Binder Park Golf Course is an 18-hole municipal course in Newton Township, Michigan.

It plays 6,603 yards from the Black tees, rated 71.1/130 (checked 2026-08-14).

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holes

par

6,603

yards (tips)

130

slope (black)

The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only

The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

access: municipal
address: Wild Africa Wilderness Tram, Newton Township, MI, 49033
elevation: 920 ft derived
opened: 1963

42.23663, -85.15532 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 39 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

220 traced features across 8 layers for Binder Park Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

Holes

Fairways

Bunkers

Water

Greens

Tee pads

6,603yds

Black tees

521yds

Longest hole

147yds

Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-08-16

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 4 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table


Black	M	72contested	71	6603	71.1	130	3257	3346
Blue	M	72contested	71	6153	69.1	124	2947	3206
White	M	72contested	71	5799	67.7	118	2831	2968
Gold	F	73contested	71	5126	68.6	109	2411	2715

Every figure as published except Card par (derived), which is summed from the card below and shown only where a published figure is contested; a blank cell elsewhere is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

The Black, Blue, White and Gold tees publish a par the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Par column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own par row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Par	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	71
Black	362	212	449	396	325	152	521	435	405	311	411	403	461	351	147	413	485	364	6,603
Blue	330	190	380	375	295	137	482	402	356	285	400	393	448	343	138	402	464	333	6,153
White	314	175	369	362	280	129	470	391	341	268	385	376	425	331	120	309	433	321	5,799
Gold	279	134	256	335	252	89	401	357	308	249	375	348	405	295	116	292	354	281	5,126
Handicap	14	12	6	2	8	18	10	4	16	17	3	7	1	11	15	5	13	9

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Plan Binder Park Golf Course hole by hole, for your game.

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The approach, planned Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
The green, from LiDAR Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
Every shot, tee to green Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

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Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

Figure	This course	In Michigan	Nationwide	Among its peers
Longest	6,603 yds	=220th of 592	=5,198th of 12,025	11th of 33 in the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek-Portage, MI combined area · 75th of 268 municipal courses · =2,522nd of 7,004 courses you can book · =5,162nd of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest test	slope 130	=184th of 410	=3,777th of 8,710	=7th of 26 in the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek-Portage, MI combined area · =49th of 182 municipal courses · =1,625th of 4,936 courses you can book · =3,684th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tips	rating 71.1	=229th of 371	=5,122nd of 7,615	13th of 25 in the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek-Portage, MI combined area · =78th of 146 municipal courses · =2,478th of 4,145 courses you can book · =5,049th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread	1,477 yds between tees	267th of 565	=5,551st of 11,523	9th of 32 in the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek-Portage, MI combined area · 82nd of 249 municipal courses · =2,929th of 6,653 courses you can book · =5,467th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldest	opened 1963	=170th of 475	=3,357th of 9,368	=14th of 30 in the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek-Portage, MI combined area · =96th of 217 municipal courses · =1,616th of 5,526 courses you can book · =2,392nd of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	920 ft derived	=172nd of 644	=3,970th of 12,437	=9th of 37 in the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek-Portage, MI combined area · 112th of 280 municipal courses · =2,581st of 7,274 courses you can book · =2,749th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

What's on this page

In progress4 of 6 built

4 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 4 sets of tees.
Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 4 sets of tees.
Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
Course details, partly built.3 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect, a website and a phone number, and 1 more.

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Sources

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Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-14. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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