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Courses · Michigan

Knollwood Country Club

West Bloomfield, Michigan · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by Donald Ross, opened 1925.

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

Bunkers59
Holes with water8 of 18
Average fairway width28 yds
Typical green3,900 sq ft
  • Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 4 holes and on the left on 2: a tee shot missed right costs more here.

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

HoleParHcpBlackGoldGreenRedWhiteBlue
146421410410394297
2412358342328296296
354530519506439403
4318166163149129129
552556523511465365
6316202187170151151
758522515510479397
8314228208197166150
9410376376367362362
10413383383373365311
11411389389371295295
1245413413405355319
1349409385365337248
1451590576570446394
15317173173167162124
1643453448433420344
17315192183183172118
1847440433420370307

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlackMale680173.5139
GoldMale662672.6137
GreenMale644871.6135
RedFemale588471.3127
WhiteFemale588475.4140
WhiteMale588472.9124
BlueFemale510270.3133

Hole 1 · Par 4

421 (Black) · 410 (Gold) · 410 (Green) · 394 (White) · 297 (Blue) yards · Handicap 6

Green · Black tee
409 · 421 · 433front · middle · back
Green size
24 × 22yards deep × wide
Fairway
22 ydswide at 238

In play

  • Bunker right: 244 to reach, 258 to carry
  • Bunker right of the green
  • Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 244 to reach, 258 to carry. Drives that finish short of 244 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 22 yards wide at 238.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.

Hole 2 · Par 4

358 (Black) · 342 (Gold) · 328 (Green) · 296 (White) · 296 (Blue) yards · Handicap 12

Green · Black tee
347 · 358 · 366front · middle · back
Green size
22 × 29yards deep × wide
Fairway
31 ydswide at 217

In play

  • 2 bunkers front-left of the green
  • Bunker right of the green

Playing notes

  • Dogleg right at about 256 yards.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 217.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.

Hole 3 · Par 5

Lay-up zone

530 (Black) · 519 (Gold) · 506 (Green) · 439 (White) · 403 (Blue) yards · Handicap 4

Green · Black tee
517 · 530 · 543front · middle · back
Green size
26 × 26yards deep × wide
Fairway
21 ydswide at 233

In play

  • Bunker left: 217 to reach, 231 to carry
  • Bunker left: 334 to reach, 349 to carry
  • Bunker front of the green

Playing notes

  • Fairway bunkers on the left: 217 to reach, 231 to carry. Drives that finish short of 217 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 21 yards wide at 233.
  • Best lay-up: 70 to 160 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 24 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 35 · Par 56 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4

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

  • 46 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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