Lac Vieux Desert Golf Course
Watersmeet, Michigan · 18 holes · par 72 · Public/Resort. Designed by Mattingly Kuehn Golf Design, Bob Lohmann, Todd Quitno.
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 1,600 ft the ball carries about 2% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 147. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 4, where the green sits 14 ft above the tee and plays about 5 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 2, where the green sits 14 ft below the tee and plays about 5 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 8 holes and on the left on 3: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 10 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 | Gold | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 351 | 347 | 337 | 289 |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 501 | 487 | 477 | 419 |
| 3 | 3 | 9 | 166 | 152 | 142 | 110 |
| 4 | 4 | 11 | 369 | 357 | 347 | 294 |
| 5 | 4 | 13 | 313 | 300 | 291 | 248 |
| 6 | 4 | 15 | 425 | 404 | 370 | 323 |
| 7 | 5 | 17 | 501 | 499 | 485 | 417 |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | 209 | 184 | 162 | 150 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 439 | 428 | 418 | 331 |
| 10 | 4 | 16 | 381 | 368 | 340 | 307 |
| 11 | 4 | 12 | 375 | 357 | 343 | 300 |
| 12 | 3 | 18 | 165 | 150 | 133 | 107 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | 533 | 522 | 460 | 430 |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | 437 | 407 | 350 | 293 |
| 15 | 5 | 6 | 519 | 493 | 474 | 410 |
| 16 | 3 | 8 | 206 | 186 | 174 | 149 |
| 17 | 4 | 14 | 334 | 322 | 275 | 265 |
| 18 | 4 | 10 | 420 | 392 | 348 | 301 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 6642 | 71.4 | 133 |
| Blue | Male | 6355 | 71.2 | 130 |
| White | Male | 5934 | 69.6 | 127 |
| White | Female | 5934 | 75.4 | 133 |
| Red | Female | 5151 | 71 | 128 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 354+10 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 333 · 351 · 369front · middle · back
- Green size
- 38 × 30yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 20 ydswide at 226
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 247 to reach, 264 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 10 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 247 to reach, 264 to carry. Drives that finish short of 247 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 20 yards wide at 226 and narrows to 15 at 255.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front 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 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 496-14 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 489 · 501 · 513front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 36 ydswide at 235
In play
- Bunker right: 244 to reach, 256 to carry
- Water back of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 14 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 244 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 244 to reach, 256 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 36 yards wide at 235 and narrows to 30 at 255.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 30 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 164-5 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 151 · 166 · 174front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 30yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the right
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 131 to carry
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 80 to reach, 131 to carry.
- The green is guarded on the left by water; miss right.
- The green falls from left to right, about 1%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 28 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 green slope reads
- 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].