Saint Clair Shores Golf Club
Saint Clair Shores, Michigan · 18 holes · par 70 · Municipal. Designed by W. Bruce Matthews and Jerry Matthews, opened 1975.
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 590 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.
- 17 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 | Black | Blue | White | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 360 | 345 | 330 | 309 |
| 2 | 4 | 16 | 322 | 314 | 287 | 274 |
| 3 | 4 | 6 | 330 | 320 | 309 | 292 |
| 4 | 4 | 10 | 344 | 335 | 312 | 300 |
| 5 | 3 | 14 | 179 | 154 | 122 | 116 |
| 6 | 4 | 12 | 351 | 339 | 328 | 316 |
| 7 | 3 | 8 | 185 | 171 | 157 | 132 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | 524 | 480 | 463 | 439 |
| 9 | 4 | 18 | 326 | 313 | 299 | 268 |
| 10 | 4 | 11 | 365 | 346 | 327 | 291 |
| 11 | 4 | 3 | 385 | 367 | 353 | 320 |
| 12 | 3 | 15 | 160 | 138 | 123 | 110 |
| 13 | 5 | 13 | 484 | 443 | 427 | 404 |
| 14 | 3 | 7 | 168 | 156 | 136 | 122 |
| 15 | 4 | 5 | 339 | 303 | 278 | 247 |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | 419 | 378 | 367 | 311 |
| 17 | 4 | 17 | 307 | 298 | 289 | 278 |
| 18 | 4 | 9 | 358 | 343 | 328 | 301 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6015 | 68.3 | 123 |
| Blue | Male | 5676 | 66.9 | 115 |
| White | Male | 5316 | 65.4 | 112 |
| White | Female | 5316 | 71.5 | 120 |
| Green | Female | 4848 | 67.6 | 116 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 360+1 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 348 · 360 · 372front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 22 ydswide at 222
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 22 yards wide at 222.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 323+2 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 308 · 322 · 335front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 30yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 17 ydswide at 201
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 192 to reach, 207 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 304 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 192 to reach, 207 to carry. Drives that finish short of 192 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 17 yards wide at 201.
- 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 2.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 331+2 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 313 · 330 · 345front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 22yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 25 ydswide at 202
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 225 to reach, 265 to carry
- Bunker left: 227 to reach, 243 to carry
- Water right: 281 to reach, 291 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 301 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 234 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 293 to reach, 301 to carry.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 225 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 225 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 25 yards wide at 202.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- 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.
- The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 514 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 55 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 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].