Shore Acres Park

PLAY THE YELLOWS. My home course. I see too many first timers playing the black pins. YELLOW pins is the standard layout. 18 or 24 (new hole A added in to make it 24 holes again) Don't be suckered int ... show more ›

PLAY THE YELLOWS. My home course. I see too many first timers playing the black pins. YELLOW pins is the standard layout. 18 or 24 (new hole A added in to make it 24 holes again) Don't be suckered into thinking you need to play the long pins. YELLOW is the original layout, black pins were added in later and were made longer where there is space. If there was no room for a long position, the pins were made a bit shorter by necessity. That is why the main layouts are not short and long. YELLOW is how the course was meant to play. As a local I never play the black pins unless we are playing them for league (Tuesdays April thru August).

Yes signage is not great. Here's a few tips:

PLAY THE YELLOWS.

After hole 2, cross the path and head toward the wooden fence to find hole 3, which plays up the hill to the right (when playing YELLOWS, which you should be doing).

There is a new Hole A which may not be listed yet. Go straight past hole 2 toward the path and the tee is on the right. For reference the basket is behind hole 2 tee near the pavilion.

3 alt holes after hole 15. Instead of going to the left for 16's tee, go right and follow path to hole B. You will make a 3 hole loop and come right back to hole 16.

PLAY THE YELLOWS.

2 alt holes after 18. After tapping in your sick birdie on 18, head left down the gravel path to find hole E. After that sweet putt you just made from behind the dilapidated teepee, head right (Away from the woods) and toward hole 14's tee. For reference, it is the elevated basket up on the hill near hole 1.

Baskets also have small 3D printed arrows pointing toward the next tee. And as of recently have yellow or black tape on the poles.

Again PLAY THE YELLOWS. Better course, more fun. It's what Shore Acres is meant to be, don't be a tough guy who always needs to play the longs lol

The course is on the Felt mansion estate. The historical Shore Acres farm included gardens, orchards, cornfields, vineyards and a small zoo. The property was in the path of the F4 tornado that caused ... show more ›

The course is on the Felt mansion estate. The historical Shore Acres farm included gardens, orchards, cornfields, vineyards and a small zoo. The property was in the path of the F4 tornado that caused destruction in 1956. This is a challenging course with multiple layouts and very nice variety with 2 baskets on each hole. Older ChainStar baskets (yellow and black bands) and concrete pads. Play all 24 holes if you’re looking for additional technical wooded shots. Sandy with nice elevation. Cacti on a couple holes. Discs are relatively easy to find. No water hazards. Can get strong winds off Lake Michigan. Plenty of hikers on the trails. Poor signage. The UDisc maps are very helpful for first timers. Clean and maintained. Adequate parking. New baskets and better signage would make this an excellent course.

This course is one of new favorites. It wasn't easy for us to find all of the holes the first time we played it but the second time it went pretty smooth. The description says it is 23 holes but we de ... show more ›

This course is one of new favorites. It wasn't easy for us to find all of the holes the first time we played it but the second time it went pretty smooth. The description says it is 23 holes but we definitely played 24 holes. I wasn't sure how I would feel about the multiple baskets on most holes but I really enjoyed it. There is a great mix of wooded holes and wide open bombers. Being close to the lake, we had to deal with some heavy wind which made it even more challenging. Luckily, we played our two rounds before the league started on Tuesday afternoon. There were a ton of people who showed up and it looked like a great league to be a part of... Everyone seemed to be cool and very friendly. If I lived closer, I would definitely want to be a part of it. 94 out of 100.

Awesome course! Tons of elevation. Lots of shot variety, touch shots, roller, forehand, anhyzer, hyzerflip, uphill, downhill,wooded holes, and open bombs. This course is destination worthy. Defini ... show more ›

Awesome course! Tons of elevation. Lots of shot variety, touch shots, roller, forehand, anhyzer, hyzerflip, uphill, downhill,wooded holes, and open bombs. This course is destination worthy. Definitely worth playing from longs and shorts. With a little work, personality and flare, this course could be an A+ Loved it!

Really fun and challenging course. Many technical holes. Lots of woodsy hyzer and anhyzer shaped shots are required. A good mix of bomber holes and ace runs as well. Unique terrain: sandy, hilly, a ... show more ›

Really fun and challenging course. Many technical holes. Lots of woodsy hyzer and anhyzer shaped shots are required. A good mix of bomber holes and ace runs as well. Unique terrain: sandy, hilly, and who knew we had cacti in Michigan. Has 24 holes, most of which have 2 baskets, and just one tee pad. Black course pin locations are what I would call the tournament long course layout and playing to the yellow course shortens it up quite a bit, The course is surrounded by and played through mature hardwoods and pines with no water hazards. Most of the scenery is quite picturesque and especially so from the elevated tees.

