Est. Battle Creek · Michigan Volume IX · Spring '26

We're not your
traditional
golf course.

9 holes you'll want to play twice. Tuesday-night leagues, Friday dollar days, and a clubhouse that knows your order. Walk-ons welcome.

Find us 12111 Helmer Rd S
Battle Creek, MI 49015
Hours today 7:00am — 8:00pm
Last tee-off 4:00pm (league nights)
Call the pro shop (269) 979-7277
Conditions 72° · Light wind
Greens: firm · Cart paths: clear
Section II · Pricing

The whole pricing card,
on the front of the card.

Walk and it's $9 for 9 holes. Take a cart and it's $9 more. Stay for 18 and it doubles. That's the whole structure. Cash accepted, debit accepted, no membership wall.

How you'd like
to play
Column A Walking
Column B With cart
9 holes
$9
$18
18 holes (replay)
$18
$27
Cash & debit accepted. Run a tab in the clubhouse if you forgot your wallet. No twilight tricks. The price you see is the price all day. League nights M-Thu closed to walk-ons after 4pm.
Stamped on every Friday card
◆ Every Friday · all day

The math gets embarrassingly simple.

A dollar a hole. Walk or ride, doesn't matter — same price. 9 for $9. 18 for $18. It's our standing invitation to anyone who's ever been told golf is expensive.

Book a Friday tee time
Friday math Estd. 1962
  • 1 hole$1
  • 9 holes$9
  • 18 holes$18
  • Walk or ride same price
A note from the course
We didn't open this place to win prestige awards. We opened it so the guy on second shift could play nine after work for less than the price of a beer.
The Pro Shop A long-running policy · not formally written down
Course photo
square crop
Hole 9 · Spring '26
Field notes Course map & corner of the
pro-shop counter, 6:42 pm.
Section III · The Week

Four nights a week, the course belongs to a league.

The schedule below is the schedule. League nights cap walk-ons at 4 pm; the weekend belongs to anyone who shows up.

Mon · 18 night
Couples 9-hole · two-person scramble · BYO partner
5:30 pm 22 teams · 6 open
Tue · 19 night
Men's 9-hole · individual handicap · $5 weekly
5:30 pm 48 players · full
Wed · 20 night
Women's 9-hole · individual handicap · new players welcomed
5:30 pm 36 players · 4 open
Thu · 21 morning
Senior 9-hole · 55+ · cart encouraged
10:00 am 28 players · open
Fri · 22 all day
$1 / hole Dollar Day · walk or ride · all welcome
All day no league
Sat · 23 open
Walk-ons All day · first come · regular pricing
7am – 8pm Book →
Sun · 24 open
Walk-ons All day · families & juniors free before 9 am
7am – 8pm Book →

League play caps walk-on tee-offs at 4 pm M–Thu. Most leagues finish two beers before sundown.

Start your own league
Section IV · Clubhouse Rental

Where Battle Creek
throws a party.

Anniversary dinners, baby showers, retirement parties, fundraisers. The clubhouse seats about 80 and looks out at the 9th green. Bring your own caterer, or we'll point you to one we trust.

Clubhouse interior
event set-up · long tables · 16:9
Rental ticket No. 04 · 2026
Capacity
80 seated
View
9th green
Bar service
Licensed · staff included
Caterer
BYO · we'll recommend
Lead time
3+ weeks recommended
Rate
Flat fee · all-in
Floor plan · approx. 8 tables · 80 seats
BAR entry terrace → N ↑ 9th green →

Eight round-tops of ten. Or strip the room down to two long tables for a family-style dinner.

Annual · Charity Outing

The AED
Outing.

Sat · '26 Aug 16 7:30 am
Shotgun start. Four-person scramble. Lunch & raffle to follow.
AED Ledger Since 2019
12 defibrillators
placed since 2019

Each year we ask one question: how many AEDs can a public golf course put into Calhoun County. Twelve is the answer so far. Thirteen is the goal.

2026 goal 12 of 13 funded
  • '25 Pennfield Fire Hall placed
  • '24 Lakeview Sq. Mall · East entrance placed
  • '23 Springfield Elementary placed
  • '26 Site TBD · You decide. goal

A four-person scramble. Every dollar puts another AED in a school, a fire hall, or a community building somewhere in Calhoun County. Last year we placed eleven; this year we want thirteen.

Player $100 Round · cart · lunch · raffle
Hole sponsor $250 Sign on a hole · 18 spots
Receipts available for tax purposes — 501(c)(3) partner: Calhoun Health Foundation. Last year's roster: 36 teams · 144 players · $14,400 raised.
Section V · The regulars

We asked a few of them why they keep coming back.

"It's the only course in town where I don't feel like I have to apologize for my swing."
Janelle K. Wednesday Women's League · 6 seasons
"My kid learned to keep score here. Best ten dollars I ever spent."
Pete D. Father-son Friday regular
"We held my mom's 70th here. They had the lights on the patio when we arrived. Not bad for $400."
Andrea P. Clubhouse rental · April 2025

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Ready when you are

Go book
a tee time.

Walk-ons welcome any time before 4pm. League nights filled up, but Saturday at 8:30am is wide open.

Reminder · Fridays are $1 a hole. All day.