Mesaba Country Club
Hibbing, Minnesota · 18 holes · par 72 · Semi-Private. Opened 1921.
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 1,430 ft the ball carries about 2% 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 36 ft above the tee and plays about 12 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 20 ft below the tee and plays about 7 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 3 holes and on the right on 1: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
- 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 | 15 | 492 | 486 | 480 | 465 |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 425 | 412 | 382 | 306 |
| 3 | 4 | 11 | 369 | 359 | 342 | 243 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 429 | 429 | 365 | 310 |
| 5 | 4 | 7 | 434 | 419 | 306 | 306 |
| 6 | 4 | 9 | 371 | 359 | 350 | 295 |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | 230 | 220 | 145 | 145 |
| 8 | 3 | 17 | 167 | 157 | 147 | 133 |
| 9 | 5 | 13 | 486 | 480 | 397 | 397 |
| 10 | 4 | 16 | 371 | 367 | 353 | 353 |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | 211 | 205 | 153 | 95 |
| 12 | 5 | 4 | 555 | 549 | 500 | 448 |
| 13 | 4 | 10 | 400 | 360 | 354 | 286 |
| 14 | 4 | 8 | 410 | 396 | 328 | 293 |
| 15 | 3 | 18 | 159 | 144 | 132 | 119 |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | 557 | 542 | 485 | 408 |
| 17 | 4 | 12 | 362 | 345 | 335 | 327 |
| 18 | 4 | 14 | 343 | 336 | 245 | 245 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6792 | 72.6 | 129 |
| White | Male | 6573 | 71.6 | 126 |
| Gold | Male | 6054 | 69.3 | 122 |
| Red | Female | 5406 | 71.1 | 120 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 487-16 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 475 · 492 · 506front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 50 ydswide at 233
- Green slope
- 5.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 16 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 208 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 50 yards wide at 233 and narrows to 20 at 273.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 31 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 5.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 433+24 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 407 · 425 · 441front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 224
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water across the hole: 110 to reach, 127 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards longer: the green sits 24 ft above the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 110 to reach, 127 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 224.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- 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.
- 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
- 363-19 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 354 · 369 · 382front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 31 ydswide at 231
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Water across the hole: 138 to reach, 164 to carry
- Water right: 328 to reach, 354 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards shorter: the green sits 19 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 239 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 138 to reach, 164 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 231 and narrows to 25 at 275.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 513 · 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
- 25 hazards with reach and carry
- 11 green slope reads
- 2 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].