The down side is course signage which really is a problem. Not all pads have hole numbers or distances, especially the alt 6 holes. There is no signage to point you to the next tee, and some baskets are incorrectly labeled. Luckily we had a local guide us through the last 7 holes. Otherwise we would never had figured it out. There is no course map and no score cards were available when we visited. Even my Udisc app didn't have the 24 hole black course layout.

All in all, very worth playing. If you are in the area I would highly recommend. With just a little work on the signage, this would be straight A.

Pros: A great course tucked away in the dunes of Saugatuck. This is a personal favorite of mine. It features some big holes that reward big arms, but also some technical sections that require real ... show more ›

Pros:

A great course tucked away in the dunes of Saugatuck. This is a personal favorite of mine. It features some big holes that reward big arms, but also some technical sections that require real finesse. The course signs are pretty basic in terms of information detail, but teepads are nice, and so are the baskets.

There are two layouts on most holes, so it keeps things exciting for the two round tournaments there. It's pretty obvious navigation, so you shouldn't have trouble finding your way to the next hole.

It provides, in my opinion, the perfect mixture of wooded holes and open holes. The wooded holes aren't an afterthought either... they each have routes that are difficult to hit without real commitment and reward you when you get them right. The open holes mix up elevation and OB to make it important to think about where you're putting your discs.

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Cons:

Tee signs could be upgraded to include a map of the hole and more info, but it's not going to hurt the experience with the current stuff.

For a course that's relatively short, it takes a long time to play a round here.

I'm glad I got to play with others on the first round here, just because there are multiple pin positions on the tee signs, but not every hole had both baskets in. It made it nice to get to choose the ... show more ›

I'm glad I got to play with others on the first round here, just because there are multiple pin positions on the tee signs, but not every hole had both baskets in. It made it nice to get to choose the basket per hole, according to what might be "nicer" to play. Great views, couple of really challenging holes with marked OB...even though it was "calm" for wind, it almost made it more challenging because you couldn't use the wind on some holes!

Get rid of a few random trees on 4 5 and 6 to create a more consistently rewarded shot and this course would be and A+. Its everything you want in a disc golf course, other than ob water holes... who ... show more ›

Get rid of a few random trees on 4 5 and 6 to create a more consistently rewarded shot and this course would be and A+. Its everything you want in a disc golf course, other than ob water holes... who wants those anyway? if you want water just walk down the nature trail and you have beautiful Lake Michigan as far as the eye can see!

This course was beautiful, great mix of techniques, and challenging - it made you think before you threw. The main reason I could not go any higher than a B- is the confusion on Black vs. Gold - I' ... show more ›

This course was beautiful, great mix of techniques, and challenging - it made you think before you threw.

The main reason I could not go any higher than a B- is the confusion on Black vs. Gold - I'm not sure if this completely new, but on a lot of holes they had both a Black and Gold line displayed, yet I only found 5 holes with 2 baskets (I believe there were 2 or 3 holes that only had Gold on the Post). The map displayed at Tee 1 indicated most had 2 lines, but nothing that I found stated which location the baskets were at. If something can be improved here to properly display where to throw and what 'course' the baskets are set at, it would be much less confusing (a simply screw that is moved on each post whenever the basket moves, for example, would be priceless).

Overall, pleased with my experience.

A beautiful Michigan course. Lots of skill required, if you care about score you'll need a full arsenal of different shots and discs. Only reason it doesn't get an A+ is the amount of OB you have to a ... show more ›

A beautiful Michigan course. Lots of skill required, if you care about score you'll need a full arsenal of different shots and discs. Only reason it doesn't get an A+ is the amount of OB you have to avoid. Other than that its awesome. Also, it's right next to a beautiful mansion that would probably get you at least 7 likes on instagram.

awesome course. such a variety of wooded/open holes, left handed/right handed holes, uphill/downhill, etc. a lot of fun. great posts on each tee laying out distance and flight path for both short & lo ... show more ›

awesome course. such a variety of wooded/open holes, left handed/right handed holes, uphill/downhill, etc. a lot of fun. great posts on each tee laying out distance and flight path for both short & long baskets. would be nice if they posted which location the baskets are at, and maybe a birds eye view of the course

Really fun course. The course could use some better signage for first-time players, especially due to varying pin placements and the close proximity of fairways. I really enjoyed the variety of the co ... show more ›

Really fun course. The course could use some better signage for first-time players, especially due to varying pin placements and the close proximity of fairways. I really enjoyed the variety of the course, and that it is unbiased to right- or left-handed throwers. I'll definitely make the drive from Grand Rapids to play this course again.

