Deer Run Golf at Lakes of the North is an 18-hole semi-private course in Mancelona, Michigan.

It plays 7,004 yards from the Blue tees, rated 74.4/139 (checked 2026-08-14).

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holes

par

7,004

yards (tips)

139

slope (blue)

The shape of the round · Blue 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: semi-private
address: 8151 Pineview Drive, Mancelona, MI, 49659
phone: 231-585-6800
website: course site →
elevation: 1,275 ft derived
opened: 1968

44.91667, -84.86703 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 3 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

102 traced features across 7 layers for Deer Run Golf at Lakes of the North, 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

7,004yds

Blue tees

587yds

Longest hole

186yds

Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-08-11 – 2022-09-09

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 7 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table


Blue	M	72	7004	74.4	139	3509	3495
White	M	72	6458	71.4	132	3153	3305
White/Gold	M	72	6002	69.1	126
Gold	M	72	5683	67.8	120	2826	2857
Gold	F	72	5683	73.2	127	2826	2857
Red	F	72	5004	69.3	121	2448	2556
Red	M	72	5004	64.8	111	2448	2556

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

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	4	3	5	4	3	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	72
Blue	390	361	208	587	343	198	449	415	558	401	536	412	386	190	449	534	186	401	7,004
White	353	329	174	517	325	164	396	368	527	385	509	398	353	164	434	515	162	385	6,458
Gold	313	307	158	491	301	149	339	304	464	312	450	342	344	152	342	463	149	303	5,683
Red	303	301	106	393	267	131	320	233	394	259	423	326	330	144	257	422	106	289	5,004
Handicap	11	15	13	1	9	17	5	3	7	12	8	4	14	18	2	10	16	6

No per-hole yardages are published for White/Gold, so it is not on the card above.

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Deer Run Golf at Lakes of the North 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 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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Book a tee time

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Check tee times and rates

Also bookable nearby: Black Forest at Wilderness Valley (4.7 mi) · The Natural at Beaver Creek Resort (8.1 mi) · Gaylord Country Club (9.4 mi) · The Loon Golf Resort (10 mi)

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	7,004 yds	59th of 592	=1,932nd of 12,025	=225th of 2,030 semi-private courses · =889th of 7,004 courses you can book · =1,923rd of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest test	slope 139	=65th of 410	=1,166th of 8,710	=117th of 1,395 semi-private courses · =445th of 4,936 courses you can book · =1,140th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tips	rating 74.4	=45th of 371	=1,009th of 7,615	=82nd of 1,141 semi-private courses · =386th of 4,145 courses you can book · =1,002nd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread	2,000 yds between tees	=97th of 565	=2,249th of 11,523	341st of 1,970 semi-private courses · =1,078th of 6,653 courses you can book · =2,205th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldest	opened 1968	=220th of 475	=4,141st of 9,368	=694th of 1,516 semi-private courses · =2,135th of 5,526 courses you can book · =2,920th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	1,275 ft derived	22nd of 644	=2,136th of 12,437	349th of 2,089 semi-private courses · =1,355th of 7,274 courses you can book · =1,458th 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 6 sets of tees.
Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 7 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.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect and the grass on the greens.

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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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