Comstock Park is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Alpine Township and Plainfield Township, Kent County, Michigan, in the Grand Rapids metropolitan area, United States. As of the 2010 census, the community had a population of 10,088, with the majority (9,044) living in Alpine Township. The area is known for the flooding it experiences every spring from the Grand River, which runs just east of the community. Comstock Park is the home of the West Michigan Whitecaps, an affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. Comstock Park is known for its golf courses, having two courses and 45 total holes of golf in town. The best-known of these is Scott Lake Golf and Practice Center, the winner of the 2011 Michigan Golf Course Owners Association "Golf Course of the Year" and the 2012 National Golf Course Owners Association "Golf Course of the Year.