Railside Golf Club is an 18-hole private course in Byron Center, Michigan.

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holes

par

6,491

yards (tips)

141

slope (black)

The shape of the round ·  Blue 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

designer: Jerry Matthews reported
access: private
address: 2500 76th Street Southwest, Byron Center, MI, 49315
phone: 616-878-1140
website: course site →
elevation: 702 ft derived
opened: 1991
on site: restaurant · lessons

42.82503, -85.73176 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 28 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

207 traced features across 8 layers for Railside 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

Water

Greens

Tee pads

6,372yds

 Blue tees

552yds

Longest hole

166yds

Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-08-24

Tees & ratings

Yardagesfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-21

All 9 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table


Black	M	72	6491	72.1reported, not from the club	141
 Blue		72	6372	71.6from the club	139	3203	3169
Black/White	M	72	6272	70.8reported, not from the club	138
 Combo		72	6072	70.5reported, not from the club	137	3025	3047
 White	M	72	5944	69.5from the club	135	2973	2971
Gold	F	74	5254	71.6reported, not from the club	135	2620	2616
 Gold	M	72	5236	66.6reported, not from the club	121	2620	2616
 Red	F	72	4765	64.3reported, not from the club	114	2413	2352
 Orange		72	3063	60.2from the club	97	1480	1583

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.

These ratings do not all come from the same place, so each row says which: from the club where the course's own card prints that figure, reported where it does not.

Scorecard

Scorecardfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Par	4	4	4	5	4	3	5	3	4	4	5	3	4	4	5	3	4	4	72
 Blue	327	401	283	493	407	199	552	166	375	417	536	209	325	359	458	174	319	372	6,372
 Combo	327	379	283	481	343	172	499	166	375	417	482	174	325	348	458	152	319	372	6,072
 White	314	379	275	481	343	172	499	155	355	407	482	174	298	348	450	152	300	360	5,944
 Gold	293	345	262	392	301	128	445	147	307	332	434	104	284	321	416	138	291	296	5,236
 Red	257	322	195	385	297	92	440	124	301	326	377	101	253	244	361	128	284	278	4,765
 Orange	117	167	93	208	211	92	224	111	257	281	225	101	161	146	219	125	180	145	3,063
Gold	293	345	262	392	301	128	445	147	307	332	434	104	284	321	416	138	291	296	5,254
Handicap	16	4	18	10	6	8	12	14	2	3	9	7	17	13	1	11	15	5

No per-hole yardages are published for Black and Black/White, so they are not on the card above.

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Railside Golf Club hole by hole, for your game.

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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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Book nearby

Railside Golf Club states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Maple Hill Golf Course (2.9 mi, public) · Briarwood Golf Club (7.1 mi, public) · Wallinwood Springs Golf Club (7.6 mi, semi-private) · Mines Golf Course (9.4 mi, public)

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	6,491 yds	265th of 592	=6,142nd of 12,025	23rd of 47 in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area · 2,011th of 2,954 private courses · =6,090th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest test	slope 141	=51st of 410	=777th of 8,710	7th of 30 in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area · =345th of 2,300 private courses · =760th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tips	rating 72.1	=171st of 371	=3,870th of 7,615	=16th of 24 in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area · =1,486th of 2,143 private courses · =3,830th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread	3,428 yds between tees	4th of 565	161st of 11,523	1st of 46 in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area · 49th of 2,885 private courses · 158th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldest	opened 1991	=323rd of 475	=6,412th of 9,368	=23rd of 37 in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area · =1,861st of 2,418 private courses · =4,615th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	702 ft derived	432nd of 644	=5,704th of 12,437	31st of 49 in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area · =1,125th of 3,026 private courses · =4,035th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

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 7 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.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold the grass on the greens.

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Sources

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Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-10-12. 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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