Cedar Creek Golf Club

Address: 14000 Renton Rd., Battle Creek, MI 49015

Phone: (269) 965-6423

Overall Rating: 7.79

Front 9: Par 35

Back 9: Par 37

Overall Course: (all 18) Par 72

Clubhouse and Amenities – Rating 8.36

Cedar Creek Golf Club in Battle Creek, Michigan, features a beautiful rustic clubhouse with a banquet center for outings and events. The grill serves sandwiches, burgers, hot dogs, and pre-packaged snacks, while a full bar offers beer, sodas, juices, energy drinks, and water—all food and beverages at competitive pricing. Shoppers find an average apparel selection including caps, hats, visors, and shirts at average pricing, plus an average selection of golf equipment at average pricing such as golf balls, golf gloves, tees, ball markers, and divot tools.

Clubhouse restrooms are clean and there are porta-johns available on the course. Golf carts are maintained well, cart paths blend paved and gravel sections, and plenty of paved parking awaits with no bag drop. Amenities include a driving range and putting green close to clubhouse. An outstanding staff is helpful and provides a welcoming atmosphere.

Hole 1 – Par 4 – Rating 6.86

Red: 258 yds
White: 320 yds
Blue: 329 yds
Yellow: 340 yds

Level, medium size tees open to a rolling fairway framed by medium length rough. Trees line the right, while wetlands run into the tree-line on the right side. A real sand bunker guards the right front corner. Maintained fringe with a few burnt spots encircles a large green. This surface offers fast putting speed, is receptive and undulating, slopes front to back plus right to left, and falls off hard on the back right corner.

Hole 2 – Par 4 – Rating 7.14

Red: 330 yds
White: 343 yds
Blue: 355 yds
Yellow: 367 yds

Long, narrow, large, level tees launch drives onto a rolling fairway that doglegs right. Medium rough borders tree-lined edges. A pond and wetlands water hazard sits right of dogleg and green. A real sand bunker guards the front of green. Maintained fringe encircles a medium size green. This fast speed, receptive surface is undulating, slopes back to front, and slopes left to right.

Hole 3 – Par 5 – Rating 7.14

Red: 429 yds
White: 491 yds
Blue: 524 yds
Yellow: 535 yds

First par 5 on the front nine offers small, slightly elevated, level tees overlooking a flatter fairway edged by medium rough. Trees line the right. Two pond water hazards cross the fairway with a bounty of lily pads—one about half-way and another closer to the green. A real sand bunker sits on the right front corner. Maintained fringe with a few burnt spots encircles a medium size green. This fast speed, receptive, undulating surface slopes back to front.

Hole 4 – Par 3 – Rating 7.20

Red: 128 yds
White: 164 yds
Blue: 177 yds
Yellow: 191 yds

First of 3 par 3’s on the front nine presents long, narrow, level, medium size tee block. This hole plays slightly uphill to green through medium rough. Trees line right and behind green. A real sand bunker protects the right front corner of green. Maintained fringe encircles a large green. This fast speed, receptive, undulating surface slopes back to front plus left to right. A large mogul built into the left side of the green moves everything right.

Hole 5 – Par 4 – Rating 8.00

Red: 223 yds
White: 307 yds
Blue: 324 yds
Yellow: 379 yds

Long, narrow, small, level tees require tee off over a pond water hazard onto a rolling fairway. This sharp dogleg right plays uphill to green through medium length rough. Trees line the right. No bunkers challenge approach. Maintained fringe encircles a large green. This fast speed, receptive, undulating surface features overall back to front slope—high on front and back right corners, lower on front left corner running everything left.

Hole 6 – Par 3 – Rating 7.20

Red: 127 yds
White: 158 yds
Blue: 164 yds
Yellow: 175 yds

Second of 3 par 3’s on front nine features elevated, small level tees. Players tee out of a chute downhill to the green through medium rough. Short tree-line guards left, while tree-lined right wraps around the back of the green. A real sand bunker sits well short of the left front corner. Maintained fringe encircles a medium size green. This fast putting speed, receptive, undulating surface slopes back to front. Moguls along the greenside can throw shots left or right.

Hole 7 – Par 4 – Rating 7.75

Red: 280 yds
White: 313 yds
Blue: 327 yds
Yellow: 423 yds

Elevated, long, narrow, small, level tee boxes overlook a flat fairway with sharp dogleg right. A real sand fairway bunker runs down left side. Pond water hazard guards right side at dogleg. A real sand bunker protects right front corner of green. Maintained fringe encircles a large green. This fast speed, receptive, undulating surface includes a false front, slopes back to front—highest on back right corner, falls off on back left. Second pond sits behind green.

Hole 8 – Par 3 – Rating 7.00

Red: 143 yds
White: 152 yds
Blue: 163 yds
Yellow: 172 yds

3rd par 3 on the front nine delivers long, narrow, slightly elevated, large level tees. This hole plays downhill to the green through medium rough. Tree-lined right wraps the green. A real sand bunker guards the front right corner. Maintained fringe encircles a medium size green. This fast speed, receptive, undulating surface slopes back to front.