Nice challenging course, with lots of variety. A little confusing regarding the yellow and black placements/distances, so I had to count my round as "regular tees". It seemed that some holes may hav ... show more ›

Nice challenging course, with lots of variety. A little confusing regarding the yellow and black placements/distances, so I had to count my round as "regular tees". It seemed that some holes may have been the shorter distance listed on the tee sign, while others were the longer placements. Some extra signs would also help here, although each tee does have a 4 x 4 post with hole number and two distances listed on it. Numbering the actual baskets would also be a good idea here. Overall, I really like the course, and I'm sure it is probably one of the best in the area for a long ways. Could have played 2 or 3 smaller courses in the area in about the same amount of time invested in this one, but I made the right choice in skipping those. Will likely play here again.

This course features a load of tee shots that you likely aren't used to throwing on your typical track. Multiple forced right-hand sidearm shots, strange angles off the tee, forced elevated S-shot on ... show more ›

This course features a load of tee shots that you likely aren't used to throwing on your typical track. Multiple forced right-hand sidearm shots, strange angles off the tee, forced elevated S-shot on #2. There is enough here to make you uncomfortable on your first shots...especially if you throw right-hand backhand. If that wasn't enough, OB lingers along more than 50% of the holes.

The Black pins play to a par of about 56 making you earn any 2 that you achieve...no deuce or die here. The Yellow pins play about 3 or 4 strokes easier with many more deuce looks. It is a fun course to see and will make you a better player if you're able to play it regularly. Great mix of open and tight/wooded.

Pros: Good elevation, large concrete teepads, well manicured, Michigan Cactus, holes #1, #5, #14, #18.
Cons: Benefits lefty backhanders (especially the black pins), several par 3.5's (too long to be a par 3, too short for a par 4 - tweeners), Holes #2, #6.

I love this course. I wish I had more opportunities to play it. It's tough but fair with a handful of birdie opportunities and depending on pin locations, an ace run or two. Good mix of woods and fiel ... show more ›

I love this course. I wish I had more opportunities to play it. It's tough but fair with a handful of birdie opportunities and depending on pin locations, an ace run or two. Good mix of woods and fields. Excellent use of elevation, Its proximity to Lake Michigan is a big plus. The Felt Mansion is a gorgeous historic house museum to boot.

Original Review: Poor signage made it more difficult to navigate the course, especially with multiple baskets and tees near each other. It helps that it has good flow and one round through was enough ... show more ›

Original Review: Poor signage made it more difficult to navigate the course, especially with multiple baskets and tees near each other. It helps that it has good flow and one round through was enough to remember which basket went with which tee. Very good.

New Review: It still lacks proper signage. Dare I say it's actually gotten worse? There are not alternative baskets, some of which are longer and some of which are shorter, but almost all seemed less good than the original placements. The money would have been better spent on signs. If this course had better posts and hole information, it would look as good as it plays. The alternative baskets made it worse. There are better benches than the last time I played. The mando's strike me as gimmicky and unnecessary.

I'm still fairly new to Disc Golf, only been playing for a couple years. The first few times I played this course, I found myself incredibly frustrated with all of the technical holes and distance hol ... show more ›

I'm still fairly new to Disc Golf, only been playing for a couple years. The first few times I played this course, I found myself incredibly frustrated with all of the technical holes and distance holes. Now, as I'm starting to learn my throws and my discs the challenge is becoming more and more enjoyable. In the past year I've been playing a lot more courses and now I can say that this is definitely one of my favorites in terms of variety and challenge.

This summer I joined the course's league and it's been a great improvement to my game. Great job guys!

the front nine was a very good course had alot of differt shots uphill down hill doglegs and alot of tree shots the back nine was open and long but i like the challange of the last two holes in the wo ... show more ›

the front nine was a very good course had alot of differt shots uphill down hill doglegs and alot of tree shots the back nine was open and long but i like the challange of the last two holes in the woods one was a tunnel at the end of the shot threww thw woods and the last was woods and a uphill shot for the second shot .

