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Shepherd's Hollow

Clarkson, Michigan · 9 holes · par 36 · Public. Designed by Arthur Hills, opened 2000.

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

Altitude1,080 ftCarries about 1% farther
Bunkers87
Holes with water0 of 9
Average fairway width33 yds
Typical green6,200 sq ft
Sloped greens9 of 9Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 1,080 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 3, where the green sits 33 ft above the tee and plays about 11 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 53 ft below the tee and plays about 18 yards shorter.
  • Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 5 holes and on the left on 2: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
  • 9 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

HoleParHcpBlackGoldBlueWhiteGreen
145482460411378319
2317188172169158127
3413345334308291234
451567547536505427
5411417392383352272
643469432425397274
757498491471437361
8315209188180162109
949410382351324319

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlackMale3585
GoldMale3398
BlueMale3234
WhiteMale3004
GreenMale2442

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

482 (Black) · 460 (Gold) · 411 (Blue) · 378 (White) · 319 (Green) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like
464-53 ft
Green · Black tee
466 · 482 · 501front · middle · back
Green size
38 × 33yards deep × wide
Fairway
42 ydswide at 243
Green slope
3.5%falls to the left

In play

  • Bunker right: 212 to reach, 259 to carry
  • Bunker left: 278 to reach, 294 to carry
  • Bunker left: 311 to reach, 322 to carry
  • Bunker right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 18 yards shorter: the green sits 53 ft below the tee.
  • Dogleg right at about 245 yards.
  • Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 212 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 212 keeps them out of play.
  • The fairway is about 42 yards wide at 243 and narrows to 27 at 213.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
  • The green falls from right to left, about 3.5%. Finish on the left 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 3

Green falls this way

188 (Black) · 172 (Gold) · 169 (Blue) · 158 (White) · 127 (Green) yards · Handicap 17

Plays like
172-48 ft
Green · Black tee
172 · 188 · 203front · middle · back
Green size
34 × 30yards deep × wide
Green slope
2.5%falls to the left

In play

  • Bunker across the hole: 125 to reach, 136 to carry

Playing notes

  • Plays about 16 yards shorter: the green sits 48 ft below the tee.
  • No hazards mapped around the green.
  • The green falls from right to left, about 2.5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 4

Green falls this way

345 (Black) · 334 (Gold) · 308 (Blue) · 291 (White) · 234 (Green) yards · Handicap 13

Plays like
356+33 ft
Green · Black tee
332 · 345 · 358front · middle · back
Green size
27 × 23yards deep × wide
Fairway
17 ydswide at 222
Green slope
5.5%falls to the front-right

In play

  • Bunker right: 155 to reach, 171 to carry
  • Bunker right: 214 to reach, 235 to carry
  • 4 bunkers right: 258 to reach, 291 to carry
  • Bunker left: 302 to reach, 312 to carry
  • Bunker front of the green
  • Bunker front-left of the green
  • Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 11 yards longer: the green sits 33 ft above the tee.
  • Dogleg right at about 242 yards.
  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 214 to reach, 291 to carry. Drives that finish short of 214 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 17 yards wide at 222.
  • 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 5.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 9

4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 4

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

  • 6 plays-like yardages
  • 22 hazards with reach and carry
  • 6 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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