Purple Hawk Country Club
Cambridge, Minnesota · 18 holes · par 72 · Semi-Private. Opened 1969.
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 940 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 14, where the green sits 23 ft above the tee and plays about 8 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 18, where the green sits 23 ft below the tee and plays about 8 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 5 holes and on the right on 1: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
- 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 375 | 356 | 333 | 315 |
| 2 | 3 | 17 | 154 | 146 | 137 | 135 |
| 3 | 5 | 15 | 528 | 507 | 427 | 412 |
| 4 | 4 | 7 | 350 | 333 | 255 | 215 |
| 5 | 4 | 9 | 366 | 330 | 315 | 300 |
| 6 | 3 | 13 | 189 | 176 | 168 | 163 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 435 | 401 | 300 | 296 |
| 8 | 4 | 11 | 384 | 364 | 334 | 331 |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | 522 | 494 | 462 | 390 |
| 10 | 4 | 8 | 382 | 361 | 342 | 339 |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | 400 | 383 | 300 | 299 |
| 12 | 4 | 16 | 373 | 360 | 320 | 316 |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | 224 | 211 | 144 | 139 |
| 14 | 5 | 14 | 512 | 500 | 410 | 406 |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | 423 | 408 | 305 | 301 |
| 16 | 3 | 18 | 160 | 147 | 138 | 134 |
| 17 | 4 | 10 | 393 | 382 | 348 | 334 |
| 18 | 5 | 12 | 541 | 526 | 470 | 470 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6711 | 72.4 | 135 |
| White | Male | 6385 | 70.7 | 131 |
| White | Female | 6385 | 76.8 | 135 |
| Gold | Female | 5759 | 73.1 | 127 |
| Gold | Male | 5759 | 69.3 | 128 |
| Red | Female | 5390 | 71.2 | 124 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 370-16 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 360 · 375 · 389front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 47 ydswide at 231
- Green slope
- 5.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 328 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 16 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 312 to reach, 328 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 47 yards wide at 231 and narrows to 34 at 281.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 5.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 151-8 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 139 · 154 · 166front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 27yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 84 to carry
- 2 bunkers left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 8 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 68 to reach, 84 to carry.
- 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.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 527-2 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 517 · 528 · 541front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 20yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 242
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 220 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 242.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 24 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- 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 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 515 · 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
- 35 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].