Courses · Michigan

Detroit Golf Club

Detroit, Michigan · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Donald Ross, opened 1914.

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

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

343 (Gold) · 329 (Black) · 314 (Blue) · 294 (White) yards · Handicap 13

Green · Gold tee

331 · 343 · 355front · middle · back

Green size

25 × 21yards deep × wide

Fairway

34 ydswide at 216

In play

• Bunker left: 230 to reach, 246 to carry
• Bunker right: 233 to reach, 245 to carry
• Bunker right: 264 to reach, 274 to carry
• Bunker front of the green
• Bunker front-left of the green
• Bunker right of the green

Playing notes

• Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 230 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 230 keeps them out of play.
• The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 216 and narrows to 21 at 240.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.

Hole 2 · Par 5

557 (Gold) · 542 (Black) · 532 (Blue) · 496 (White) yards · Handicap 1

Green · Gold tee

546 · 557 · 570front · middle · back

Green size

26 × 23yards deep × wide

Fairway

32 ydswide at 243

In play

• Bunker left: 219 to reach, 250 to carry
• Bunker across the hole: 363 to reach, 371 to carry
• Bunker across the hole: 487 to reach, 496 to carry
• Bunker front-left of the green
• Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 542 to carry

Playing notes

• Fairway bunkers on the left: 219 to reach, 250 to carry. Drives that finish short of 219 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 243.
• Best lay-up: 100 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 27 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
• The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
• Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.

Hole 3 · Par 3

167 (Gold) · 137 (Black) · 123 (Blue) · 109 (White) yards · Handicap 17

Green · Gold tee

153 · 167 · 183front · middle · back

Green size

30 × 19yards deep × wide

In play

• Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 152 to carry
• Bunker left of the green
• Bunker back of the green

Playing notes

• The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
• Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 518 · Par 4

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

• 63 hazards with reach and carry
• 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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