Washtenaw began with three empty tomato cans. Daniel L. Quirk Jr., Cora Henry and I. Newton Swift talked a local farmer into letting them stick the cans in a hay field to the west of the city, then asked their friends over to play. It went well. A year on, fifteen men from Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti formed the Washtenaw Country Club, and in time lawnmowers took over the greens from the grazing sheep.
The club dates its opening to 1899 and calls itself Michigan's third oldest golf course.
It's a par 72 on narrow, tree-lined fairways, and the greens are quick, rolling and well guarded. Length won't overpower you here. Accuracy is the test: put the tee ball in position, then hit the next shot where you mean to. The bar and grill has an outdoor patio with a view of the course.