Birmingham Country Club
Birmingham, Michigan · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Wilfrid A. Reid, opened 1916.
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
- At about 740 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 16, where the green sits 28 ft above the tee and plays about 9 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 18, where the green sits 38 ft below the tee and plays about 13 yards shorter.
- 14 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Black | Blue | White | Gold | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 11 | 500 | 500 | 489 | 489 | 489 |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 414 | 400 | 362 | 341 | 279 |
| 3 | 3 | 17 | 179 | 170 | 158 | 150 | 142 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 417 | 407 | 394 | 360 | 360 |
| 5 | 4 | 7 | 403 | 389 | 375 | 364 | 322 |
| 6 | 4 | 13 | 381 | 366 | 347 | 335 | 335 |
| 7 | 3 | 15 | 195 | 182 | 170 | 159 | 145 |
| 8 | 5 | 9 | 514 | 503 | 489 | 478 | 427 |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 412 | 402 | 385 | 357 | 275 |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | 340 | 340 | 325 | 325 | 314 |
| 11 | 3 | 18 | 143 | 137 | 127 | 117 | 107 |
| 12 | 4 | 10 | 388 | 366 | 344 | 344 | 331 |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | 420 | 412 | 399 | 388 | 338 |
| 14 | 5 | 14 | 508 | 497 | 488 | 476 | 476 |
| 15 | 3 | 8 | 215 | 202 | 183 | 162 | 119 |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | 362 | 348 | 334 | 319 | 237 |
| 17 | 4 | 16 | 413 | 401 | 383 | 354 | 299 |
| 18 | 5 | 12 | 560 | 544 | 534 | 522 | 447 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6764 | 73.3 | 138 |
| Blue | Male | 6566 | 71.9 | 137 |
| White | Male | 6286 | 70.8 | 134 |
| Gold | Female | 6040 | 75.6 | 144 |
| Gold | Male | 6040 | 70.1 | 131 |
| Green | Female | 5442 | 72.7 | 135 |
| Silver | Male | 4931 | 69.2 | 125 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 502+7 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 484 · 500 · 516front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 47 ydswide at 233
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front
In play
- Water across the hole: 53 to reach, 63 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 246 to reach, 274 to carry
- Bunker right: 379 to reach, 394 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards longer: the green sits 7 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 227 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 53 to reach, 63 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 246 to reach, 274 to carry. Drives that finish short of 246 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 47 yards wide at 233 and narrows to 31 at 253.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 31 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 to front, about 4%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 405-27 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 402 · 414 · 427front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 36 ydswide at 240
- Green slope
- 5.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 282 to reach, 288 to carry
- Bunker right: 318 to reach, 327 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 379 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 9 yards shorter: the green sits 27 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 308 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 372 to reach, 379 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 282 to reach, 288 to carry. Drives that finish short of 282 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 240.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 5.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 184+16 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 163 · 179 · 195front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 24yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the front
In play
- 2 bunkers front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards longer: the green sits 16 ft above the tee.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 71 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 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].