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This is the best public golf course in each metro Detroit county

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9 months ago

June 24, 2025

This is the best public golf course in each metro Detroit county

What are the best public golf courses in the metro Detroit area? We looked at the six foremost counties surrounding the city and took stock of the plethora of golf course options to come to a conclusion.

There are many wonderful and beautiful public courses in metro Detroit, so it was hard to just pick one from each county. But that’s what Free Press columnist Carlos Monarrez set out to do in 2025, pulling from decades of experience playing the game in these parts.

Our list was based purely on the golf, taking into account many variables including playability, fun, strategy, conditions and views.

Here now is the best public golf course, as of 2025, to play in Livingston County, Macomb County, Monroe County, Oakland County, Washtenaw County and Wayne County.

Click the link on the course name to learn more about each selection.

For the best public golf courses in the entire state of Michigan, we have a list for that, too, thanks to Golfweek.

Best golf course in Livingston County: Moose Ridge Golf Course

Where: South Lyon.

Carlos says: Moose Ridge provides a rare Up North feel in southeast Michigan with plenty of natural beauty and teeth to test every aspect of your game.

Best golf course in Macomb County: The Orchards Golf Club

Where: Washington Township.

Carlos says: The Orchards has beauty, variety, challenge and many upscale touches, making it a mainstay in our rankings.

Best golf course in Monroe County: The Legacy Golf Club

Where: Ottawa Lake.

Carlos says: The Legacy by Arthur Hills is unadorned, windswept beauty combined with variety and challenge.

Best golf course in Oakland County: Shepherd’s Hollow Golf Club

Where: Clarkston.

Carlos says: Shepherd’s Hollow blends a luxe experience with secluded beauty and an Up North feel among 27 of the prettiest holes in Michigan.

Best golf course in Washtenaw County: U-M Golf Course

Where: Ann Arbor.

Carlos says: The University of Michigan Golf Course incorporates beautiful design, variety and beguiling boomerang greens from perhaps the greatest golf architect of all-time, Alister MacKenzie. His only other design in Michigan is the private Crystal Downs, a top-50 course in the world.

Best golf course in Wayne County: The Cardinal at St. John’s

Where: Plymouth Township.

Carlos says: The Cardinal, the first new high-end public golf course addition in southeast Michigan in about two decades, is playable with a classic design from Ray Hearn (who also built Moose Ridge) with immaculate conditions. Someone we know even shot their best score ever in their first round at The Cardinal.

Marlowe Alter is an assistant sports editor at the Detroit Free Press and spraying golf aficionado. You can reach him by email: malter@freepress.com.

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Retired Detroit sergeant faces new sexual assault charge involving 14-year-old victim from 2002

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March 27, 2026

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Retired Detroit sergeant faces new sexual assault charge involving 14-year-old victim from 2002

Updated on: March 27, 2026 / 12:23 PM EDT
/ CBS Detroit

An additional case, this one involving a victim who was then 14 years old, has been added to the sexual assault investigation against a former Detroit Police Department sergeant.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced the latest charges on Friday against Benjamin Martin Wagner, 68, who now lives in Greenville, N.C. He had retired from the Detroit Police Department in 2017.

The victim in the additional charges was 14 years old when the assault happened in October 2002 in Detroit, Worthy said. The prosecutor alleges that Wagner approached the victim, pointed a handgun at her, ordered her away from the location and then sexually assaulted her.

In this case, he faces charges of kidnapping, two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct. An arraignment hearing took place Friday in the 36th District Court in Detroit. A probable cause conference is scheduled for April 7.

The woman is now 37 years old.

“She has lived with what happened to her for 23 years and has now bravely decided that she wants to be a part of holding him accountable,” Worthy said.

Wagner participated in a court hearing Thursday and was remanded to jail, one week after he was charged with 15 counts of kidnapping and rape in five separate sexual assault cases. All of those incidents happened between 1999 and 2003 in the northwest side of Detroit, with the victims being young women between the ages of 15 and 23.

The court dates for the earlier list of charges are April 7 for a probable cause hearing and April 14 for a preliminary exam.

Wagner joined the Detroit Police Department in 1989 as a police officer and was eventually promoted to sergeant. He retired in 2017 and moved to North Carolina.

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Metro Detroit weather forecast, March 26, 2026 — 11 p.m. Update

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March 27, 2026

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Fangirl Culture is Front and Center as Detroit Mercy Theatre Company Presents a Zany Y2K Comedy

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March 26, 2026

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Fangirl Culture is Front and Center as Detroit Mercy Theatre Company Presents a Zany Y2K Comedy

I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire closes Detroit Mercy’s 55th Season

DETROIT — Detroit Mercy Theatre Company (DMTC) closes the inaugural season of the new Detroit

Mercy Black Box Theatre with I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire by Samantha Hurley, playing April 10-19 on University of Detroit Mercy’s McNichols Campus.

I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire is set in 2004 and follows 14-year-old Shelby Hinkley, who is obsessed with Hollywood star Tobey Maguire and creates a play to kidnap and marry him in her basement.

“This play is as hilarious as it is heartfelt,” said DMTC managing director Sarah Rusk. “Shelby truly believes Tobey Maguire is her destiny, and through her obsession we get a look into the complicated emotions of growing up during the Y2K era.”

“I absolutely love working with young actors,” said director Cassandra Svacha.

Student Actor, Rileyt McDevitt. Detroit Mercy — *Student actor* ***Riley McDevitt,*** *Photo by Alan Devlin*

“Watching them create and rise to the challenge is thrilling. I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire to college-aged kids is like a period piece; none of them were alive when this story takes place so it’s extra fun to have them dive into this world in an anthropologic way. They aren’t reminiscing or remembering 2004, they have to study that world and build it for themselves.”

I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire runs six performances April 10-19 at the new Detroit Mercy Black Box Theatre on University of Detroit Mercy’s McNichols Campus. The DMTC Ticket Office is open Tuesday-Thursday 10 a.m.- 2 p.m., with tickets being available for purchase anytime online at www.DetroitMercyArts.com.

Individual tickets are $25 for adults, $18 for seniors and Detroit Mercy faculty, staff and alumni, and $10 for veterans and students (ages 4-college). Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more. To schedule your group, contact Sarah Rusk at 313-993-3273.

Those looking to buy tickets should note that the play is rated R and contains adult language and