Dacotah Ridge Golf Club
Morton, Minnesota · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Rees Jones, opened 2000.
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 970 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 2, where the green sits 32 ft above the tee and plays about 11 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 9, where the green sits 29 ft below the tee and plays about 10 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament | Male | 7109 | 74.8 | 145 |
| Championship | Male | 6642 | 72.6 | 142 |
| Regular | Male | 6217 | 70.7 | 138 |
| Regular | Female | 6217 | 76.4 | 142 |
| Intermediate | Male | 5668 | 68.2 | 133 |
| Intermediate | Female | 5668 | 73.3 | 137 |
| Forward | Female | 5055 | 69.9 | 129 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 322-8 ft
- Green
- 308 · 325 · 341front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 29yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 6%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 179 to reach, 226 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 8 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 231 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 179 to reach, 226 to carry. Drives that finish short of 179 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 6%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 381+32 ft
- Green
- 351 · 370 · 387front · middle · back
- Green size
- 38 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 27 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- 3 bunkers right: 128 to reach, 179 to carry
- Bunker right: 212 to reach, 238 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 11 yards longer: the green sits 32 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 212 to reach, 238 to carry. Drives that finish short of 212 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 230.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 38 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 519+19 ft
- Green
- 492 · 513 · 534front · middle · back
- Green size
- 43 × 31yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 208 to reach, 242 to carry
- Bunker left: 417 to reach, 451 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards longer: the green sits 19 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 208 to reach, 242 to carry. Drives that finish short of 208 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 230.
- Best lay-up: 100 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 36 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-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 43 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 43 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].