on the Old Course signals a layout that demands precision over power — tighter, more strategic, rewarding players who manage their games rather than overpower the property.