Bellaire Centennial Golf Club

Overview: Bellaire Centennial is a public 18-hole course on the western edge of Bellaire, where rolling northern Michigan ground and hardwood corridors create a straightforward but thoughtful round. The current course information lists a Smith family design, par 70 and 6,098 yards from the longest tees. Tree-lined holes ask for placement rather than constant power, and the changing terrain gives the approaches more character than the modest scorecard length might suggest. Its location near Shanty Creek, Hawk’s Eye and the wider Chain of Lakes region makes it a useful lower-key round within one of Michigan’s densest golf destinations.

History: The course opened in 1993 and has also been known as Centennial Farm and The Farm Golf Course, names that reflect the property’s earlier identity and its family-built character. It later became part of the Chief Resort golf offering, alongside The Chief, but it remains a distinct public course with its own routing and scale. The available current record attributes the design to the Smith family rather than to a famous outside architect, which is important context: Bellaire Centennial’s appeal lies in its playable local design and position within a larger golf region, not in an inflated design claim.

Did You Know? The course’s scorecard is par 70, not the more common par 72. That small difference changes the way its length reads, especially on a routing where the opening holes and the tree-lined approach corridors reward controlled placement.