Golf in West Branch

West Branch is the county seat of Ogemaw County in the northern Lower Peninsula, a small city on US-75 (I-75) whose position on the main route between Metro Detroit and the northern Michigan resort corridor gives it a gateway character. The Factory Stores of America outlet mall that developed at the interstate interchange drew shopping traffic, and the Ogemaw County outdoor recreation economy—lakes, hunting, snowmobiling—gives West Branch a year-round recreational service role. Multiple golf courses serve the West Branch area's county-seat and northern Michigan corridor market.