Cherry Creek Golf Club
Shelby Township, Michigan · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Lanny Wadkins, opened 1991.
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 650 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 2, where the green sits 18 ft above the tee and plays about 6 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 5, where the green sits 18 ft below the tee and plays about 6 yards shorter.
- 7 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
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Male | 6784 | 73.1 | 137 |
| Back | Male | 6233 | 70.5 | 130 |
| Middle | Male | 5613 | 67.3 | 119 |
| Forward | Male | 4729 | 68 | 115 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 414-11 ft
- Green
- 403 · 418 · 431front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 46 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water left: 118 to reach, 366 to carry
- Bunker left: 229 to reach, 305 to carry
- Bunker left: 359 to reach, 367 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 11 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers and water on the left: 118 to reach, 366 to carry. Drives that finish short of 118 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 46 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 41 at 280.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 451+18 ft
- Green
- 427 · 445 · 464front · middle · back
- Green size
- 38 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards longer: the green sits 18 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 297 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 230.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 38 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 194-12 ft
- Green
- 184 · 198 · 213front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 28yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the left
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 12 ft below the tee.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from right to left, about 2%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 316 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 51 hazards with reach and carry
- 11 green slope reads
- 5 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].