Brookings Country Club
Brookings, South Dakota · 18 holes · par 72 · Semi-Private. Designed by Earl Bartling and Ward Waltz, opened 1921.
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 1,620 ft the ball carries about 2% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 147. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 5, where the green sits 42 ft above the tee and plays about 14 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 4, where the green sits 47 ft below the tee and plays about 16 yards shorter.
- 14 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 | 5 | 555 | 516 | 485 | 375 |
| 2 | 4 | 11 | 324 | 308 | 268 | 251 |
| 3 | 3 | 17 | 153 | 141 | 132 | 114 |
| 4 | 4 | 9 | 345 | 326 | 307 | 261 |
| 5 | 5 | 7 | 538 | 482 | 475 | 415 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 435 | 380 | 340 | 315 |
| 7 | 3 | 15 | 165 | 155 | 145 | 126 |
| 8 | 4 | 13 | 363 | 336 | 305 | 265 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 403 | 372 | 320 | 268 |
| 10 | 4 | 12 | 386 | 364 | 337 | 296 |
| 11 | 4 | 18 | 380 | 347 | 332 | 274 |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | 399 | 393 | 348 | 316 |
| 13 | 3 | 8 | 221 | 212 | 188 | 170 |
| 14 | 5 | 14 | 567 | 512 | 482 | 431 |
| 15 | 4 | 10 | 386 | 351 | 343 | 287 |
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 406 | 366 | 345 | 258 |
| 17 | 3 | 16 | 191 | 169 | 156 | 116 |
| 18 | 5 | 2 | 553 | 525 | 501 | 417 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6770 | 72.8 | 129 |
| Blue | Male | 6255 | 70.4 | 126 |
| White | Male | 5809 | 68.3 | 121 |
| White | Female | 5809 | 73.6 | 122 |
| Red | Female | 4955 | 68.6 | 114 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 556+3 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 544 · 555 · 566front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 38 ydswide at 273
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 464 to reach, 469 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 308 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 38 yards wide at 273 and narrows to 33 at 313.
- Best lay-up: 120 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 25 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-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
- 321-10 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 315 · 324 · 333front · middle · back
- Green size
- 22 × 18yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 203
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 10 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 204 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 203 and narrows to 24 at 225.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 4%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 151-5 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 143 · 153 · 163front · middle · back
- Green size
- 19 × 20yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 4%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 24 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].