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Paw Paw Lake Golf Course is an 18-hole public course in Watervliet, Michigan.

It plays 6,055 yards from the Middle tees.

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18
holes
70
par
6,055
yards (tips)
The shape of the round · Middle teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — MIDDLE TEES217196398293463516180214396406201256402358316605386252132334445565738394104113124134144154165174184PAROUT 2,873 YDSIN 3,182 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

access
public
address
4548 Forest Beach Road, Watervliet, MI, 49098
phone
269-463-3831
elevation
648 ft derived
opened
1918

42.19680, -86.28144 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

OpenStreetMap has this course's outline but has not traced any of its 18 holes. The shaded area is the property; no hole, green or tee is drawn.

The outline of Paw Paw Lake Golf Course as OpenStreetMap holds it, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. No hole, green or tee has been traced inside it.

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The outline of Paw Paw Lake Golf Course as OpenStreetMap holds it, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. No hole, green or tee has been traced inside it. The map itself needs JavaScript; the outline is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-09-01

The outline is the whole of the traced geometry here, so there is no hole or green to jump to and nothing to measure a yardage against.

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 2 tee sets par, yardage — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 2 rows.

MiddleM70605528733182
ForwardM754811

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 334455334434444544 70
Middle 217196398293463516180214396406201256402358316605386252 6,055
Handicap 131511173179521016861241418

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

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Paw Paw Lake Golf Course hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard, but nobody has traced its holes: the bunkers, water and fairway edges a plan aims around.

It plans 4,579 courses hole by hole today, and it charts your bag anywhere.

  • 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

See the courses it plans Open 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 Paw Paw Lake 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: Lake Michigan Hills Golf Club (4.9 mi) · Blossom Trails Golf Club (9.4 mi) · Bar Harbor Golf Course (11 mi) · Pipestone Creek 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
Longest6,055 yds406th of 592=8,295th of 12,0259th of 17 in the Niles, MI metro area · =2,398th of 4,105 public courses · =4,380th of 7,004 courses you can book · =8,218th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,244 yds between tees361st of 565=7,074th of 11,5238th of 17 in the Niles, MI metro area · =2,070th of 3,841 public courses · =3,809th of 6,653 courses you can book · =6,942nd of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1918=37th of 475=663rd of 9,3684th of 15 in the Niles, MI metro area · =71st of 3,277 public courses · =188th of 5,526 courses you can book · =484th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level648 ft derived =505th of 644=6,157th of 12,43710th of 18 in the Niles, MI metro area · =2,460th of 4,289 public courses · =3,999th of 7,274 courses you can book · =4,382nd 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 progress1 of 6 built

1 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, partly built.The course's outline is drawn, but none of its 18 holes has been traced in OpenStreetMap yet.
  • Per-hole distances, not built yet.The holes aren't traced yet, so there are no measured carries or distances to the green.
  • 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.

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

Lake Michigan Hills Golf Club

4.9 mi · Benton Harbor · public · 18 holes

Blossom Trails Golf Club

9.4 mi · Benton Harbor · public · 20 holes

Harbor Shores

11 mi · Benton Harbor · 18 holes

Bar Harbor Golf Course

11 mi · Benton Harbor · semi-private · 18 holes

Pipestone Creek Golf Course

11 mi · Eau Claire · public · 18 holes

Berrien Hills Golf Club

12 mi · Benton Harbor · public · 18 holes

Beeches Golf Club

14 mi · Geneva Township · public · 18 holes

Lake Cora Hills

16 mi · Paw Paw Township · public · 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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