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A recreational tournament league that gives weekend golfers a PGA Tour-style experience: 43 weekend events a year at 37+ Metro Detroit courses, with handicaps, live leaderboards, a money list and prizes. Men, women, seniors and juniors of every skill level play. Rule #1: have fun.

Since May 29, 1999, when 12 golfers teed it up at Pine View in Ypsilanti. 2026 was the Tour's 27th season, and 2027 will be its 28th.

You play dozens of different courses instead of one, in more formats (stroke play, match play, scrambles, Stableford and Ryder Cup-style team events), and three regional divisions keep most events close to home in Wayne, Oakland, Washtenaw and Macomb counties. It is locally owned and run from Livonia.

It is local and run by its own members, not a chapter of a national tour. Every event is in Metro Detroit, at 37+ courses across Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw counties, mostly on weekend mornings. Everyone plays one leaderboard with one Tour handicap, so beginners and low handicappers compete for the same purse instead of being split into flights. You also get majors, match play, team cups, a season money list and results going back to 1999.

Full Membership is $140 for unlimited tournaments from April through November. Limited Membership is $100 for up to 7 regular-season tournaments, and you can upgrade later. Each tournament has its own entry fee covering greens fees, carts when required, scoring, live leaderboards and the prize purse.

No. Your membership plus each event's entry fee covers everything: greens fees, required carts, scoring and stats, prize purse entry and live leaderboards.

No. Sign up for as many or as few as you like. Some members play three events a season, others play thirty.

Mostly 18-hole events on Saturday and Sunday mornings from April through November, with some afternoon starts and a few Friday events.

Regulars include Pine View (Ypsilanti), Blackheath (Rochester), Huntmore (Brighton), Salem Hills (Northville), Cherry Creek (Shelby Twp.), Farmington Hills, Whispering Willows and Fox Creek (Livonia), Fieldstone (Auburn Hills) and Carrington (Monroe), plus 25+ more in rotation.

Most are individual stroke play, but the schedule also includes Stableford (Crazy Brit), a 2-man scramble (Memorial), Strokes on a Rope, pro-am team events, alternate tees (Red, White & Blue), the Match Play Championship and Ryder Cup-style team events (Commissioner's Cup, Division Bell, Presidents Cup).

Yes. Players registered for the same event can ask to be paired together. Otherwise you'll meet new playing partners through the season.

Men under 57 typically play 5,900–6,300 yards (Majors 6,400–6,600). Men 57+ may opt into senior tees for the season. Women typically play 4,800–5,200 yards (Majors 5,300–5,500).

Everyone earns a Mulligan Tour Handicap Index (MTHI) built only from Tour rounds. Your first three rounds are Q-School and set your starting index. Over your next four rounds it phases in, and once you've played seven Tour rounds you're on the same 0.85 multiplier as every member, so you're competing on equal footing. After that it keeps sharpening as your history grows, settling at the best 5 of your last 10 rounds × 0.85. New members win regularly. Players have won with just five or six events on their record.

It isn't used. Tour rules are relaxed, so every new player builds an MTHI through Tour events.

An optional mulligan on the first tee, no stroke-and-distance for out of bounds or lost balls, lift-clean-and-place within 6 inches off the green, a 3-putt maximum and a quadruple-bogey maximum per hole.

Yes. Members range from beginners to near-scratch golfers, and the MTHI handicap lets everyone compete together.

Join any time, even mid-season. Your first 3 events are your Q-School wherever they fall on the calendar.

You'll get an email with your tee time, starting hole and partners. Arrive 15–20 minutes early, check in, play, then total and sign your card with a playing partner and turn it in. Follow the live leaderboard on your phone; final standings post online.

Clubs, balls, a collared shirt and golf shoes. The Tour handles scorecards, tee times and pairings.