Leaning Tree Golf Course

Wales, Michigan sits in St. Clair County, in the thumb region of the Lower Peninsula — flat to gently rolling farmland that opens up under wide Midwestern skies, roughly 45 minutes north of Detroit. Golf in this part of Michigan tends to be unpretentious and community-rooted, the kind of game played by people who actually live there rather than those passing through on a golf trip.

Leaning Tree reads as a daily-fee or public layout by name and location — the sort of course that anchors a local golfer's regular rotation. The name itself suggests wooded character, and courses in this corner of St. Clair County typically work through tree lines and open corridors shaped by the region's agricultural and forested patchwork.

Beyond that, the specifics of Leaning Tree's design history, architect, and individual holes aren't something I can speak to with confidence, and invention wouldn't serve you. If you've played it or have access to local knowledge, that ground-level experience will tell you far more than any scorecard can.