Black Lake Golf Course
Onaway, Michigan · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Rees Jones, opened 2000.
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 670 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 9, where the green sits 42 ft above the tee and plays about 14 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 33 ft below the tee and plays about 11 yards shorter.
- 13 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 | Gold | Blue | White | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 11 | 515 | 499 | 483 | 415 |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | 427 | 409 | 387 | 322 |
| 3 | 4 | 17 | 396 | 380 | 362 | 268 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 453 | 440 | 424 | 342 |
| 5 | 3 | 15 | 236 | 216 | 197 | 145 |
| 6 | 4 | 9 | 375 | 357 | 335 | 273 |
| 7 | 4 | 7 | 421 | 403 | 386 | 299 |
| 8 | 3 | 13 | 179 | 159 | 146 | 113 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | 560 | 548 | 533 | 389 |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | 430 | 412 | 396 | 327 |
| 11 | 4 | 16 | 351 | 335 | 317 | 207 |
| 12 | 3 | 12 | 174 | 159 | 136 | 90 |
| 13 | 4 | 14 | 373 | 354 | 336 | 267 |
| 14 | 3 | 18 | 206 | 190 | 163 | 110 |
| 15 | 5 | 4 | 515 | 497 | 481 | 387 |
| 16 | 4 | 8 | 443 | 428 | 411 | 358 |
| 17 | 4 | 2 | 391 | 377 | 358 | 287 |
| 18 | 5 | 10 | 590 | 573 | 540 | 450 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 7046 | 74.8 | 143 |
| Blue | Male | 6743 | 73.4 | 140 |
| White | Male | 6401 | 71.9 | 137 |
| Silver | Female | 5831 | 74.2 | 142 |
| Silver | Male | 5831 | 69 | 126 |
| Green | Female | 5058 | 70.2 | 131 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 504-33 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 499 · 515 · 524front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 44yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 38 ydswide at 234
In play
- Bunker right: 261 to reach, 285 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 450 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 11 yards shorter: the green sits 33 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 392 to reach, 450 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 401 to reach, 449 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 261 to reach, 285 to carry. Drives that finish short of 261 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 38 yards wide at 234 and narrows to 24 at 284.
- Best lay-up: 140 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 44 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 435+24 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 409 · 427 · 442front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water left: 0 to reach, 77 to carry
- Bunker left: 227 to reach, 274 to carry
- Bunker right: 306 to reach, 319 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards longer: the green sits 24 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 227 to reach, 274 to carry. Drives that finish short of 227 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 230.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 387-27 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 374 · 396 · 409front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 241
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 282 to reach, 291 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.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 282 to reach, 291 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 33 yards wide at 241 and narrows to 20 at 291.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 42 hazards with reach and carry
- 12 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].