Milham Park Municipal Golf Course

About
Situated on the southern edge of Kalamazoo, Milham Park Golf Club borders its namesake park. This municipal course is one of the best in the city, boasting some of the best conditions of any of the area's golf courses. Originally opened as a nine-hole course in 1931, the second nine was added as a project under the Works Project Administration in 1935. The course has a traditional layout that is seemingly short by modern standards at 6,630 yards from the back tees. Don't let the yardage fool you, Milham Park offers many holes with good length. The layout is heavily bunkered and there are tall trees along the fairways. Water is nowhere to be found except for a mild hazard that edges along the fourth hole.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Blue | 72 | 6630 yards | 71.8 | 126 |
White | 72 | 6298 yards | 70.1 | 124 |
Gold | 72 | 5736 yards | 67.4 | 121 |
Red | 72 | 5155 yards | 69.7 | 117 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Blue M: 73.1/132 | 490 | 405 | 397 | 137 | 361 | 367 | 306 | 423 | 480 | 3366 | 526 | 431 | 392 | 178 | 403 | 445 | 208 | 381 | 381 | 3345 | 6711 |
White M: 70.9/128 W: 76.7/135 | 450 | 386 | 376 | 113 | 343 | 356 | 282 | 405 | 455 | 3166 | 514 | 402 | 352 | 136 | 392 | 429 | 180 | 356 | 370 | 3131 | 6297 |
White/Gold M: 69.5/128 W: 75.0/133 | 450 | 348 | 376 | 113 | 343 | 356 | 282 | 372 | 429 | 3069 | 468 | 329 | 352 | 136 | 380 | 372 | 180 | 356 | 370 | 2943 | 6012 |
Gold M: 68.4/124 W: 73.4/128 | 430 | 348 | 357 | 103 | 311 | 325 | 263 | 372 | 429 | 2938 | 468 | 329 | 322 | 117 | 380 | 372 | 136 | 334 | 317 | 2775 | 5713 |
Red M: 64.7/114 W: 69.3/120 | 394 | 302 | 262 | 93 | 281 | 263 | 228 | 332 | 400 | 2555 | 430 | 324 | 276 | 86 | 321 | 369 | 118 | 300 | 287 | 2511 | 5066 |
Red/Green M: 62.0/109 W: 65.7/111 | 394 | 270 | 262 | 93 | 215 | 196 | 228 | 272 | 400 | 2330 | 430 | 290 | 276 | 86 | 321 | 270 | 92 | 202 | 230 | 2197 | 4527 |
Green M: 60.5/104 W: 63.2/107 | 361 | 290 | 228 | 86 | 229 | 270 | 92 | 202 | 230 | 1988 | 274 | 270 | 232 | 93 | 215 | 196 | 155 | 272 | 343 | 2050 | 4038 |
Handicap | 5 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 16 | |||
Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 72 |
Handicap (W) | 1 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 12 |
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great city owned course
Always in good shape greens are fast but fair and course is in great shape fun to play
Awesome
I would consider this my "home" course. Great fairways, beautiful greens. Provides difficulties for both amateur and advanced players but very playable for both. Staff is great and friendly.
Great course, slow play
I have played Milham Park before and always enjoy the round. This is an ideal course to walk but cart was included so we road. The greens were good, fairways were perfect and the rough was long. My only complaint was the pace of play. Tee time was 12:20 on a Sunday, did not complete round until 5:30. We had a sandwich before we played and they were great. I would recommend this course to all.
Ehhh
Very poorly treated by an older staff member when my friend and I were trying to locate the starter. He was not at his post or near the #1 tee, so we asked inside. The older gentleman running the counter brushed us off and told us to just go look around. Seriously?
Greens themselves were okay putting-wise, but in poor shape, appearance-wise.
Great time
Fist time here and I was very happy with the round. The staff was very cordial and friendly which is very important to me. We ended up missing our tee time as the starter kindly worked us into the tee box when he didn't have to. Very top notch service.
nothing special
First time playing this course. Just a typical flat course nothing special. there's no signature holes to make it challenge or fun.
Great Course
This course is less than a mile from I-94 and a great place to play. Greens in excellent shape. Pace of play is average. Tee boxes and fairways in excellent shape.
Older course, walkable, nothing tricky but nice.
Course in good condition particularly given the time of year. Greens were nice and smooth. Overall pleased with the experience.
Nice layout, greens are challenging
Realizing that it is the end of the season, yet I was still disappointed as we had to wait for carts to be returned, so we teed off 25 minutes late, mostly due to allowing open golf to tee off too close to our scheduled tee time. Then not having a ranger to help facilitate play as the aforementiond foursomes had no golf ediquette or sense of urgency and were horribly slow. I have played at this course numerous times, it always is a pleasure, but this time it was just awful due to their inability to keep things moving at a moderate pace.
one of best public courses in Michigan
great value. As owned by the city, profits go to maintain and improve the course.
Always enjoy playing here
Conditions were good. Staff was friendly and happy!
Getable course from fairway, punching trees in rough.
This is a very fun course to play. I've shot everywhere from a 46 to 55 on each nine (26 handicap). If you play in the fairway you can easily attack the greens with your irons, but if you get into the rough you can play underneath a ton of trees requiring you to risk going low or pitching out into the fairway and losing a stroke. The greens have enough slope to be challenging but allow for makable long putts. The first two holes are a hard start (Par 5 #3 handicap and Par 4 #5 handicap) but the course eases up a bit from there.
The value for the course is unbeatable for the area. The only issue is that if you play midday you are going to get stuck behind lots of amatuers which will slow your round down greatly. The best bet is to get to the course early morning to beat the crowds.
The course has great variety
I had worked this course as a mower for 7 years and I have never seen it in better condition. Fairways are wide and the greens are well manicured and receptive.
Oldtime Parkland Course
For an old muni that gets lots of play, the course was in good shape. Odd layout par 35 on the front, 37 on the back. Cool course would play again.
Milham in Country Club shape
Because of the rain this all the area courses are in great shape. Milham Park is well mowed and maintained as well as any country club in the area.
This course is a fun and challenging course with lots of variety
We had a great time enjoying our experience. The staff was friendly and greeted us when we walked in and got us on the course even a bit sooner then we had anticipated which was much appreciated. The course was in great shape; the fairways were consistent and greens were smooth and fun to putt on. This is one of the best city courses around. Thank you to golf now for getting us a great deal and helping our decision of where to play much easier!
Any day on the golf course is a good day
There were traffic jams off the first tee all day. It starts with a par 5 and the clientele are not professional grade, so this is not uncommon for a Friday afternoon. However, I was surprised they weren't sending anyone off the back. Also, my buddies' cart ran out of power on the 18th fairway. At least it was downhill and we were able to push it near the clubhouse before abandoning it. Other than that, it was a beautiful day and the course was in pretty good shape. We all managed to have a good time.
Nice Course
This is a good overall course with a few challenging holes. Minimal water holes and favorable pin placements. Good course for the price.