Courses · Michigan

Blackshire

Oscoda Township, Michigan · 18 holes · par 72 · Resort. Designed by Kevin Aldridge, opened 2001.

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 620 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 8 ft above the tee and plays about 3 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 9 ft below the tee and plays about 3 yards shorter.
• 10 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

Tees

Hole 1 · Par 4

370 (Black) · 365 (Gold) · 334 (Blue) · 304 (White) · 244 (Red) yards · Handicap 13

Plays like

370-1 ft

Green · Black tee

356 · 370 · 385front · middle · back

Green size

33 × 33yards deep × wide

Fairway

45 ydswide at 233

Green slope

2.5%falls to the right

In play

• Bunker across the hole: 93 to reach, 120 to carry
• Bunker right: 248 to reach, 287 to carry
• Bunker across the hole: 280 to reach, 328 to carry
• Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 357 to carry
• Bunker front-left of the green
• Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

• Dogleg right at about 267 yards.
• Fairway bunkers on the right: 248 to reach, 287 to carry. Drives that finish short of 248 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 45 yards wide at 233 and narrows to 30 at 260.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• The green falls from left to right, about 2.5%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 5

589 (Black) · 579 (Gold) · 538 (Blue) · 455 (White) · 449 (Red) yards · Handicap 4

Plays like

589+1 ft

Green · Black tee

567 · 589 · 612front · middle · back

Green size

45 × 26yards deep × wide

Fairway

38 ydswide at 200

Green slope

1.5%falls to the right

In play

• 2 bunkers across the hole: 51 to reach, 105 to carry
• Bunker right: 115 to reach, 124 to carry
• Bunker across the hole: 129 to reach, 133 to carry
• Bunker left: 255 to reach, 279 to carry
• Bunker across the hole: 294 to reach, 360 to carry
• 2 bunkers front-right of the green
• 3 bunkers across the hole in front of the green: 565 to carry

Playing notes

• Fairway bunkers on the left: 255 to reach, 279 to carry. Drives that finish short of 255 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 38 yards wide at 200 and narrows to 16 at 170.
• Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 42 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
• 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 left to right, about 1.5%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
• The green is 45 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 3 · Par 4

418 (Black) · 410 (Gold) · 391 (Blue) · 364 (White) · 323 (Red) yards · Handicap 8

Plays like

418level

Green · Black tee

394 · 418 · 441front · middle · back

Green size

48 × 36yards deep × wide

Fairway

38 ydswide at 226

Green slope

1%falls to the front-left

In play

• Bunker across the hole: 72 to reach, 109 to carry
• Bunker right: 274 to reach, 346 to carry
• Bunker front of the green
• Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

• Fairway bunkers on the right: 274 to reach, 346 to carry. Drives that finish short of 274 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 38 yards wide at 226 and narrows to 30 at 276.
• The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
• Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
• The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 1%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
• The green is 48 yards deep: a back pin can play about 4 clubs more than a front pin.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5

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

• 15 plays-like yardages
• 83 hazards with reach and carry
• 13 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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