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The Dunes Club is a 9-hole private golf course in New Buffalo Township, Michigan.

It plays 3,524 yards from the Back tees, rated 75.6/146 (checked 2026-08-24).

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9
holes
36
par
3,524
yards (tips)
146
slope (back)
The shape of the round · Back teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BACK TEES415200534435420185397513425142335445463748594PAROUT 1,584 YDSIN 1,940 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 9 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

access
private
address
10600 Marquette Drive, New Buffalo Township, MI
elevation
623 ft derived
opened
1991

41.81586, -86.71360 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 9 holes. 6 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

126 traced features across 8 layers for The Dunes Club, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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

9
Holes
14
Fairways
42
Bunkers
1
Water
9
Greens
26
Tee pads
3,524yds
Back tees
534yds
Longest hole
185yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-08-31

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-24

Yardagesopen datachecked 2026-08-24

All 4 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 4 rows.

BackM36352475.6146
MemberM36329474.0141
FrontM363165contested295272.2138
ForwardF362472contested2312132

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.

The Front and Forward 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 2026-08-24

Hole 123456789 Total
Par 435443454 36
Back 415200534435420185397513425 3,524
Member 398167515399378165374507391 3,294
Front 337160495347341135359455323 3,165
Forward 2948238631227395240373257 2,472
Handicap 1151137175139

Plan it in the Studio

Plan The Dunes Club 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

Plan this course in the Studio

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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Book nearby

The Dunes Club states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Burke Golf Course (5.8 mi, public) · Briar Leaf Golf Club (11 mi, public)

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
Longest3,524 yds496th of 592=9,393rd of 12,02513th of 17 in the Niles, MI metro area · 2,580th of 2,954 private courses · =80th of 1,791 9-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 146=14th of 410=223rd of 8,7101st of 34 in the South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka, IN-MI combined area · =111th of 2,300 private courses · =3rd of 972 9-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 75.6=6th of 371=257th of 7,6151st of 29 in the South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka, IN-MI combined area · =120th of 2,143 private courses · 1st of 199 9-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,052 yds between tees=415th of 565=8,091st of 11,5239th of 17 in the Niles, MI metro area · =2,278th of 2,885 private courses · 98th of 1,640 9-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1991=323rd of 475=6,412th of 9,36812th of 15 in the Niles, MI metro area · =1,861st of 2,418 private courses · =1,112th of 1,347 9-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level623 ft derived =543rd of 644=6,401st of 12,43713th of 18 in the Niles, MI metro area · =1,291st of 3,026 private courses · =1,150th of 1,830 9-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 4 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 3 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 9 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.

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 published information 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 2026-08-24. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Arsenal Island Golf Course

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Grand Beach Golf Course

5.1 mi · New Buffalo Township · 9 holes

Burke Golf Course

5.8 mi · Notre Dame · public · 9 holes

Long Beach Country Club

8.5 mi · Long Beach · private · 18 holes

Briar Leaf Golf Club

11 mi · public · 18 holes

Lost Dunes

12 mi · Bridgman · 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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