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Elmbrook Golf Course is an 18-hole public course in Traverse City, Michigan.

Designed by Vern Nelson. It plays 6,021 yards from the Black tees, rated 68.8/116 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
72
par
6,021
yards (tips)
116
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES351171487374379382511308215315474184473147269241380360142335445464758493104115123135143154164174184PAROUT 3,178 YDSIN 2,843 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
Vern Nelson reported
access
public
address
1750 Townline Road, Traverse City, MI, 49686
elevation
725 ft derived
opened
1964
on site
driving range · putting green · pro shop · lessons

44.70970, -85.57103 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 14 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

137 traced features across 8 layers for Elmbrook Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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

18
Holes
20
Fairways
20
Bunkers
1
Water
18
Greens
33
Tee pads
6,021yds
Black tees
511yds
Longest hole
147yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-08-17

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.

BlackM72602168.811631782843
BlueM72567467.011429372737
WhiteM72493868.611925342404
GoldF72293268.6119

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 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 435444543453534444 72
Black 351171487374379382511308215315474184473147269241380360 6,021
Blue 343161467321339366485285170297468176464143254241357337 5,674
White 302142388268271340417264142270385154419128236221306285 4,938
Handicap 111539175131712264181614108

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

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Elmbrook Golf Course 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.

© OpenStreetMap contributors

Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Elmbrook Golf Course'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: The Crown Golf Club (5.8 mi) · Bay Meadows Golf Course (6.7 mi) · Interlochen Golf Course (11 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
Longest6,021 yds416th of 592=8,407th of 12,02514th of 17 in the Traverse City, MI metro area · =2,438th of 4,105 public courses · =4,450th of 7,004 courses you can book · =8,330th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 119=327th of 410=6,765th of 8,71014th of 14 in the Traverse City, MI metro area · =1,901st of 2,882 public courses · =3,506th of 4,936 courses you can book · =6,320th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 68.8=323rd of 371=6,751st of 7,61514th of 14 in the Traverse City, MI metro area · =1,976th of 2,412 public courses · =3,540th of 4,145 courses you can book · =6,590th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread3,089 yds between tees6th of 565287th of 11,5233rd of 17 in the Traverse City, MI metro area · 75th of 3,841 public courses · 141st of 6,653 courses you can book · 281st of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1964=185th of 475=3,542nd of 9,3683rd of 17 in the Traverse City, MI metro area · =946th of 3,277 public courses · =1,727th of 5,526 courses you can book · =2,510th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level725 ft derived =411th of 644=5,552nd of 12,43715th of 21 in the Traverse City, MI metro area · =2,199th of 4,289 public courses · =3,617th of 7,274 courses you can book · =3,927th 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 3 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.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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Traverse City Golf and Country Club

3.4 mi · Traverse City · private · 18 holes

The Crown Golf Club

5.8 mi · Traverse City · public · 18 holes

Bay Meadows Golf Course

6.7 mi · Traverse City · public · 19 holes

The Kingsley Club

7.4 mi · Paradise Township · private · 18 holes

High Pointe Golf Club

7.7 mi · Williamsburg · private · 18 holes

Interlochen Golf Course

11 mi · Interlochen · semi-private · 18 holes

LochenHeath Golf Club

12 mi · Williamsburg · private · 18 holes

Mistwood Golf Course

15 mi · Almira Township · 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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