Golf course

Candlestone

Belding · Ionia County · Michigan

Public

Holes
18
Town
Belding
County
Ionia County
State
Michigan
Rating / Slope
74.7 / 135
Par
72
Yards
7,016
Tee
BLACK

Scorecard

Hole-by-hole scorecard for Candlestone: yardage by tee, par, and stroke index (handicap).
Tee123456789Out101112131415161718InTotRatingSlope
BLACK40056420936146714437648347034744124161643604972445714644143542701674.7135
WHITE35949016433139911834345538630453643631403094751894764163963128617370.1129
GOLD31243714030434510633041935727503143131313014101533793633692733548366.8120
GREEN27530572229262932213282712056282224117221319992722272452006406260.7106
Par453443454364434535443672
Hcp131151151793716818144122610

On the card, Candlestone's longest hole is the 571-yard par-5 16th, and its number-one stroke-index hole is the 2nd. The front nine measures 3,474 yards and the back 3,542.

Candlestone is a par-72, 7,016-yard public course in Belding, MI. From the BLACK tees it plays to a 74.7 rating and 135 slope.

Candlestone occupies terrain near Belding in Ionia County, a city on the Flat River that carries a remarkable industrial heritage—Belding Brothers and Company, once the world's largest silk manufacturing operation, made this small Michigan city an international center of textile production in the late nineteenth century. The silk mills are long gone, but Belding retains its Flat River identity and a character shaped by its industrial past. Candlestone Golf Club is part of a golf resort development in Ionia County that has drawn players from the Grand Rapids area for decades, offering a course experience rooted in the rolling, river-influenced terrain west of the city. The Flat River's hardwood corridor frames the course in the same wooded landscape that defined Belding's setting long before any industrial development arrived.

Course details

Established
1978
Coordinates
43.10942, -85.2551

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    Is Candlestone public or private?

    Candlestone is a public golf course.

    How long is Candlestone?

    Candlestone measures 7,016 yards from the BLACK tees.

    What are the rating and slope at Candlestone?

    Candlestone has a course rating of 74.7 and a slope rating of 135.

    How many holes does Candlestone have?

    Candlestone has 18 holes.

    When was Candlestone established?

    Candlestone was established in 1978.

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