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Forest Akers East sits on the campus of Michigan State University, part of a 2-course complex that has long served as one of the better publicly accessible facilities attached to a Big Ten institution. The East course carries a more traditional feel compared to its sibling, the West, which received a high-profile redesign from Arthur Hills in the 1990s and earned considerably more national attention. East plays as the quieter, more workmanlike of the two — a course where MSU students, faculty, and local regulars outnumber destination visitors, and where a round has the relaxed rhythm of genuine everyday golf.
East Lansing sits in Michigan's Lower Peninsula, where the land flattens out across the Lansing metro and the vegetation runs to mature hardwoods and open turf corridors. The MSU campus itself is heavily wooded and landscaped, and that environment carries onto the course — tree-lined fairways, a sense of greenery, and the kind of quiet that feels removed from the surrounding college-town bustle.
For players working through both courses in a day, East tends to serve as the warm-up act, but it rewards those who give it proper attention. It's an honest test of ball-striking and course management, without the theatrics of a resort layout.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACK · men | 6,432 | 70.5 | 127 | 72 |
| BLACK · women | 6,432 | 77.2 | 134 | 72 |
| GREEN · men | 6,153 | 69.4 | 124 | 72 |
| GREEN · women | 6,153 | 75.2 | 126 | 72 |
| WHITE · men | 5,588 | 66.3 | 112 | 72 |
| WHITE · women | 5,588 | 71.7 | 122 | 72 |
| FOSSUM · men | 5,052 | 64 | 105 | 72 |
| FOSSUM · women | 5,052 | 68.6 | 116 | 72 |
| GOLD · men | 4,655 | 62.6 | 103 | 72 |
| GOLD · women | 4,655 | 66.4 | 109 | 72 |
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