Kingsley Club is a private golf course located near Kingsley, Michigan. Opened in 2001 with the motto "In the spirit of the game", the course is private.[1]

The Kingsley Club
Club information
Coordinates44°36′19″N 85°33′48″W / 44.60528°N 85.56333°W / 44.60528; -85.56333
Established2001
TypePrivate
Owned byKingsley Club LLC
Total holes18
GreensBent grass
FairwaysFescue
Websitehttp://www.kingsleyclub.com
Designed byMike DeVries
Par71
Length6956
Course rating73.2
Slope rating141

Facilities

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Unlike many modern courses with extravagant clubhouses, the Kingsley Club's facilities are relatively low-key; the course is located on a dirt road (which narrows to a single lane at one point) well away from the nearest highway. The clubhouse holds just a small pro shop and food service area. Cottages overlooking the 17th hole are available for rental to members. The course features a practice putting green and driving range. Golfers can either walk the course or ride in electric carts, and forecaddies are available for player assistance.

Course

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Designed to evoke links-style golf from the British Isles,[2] the course is covered with rolling hills of natural terrain and more than 120 bunkers. Course designer Mike DeVries used much of the natural landscape to shape the course, moving only about 20,000 cubic yards of earth during construction; one member described the natural construction of the course by saying "They found the course on the land. They moved only a little dirt to uncover it."[3]

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 73.2 / 141 602/585 161 426 411 222 396 569 360 165/135 3312/3265 446 180 455 292 615 465 225 544 422 3644 6956/6909
Member 70.8 / 133 568 161 412 411 191 373 512 360 165/135 3153/3123 393 180 425 292 510 421 175 509 422 3327 6480/6450
Blue 67.7 / 127 568 140 412 385 191 373 512 349 148/125 3078/3055 393 141 425 271 510 421 175 509 386 3231 6309/6286
White 67.7 / 127 542 115 374 376 178 306 490 321 115/106 2817/2808 364 121 335 246 466 408 154 484 360 2938 5755/5746
Red 69.5 / 129 480 73 287 281 140 270 447 251 106/73 2335/2302 300 114 335 246 445 370 138 412 292 2652 4987/4954
Par 5 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 3 35 4 3 4 4 5 4 3 5 4 36 71
SI 4 6 2 18 12 14 8 16 10 11 13 3 17 7 1 9 15 5

The member tees are a mixture of championship tees (holes 2, 4, 8, 11, 13, and 18) and blue tees. The par-3 ninth hole has two separate sets of tee boxes; the longer tees approach the green from the south, the shorter from the west.

In 2013, Golfweek magazine ranked the course the 24th on its list of the best modern courses.[4] Links Magazine placed the course as the 57th best course in the United States[5]

References

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  1. ^ Deegan, Jason Scott. "Purists love The Kingsley Club". Worldgolf. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ^ "The Course".
  3. ^ Deegan, Jason Scott. "The Kingsley Club: A firm, fast playground in northern Michigan". WorldGolf. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  4. ^ "2013 Golfweek's Best Modern Courses". Golfweek. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Links 100". Retrieved 16 March 2014.
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