Hidden River Golf and Casting Club
Brutus, Michigan · 18 holes · par 72 · Semi-Private. Designed by W. Bruce Matthews III, opened 1997.
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 16, where the green sits 15 ft above the tee and plays about 5 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 9, where the green sits 47 ft below the tee and plays about 16 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 9 holes and on the left on 4: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 9 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 | Black | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 13 | 382 | 340 | 320 | 282 | 228 |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | 406 | 380 | 321 | 284 | 248 |
| 3 | 3 | 17 | 185 | 166 | 146 | 127 | 120 |
| 4 | 4 | 7 | 461 | 422 | 387 | 334 | 263 |
| 5 | 5 | 11 | 549 | 527 | 486 | 467 | 432 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 469 | 439 | 388 | 335 | 325 |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | 636 | 600 | 569 | 527 | 443 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 456 | 404 | 341 | 314 | 296 |
| 9 | 3 | 15 | 159 | 148 | 142 | 130 | 77 |
| 10 | 4 | 14 | 396 | 338 | 322 | 278 | 234 |
| 11 | 5 | 18 | 522 | 499 | 468 | 435 | 416 |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | 344 | 328 | 320 | 284 | 231 |
| 13 | 3 | 12 | 205 | 199 | 185 | 167 | 97 |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | 379 | 348 | 333 | 326 | 309 |
| 15 | 3 | 16 | 243 | 213 | 132 | 112 | 104 |
| 16 | 4 | 8 | 426 | 379 | 366 | 308 | 264 |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | 535 | 503 | 486 | 476 | 456 |
| 18 | 4 | 10 | 344 | 322 | 290 | 264 | 221 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7101 | 74.3 | 138 |
| Blue | Male | 6638 | 72.2 | 131 |
| White | Male | 6104 | 69.4 | 125 |
| Gold | Female | 5512 | 71.8 | 127 |
| Gold | Male | 5512 | 66.7 | 118 |
| Red | Male | 4787 | 67.4 | 116 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 381-2 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 365 · 382 · 397front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 23 ydswide at 235
In play
- Bunker right: 212 to reach, 244 to carry
- Bunker left: 314 to reach, 341 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 212 to reach, 244 to carry. Drives that finish short of 212 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 23 yards wide at 235.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 406-1 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 389 · 406 · 423front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 38yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 31 ydswide at 233
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 295 to reach, 338 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 295 to reach, 338 to carry. Drives that finish short of 295 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 233.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 185-1 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 164 · 185 · 211front · middle · back
- Green size
- 48 × 33yards deep × wide
In play
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 131 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- 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 45 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 47 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 green slope reads
- 4 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].