Bluff Creek Golf Course
Chanhassen, Minnesota · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Opened 1968.
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 930 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 13, where the green sits 17 ft above the tee and plays about 6 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 12, where the green sits 28 ft below the tee and plays about 9 yards shorter.
- 12 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 | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 6 | 548 | 528 | 460 | |
| 2 | 4 | 12 | 392 | 385 | 315 | |
| 3 | 3 | 16 | 195 | 179 | 150 | |
| 4 | 4 | 8 | 430 | 401 | 305 | |
| 5 | 3 | 18 | 166 | 158 | 129 | |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | 409 | 401 | 352 | |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | 439 | 412 | 350 | |
| 8 | 5 | 14 | 483 | 474 | 384 | |
| 9 | 4 | 10 | 393 | 380 | 338 | |
| 10 | 5 | 5 | 493 | 480 | 382 | |
| 11 | 3 | 15 | 173 | 168 | 125 | |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | 368 | 357 | 318 | |
| 13 | 3 | 17 | 160 | 140 | 116 | |
| 14 | 5 | 3 | 530 | 509 | 409 | |
| 15 | 4 | 7 | 428 | 402 | 328 | |
| 16 | 5 | 9 | 480 | 473 | 428 | |
| 17 | 3 | 13 | 199 | 192 | 145 | |
| 18 | 4 | 11 | 365 | 358 | 303 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6641 | 72 | 126 |
| White | Male | 6412 | 70.9 | 124 |
| Gold | Male | 6065 | 69.3 | 120 |
| Red | Female | 5366 | 70.8 | 124 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 541-22 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 532 · 548 · 564front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 26 ydswide at 258
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-left
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards shorter: the green sits 22 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 202 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 26 yards wide at 258.
- 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.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 395+9 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 373 · 392 · 409front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 25 ydswide at 240
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 9 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 241 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 25 yards wide at 240.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- 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.
- The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 194-2 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 180 · 195 · 210front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 28yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 107 to reach, 126 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- 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 59 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 515 · 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
- 28 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 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].