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The Chief Golf Course is an 18-hole course in Bellaire, Michigan.

It plays 6,482 yards from the Blue tees, rated 72.3/145 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
71
par
6,482
yards (tips)
145
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES365542428364407178314214446384395315203523387365135517142534445463748394104114124133145154164173185PAROUT 3,258 YDSIN 3,224 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

address
5085 Shanty Creek Road, Bellaire, MI, 49615
phone
231-533-9000
elevation
784 ft derived
opened
1996

44.96274, -85.18317 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows 17 of 18 holes. OpenStreetMap has not traced hole 4. 35 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one. The map below draws everything that has been traced.

268 traced features across 8 layers for The Chief Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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

17
Holes
22
Fairways
61
Bunkers
3
Water
17
Greens
69
Tee pads
6,118yds
Blue tees
542yds
Longest hole
135yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-08-10

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 7 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 7 rows.

BlueM71648272.314532583224
WhiteF71603376.214230622971
WhiteM71603370.313430622971
GoldF71539072.013327692621
GoldM71539066.212727692621
RedM69contested714527contested462265.812022812341
RedF69contested714527contested462267.112222812341

Every figure as published except Card par (derived) and Card yards (derived), which are 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 Red tees publish a par 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 Par column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own par row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

The Red 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 — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 454443434444354435 71
Blue 365542428364407178314214446384395315203523387365135517 6,482
White 333521397337395160302197420369377306172474364328128453 6,033
Gold 295504362302365154292121374295338288150427292290121420 5,390
Red 2584073012732949624887317256249278130402278265111372 4,527
Handicap 751133151016264141812891711

The Studio

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

We hold its scorecard and 268 traced features, but not a model of every green, which a plan aims at.

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 The Chief 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: Hawk's Eye Golf Course (1.6 mi) · Cedar River Golf Course (2.0 mi) · Schuss Mountain Golf Course (3.2 mi) · Torch (8.7 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
Longest6,482 yds=267th of 592=6,200th of 12,025=6,148th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 145=22nd of 410=289th of 8,710=282nd of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 72.3=158th of 371=3,601st of 7,615=3,562nd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,955 yds between tees112th of 565=2,512th of 11,523=2,467th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1996=368th of 475=7,209th of 9,368=5,267th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level784 ft derived =351st of 644=5,101st of 12,437=3,591st 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 progress2 of 6 built

2 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 7 sets of tees.
  • Course map, partly built.17 of the 18 greens are drawn — the rest of the course isn't mapped yet.
  • Per-hole distances, not built yet.We can't tie the mapped playing line to the published hole distances, so we're not showing distances here.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.4 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect, whether it is public or private 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

Hawk's Eye Golf Course

1.6 mi · Bellaire · public · 18 holes

Hawk S Eye at Shanty Creek

1.7 mi · Bellaire · 18 holes

Cedar River Golf Course

2.0 mi · Bellaire · resort · 18 holes

Schuss Mountain Golf Course

3.2 mi · Mancelona · resort · 18 holes

Torch

8.7 mi · Torch Lake Township · resort · 18 holes

Sundance

9.0 mi · Torch Lake Township · resort · 18 holes

Elk Rapids Golf Club

11 mi · Elk Rapids · semi-private · 9 holes

Mallard Golf Club

12 mi · East Jordan · public · 9 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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