Wild Horse Golf Club
Gothenburg, Nebraska · 18 holes · par 72 · public. Designed by Dave Axland, Dan Proctor, opened 1999.
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 2,630 ft the ball carries about 3% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 145. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 3, where the green sits 7 ft above the tee and plays about 2 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 12, where the green sits 18 ft below the tee and plays about 6 yards shorter.
- 12 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 | Black | Silver | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 10 | 405 | 328 | 277 | 250 |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 478 | 414 | 356 | 305 |
| 3 | 5 | 14 | 537 | 494 | 439 | 375 |
| 4 | 3 | 12 | 171 | 160 | 119 | 114 |
| 5 | 4 | 8 | 367 | 339 | 297 | 238 |
| 6 | 5 | 6 | 548 | 527 | 484 | 433 |
| 7 | 4 | 18 | 364 | 345 | 329 | 209 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 451 | 433 | 343 | 308 |
| 9 | 3 | 16 | 185 | 143 | 132 | 71 |
| 10 | 4 | 5 | 408 | 382 | 290 | 249 |
| 11 | 3 | 17 | 126 | 113 | 79 | 74 |
| 12 | 4 | 9 | 442 | 393 | 327 | 311 |
| 13 | 3 | 11 | 208 | 191 | 126 | 109 |
| 14 | 5 | 15 | 559 | 490 | 454 | 416 |
| 15 | 4 | 7 | 370 | 307 | 280 | 234 |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | 445 | 418 | 380 | 313 |
| 17 | 5 | 13 | 548 | 505 | 420 | 390 |
| 18 | 4 | 3 | 418 | 384 | 337 | 289 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 6955 | 73.6 | 134 |
| Black | Male | 6335 | 71.1 | 126 |
| Silver | Male | 5354 | 66.1 | 110 |
| Silver | Female | 5354 | 71.4 | 118 |
| Green | Male | 4688 | 67.5 | 109 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 403-7 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 388 · 405 · 421front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 22yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 48 ydswide at 265
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 171 to reach, 182 to carry
- Bunker left: 264 to reach, 294 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 7 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 283 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 171 to reach, 294 to carry. Drives that finish short of 171 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 48 yards wide at 265.
- 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 back-right to front-left, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 477-2 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 458 · 478 · 498front · middle · back
- Green size
- 40 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 108 ydswide at 275
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker right: 212 to reach, 229 to carry
- Bunker right: 303 to reach, 323 to carry
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 291 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 212 to reach, 229 to carry. Drives that finish short of 212 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 108 yards wide at 275 and narrows to 99 at 245.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 40 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 539+7 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 521 · 537 · 552front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 110 ydswide at 219
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- 3 bunkers left: 167 to reach, 204 to carry
- Bunker right: 348 to reach, 356 to carry
- Bunker left: 391 to reach, 397 to carry
- Bunker left: 432 to reach, 440 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards longer: the green sits 7 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 321 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 167 to reach, 204 to carry. Drives that finish short of 167 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 110 yards wide at 219 and narrows to 86 at 269.
- Best lay-up: 130 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 65 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 to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 52 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].