The Dream GC
West Branch, Michigan · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Jeff Gorney, opened 1997.
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 1,360 ft the ball carries about 2% 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 16, where the green sits 43 ft above the tee and plays about 14 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 63 ft below the tee and plays about 21 yards shorter.
- 16 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 | 6996 | 73.7 | 135 |
| middle | Male | 6342 | 70.6 | 124 |
| other | Male | 5769 | 67.4 | 119 |
| forward | Male | 5118 | 68.6 | 117 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 493-63 ft
- Green
- 497 · 514 · 530front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 40 ydswide at 230
In play
- Bunker left: 279 to reach, 293 to carry
- Bunker left: 425 to reach, 452 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 488 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 21 yards shorter: the green sits 63 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 279 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 279 to reach, 293 to carry. Drives that finish short of 279 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 40 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 22 at 280.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 23 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 418+43 ft
- Green
- 388 · 404 · 423front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 31yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker right: 249 to reach, 274 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 380 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 14 yards longer: the green sits 43 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 249 to reach, 274 to carry. Drives that finish short of 249 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 20 at 260.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 4%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 440-16 ft
- Green
- 432 · 445 · 460front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 425 to carry
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 16 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 23 at 200.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 35 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].