Southern Hills Golf Course
Farmington, Minnesota · 18 holes · par 71 · Public. Designed by Joel Goldstrand, opened 1991.
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 960 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 10, where the green sits 44 ft above the tee and plays about 15 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 9, where the green sits 50 ft below the tee and plays about 17 yards shorter.
- 17 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 | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 7 | 490 | 475 | 412 |
| 2 | 3 | 9 | 180 | 153 | 132 |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 312 | 301 | 226 |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | 162 | 147 | 135 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 354 | 328 | 281 |
| 6 | 4 | 11 | 411 | 380 | 283 |
| 7 | 4 | 13 | 363 | 351 | 310 |
| 8 | 3 | 15 | 185 | 169 | 121 |
| 9 | 5 | 17 | 475 | 462 | 413 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 397 | 345 | 277 |
| 11 | 3 | 4 | 149 | 137 | 115 |
| 12 | 5 | 6 | 529 | 521 | 426 |
| 13 | 4 | 8 | 335 | 326 | 258 |
| 14 | 4 | 18 | 379 | 360 | 301 |
| 15 | 3 | 14 | 139 | 122 | 108 |
| 16 | 4 | 16 | 374 | 352 | 274 |
| 17 | 4 | 10 | 352 | 341 | 258 |
| 18 | 5 | 12 | 492 | 481 | 404 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6343 | 71.6 | 140 |
| White | Female | 6079 | 76 | 139 |
| White | Male | 6079 | 70.4 | 138 |
| Red | Female | 4970 | 69.8 | 126 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 493+8 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 485 · 490 · 501front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 34yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 39 ydswide at 234
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water right: 14 to reach, 99 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 467 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 8 ft above the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 416 to reach, 467 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 234 and narrows to 30 at 284.
- Best lay-up: 100 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 27 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers and water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 179-3 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 166 · 180 · 196front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 29yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water back-right of the green
Playing notes
- The green is guarded on the right by water; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 310-6 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 305 · 312 · 319front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 34yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 37 ydswide at 193
- Green slope
- 6%falls to the left
In play
- Water left: 46 to reach, 86 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 6 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 210 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 37 yards wide at 193 and narrows to 26 at 231.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from right to left, about 6%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 41 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].