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Alpena Golf Club

Alpena, Michigan · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Warner Bowen, opened 1939.

A caddie's yardage book for every hole: plays-like distance from USGS lidar elevation, reach and carry numbers for every bunker and water hazard, green front, middle and back, which way each green falls, and the lay-up zone on par 5s. Distances are from the back tees along the mapped hole; for a shorter tee, take off the scorecard difference.

Course profile

Altitude630 ftCarries about 1% farther
Bunkers36
Holes with water6 of 18
Average fairway width25 yds
Typical green4,200 sq ft
Sloped greens11 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 630 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 149. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
  • Biggest climb: hole 7, where the green sits 9 ft above the tee and plays about 3 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 9, where the green sits 15 ft below the tee and plays about 5 yards shorter.
  • 11 greens tilt 2% or more. Each hole below says which side of the hole leaves an uphill putt.

Maps: tee at the bottom, green at the top. The dashed line is the mapped hole; the gold band is the lay-up zone; the arrow on the green points downhill.

Scorecard

HoleParHcpBlueWhiteRed
1514453438377
248361349294
3316171161147
444319293218
5318130126120
6410413396313
7512468455382
842317299277
946391377279
1047424367324
11317200154124
1249373332277
13315179161127
1445433385335
1543387349307
16513473445382
1741403371307
18511534490415

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlueMale645970121
WhiteMale595267.8117
RedFemale510068.8114

Hole 1 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

453 (Blue) · 438 (White) · 377 (Red) yards · Handicap 14

Plays like
454+3 ft
Green · Blue tee
443 · 453 · 463front · middle · back
Green size
20 × 22yards deep × wide
Fairway
24 ydswide at 240
Green slope
2%falls to the front-right

In play

  • Bunker right: 266 to reach, 277 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green
  • Bunker right of the green

Playing notes

  • Dogleg right at about 248 yards.
  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 266 to reach, 277 to carry. Drives that finish short of 266 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 24 yards wide at 240.
  • Best lay-up: 70 to 160 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 26 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

Green falls this way

361 (Blue) · 349 (White) · 294 (Red) yards · Handicap 8

Plays like
363+7 ft
Green · Blue tee
349 · 361 · 374front · middle · back
Green size
25 × 22yards deep × wide
Fairway
24 ydswide at 223
Green slope
6%falls to the front-left

In play

  • Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 2 yards longer: the green sits 7 ft above the tee.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 24 yards wide at 223.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
  • The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 6%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 3

Green falls this way

171 (Blue) · 161 (White) · 147 (Red) yards · Handicap 16

Plays like
172+2 ft
Green · Blue tee
155 · 171 · 188front · middle · back
Green size
33 × 28yards deep × wide
Green slope
2.5%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker front-right of the green
  • Bunker front of the green

Playing notes

  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
  • Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 418 · Par 5

The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:

  • 15 plays-like yardages
  • 37 hazards with reach and carry
  • 10 green slope reads
  • 3 par-5 lay-up zones

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Hole maps, hazards and playing notes come from mapped course data and USGS 3DEP elevation (public domain), not a visit. Plays-like numbers use the Skitty caddie's rule of one yard per 3 ft of rise, from the longest tee; altitude uses 1.16% of carry per 1,000 ft. Tees, hazards and conditions change; check with the course before you play. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0) via OpenGolfAPI. Scorecard yardages and ratings as published. See a mistake? Email [email protected].

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