The Jewel Golf Club
Lake City, Minnesota · 18 holes · par 71 · Semi-Private. Designed by Hale Irwin, opened 2005.
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 740 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 149. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 12, where the green sits 18 ft above the tee and plays about 6 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 34 ft below the tee and plays about 11 yards shorter.
- 9 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 | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 1 | 584 | 554 | 531 | 457 |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | 447 | 424 | 401 | 332 |
| 3 | 4 | 11 | 388 | 370 | 350 | 279 |
| 4 | 4 | 7 | 474 | 448 | 392 | 338 |
| 5 | 3 | 15 | 159 | 152 | 134 | 100 |
| 6 | 4 | 17 | 312 | 286 | 251 | 195 |
| 7 | 3 | 13 | 163 | 159 | 150 | 110 |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | 493 | 467 | 443 | 371 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 511 | 452 | 420 | 364 |
| 10 | 4 | 8 | 421 | 411 | 366 | 293 |
| 11 | 3 | 10 | 209 | 200 | 181 | 128 |
| 12 | 4 | 18 | 461 | 446 | 328 | 230 |
| 13 | 4 | 12 | 368 | 334 | 309 | 234 |
| 14 | 4 | 6 | 437 | 433 | 348 | 306 |
| 15 | 3 | 16 | 247 | 209 | 165 | 116 |
| 16 | 5 | 4 | 540 | 517 | 496 | 408 |
| 17 | 4 | 14 | 359 | 334 | 315 | 274 |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | 477 | 473 | 434 | 372 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7050 | 73.8 | 133 |
| Blue | Male | 6669 | 72 | 130 |
| Blue/White | Male | 6401 | 70.8 | 127 |
| White | Male | 6014 | 69 | 124 |
| White | Female | 6014 | 74.1 | 127 |
| Copper | Male | 5526 | 66.8 | 119 |
| Copper | Female | 5526 | 71.4 | 121 |
| Red | Female | 4907 | 67.9 | 114 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 585+3 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 571 · 584 · 593front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 37yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 229
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the front
In play
- Water left: 85 to reach, 194 to carry
- Bunker right: 279 to reach, 320 to carry
- Bunker left: 327 to reach, 336 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 483 to reach, 510 to carry
- 2 bunkers front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 85 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 85 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 229 and narrows to 29 at 219.
- Best lay-up: 130 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 45 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 to front, about 1%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 446-3 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 428 · 447 · 457front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 31yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 231
In play
- Bunker left: 226 to reach, 236 to carry
- Bunker right: 230 to reach, 265 to carry
- Bunker left: 280 to reach, 289 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 306 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 226 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 226 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 231.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 382-18 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 376 · 388 · 397front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 36yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 40 ydswide at 233
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 229 to reach, 251 to carry
- Bunker right: 274 to reach, 291 to carry
- 2 bunkers front-right of the green
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 379 to carry
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards shorter: the green sits 18 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 274 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 229 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 229 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 40 yards wide at 233.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · 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
- 40 hazards with reach and carry
- 10 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].