Forest Akers East is an 18-hole public golf course in East Lansing, Michigan.

It plays 6,452 yards from the Black tees, rated 70.5/127 (checked 2026-08-14).

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holes

par

6,452

yards (tips)

127

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: public
address: South Harrison Road, East Lansing, MI, 48825
elevation: 847 ft derived
opened: 1968

42.70815, -84.48790 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 19 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

171 traced features across 8 layers for Forest Akers East, 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

6,432yds

Black tees

551yds

Longest hole

152yds

Shortest hole

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

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 8 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table


Black	F	72	6452		77.2	134	3245	3187
Black	M	72	6452		70.5	127	3245	3187
Green	M	72	6189		69.4	124	3118	3035
Green	F	72	6189		75.2	126	3118	3035
White	F	72	5511contested	5588	71.7	122	2837	2751
White	M	72	5511contested	5588	66.3	112	2837	2751
Silver	M	70	4634		62.6	103
Silver	F	70	4634		66.4	109

Every figure as published except Card yards (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 White tees publish a yardage total 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 Yards column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own yardage row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

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	5	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	5	3	4	5	5	4	3	72
Black	354	378	512	152	402	551	357	174	365	297	205	528	200	398	487	521	360	191	6,452
Green	334	363	494	141	389	540	337	164	356	277	183	512	190	382	473	507	349	162	6,189
White	319	329	486	129	332	424	317	154	347	258	174	459	184	329	433	424	338	152	5,511
Handicap	17	3	1	15	5	11	9	7	13	18	4	6	8	2	14	16	12	10

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

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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	6,452 yds	=281st of 592	=6,390th of 12,025	12th of 24 in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro area · =1,707th of 4,105 public courses · =3,192nd of 7,004 courses you can book · =6,335th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest test	slope 127	=229th of 410	=4,741st of 8,710	10th of 14 in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro area · =1,094th of 2,882 public courses · =2,184th of 4,936 courses you can book · =4,585th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tips	rating 70.5	=260th of 371	=5,684th of 7,615	=9th of 14 in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro area · =1,522nd of 2,412 public courses · =2,823rd of 4,145 courses you can book · =5,591st of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread	1,818 yds between tees	149th of 565	=3,342nd of 11,523	8th of 23 in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro area · =880th of 3,841 public courses · =1,682nd of 6,653 courses you can book · =3,289th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldest	opened 1968	=220th of 475	=4,141st of 9,368	7th of 16 in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro area · =1,197th of 3,277 public courses · =2,135th of 5,526 courses you can book · =2,920th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	847 ft derived	=276th of 644	=4,556th of 12,437	21st of 25 in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro area · =1,768th of 4,289 public courses · =2,959th of 7,274 courses you can book · =3,186th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

What's on this page

In progress4 of 6 built

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Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 6 sets of tees.
Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 8 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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