Courses · Michigan

Solitude Links Golf Course & Banquet Center

West Tappan, Michigan · 18 holes · par 71 · Semi-Private. 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

• At about 670 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 13, where the green sits 6 ft above the tee and plays about 2 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 2, where the green sits 7 ft below the tee and plays about 2 yards shorter.
• Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 7 holes and on the right on 2: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
• 15 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

544 (Black) · 535 (Blue) · 515 (White) · 273 (Green) yards · Handicap 4

Plays like

544-1 ft

Green · Black tee

535 · 544 · 552front · middle · back

Green size

17 × 19yards deep × wide

Fairway

36 ydswide at 406

Green slope

3%falls to the front-right

In play

• Water across the hole: 190 to reach, 275 to carry
• Water left: 255 to reach, 414 to carry
• 2 bunkers left: 355 to reach, 386 to carry
• Bunker right: 395 to reach, 419 to carry
• Bunker back-right of the green

Playing notes

• Water crosses the hole: 190 to reach, 275 to carry.
• Water crosses the hole: 191 to reach, 274 to carry.
• Water crosses the hole: 194 to reach, 267 to carry.
• Fairway water on the left: 255 to reach, 414 to carry. Drives that finish short of 255 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 406 and narrows to 31 at 392.
• Best lay-up: 70 to 140 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 34 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
• The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
• The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

403 (Black) · 360 (Blue) · 312 (White) · 285 (Green) yards · Handicap 14

Plays like

401-7 ft

Green · Black tee

383 · 403 · 417front · middle · back

Green size

34 × 27yards deep × wide

Fairway

44 ydswide at 240

Green slope

2%falls to the front-right

In play

• Bunker right: 251 to reach, 263 to carry
• Water right of the green
• Bunker front-left of the green
• Bunker front-right of the green
• Bunker back-right of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 7 ft below the tee.
• Dogleg left at about 307 yards.
• Fairway bunkers on the right: 251 to reach, 263 to carry. Drives that finish short of 251 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 44 yards wide at 240 and narrows to 37 at 290.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 4

376 (Black) · 368 (Blue) · 320 (White) · 295 (Green) yards · Handicap 12

Plays like

376+1 ft

Green · Black tee

363 · 376 · 390front · middle · back

Green size

28 × 29yards deep × wide

Fairway

41 ydswide at 245

Green slope

3%falls to the front

In play

• Bunker left: 205 to reach, 246 to carry
• Water across the hole in front of the green: 354 to carry
• Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

• Dogleg right at about 258 yards.
• Water crosses the hole: 291 to reach, 354 to carry.
• Water crosses the hole: 295 to reach, 352 to carry.
• Fairway bunkers on the left: 205 to reach, 246 to carry. Drives that finish short of 205 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 41 yards wide at 245 and narrows to 10 at 284.
• 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 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 311 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 315 · Par 516 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 5

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

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

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