Spring Meadows Country Club
Linden, Michigan · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Packard and Wadsworth, opened 1959.
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 890 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 18, where the green sits 19 ft above the tee and plays about 6 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 6 holes and on the left on 2: 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
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Male | 6923 | 73.6 | 139 |
| Back | Male | 6663 | 72.2 | 131 |
| Middle | Male | 6361 | 70.7 | 128 |
| Forward | Female | 5973 | 74.9 | 128 |
| Forward | Male | 5973 | 69.7 | 121 |
| Front | Male | 5289 | 71.7 | 119 |
| Senior | Female | 4413 | 65.7 | 113 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 409-16 ft
- Green
- 400 · 414 · 429front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 16 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 299 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 230.
- 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.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 511-14 ft
- Green
- 498 · 516 · 532front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 27 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water right: 365 to reach, 497 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 14 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 292 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 230.
- Best lay-up: 80 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 24 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers 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 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 460+18 ft
- Green
- 439 · 454 · 468front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 33yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 24 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards longer: the green sits 18 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 24 yards wide at 230.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 40 hazards with reach and carry
- 12 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].