Pine View Highlands
Houghton Lake, Michigan · 18 holes · par 71 · Public. Designed by Jay John Gorney, opened 1934.
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 1,220 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 148. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 1, where the green sits 37 ft above the tee and plays about 12 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 9, where the green sits 44 ft below the tee and plays about 15 yards shorter.
- 13 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 | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 400 | 390 | 370 |
| 2 | 4 | 11 | 355 | 330 | 300 |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | 520 | 475 | 430 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 225 | 180 | 155 |
| 5 | 4 | 7 | 365 | 345 | 290 |
| 6 | 4 | 9 | 306 | 273 | 253 |
| 7 | 3 | 13 | 165 | 155 | 140 |
| 8 | 4 | 15 | 315 | 310 | 285 |
| 9 | 5 | 17 | 475 | 435 | 390 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 365 | 345 | 310 |
| 11 | 5 | 18 | 481 | 447 | 320 |
| 12 | 4 | 4 | 335 | 306 | 260 |
| 13 | 4 | 8 | 365 | 350 | 210 |
| 14 | 3 | 12 | 178 | 130 | 110 |
| 15 | 4 | 10 | 325 | 300 | 214 |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | 330 | 291 | 230 |
| 17 | 3 | 16 | 145 | 110 | 80 |
| 18 | 4 | 14 | 333 | 303 | 225 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6093 | 67.9 | 122 |
| White | Male | 5475 | 64.9 | 112 |
| Red | Female | 4572 | 65.1 | 107 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 412+37 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 388 · 400 · 412front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 19yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 260
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the front
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Plays about 12 yards longer: the green sits 37 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 260 and narrows to 19 at 231.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back to front, about 5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 363+25 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 345 · 355 · 368front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 20yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 243
In play
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards longer: the green sits 25 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 243.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 523+8 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 506 · 520 · 534front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 30yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 31 ydswide at 326
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 8 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 326.
- 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 left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 19 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].