Golden Hawk Golf Club
Casco, Michigan · 18 holes · par 71 · Public. Opened 1996.
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 18, where the green sits 10 ft above the tee and plays about 3 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 11 ft below the tee and plays about 4 yards shorter.
- 12 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 | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 435 | 412 | 360 | 355 |
| 2 | 5 | 11 | 514 | 477 | 425 | 335 |
| 3 | 4 | 9 | 368 | 329 | 320 | 293 |
| 4 | 3 | 15 | 181 | 146 | 125 | 122 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 468 | 430 | 420 | 413 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 430 | 382 | 370 | 263 |
| 7 | 3 | 17 | 126 | 99 | 98 | 97 |
| 8 | 4 | 13 | 347 | 334 | 300 | 280 |
| 9 | 4 | 7 | 346 | 273 | 268 | 242 |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | 392 | 348 | 306 | 242 |
| 11 | 4 | 14 | 353 | 316 | 293 | 256 |
| 12 | 3 | 18 | 147 | 128 | 120 | 105 |
| 13 | 4 | 12 | 338 | 325 | 315 | 261 |
| 14 | 4 | 8 | 369 | 349 | 314 | 254 |
| 15 | 4 | 10 | 274 | 246 | 230 | 223 |
| 16 | 3 | 16 | 191 | 177 | 157 | 115 |
| 17 | 4 | 2 | 398 | 389 | 330 | 325 |
| 18 | 5 | 4 | 525 | 489 | 465 | 398 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6402 | 68.9 | 118 |
| White | Male | 5651 | 65.6 | 108 |
| Gold | Male | 5238 | ||
| Red | Female | 4884 | 68.5 | 109 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 435level
- Green · Blue tee
- 417 · 435 · 448front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 22 ydswide at 237
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- 2 bunkers across the hole: 222 to reach, 258 to carry
- Water right: 301 to reach, 381 to carry
- Bunker right: 375 to reach, 390 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 301 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 22 yards wide at 237.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 514-1 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 499 · 514 · 527front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 31 ydswide at 228
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Water left: 218 to reach, 362 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway water on the left: 218 to reach, 362 to carry. Drives that finish short of 218 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 228 and narrows to 18 at 198.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 26 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 368+1 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 352 · 368 · 386front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 30yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 239
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 146 to reach, 168 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Water back-left of the green
- Water back of the green
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 239 and narrows to 27 at 278.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 44 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 green slope reads
- 2 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].