Wild Marsh Golf Club
Buffalo, Minnesota · 18 holes · par 71 · Public. Designed by Graham Marsh, opened 1995.
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 6, where the green sits 21 ft above the tee and plays about 7 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 17, where the green sits 32 ft below the tee and plays about 11 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 4 holes and on the right on 2: 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 | Black | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 9 | 379 | 367 | 360 | 325 |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | 421 | 394 | 334 | 218 |
| 3 | 4 | 13 | 351 | 324 | 296 | 255 |
| 4 | 3 | 15 | 155 | 144 | 133 | 122 |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 415 | 397 | 372 | 300 |
| 6 | 4 | 7 | 353 | 323 | 320 | 150 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | 616 | 561 | 516 | 410 |
| 8 | 3 | 17 | 150 | 134 | 123 | 94 |
| 9 | 4 | 11 | 347 | 338 | 319 | 309 |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | 416 | 400 | 380 | 348 |
| 11 | 4 | 10 | 345 | 277 | 259 | 232 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | 424 | 370 | 235 | 220 |
| 13 | 3 | 12 | 218 | 199 | 183 | 97 |
| 14 | 4 | 6 | 387 | 348 | 323 | 301 |
| 15 | 4 | 8 | 380 | 359 | 329 | 282 |
| 16 | 3 | 18 | 159 | 140 | 125 | 86 |
| 17 | 5 | 14 | 535 | 502 | 473 | 402 |
| 18 | 5 | 16 | 492 | 469 | 443 | 410 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6505 | 72 | 139 |
| Blue | Male | 6032 | 69.8 | 134 |
| Blue | Female | 6032 | 75.5 | 135 |
| White | Male | 5559 | 67.7 | 130 |
| White | Female | 5559 | 72.8 | 130 |
| Red | Female | 4551 | 67.5 | 119 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 377-5 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 367 · 379 · 390front · middle · back
- Green size
- 23 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 38 ydswide at 241
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 268 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 38 yards wide at 241.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 421level
- Green · Black tee
- 403 · 421 · 437front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 27 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 280 to reach, 304 to carry
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 270 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 280 to reach, 304 to carry. Drives that finish short of 280 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 11 at 200.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front 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.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 348-9 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 333 · 351 · 367front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 27 ydswide at 221
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 9 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 249 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 221.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- 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 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 518 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 31 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 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].