Les Bolstad Golf Course
Falcon Heights, Minnesota · 18 holes · par 71 · Public. Opened 1929.
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 980 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 4, where the green sits 43 ft above the tee and plays about 14 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 3, where the green sits 42 ft below the tee and plays about 14 yards shorter.
- 13 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 | White | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 363 | 345 |
| 2 | 3 | 10 | 175 | 140 |
| 3 | 4 | 6 | 370 | 352 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 355 | 340 |
| 5 | 3 | 16 | 159 | 135 |
| 6 | 4 | 18 | 306 | 294 |
| 7 | 5 | 12 | 464 | 450 |
| 8 | 3 | 8 | 185 | 178 |
| 9 | 5 | 14 | 472 | 444 |
| 10 | 4 | 11 | 339 | 281 |
| 11 | 4 | 13 | 347 | 268 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | 411 | 351 |
| 13 | 5 | 9 | 525 | 430 |
| 14 | 4 | 17 | 280 | 268 |
| 15 | 4 | 3 | 390 | 305 |
| 16 | 4 | 5 | 374 | 314 |
| 17 | 3 | 15 | 135 | 120 |
| 18 | 4 | 7 | 409 | 396 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maroon | Female | 6259 | 76.6 | 132 |
| Maroon | Male | 6259 | 70.5 | 126 |
| White | Male | 6059 | 69.7 | 124 |
| White | Female | 6059 | 75.7 | 131 |
| Gold | Female | 5411 | 72.2 | 123 |
| Gold | Male | 5411 | 66.7 | 114 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 365+5 ft
- Green · White tee
- 351 · 363 · 374front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 27 ydswide at 228
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-left
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 233 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 228.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 171-13 ft
- Green · White tee
- 163 · 175 · 187front · middle · back
- Green size
- 23 × 23yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the left
In play
- Water right: 55 to reach, 81 to carry
- Water across the hole: 68 to reach, 81 to carry
- Water left: 138 to reach, 164 to carry
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 13 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 68 to reach, 81 to carry.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from right to left, about 1.5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 356-42 ft
- Green · White tee
- 356 · 370 · 382front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 38 ydswide at 220
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water left: 316 to reach, 347 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 14 yards shorter: the green sits 42 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 211 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 38 yards wide at 220 and narrows to 32 at 270.
- 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.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 21 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 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].