Mendakota Country Club
Mendota Heights, Minnesota · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Craig Schreiner, opened 1925.
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 890 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 18, where the green sits 28 ft above the tee and plays about 9 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 12, where the green sits 29 ft below the tee and plays about 10 yards shorter.
- 15 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 | Gold | White | Blue | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 17 | 540 | 469 | 490 | 515 | 460 |
| 2 | 3 | 7 | 161 | 100 | 139 | 147 | 90 |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 399 | 341 | 361 | 386 | 341 |
| 4 | 3 | 9 | 177 | 143 | 160 | 170 | 137 |
| 5 | 5 | 11 | 541 | 469 | 524 | 533 | 426 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 433 | 379 | 393 | 418 | 379 |
| 7 | 3 | 15 | 179 | 124 | 141 | 159 | 96 |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | 456 | 364 | 393 | 407 | 364 |
| 9 | 5 | 13 | 574 | 450 | 497 | 542 | 450 |
| 10 | 4 | 18 | 313 | 301 | 311 | 312 | 301 |
| 11 | 4 | 12 | 358 | 324 | 340 | 350 | 268 |
| 12 | 5 | 14 | 573 | 498 | 526 | 564 | 488 |
| 13 | 5 | 8 | 574 | 468 | 513 | 550 | 468 |
| 14 | 3 | 10 | 233 | 159 | 184 | 200 | 131 |
| 15 | 4 | 4 | 434 | 368 | 399 | 415 | 368 |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | 456 | 346 | 381 | 419 | 312 |
| 17 | 3 | 16 | 201 | 128 | 150 | 187 | 100 |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | 429 | 340 | 394 | 419 | 340 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7001 | 73.9 | 136 |
| Gold | Male | 6720 | 72.8 | 134 |
| White | Male | 6423 | 71.2 | 130 |
| White | Female | 6423 | 77.2 | 137 |
| Blue | Male | 5878 | 68.7 | 126 |
| Blue | Female | 5878 | 74.2 | 130 |
| Red | Female | 5537 | 72.3 | 126 |
| Gray | Female | 5216 | 70.5 | 122 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 539-3 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 529 · 540 · 552front · middle · back
- Green size
- 23 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 299
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 311 to reach, 327 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 299 and narrows to 19 at 329.
- Best lay-up: 80 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 20 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.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 162+4 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 155 · 161 · 168front · middle · back
- Green size
- 14 × 20yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- Shallow green, 14 yards deep and 20 wide: distance control matters more than line.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 391-25 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 385 · 399 · 415front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 24 ydswide at 265
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards shorter: the green sits 25 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 24 yards wide at 265.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 514 · Par 315 · 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
- 43 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].