Somerby Golf Club
Byron, Minnesota · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Tom Lehman & John Fought, opened 2004.
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 1,130 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 11, where the green sits 31 ft above the tee and plays about 10 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 41 ft below the tee and plays about 14 yards shorter.
- 11 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 | Gold | White |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 17 | 565 | 432 |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 374 | 302 |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 417 | 338 |
| 4 | 5 | 15 | 610 | 486 |
| 5 | 3 | 9 | 210 | 169 |
| 6 | 4 | 11 | 433 | 347 |
| 7 | 4 | 7 | 398 | 311 |
| 8 | 3 | 13 | 186 | 130 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 480 | 396 |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | 406 | 321 |
| 11 | 5 | 12 | 542 | 447 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | 484 | 378 |
| 13 | 3 | 8 | 191 | 160 |
| 14 | 4 | 14 | 402 | 321 |
| 15 | 4 | 18 | 317 | 250 |
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 454 | 357 |
| 17 | 3 | 16 | 150 | 120 |
| 18 | 5 | 10 | 590 | 474 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 7209 | 74.7 | 140 |
| Silver | Male | 6728 | 72.6 | 136 |
| Combo | Male | 6304 | 71.5 | 135 |
| Bronze | Male | 6205 | 70.2 | 131 |
| White | Male | 5739 | 68.1 | 127 |
| White | Female | 5739 | 72.9 | 134 |
| Royal | Female | 5160 | 69.7 | 127 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 558-20 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 546 · 565 · 583front · middle · back
- Green size
- 41 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 56 ydswide at 228
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 237 to reach, 254 to carry
- Bunker right: 279 to reach, 295 to carry
- Water left: 293 to reach, 310 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 408 to reach, 449 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 505 to reach, 530 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards shorter: the green sits 20 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 90 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 237 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 237 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 56 yards wide at 228 and narrows to 36 at 198.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 100 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 36 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- 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.
- The green is 41 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 377+9 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 355 · 374 · 395front · middle · back
- Green size
- 42 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 49 ydswide at 237
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-left
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 208 to reach, 237 to carry
- 2 bunkers front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 9 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 208 to reach, 237 to carry. Drives that finish short of 208 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 49 yards wide at 237 and narrows to 35 at 287.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 42 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 415-6 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 401 · 417 · 435front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 30yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 36 ydswide at 227
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 335 to reach, 338 to carry
- Bunker right: 364 to reach, 374 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 6 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 227.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- 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 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 14 plays-like yardages
- 68 hazards with reach and carry
- 11 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].