Whittaker Woods Golf Club
New Buffalo, Michigan · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr., Robert Trent Jones, Sr., Roger Rulewich, Arthur Hills, opened 1996.
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 650 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 11, where the green sits 7 ft above the tee and plays about 2 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 18, where the green sits 26 ft below the tee and plays about 9 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Black | Green | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 424 | 400 | 367 | 299 |
| 2 | 5 | 9 | 515 | 486 | 459 | 400 |
| 3 | 4 | 11 | 383 | 358 | 327 | 241 |
| 4 | 3 | 15 | 179 | 150 | 129 | 103 |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 538 | 529 | 492 | 373 |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | 453 | 426 | 377 | 338 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 472 | 450 | 411 | 336 |
| 8 | 3 | 17 | 168 | 151 | 131 | 99 |
| 9 | 4 | 13 | 388 | 370 | 332 | 251 |
| 10 | 5 | 14 | 494 | 474 | 463 | 385 |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | 455 | 423 | 400 | 338 |
| 12 | 3 | 8 | 198 | 182 | 153 | 114 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | 417 | 382 | 350 | 293 |
| 14 | 4 | 18 | 348 | 309 | 282 | 194 |
| 15 | 3 | 10 | 233 | 193 | 158 | 127 |
| 16 | 5 | 12 | 536 | 527 | 519 | 426 |
| 17 | 4 | 6 | 397 | 377 | 335 | 279 |
| 18 | 4 | 16 | 412 | 375 | 340 | 277 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7072 | 74.3 | 144 |
| Green | Male | 6624 | 71.9 | 138 |
| White | Male | 6024 | 68.8 | 127 |
| Red | Female | 4905 | 68.6 | 121 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 424-1 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 409 · 424 · 436front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 43 ydswide at 258
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water left: 192 to reach, 303 to carry
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 289 yards.
- Fairway water on the left: 192 to reach, 303 to carry. Drives that finish short of 192 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 43 yards wide at 258 and narrows to 35 at 298.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- 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 5
- Plays like
- 515+1 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 498 · 515 · 530front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 33yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the back-right
In play
- Water right: 335 to reach, 396 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 438 to reach, 458 to carry
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from front-left to back-right, about 1%. Finish on the back-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
- 383+1 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 373 · 383 · 399front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 248
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the left
In play
- Water right: 315 to reach, 368 to carry
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 261 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 248.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from right to left, about 1%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 517 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 32 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].