Orchard Hill Country Club
Buchanan, Michigan · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Opened 1915.
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 730 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 17, where the green sits 52 ft above the tee and plays about 17 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 5, where the green sits 55 ft below the tee and plays about 18 yards shorter.
- 16 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 | 12 | 362 | 352 | 289 | 279 |
| 2 | 4 | 10 | 352 | 345 | 220 | 218 |
| 3 | 4 | 8 | 422 | 412 | 318 | 311 |
| 4 | 3 | 18 | 175 | 170 | 124 | 114 |
| 5 | 4 | 6 | 393 | 382 | 294 | 282 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 355 | 349 | 278 | 270 |
| 7 | 4 | 14 | 385 | 378 | 286 | 279 |
| 8 | 3 | 16 | 173 | 165 | 140 | 135 |
| 9 | 5 | 4 | 472 | 463 | 355 | 350 |
| 10 | 4 | 9 | 382 | 368 | 335 | 325 |
| 11 | 3 | 17 | 117 | 105 | 95 | 85 |
| 12 | 5 | 5 | 474 | 470 | 395 | 389 |
| 13 | 4 | 7 | 385 | 377 | 299 | 290 |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | 397 | 390 | 310 | 301 |
| 15 | 4 | 11 | 355 | 345 | 269 | 262 |
| 16 | 3 | 15 | 191 | 185 | 174 | 170 |
| 17 | 5 | 3 | 481 | 475 | 411 | 402 |
| 18 | 4 | 13 | 364 | 361 | 301 | 293 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6258 | 70.8 | 130 |
| White | Male | 6052 | 70 | 128 |
| Gold | Male | 5022 | 64.5 | 116 |
| Gold | Female | 5022 | 69.7 | 122 |
| Red | Female | 4809 | 68.4 | 120 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 369+20 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 351 · 362 · 372front · middle · back
- Green size
- 22 × 15yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 233
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 89 to reach, 98 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 20 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 233.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 359+22 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 338 · 352 · 364front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 220
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 22 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 220.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 404-54 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 409 · 422 · 435front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 231
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 18 yards shorter: the green sits 54 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 231.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 17 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].