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Classic Golf Course at Otsego Club
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About
The Otsego Club offers two 18-hole championship golf courses, the Classic and the Tribute. The courses share a beautiful landscape abundant with water, trees, and wildlife but each course offers different challenges. Built in 1939, the Classic Course, as its name would imply, has a traditional layout that is straightforward with no hidden tricks or hazards. The golf course sprawls across scenic parkland that overlooks the nearby Sturgeon River Valley. Unlike some of the long and more demanding golf courses in the Gaylord area, the Classic Course plays a mild but enjoyable 6,267 yards from the back tees. The greens are fast and the player-friendly fairways are wide and welcoming to beginners. The course finishes with its signature hole, a par 4 where golfers will be hitting from one ski slope to another.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back | 72 | 6267 yards | 70.5 | 131 |
| Middle | 72 | 6041 yards | 69.5 | 129 |
| Forward | 72 | 5607 yards | 67.1 | 122 |
| Forward (W) | 72 | 5607 yards | 72.8 | 126 |
| Front (W) | 72 | 3920 yards | 62.7 | 106 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back M: 70.5/131 | 452 | 373 | 361 | 400 | 484 | 186 | 396 | 118 | 285 | 3055 | 479 | 337 | 519 | 184 | 427 | 175 | 362 | 354 | 375 | 3212 | 6267 |
| Middle M: 69.5/129 W: 75.4/133 | 442 | 365 | 348 | 395 | 480 | 180 | 370 | 104 | 278 | 2962 | 469 | 327 | 509 | 171 | 393 | 143 | 358 | 345 | 364 | 3079 | 6041 |
| Forward M: 67.1/122 W: 72.8/126 | 391 | 357 | 336 | 375 | 434 | 164 | 344 | 96 | 238 | 2735 | 459 | 315 | 486 | 138 | 343 | 131 | 312 | 335 | 353 | 2872 | 5607 |
| Front M: 60.6/102 W: 62.7/106 | 227 | 252 | 246 | 262 | 360 | 109 | 217 | 88 | 136 | 1897 | 332 | 228 | 357 | 108 | 220 | 113 | 215 | 222 | 228 | 2023 | 3920 |
| Handicap | 11 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 16 | |||
| Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
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Photo submitted by Goodan27 on 09/01/2025
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Photo submitted by GaryBallentine on 07/06/2023
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Photo submitted by u500642816 on 05/03/2021
Location is close to home.
Fairways and greens were in excellent condition. Cart paths could use some attention.
Beautiful course, well maintained
Enjoyed the course layout and speed of play. Course map on the scorecard may help or we may have missed it.
Fun to play early season
Always a good day at the Otsego Classic. Even though the ice storm damage was evident, the course was overall in good shape! A good warm up for summer days to come!
Last minute booking
I booked this last minute. The staff was very friendly. The course was in pretty good condition considering the horrible ice storm the area suffered just a few months ago. Although there was still some obvious damage to trees and power poles, the course itself was beautiful.
Great place for mom and you to play
This course is moderately difficult with only a few challenging holes. Mom had no issue with most of the course and did well on the valley holes once she got it in her mind that it was playable. This is difficult enough to keep the regular golfer happy and easy enough for our mom to play and be happy.
Exceptional Course in Northern Michigan
The fairways and greens on this beautiful course were in excellent condition- like a PGA course!
We had an awesome day playing here and the staff was very welcoming and friendly too.
Couples Golf
Nice round at the Classic. Straightforward, playable course for a intermediate skill senior couple. Plush fairways and fast (tough) greens.
Very nice course
The course is in great condition - we teed off early and hardly saw other golfers - finished in 3 hours
FANTASTIC!
Great course! Well kept, true greens, friendly staff! Marshall was an absolute rockstar… very cheap price for the true value of the course. I would recommend for sure.
Nice course
Played this course last year, much better condition this year. Very peaceful and relaxing environment, would play again.
5-somes!
Why is this ok? We had a group of five AND a group of six out there with us slowing things and making it undesirable. No cart girl on a Holiday Saturday not that I could afford a drink anyway at these prices. The course was nice but the pace made us angry. The two-some behind us had it even harder.
Nice course
Good condition and very friendly staff. Very lady friendly if you use the front tees.
Beautifully maintained
We played the Classic Course at Otsego Resort in Gaylord. The course is in excellent condition! It was a pleasant surprise to play on such beautifully maintained fairways and greens. If there is not a course map on your cart, be sure to ask for one in the pro shop because it is easy to get confused with the back nine and front nine often side by side. That is a minor problem though and shouldn’t deter anyone from playing here. You won’t regret it!
Classic, Gaylord
Played course because of a fantastic deal. Would play number of other courses around Gaylord before playing again. Course layout keeps you guessing where the next hole is.
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