Edgewood Golf Club

The Pines at Edgewood Golf Club is a Fred Millies design located in Big Bend, Wisconsin, a small community in southeastern Wisconsin's Waukesha County. Millies, a regional architect active primarily in the mid-twentieth century, designed numerous courses across Wisconsin and the upper Midwest, typically working with the rolling terrain and natural woodlands characteristic of the region. The Pines reflects this approach, routed through mature tree growth that gives the course its name and defines playing corridors throughout the layout. The property occupies land typical of southeastern Wisconsin's glacial topography, with moderate elevation changes and natural drainage patterns that influence hole strategy. The tree-lined fairways require accuracy from the tee, and the design emphasizes position play rather than pure distance. Greens and greenside areas show the straightforward bunkering and contouring common to courses built in Millies's era, offering traditional challenges without excessive artifice. Edgewood Golf Club serves the Big Bend area as a community course, providing golf in a setting shaped by the region's agricultural and suburban transition. The Pines operates as part of a club that reflects the character of many Wisconsin golf facilities from its period—accessible, unpretentious, and focused on the game itself. The course offers a representative example of mid-century regional design, where the architect worked within the natural landscape to create a functional and playable layout for local membership.