Hole 9 – Par 5 – Rating 7.71

Red: 321 yds
White: 404 yds
Blue: 417 yds
Yellow: 464 yds

Long, narrow, small, level tees open to a rolling fairway with slight dogleg right. This hole plays uphill to green through medium length rough. 2 pond water hazards appear—one left of tees not in play, second pond down the right side. A real sand greenside bunker protects right front of green. Maintained fringe encircles a large green. This fast speed, receptive, undulating surface features a false front, slopes back to front, and slopes right to left.

Average Rating Holes 1-9: 7.33

Cedar Creek Golf Club Back Nine

Hole 10 – Par 5 – Rating 8.29

Red: 363 yds
White: 484 yds
Blue: 497 yds
Yellow: 500 yds

Start the back nine on the first of 3 par 5’s with elevated, level, medium size tees overlooking a rolling fairway. This hole plays uphill from tees through medium rough amid sparse trees. A real sand fairway bunker lies down the left side near the top of the hill. A large dip in fairway precedes green. A real sand bunker protects right side of green. Maintained fringe encircles a large green. This fast speed, receptive, undulating surface slopes back to front plus left to right—high on left back corner funneling everything to the middle front.

Hole 11 – Par 3 – Rating 7.60

Red: 115 yds
White: 171 yds
Blue: 181 yds
Yellow: 192 yds

First par 3 on the back nine showcases elevated, level, medium size tees overlooking a rolling approach. This hole plays downhill to green over medium rough. Trees stand past green. A real sand greenside bunker lies off the front right corner. Maintained fringe encircles a small green. This fast putting speed, receptive surface is flatter with few breaks. Some movement on putts comes from a back to front and a right to left slope. High spot marks the front left corner.

Hole 12 – Par 5 – Rating 7.14

Red: 423 yds
White: 473 yds
Blue: 495 yds
Yellow: 507 yds

The second of three par 3’s starts on elevated, tiered, small, level tee boxes that overlook a rolling fairway. This hole plays downhill from tees through medium rough amid sparse trees. 2 pond water hazards run down the right side, one being closer to the green. A real sand bunker guards right side of green. Maintained fringe encircles a medium size green. This fast speed, receptive, undulating surface slopes back to front. Two moguls built into the green—one front left and a second on the middle right side—challenge approaches.

Hole 13 – Par 4 – Rating 7.67

Red: 266 yds
White: 326 yds
Blue: 351 yds
Yellow: 391 yds

Small, level tees require tee off over pond water hazard onto a rolling fairway. This slight dogleg right plays uphill to green through medium rough amid sparse trees. No bunkers threaten shots. Maintained fringe encircles a medium size green. This fast speed, receptive, undulating surface slopes back to front—high on the back right corner and also on the front left corner funneling everything to the middle front.

Hole 14 – Par 4 – Rating 7.67

Red: 300 yds
White: 387 yds
Blue: 395 yds
Yellow: 405 yds

Long, narrow, level, medium size tee block demands a blind tee shot with fairway bell available. This hole plays downhill from tees then uphill to green through medium rough. A real sand bunker guards left side of green. Maintained fringe encircles a medium size green. This fast speed, receptive, undulating surface slopes back to front and right to left.

Hole 15 – Par 4 – Rating 7.50

Red: 271 yds
White: 325 yds
Blue: 334 yds
Yellow: 369 yds

Level, medium size tees require tee off over a small creek with little water onto a flatter fairway. This slight dogleg right features a real sand fairway bunker lurking down the left side through medium rough amid sparse trees. A real sand bunker guards the right front corner of green. Maintained fringe encircles a large green. This fast speed, receptive, undulating surface includes false front, slopes left to right, and falls off sharply on right side.

Hole 16 – Par 3 – Rating 7.60

Red: 114 yds
White: 126 yds
Blue: 140 yds
Yellow: 159 yds

Second par 3 on the back nine features large, long, narrow, level tees, with a flatter approach, through medium length rough. A real sand bunker guards left of green. Maintained fringe encircles a large green. This fast speed, receptive, undulating surface slopes back to front and right to left. Lots of rolls on this green challenge putts.

Hole 17 – Par 4 – Rating 7.60

Red: 268 yds
White: 331 yds
Blue: 342 yds
Yellow: 352 yds

Long, narrow, small, level tees demand a blind tee shot onto a rolling fairway. This hole plays uphill from tees through medium rough amid sparse trees. No hazards threaten play. Maintained fringe encircles a medium size green. This fast speed, receptive, undulating surface slopes back to front and left to right. A mogul along the left side of the green throws shots towards the middle. Green falls off sharply on right side.

Hole 18 – Par 5 – Rating 8.00

Red: 407 yds
White: 497 yds
Blue: 513 yds
Yellow: 528 yds

Third and final par 5 on the back nine offers very long and narrow play from large, level tee box onto a rolling fairway. This slight dogleg left plays downhill to green through medium rough amid sparse trees. Two real sand fairway bunkers guard the left and right side of the fairway. A real sand bunker sits on left front corner of green. Maintained fringe encircles a medium size green. This fast putting speed, receptive, undulating surface slopes left to right.

Average Rating Holes 10-18: 7.67

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