
Kearsley Lake Course
Kearsley Lake Golf Course

About this course
Kearsley Lake Golf Course sits in Flint, Michigan, occupying terrain shaped by the region's glacial past. The course takes its name from the nearby lake, which influences both the setting and the strategic water hazards that define play. Like many courses in Michigan's interior, Kearsley Lake reflects the state's tradition of utilizing natural topography and water features to create routing challenges across a relatively compact footprint. The course design incorporates the rolling character typical of mid-Michigan, with fairways that move through wooded areas and open sections. Water comes into play on several holes, requiring golfers to navigate around or over Kearsley Lake itself and smaller ponds. The routing uses elevation change modestly but effectively, with greens positioned to reward accuracy from the tee and approach. The layout balances risk-and-reward holes with more straightforward passages, creating variety across the round. Kearsley Lake serves the local Flint golfing community as a public or semi-private facility, offering accessible play in a region with a solid golf heritage. The course maintains the practical character common to regional Michigan courses: solid conditioning, clear hazard definition, and a design that tests fundamentals without excessive length or gimmickry. The wooded setting and water features provide visual interest and seasonal variation, particularly in autumn when the landscape shifts through the dramatic color changes characteristic of the Great Lakes region.
Quick facts
- Location
- Flint, MI, USA
- Access
- Public
- Year built
- 1945
- Holes
- 18
- Par
- 72
- Length
- 6,594 yards
- Difficulty
- 70.6/113
Getting there
Kearsley Lake Golf Course is most readily accessed via Bishop International Airport (FNT), located just fifteen minutes south of the course in Flint proper, or alternatively through the larger Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) roughly an hour's drive to the southeast. The route from either gateway carries you through the rolling terrain of southeastern Michigan's lake country, where the landscape gradually shifts from suburban sprawl to the quieter, tree-lined roads that characterize the Flint area's residential golf communities. The final approach to Kearsley Lake unfolds along local roads that wind past the course's namesake water features and mature oaks, arriving at a course that sits comfortably within the fabric of Michigan's established golfing heritage rather than at the edge of wilderness - a distinctly Midwestern sense of arrival that speaks to accessibility and tradition in equal measure.

FAQ
Common questions about Kearsley Lake
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Yes. Kearsley Lake is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at Kearsley Lake is 72.
Kearsley Lake plays 6,594 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Kearsley Lake is 113.
Kearsley Lake is a 18-hole course.



