Courses · Michigan

Rattle Run Golf Course

China Township, Michigan · 18 holes · par 73 · Public. Designed by Lou Powers, opened 1977.

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 630 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 6, where the green sits 22 ft above the tee and plays about 7 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 16 ft below the tee and plays about 5 yards shorter.
• Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 10 holes and on the left on 4: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
• 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

Tees

Hole 1 · Par 5

495 (Black) · 481 (Blue) · 449 (White) · 382 (Red) yards · Handicap 15

Plays like

490-16 ft

Green · Black tee

481 · 495 · 509front · middle · back

Green size

31 × 27yards deep × wide

Fairway

23 ydswide at 227

Green slope

2.5%falls to the front-left

In play

• Water left: 75 to reach, 89 to carry
• Water across the hole: 101 to reach, 105 to carry
• Water right: 113 to reach, 583 to carry
• Bunker right: 245 to reach, 254 to carry
• Bunker left: 256 to reach, 266 to carry
• Water across the hole in front of the green: 466 to carry
• Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 477 to carry
• Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 16 ft below the tee.
• Water crosses the hole: 101 to reach, 105 to carry.
• Water crosses the hole: 447 to reach, 466 to carry.
• Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 117 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 117 keeps them out of play.
• The fairway is about 23 yards wide at 227 and narrows to 17 at 197.
• Best lay-up: 70 to 140 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 21 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

397 (Black) · 375 (Blue) · 361 (White) · 275 (Red) yards · Handicap 9

Plays like

392-14 ft

Green · Black tee

380 · 397 · 413front · middle · back

Green size

34 × 18yards deep × wide

Fairway

25 ydswide at 229

Green slope

2.5%falls to the front

In play

• Water left: 47 to reach, 75 to carry
• Water across the hole: 76 to reach, 83 to carry
• Bunker right: 204 to reach, 225 to carry
• Bunker left: 222 to reach, 231 to carry
• Bunker right: 255 to reach, 266 to carry
• Water left: 291 to reach, 321 to carry
• Water across the hole in front of the green: 303 to carry
• Bunker front-right of the green
• Bunker front-left of the green
• Bunker right of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 14 ft below the tee.
• Water crosses the hole: 76 to reach, 83 to carry.
• Water crosses the hole: 289 to reach, 303 to carry.
• Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 204 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 204 keeps them out of play.
• The fairway is about 25 yards wide at 229 and narrows to 10 at 269.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
• The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 5

520 (Black) · 495 (Blue) · 422 (White) · 288 (Red) yards · Handicap 1

Plays like

521+2 ft

Green · Black tee

508 · 520 · 532front · middle · back

Green size

25 × 27yards deep × wide

Fairway

20 ydswide at 226

Green slope

2%falls to the front

In play

• Water left: 98 to reach, 135 to carry
• Water right: 125 to reach, 171 to carry
• Bunker right: 371 to reach, 386 to carry
• Water right: 380 to reach, 397 to carry
• Water across the hole: 412 to reach, 418 to carry
• Bunker front-left of the green
• Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

• Water crosses the hole: 412 to reach, 418 to carry.
• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 20 yards wide at 226 and narrows to 11 at 216.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 4

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

• 15 plays-like yardages
• 60 hazards with reach and carry
• 12 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].

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