Thousand Oaks Golf Club
Grand Rapids, Michigan · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Rees Jones, opened 1999.
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 700 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 9, where the green sits 66 ft above the tee and plays about 22 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 88 ft below the tee and plays about 29 yards shorter.
- 17 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 | Black | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 13 | 405 | 389 | 374 | 354 | 303 |
| 2 | 4 | 7 | 419 | 393 | 381 | 287 | 282 |
| 3 | 3 | 15 | 215 | 192 | 164 | 139 | 133 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 439 | 420 | 400 | 394 | 349 |
| 5 | 5 | 9 | 536 | 503 | 492 | 456 | 341 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 469 | 452 | 431 | 385 | 341 |
| 7 | 3 | 17 | 158 | 154 | 138 | 126 | 109 |
| 8 | 4 | 11 | 371 | 341 | 326 | 294 | 260 |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | 527 | 512 | 496 | 415 | 409 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | 634 | 594 | 544 | 499 | 470 |
| 11 | 4 | 16 | 426 | 373 | 339 | 331 | 313 |
| 12 | 5 | 14 | 489 | 468 | 449 | 441 | 412 |
| 13 | 4 | 10 | 387 | 367 | 330 | 325 | 299 |
| 14 | 4 | 8 | 368 | 350 | 335 | 335 | 251 |
| 15 | 3 | 18 | 179 | 147 | 132 | 127 | 107 |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | 400 | 375 | 325 | 318 | 286 |
| 17 | 3 | 12 | 204 | 189 | 167 | 146 | 141 |
| 18 | 4 | 4 | 449 | 422 | 389 | 377 | 338 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7128 | 74.6 | 144 |
| Blue | Male | 6677 | 72.3 | 139 |
| White | Female | 6137 | 75.4 | 137 |
| White | Male | 6137 | 70 | 136 |
| Gold | Male | 5742 | 68.1 | 119 |
| Red | Male | 5328 | 69.4 | 123 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 376-88 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 388 · 405 · 420front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 20yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 36 ydswide at 239
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 233 to reach, 258 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 29 yards shorter: the green sits 88 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 228 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 233 to reach, 258 to carry. Drives that finish short of 233 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 239 and narrows to 27 at 289.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 404-45 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 406 · 419 · 431front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 30yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 41 ydswide at 237
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 226 to reach, 265 to carry
- Bunker right: 301 to reach, 312 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 15 yards shorter: the green sits 45 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 226 to reach, 265 to carry. Drives that finish short of 226 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 41 yards wide at 237 and narrows to 17 at 287.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 209-18 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 201 · 215 · 229front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 24yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards shorter: the green sits 18 ft below the tee.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 50 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 green slope reads
- 4 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].