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

Designed by Arthur Hills. It plays 7,013 yards from the Black tees, rated 75.3/141 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
72
par
7,013
yards (tips)
141
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES423592426322338436202546184214414227494415394427514422142534445464738593103114123135144154164175184PAROUT 3,469 YDSIN 3,521 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
Arthur Hills reported
access
public
address
McLaren Way, Lansing, MI, 48825
elevation
874 ft derived
opened
1992
turf
bentgrass greens

42.70792, -84.49951 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 10 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

193 traced features across 8 layers for Forest Akers West, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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193 traced features across 8 layers for Forest Akers West, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
16
Fairways
56
Bunkers
2
Water
18
Greens
65
Tee pads
6,990yds
Black tees
592yds
Longest hole
184yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-08-12 – 2022-08-16

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 10 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 10 rows, showing the start of the table.

BlackM72701375.314134693521
BlackF72701315434693521
GreenF72641277.814031683234
GreenM72641271.713731683234
WhiteF72569473.613428172877
WhiteM72569468.612728172877
FossumM72530766.512726172697
FossumF72530771.312926172697
SilverM72501265.511424962501
SilverF72501269.812624962501

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 454444353343544454 72
Black 423592426322338436202546184214414227494415394427514422 7,013
Green 381562389294316394174495163165384213460385366399477385 6,412
White 340472372279276344145451138154346182431356334304428342 5,694
Fossum 310472322270276290112451114154346153431317295304428269 5,307
Silver 310406322270252290112420114140258153404317295294371269 5,012
Handicap 119115173751318481416106122

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Forest Akers West 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

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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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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
Longest7,013 yds=53rd of 592=1,802nd of 12,0252nd of 24 in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro area · =436th of 4,105 public courses · =823rd of 7,004 courses you can book · =1,794th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 141=51st of 410=777th of 8,7103rd of 14 in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro area · =138th of 2,882 public courses · =286th of 4,936 courses you can book · =760th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 75.3=11th of 371=360th of 7,6151st of 14 in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro area · =70th of 2,412 public courses · =117th of 4,145 courses you can book · =358th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread2,001 yds between tees96th of 565=2,242nd of 11,5236th of 23 in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro area · =544th of 3,841 public courses · =1,074th of 6,653 courses you can book · =2,198th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1992=335th of 475=6,580th of 9,36811th of 16 in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro area · =2,070th of 3,277 public courses · =3,651st of 5,526 courses you can book · =4,758th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level874 ft derived =234th of 644=4,351st of 12,437=10th of 25 in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro area · =1,677th of 4,289 public courses · =2,823rd of 7,274 courses you can book · =3,031st 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 10 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 9 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 website and a phone number.

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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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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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