The Kingsley Club
Paradise Township, Michigan · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by Mike DeVries, opened 2001.
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 1,020 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 15, where the green sits 21 ft above the tee and plays about 7 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 12, where the green sits 76 ft below the tee and plays about 25 yards shorter.
- 18 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 | Gold | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 602 | 568 | 542 | 480 |
| 2 | 3 | 6 | 161 | 140 | 115 | 73 |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 426 | 412 | 374 | 287 |
| 4 | 4 | 18 | 470 | 385 | 376 | 281 |
| 5 | 3 | 12 | 222 | 191 | 178 | 140 |
| 6 | 4 | 14 | 396 | 373 | 306 | 270 |
| 7 | 5 | 8 | 569 | 512 | 490 | 447 |
| 8 | 4 | 16 | 360 | 349 | 321 | 251 |
| 9 | 3 | 10 | 165 | 148 | 115 | 106 |
| 10 | 4 | 11 | 446 | 393 | 364 | 300 |
| 11 | 3 | 13 | 180 | 141 | 121 | 114 |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | 455 | 425 | 335 | 335 |
| 13 | 4 | 17 | 292 | 271 | 246 | 246 |
| 14 | 5 | 7 | 605 | 510 | 466 | 445 |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | 465 | 421 | 408 | 370 |
| 16 | 3 | 9 | 225 | 175 | 154 | 138 |
| 17 | 5 | 15 | 544 | 509 | 484 | 412 |
| 18 | 4 | 5 | 422 | 386 | 360 | 292 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 6956 | 73.2 | 141 |
| Member | Male | 6480 | 70.8 | 133 |
| Blue | Male | 6309 | 70.1 | 132 |
| White | Male | 5755 | 67.7 | 127 |
| Red | Female | 4987 | 69.5 | 129 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 599-8 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 581 · 602 · 622front · middle · back
- Green size
- 42 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 104 ydswide at 271
- Green slope
- 6.5%falls to the front
In play
- 3 bunkers right: 214 to reach, 246 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 258 to reach, 265 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 8 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 214 to reach, 246 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 104 yards wide at 271 and narrows to 38 at 321.
- Best lay-up: 100 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 25 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back to front, about 6.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 42 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 161+1 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 137 · 161 · 174front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 22yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 111 to reach, 116 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- 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-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right 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
- 425-3 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 417 · 426 · 446front · middle · back
- Green size
- 48 × 48yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 58 ydswide at 251
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 259 to reach, 268 to carry
- Bunker right: 267 to reach, 292 to carry
- Bunker right: 339 to reach, 355 to carry
- 2 bunkers right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 319 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 267 to reach, 292 to carry. Drives that finish short of 267 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 58 yards wide at 251 and narrows to 53 at 221.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 48 yards deep: a back pin can play about 4 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 73 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].