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The Lakes Golf Course is an 18-hole public course in Gaylord, Michigan.

Designed by Jerry Matthews, ASGCA. It plays 6,289 yards from the Blue tees, rated 70.8/136 (checked 2026-08-21).

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18
holes
72
par
6,289
yards (tips)
136
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES378494173389531169294371523163437156389350399382147544142533445563748495103115123134144154164173185PAROUT 3,322 YDSIN 2,967 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
Jerry Matthews, ASGCA reported
access
public
address
1233 Opal Lake Road, Gaylord, MI, 49735
phone
989-732-4454
elevation
1,285 ft derived
opened
1988
on site
restaurant

44.94539, -84.64692 — 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 The Lakes 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 The Lakes 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 2022-08-11

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

Ratingsfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-21

All 3 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 3 rows.

BlueM72628970.813633222967
WhiteF72581874.613930322786
RedF72461568.311923962219

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

Scorecardfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 453453445353444435 72
Blue 378494173389531169294371523163437156389350399382147544 6,289
White 367470167298469158282351470149421144339339387362137508 5,818
Red 28033811823740014220024543611634891268305294284109404 4,615
Handicap 137111515179318141261082164

The Studio

The Studio can't plan The Lakes 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 4,578 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

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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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Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to The Lakes 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: Michaywe Pines (1.1 mi) · The Loon Golf Resort (1.7 mi) · The Natural at Beaver Creek Resort (3.4 mi) · The Classic (6.0 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
Longest6,289 yds336th of 592=7,424th of 12,025=2,067th of 4,105 public courses · =3,805th of 7,004 courses you can book · =7,359th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 136=104th of 410=1,956th of 8,710=364th of 2,882 public courses · =767th of 4,936 courses you can book · =1,911th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 70.8=249th of 371=5,437th of 7,615=1,431st of 2,412 public courses · =2,671st of 4,145 courses you can book · =5,356th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,674 yds between tees=206th of 565=4,275th of 11,523=1,171st of 3,841 public courses · =2,216th of 6,653 courses you can book · =4,212th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1988=298th of 475=6,015th of 9,368=1,865th of 3,277 public courses · =3,283rd of 5,526 courses you can book · =4,292nd of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level1,285 ft derived 18th of 644=2,109th of 12,437=722nd of 4,289 public courses · =1,336th of 7,274 courses you can book · =1,440th 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 3 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 3 sets of tees.
  • 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.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold 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 2026-09-29. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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The Classic

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Jones Masterpiece at Treetops Resort

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Fazio Premier at Treetops Resort

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The Tribute

7.0 mi · Gaylord · public · 18 holes

Gaylord Country Club

9.2 mi · Elmira Township · semi-private · 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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