Lincoln Hills Golf Course

Birmingham sits in the heart of Oakland County, one of Michigan's most golf-dense corridors, where the combination of rolling glacial terrain, mature hardwoods, and a serious local golf culture has produced a remarkable concentration of courses within a short drive of one another. Lincoln Hills Golf Club occupies this competitive landscape as a shorter, par-70 layout — a format that typically favors precision and shot-shaping over raw power, rewarding players who work the ball rather than simply overpower a course.

Par-70 designs often get undersold, but in the hands of a thoughtful routing they can deliver a genuinely engaging round, with the reduced par usually coming from a pair of par 5s removed from the standard blueprint rather than from shortened holes across the board. That structure tends to keep scoring honest while moving play along at a comfortable pace.

Birmingham itself is an affluent, walkable suburb with a strong civic identity, and the golf scene here reflects that — a community that takes the game seriously without always needing to shout about it.