Skitty Golf

Courses · North Dakota

King's Walk

Grand Forks, North Dakota · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Arnold Palmer, opened 2000.

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

Altitude840 ftCarries about 1% farther
Bunkers53
Holes with water4 of 18
Average fairway width41 yds
Typical green6,800 sq ft
Sloped greens4 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 840 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.
  • 4 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

HoleParHcpGoldGold/BlueWhiteGreenRed
1416400355330
246410380360
3510535490460
4318170150125
544435420375
648430400370
7412400380350
8314205185155
952550510465
1047405385360
11411420400370
1245415380355
13315195175140
1453570530470
1541450420390
16317185155135
17413385360315
1859550525500

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
GoldMale716674.7128
Gold/BlueMale693973.7125
BlueMale664872.4123
Blue/WhiteMale632970.9119
WhiteMale608269.9117
WhiteFemale608275.6126
GreenMale570168.1114
GreenFemale570173.4122
RedFemale526471117

Hole 1 · Par 4

400 (Gold) · 355 (Gold/Blue) · 330 (White) yards · Handicap 16

Plays like
400-1 ft
Green · Gold tee
386 · 400 · 415front · middle · back
Green size
34 × 34yards deep × wide
Fairway
35 ydswide at 232

In play

  • Bunker front of the green
  • Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 232 and narrows to 27 at 202.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
  • Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.

Hole 2 · Par 4

410 (Gold) · 380 (Gold/Blue) · 360 (White) yards · Handicap 6

Plays like
409-3 ft
Green · Gold tee
390 · 410 · 431front · middle · back
Green size
42 × 26yards deep × wide
Fairway
45 ydswide at 222

In play

  • Bunker left: 233 to reach, 258 to carry
  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Fairway bunkers on the left: 233 to reach, 258 to carry. Drives that finish short of 233 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 45 yards wide at 222.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
  • The green is 42 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 3 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

535 (Gold) · 490 (Gold/Blue) · 460 (White) yards · Handicap 10

Plays like
535-1 ft
Green · Gold tee
526 · 535 · 545front · middle · back
Green size
38 × 42yards deep × wide
Fairway
39 ydswide at 220
Green slope
1.5%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker right: 336 to reach, 340 to carry
  • 2 bunkers front-left of the green

Playing notes

  • Dogleg left at about 351 yards.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 220 and narrows to 29 at 200.
  • Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 37 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 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
  • The green is 38 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · 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
  • 46 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].

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