Arcadia Bluffs Golf Course
 18th Hole and Clubhouse | |
| Club information | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 44°27′23″N 86°14′34″W / 44.45639°N 86.24278°WCoordinates: 44°27′23″N 86°14′34″W / 44.45639°N 86.24278°W |
| Established | 1999 |
| Type | Public |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Website | http://www.arcadiabluffs.com |
| Arcadia Bluffs | |
| Designed by | Warren Henderson, Rick Smith |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7300 |
| Course rating | 75.4 |
| Slope rating | 147 |
Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club, designed by Warren Henderson and Rick Smith, was founded in 1999 in Arcadia, Michigan. The course is built on the bluffs above the shore of Lake Michigan on approximately 245 acres (0.99 km2). The course drops 225 feet (69 m) from its highest point down to the bluff, 180 feet (55 m) above lake level and has 3,100 feet (940 m) of lake frontage. The golf course was designed to resemble seaside Irish links, with rolling terrain and windswept natural fescues throughout.
Arcadia Bluffs is a daily-fee golf club, open to the public seven days a week, weather permitting, from mid-April to mid-November. GPS-equipped golf carts and caddies are available. Guests can use a full practice range and separate short-game facility. The Restaurant at Arcadia Bluffs is open to the general public from May through September each year.
Golf Digest selected Arcadia Bluffs as one of the 100 Greatest Golf Courses in the United States in 2005. The club was ranked #10 in America's 100 Greatest Public Courses list and #56 in the 100 Greatest Golf Courses list. In addition to the Golf Digest ranking, Golfweek magazine ranked Arcadia Bluffs at #24 in their listing of The 100 Best Courses in United States.
| Tee | Rating/Slope | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 75.4 / 147 | 519 | 189 | 530 | 415 | 583 | 195 | 472 | 449 | 203 | 3555 | 481 | 633 | 431 | 240 | 340 | 519 | 486 | 176 | 439 | 3745 | 7300 |
| Black | 72.8 / 137 | 498 | 154 | 502 | 367 | 583 | 160 | 429 | 389 | 176 | 3258 | 424 | 594 | 431 | 190 | 340 | 464 | 459 | 167 | 375 | 3444 | 6702 |
| Middle | 70.3 / 129 | 459 | 144 | 467 | 311 | 557 | 149 | 409 | 352 | 162 | 3010 | 399 | 563 | 378 | 160 | 304 | 464 | 441 | 150 | 375 | 3234 | 6244 |
| Forward | 70.1 / 121 | 355 | 124 | 372 | 279 | 439 | 80 | 350 | 295 | 134 | 2428 | 359 | 477 | 293 | 135 | 245 | 358 | 376 | 129 | 307 | 2679 | 5107 |
| Par | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 | |
| Handicap | 15 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 6 |
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