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Black Bear Golf Club is an 18-hole resort course in Vanderbilt, Michigan.

Designed by Mark Sauger. It plays 6,425 yards from the Black tees, rated 71.8/144 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
72
par
6,425
yards (tips)
144
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES360207419361538130512338346381537198362354489144378371142334445563758494104115123134144155163174184PAROUT 3,211 YDSIN 3,214 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Mark Sauger reported
access
resort
address
1500 Alexander Road, Vanderbilt, MI, 49795
phone
989-983-4441
elevation
1,031 ft derived
opened
1996

45.18011, -84.64036 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 26 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

215 traced features across 8 layers for Black Bear Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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215 traced features across 8 layers for Black Bear Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
17
Fairways
61
Bunkers
3
Water
18
Greens
65
Tee pads
6,425yds
Black tees
538yds
Longest hole
130yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-08-11

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

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

Sorted by Yards, descending. 4 rows.

BlackM72642571.814432113214
WhiteM72581469.213028822932
GoldF72528071.713426172663
RedF72453568.011822902245

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 434453544453445344 72
Black 360207419361538130512338346381537198362354489144378371 6,425
White 331175362322501114458304315357509176324330437114351334 5,814
Gold 29515933929746310340426928834447215430029240795310289 5,280
Red 2021593142704097937424523826335915424629235995246231 4,535
Handicap 119731175131562121014418168

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Black Bear Golf Club hole by hole, for your game.

Ask in plain words. The Studio draws each hole on the aerial photo, picks a club for each shot from your carries and the way you miss, and shows where a miss costs you strokes. Where a green was surveyed, it reads the slope too.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

Plan this course in the Studio

Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

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Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Black Bear Golf Club's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

Check tee times and rates

Also bookable nearby: Wildwood Lake Golf Course (5.5 mi) · Treetops (5.9 mi) · The Tribute (9.3 mi) · The Classic (10 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

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

FigureThis courseIn MichiganNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,425 yds294th of 592=6,591st of 12,025450th of 601 resort courses · =3,311th of 7,004 courses you can book · =6,532nd of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 144=25th of 410=379th of 8,710=28th of 477 resort courses · =109th of 4,936 courses you can book · =370th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 71.8=194th of 371=4,302nd of 7,615=316th of 446 resort courses · =2,011th of 4,145 courses you can book · =4,254th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,890 yds between tees127th of 565=2,875th of 11,523209th of 593 resort courses · =1,410th of 6,653 courses you can book · =2,828th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1996=368th of 475=7,209th of 9,368=369th of 516 resort courses · =4,103rd of 5,526 courses you can book · =5,267th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level1,031 ft derived 73rd of 644=3,241st of 12,437=246th of 616 resort courses · =2,098th of 7,274 courses you can book · =2,212th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

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.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold the grass on the greens.

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Sources

Gathered from the course's own site and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

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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The Tribute

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The Classic

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Jones Masterpiece at Treetops Resort

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Fazio Premier at Treetops Resort

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Springbrook Golf Club

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Gaylord Country Club

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Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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