Elk Rapids Golf Club is a 9-hole semi-private course in Elk Rapids, Michigan.

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holes

par

3,066

yards (tips)

118

slope (back)

The shape of the round · Back teespublished figures only

The published card in playing order, 9 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer: Donald Ross reported
access: semi-private
address: Golfview Circle, Elk Rapids, MI, 49629
website: course site →
elevation: 610 ft derived
opened: 1923

44.90047, -85.39191 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 9 holes.

81 traced features across 7 layers for Elk Rapids Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

Holes

Fairways

Bunkers

Greens

Tee pads

3,067yds

Back tees

485yds

Longest hole

172yds

Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-08-10

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 3 tee sets par, yardage, slope — the full table


Back	M	36	3066	118
Middle	M	36	2989	116
Front	M	36	2550	112

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes.

Scorecard

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
Par	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	36
Back	485	343	361	381	172	387	300	187	451	3,066
Handicap	1	7	9	3	11	5	17	15	13

No per-hole yardages are published for Middle and Front, so they are not on the card above.

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Elk Rapids 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 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

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.

Book a tee time

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

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Also bookable nearby: Sundance (8.9 mi) · Torch (9.1 mi) · Cedar River Golf Course (12 mi) · Hawk's Eye Golf Course (13 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	3,066 yds	524th of 592	=10,312th of 12,025	1,751st of 2,030 semi-private courses · =5,799th of 7,004 courses you can book · =855th of 1,791 9-hole regulation courses
Toughest test	slope 118	=341st of 410	=6,934th of 8,710	=1,074th of 1,395 semi-private courses · =3,634th of 4,936 courses you can book · =405th of 972 9-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread	516 yds between tees	520th of 565	=10,089th of 11,523	1,674th of 1,970 semi-private courses · 5,644th of 6,653 courses you can book · 834th of 1,640 9-hole regulation courses
Oldest	opened 1923	=56th of 475	=1,001st of 9,368	=138th of 1,516 semi-private courses · =315th of 5,526 courses you can book · =184th of 1,347 9-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	610 ft derived	=573rd of 644	=6,517th of 12,437	=1,070th of 2,089 semi-private courses · =4,218th of 7,274 courses you can book · =1,172nd of 1,830 9-hole regulation courses

What's on this page

In progress3 of 6 built

3 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 1 set of tees.
Course rating and slope, not built yet.We don't have a course rating or slope for this course yet.
Course map, built.All 9 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 a phone number and the grass on the greens.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.

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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Nearby courses

Sundance

8.9 mi · Torch Lake Township · resort · 18 holes

Torch

9.1 mi · Torch Lake Township · resort · 18 holes

High Pointe Golf Club

10 mi · Williamsburg · private · 18 holes

The Chief Golf Course

11 mi · Bellaire · 18 holes

Cedar River Golf Course

12 mi · Bellaire · resort · 18 holes

Hawk's Eye Golf Course

13 mi · Bellaire · public · 18 holes

Hawk S Eye at Shanty Creek

13 mi · Bellaire · 18 holes

Schuss Mountain Golf Course

13 mi · Mancelona · resort · 18 holes

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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