Golf in Big Rapids

Big Rapids is the county seat of Mecosta County in west-central Michigan and the home of Ferris State University, a public institution known for its professional and career-focused programs in pharmacy, optometry, business, and allied health fields. The university's enrollment and the county seat's commercial role give Big Rapids a more dynamic economy than the surrounding rural Mecosta County communities, and the combination of university employment and county-seat commerce creates the demographic foundation for a golf market that spans faculty, students, and the professional community of an agricultural county's primary city. The Muskegon River runs through Big Rapids, providing the waterway character that has shaped the community's natural identity.