Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club
Golfweek #27 · national
Arcadia, MI
Aerial imagery centred on Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club, MI. Imagery: USDA NAIP / USGS
Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club print
18×24 archival print of the Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club layout, drawn from mapped course geometry.
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Designed by Rick Smith and Warren Henderson · Opened 1999
Golf Digest No. 16, America's 100 Greatest Public Courses, 2025-26
Official yardage is the course’s published back-tee number; the yardage above it is measured from the mapped hole geometry, so the two can differ.
Elevation
Drops 316 ft from its high point to its low: 894 ft down to 578 ft above sea level. Hole for hole, the 11th gives up 127 ft tee to green and the 15th climbs 35 ft.
Across the card the elevation is worth 135 yards less than the measured yardage.
| Hole | Par | Yards | Δ ft | Plays like |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 521 | +20 | 528 |
| 2 | 3 | 190 | -9 | 187 |
| 3 | 5 | 530 | -49 | 514 |
| 4 | 4 | 412 | -49 | 396 |
| 5 | 5 | 547 | -76 | 522 |
| 6 | 3 | 196 | +24 | 204 |
| 7 | 4 | 468 | +17 | 474 |
| 8 | 4 | 440 | +17 | 445 |
| 9 | 3 | 202 | -19 | 196 |
| 10 | 4 | 481 | -92 | 451 |
| 11 | 5 | 635 | -127 | 593 |
| 12 | 4 | 430 | -30 | 420 |
| 13 | 3 | 237 | -37 | 225 |
| 14 | 4 | 341 | +23 | 349 |
| 15 | 5 | 516 | +35 | 528 |
| 16 | 4 | 486 | -89 | 457 |
| 17 | 3 | 178 | +9 | 181 |
| 18 | 4 | 435 | +26 | 444 |
Green slope
1st and 2nd greens, of 18 mapped here. The full set, every green, the medians and the lidar date, is made for the course itself.
Plays-like is a geometric adjustment and nothing more: one yard of playing distance per yard of tee-to-green elevation change, measured off public elevation data. It takes no account of wind, lie, temperature or how a falling ball stops, so it is not a club recommendation, and the green maps are surface gradient only, and they are not a read of the break. Mapped yardage totals 7,247 against the 7,234 on the card. Elevation: USGS 3DEP (3DEP-1m).
Ratings
Ratings are editorial estimates; difficulty is derived from course length and par where hole data is mapped.
Ranked
Published rankings from third-party golf media, listed as they appear at the source. These are not Every18 ratings.
- #27Golfweek Best Resort Courses (national)2026Golfweek
- #16Golf Digest - America's 100 Greatest Public Courses (2025-26)2025Golf Digest
- #33Golfweek Best Courses You Can Play (national top 100)2024Golfweek
- #1Golfweek Best Courses You Can Play: Michigan2026Golfweek
Nearby courses
- Arcadia Bluffs - South CourseMI · 2 mi
- Crystal Downs Country ClubMI · 17 mi
- Saint IvesMI · 75 mi
- TullymoreMI · 77 mi
- The MonumentMI · 80 mi
- Pilgrim's Run Golf CourseMI · 83 mi
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