Fox Hills - Golden Fox

The Golden Fox Course at Fox Hills in Plymouth, Michigan is Arthur Hills's standout Detroit-area public design, an 18-hole layout with distinct Scottish flair that opened in 1989 as the centerpiece of Fox Hills's larger golf complex (which also includes the Fox Classic Course and a short Fox Golf facility). Hills, whose prolific portfolio of Midwest resort and daily-fee designs sets the quality bar for the region, brought the links vocabulary home to Michigan here. Golf Digest describes the Golden Fox as 'a design with a Scottish flair, undulating greens and steep bunkers', the kind of Hills routing reminiscent of courses along the North Sea in Scotland, just transported to southeastern Michigan hardwood country. The 6,783-yard par-72 layout plays to a 73.6 rating and 137 slope (earning a Golf Digest 4-star rating), with the undulating greens serving as the primary defense once you reach the greensite. For the Detroit-area trip visitor looking for a public Arthur Hills design without traveling to northern Michigan, Golden Fox is the short drive west from downtown Detroit, and Fox Hills' multi-course facility makes a full day on-site easy.