I really liked how they had this course before, after they updated and changed the holes around and making some very odd tea off spots *thinking the one that goes down hill and to the left up hill) ma ... show more ›

I really liked how they had this course before, after they updated and changed the holes around and making some very odd tea off spots *thinking the one that goes down hill and to the left up hill) made me dislike this course slightly. but if you like a good mix of situations (long holes, short holes, wooded, and open shots) this course is for you.

This is a sweet course, It has everything a Disc Golfer would want, Cement pads (4'X12'), Tee Signs, Water spigot between Basket 13 and Tee Pad 14 (GOOD WATER), Wooded Holes, Long Holes, Short Holes, ... show more ›

This is a sweet course, It has everything a Disc Golfer would want, Cement pads (4'X12'), Tee Signs, Water spigot between Basket 13 and Tee Pad 14 (GOOD WATER), Wooded Holes, Long Holes, Short Holes, Open Holes, Benches at every Tee. There is a line from every Tee To Every Basket if you can see it and you have the disc to make the throw. It's a Challenge as it should be; for a good day of Disc Golf. The only reason I didn't give this course an A+, there's always room for improvement. Lawn Care is one of the issues I would submit.

Shore Acres is a very cool course with some good woods, sandy desert shots with hills, up and down, left and right,tight and open, short and long. There are plenty of birdie opportunities here as wel ... show more ›

Shore Acres is a very cool course with some good woods, sandy desert shots with hills, up and down, left and right,tight and open, short and long. There are plenty of birdie opportunities here as well as some holes that will make a push to get a par. There have been many course improvements: cement elevated tee pads, trash bins, new pin placements, signage, and practice basket. A job well done with course design and use of land. Very fun to play and worth a trip for sure.

Another great course around the Grand Rapids area. Elevation and beach line terrain. Sand, Michigan cactus, and Michigan Bamboo can all be found on the course. Some holes have long and short pin locat ... show more ›

Another great course around the Grand Rapids area. Elevation and beach line terrain. Sand, Michigan cactus, and Michigan Bamboo can all be found on the course. Some holes have long and short pin locations which are changed pretty regularly in the summer. Lake Michigan is about a 1/2 mile walk along a trail, well worth is to cool down on a hot summer day.

Good combination of wooded holes and wide open ones. Some of the newer holes, the ones the locals refer to as "the devils backbone" could use more clearly defined throwing lanes. The new concrete tee ... show more ›

Good combination of wooded holes and wide open ones. Some of the newer holes, the ones the locals refer to as "the devils backbone" could use more clearly defined throwing lanes. The new concrete tee pads are long enough and wide enough to accommodate any style of tee off and every hole has a sign with distance and hole layout.

update: some of the holes have opened up a bit since my first review and the have added more pin locations.. this course has a bit of everything except water and even though its not far from the city ... show more ›

update: some of the holes have opened up a bit since my first review and the have added more pin locations.. this course has a bit of everything except water and even though its not far from the city its a very untraveled area at night making this a great glow course! considering the area of the state Id say you wont find a better course in the area..

a little anhyzer heavy (backhand right) but overall theres a good mix of shots, i would give it a higher score if a few of the holes had more reasonable lines, im not a fan of chucking a disc into a cluster of tries and hoping it makes it, i lack distance on long shots but my accuracy is good and if i feel like its a chuck and hope hole most disc golfers will likely feel the same, i feel this way on two holes out here, take them out of the mix and its a very fun semi challening course

I might be a little bias because this is my home course. But honestly one of my favorites. New course and already has cement tee pads with signs. New holes and alternate sleeves recently added. from t ... show more ›

I might be a little bias because this is my home course. But honestly one of my favorites. New course and already has cement tee pads with signs. New holes and alternate sleeves recently added. from there i believe it will only get better. Trails are becoming beat down and well maintained. Myself and Don Houseman went out recently with salt, shovel and broom and dominated every tee pad. This course is worth playing. Anytime of year.

This course is a MUST PLAY period. There really is noway to describe this course but awesome. Cement pads, there is a water spout in between holes 13 and 14 with good water, and there is a path to L ... show more ›

This course is a MUST PLAY period. There really is noway to describe this course but awesome. Cement pads, there is a water spout in between holes 13 and 14 with good water, and there is a path to Lake Michigan that takes 5 minutes to walk. The only thing that would make this a A+ is signs to point the way to the next hole. COME PLAY HERE!!!!!!